MANAMA (Bahrain), April 22, 2012 Bahraini opposition groups claimed on Saturday that a man was killed during clashes with security forces, threatening to sharply escalate the Gulf nation's unrest as officials struggle under the world spotlight as hosts of the Formula One Grand Prix. Authorities opened an investigation in a bid to defuse tensions. At least 50 people have died in the unrest since February 2011 in the longest-running street battles of the Arab Spring. ...
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Jaipur, January 24, 2012 Ending the suspense, Jaipur Literature Festival organisers on Tuesday said the video session with India-born author Salman Rushdie will take place as planned after Rajasthan government gave the go ahead. “We have received information that there was no requirement of any permission,” Festival producer Sanjoy Roy told reporters. The five-day festival ends today. The Rushdie session -- Midnight’s Child -- is planned for 3.45 p.m. where ...
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New Delhi, June 7, 2011 (PTI) Nearly six years after she was expelled from the party, firebrand Hindutva leader Uma Bharti was on Tuesday re-inducted into the BJP that entrusted her with the task of looking after Uttar Pradesh which is going to polls next year. Announcing her re-entry, BJP president Nitin Gadkari said Uttar Pradesh will be the main area of her work and she will have a “prominent role to play” there in the campaign of the party. “The decision to reinduct her ...
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Islamabad, May 17, 2011 (PTI) The Secretary of State told Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani during a telephone conversation yesterday that Mr. Grossman and Mr. Morell would soon visit Pakistan. U.S. special envoy Marc Grossman and a senior CIA official will travel to Pakistan this week to ease tensions in bilateral ties in the wake of the Osama operation and prepare the groundwork for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s planned visit that is yet to be scheduled. Ms. Clinton was ...
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LUDHIANA, APRIL 13:----- China, USA and India are the three largest producers of cotton and these three along with Pakistan and Turkey are the main consumers of cotton. This was stated by Dr. J.S.Sidhu, Incharge, Agricultural Marketing Information Center at PAU, while sharing information about market prices of cotton. He added that according to International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) world cotton production during 2010-11 is expected to be at 24.46 million tons (mt) compared to 21.85 ...
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MUMBAI: India has embarked on a nearly Rs 13,000-crore human space flight programme which envisages developing a fully autonomous orbital vehicle carrying two or three crew members to an altitude of about 300 km in the low-earth orbit and bringing them back after about a week. Tentatively, Isro plans to launch the mission in 2016 and the rocket is expected to be the three-stage Geo Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle. The first announcement on this programme was made by G Madhavan ...
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TRIPOLI, March 4, 2011 Fighters loyal to Moammar Qadhafi are setting up checkpoints around the capital ahead of planned anti—government protests on Friday. Internet services, which have been spotty throughout Libya’s upheaval, appeared to be halted completely in Tripoli and Benghazi, the opposition’s stronghold in the east. Col. Qadhafi's opponents have called for protests in Tripoli after noon Friday prayers. Last Friday, protesters were attacked by pro—Qadhafi militiamen. ...
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March 04, 2011,New Delhi: With the election schedule for five states out, the Congress party, Friday, announced the new Congress Working Committee (CWC), party’s top policy making body. Although the party has gone for a rejig of the CWC, there are not many surprises in the list of new office bearers. Those retained in the CWC besides Rahul Gandhi are Pranab Mukherjee, AK Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ambika Soni, Motilal Vora, Digvijay Singh, Janardan Dwivedi. Among those ...
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Fri Feb 11 2011, Cairo: As Egypt was gripped by uncertainty after the refusal of President Hosni Mubarak to step down, the country's military Supreme Command Council on Friday told the people to stand by for an "important statement" as hundreds of thousands of people started gathering on the streets for what appears to be a massive showdown. In less than 24 hours, military's Supreme Command Council met under the Defence Minister Hussein Tantawi and was to make an important statement to ...
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MUMBAI: State-run Steel Authority of India (SAIL) plunged over four per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), amid nervousness in the market ahead of its second quarter results to be announced today. Shares of the steel major went down 4.06 per cent during the morning session on the BSE to Rs 204.40. "Investors are taking cautious approach towards SAIL ahead of its results. Also, the company's performance in the first quarter was disappointing, keeping away investors from buying the ...
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New Delhi: With Delhi and Mumbai gearing up for President Obama's visit, the government says that there are no specific security threats. "All arrangements are in place... we hope it will be a successful visit," said Home Secretary GK Pillai to NDTV. Pillai also elaborated on his comments yesterday - he had said, "We could say that we were disappointed that the name of David Headley was not provided, if not pre-26/11 at least post 26/11." Headley visited India in 2009 as well, ...
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A major newspaper says U.S. agents were warned years before the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack that an American man was training in Pakistan with the group that carried it out, and helped plan the attack. The Washington Post says the FBI received the tip about David Coleman Headley from his wife in August of 2005. Citing sources close to the case, it says she told FBI agents that her husband had undergone intensive training with the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba and was in contact with ...
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MUMBAI: Indian markets ended a volatile session in the red for second consecutive day Wednesday, as traders squared positions ahead of August F&O series expiry. Weakness in the global markets also kept the bulls away. Selling pressure was seen across the board with midcaps and smallcaps worst hit. National Stock Exchange’s Nifty closed at 5462.32, down 42.75 points or 0.78 per cent. The index touched a low of 5452.55 and high of 5506.15 in today’s trade. Bombay Stock Exchange’s ...
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Iran has clarified that it does not plan to interrupt its dialogue with the West on the proposed nuclear fuel deal but talks on its uranium enrichment programme have been stalled for another two months. On Tuesday, Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran was preparing its response to questions that have been raised by the United States, Russia and France, also called the Vienna group, about an agreement on a nuclear swap that Tehran had reached with Turkey and Brazil last ...
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