S. Korean PM likely to Resign Today

South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan is expected to formally offer his resignation on Thursday or Friday, local leading broadcaster YTN reported. Chung expressed his strong intention to step down during an one- on-one meeting with the President Lee Myung-bak on July 6, taking responsibility for the failure to gain parliamentary approval for the contentious […]

Centre sets up panel to probe charges against Posco

In further trouble for South Korean giant Posco, the Centre on Wednesday set up a four-member panel to probe alleged forest rights violations at the multinational’s proposed steel plant in Jagatsinghpur in Orissa. “We have constituted a fact-finding team headed by former Environment Secretary Meena Gupta to probe the violation of the tribal rights under […]

Govt to sell additional 30 LT of fooodgrains to APL families

The government on Wednesday said it will provide an additional 30 lakh tonnes of wheat and rice through ration shops to families above poverty line and export three lakh tonnes of foodgrain to Nepal and Bangladesh. Informing decisions of an Empowered Group of Ministers, that met on July 26, Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar […]

U.S. Congress OKs Afghanistan War Funding

The U.S. Congress on Tuesday approved a 59-billion-dollar funding measure that would pay for troop increase in Afghanistan, sending it for President Barack Obama’s signature. The House of Representatives approved the measure with a 308 to 114 vote. It passed the Senate earlier. In the measure, about 33 billion is earmarked to pay for the […]

Plane crash in Pakistan, over 52 feared dead

China’s Industrial Profit Up 71.8 Pct in 1H

Profits of China’s industrial enterprises climbed 71.8 percent year on year to hit 1.61 trillion yuan (237.5 billion U.S. dollars) in the first six months, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday. The growth was 11.2 percentage points lower than that in the first five months, the NBS said in a statement.

Blast Hits Factory in E.China, Heavy Casualties Likely

powerful explosion hit a factory in eastern China’s Jiangsu Province Wednesday, killing a yet-unknown number of people and injuring many more, witnesses and hospital sources said. An initial investigation showed gas leak triggered a blast at about 10:10 a.m. in a plastics factory at Mufu East Road, of Qixia District in northern Nanjing, capital of […]

Truckers to go on indefinite strike from 6th Aug

Truckers on Tuesday said 60 lakh trucks will go off the road across the country from 6th August in an indefinite strike to press for a relook of the toll policy and lower toll tax. “We have decided to proceed on indefinite strike from 6th August opposing the present hefty toll charges levied on vehicles, […]

Sohrabuddin fake encounter case: Shah arrested by CBI

The CBI on Sunday  arrested former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case after he appeared before the agency for questioning in Gandhinagar. 46-year-old Shah, who earlier made a dramatic appearance before the media at the BJP state headquarters in Ahmedabad after having evaded CBI summons in the case since Thursday, drove […]

US asks Pak to implement UN action against Haqqani network

The US has said it wants Pakistan to implement UN curbs against three key financers who raised money for the Taliban and Haqqani network, a day after slapping sanctions on the leaders of these outfits. The three were named by the UN Security Council early this week while the US Department of Treasury slapped sanctions […]