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India to be $2-trillion economy by 2014-15
Indias GDP is likely to grow at (an) average 12 per cent in nominal terms. Hence, India will be a $2-trillion economy by 2014-15, Enam Securities head-research, Nandan Chakraborty, and economist Sachchidanand Shukla said in a report titled India Strategy released on Monday....
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Rana, Headley held for Danish terror plot
Pakistan-born American citizen David Coleman Headley and Canadian citizen Tahawur hussain Rana were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation at Philadelphia airport. The FBI believed that the duo were Lashkar-e-Tayiba operatives who were tasked with spreading terror in India....
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US asks Pakistan to expand military campaign again..
The Obama administration is stepping up pressure on Pakistan to expand and reorient its fight against Taliban and Al Qaeda and wants its army to pursue the militants into north Waziristan....
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Again, Pak court adjourns 26/11 trial for a week
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Monday adjourned till November 23 the trial of seven suspects, including Lashker-e-Taiba operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, arrested for alleged involvement in the Mumbai attacks....
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"Don"t go with Maoists," Buddhadeb tells Trinamool..
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee claimed on Monday that he had got specific information on the Trinamool Congress link with the Maoists and warned the party not to join hands with it to put the Communist Party of India-Marxist in trouble....
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All the problems are over: Yeddyurappa
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday said problems arising out of dissident activities that recently gripped his government are over and the focus now is on relief works in flood-hit areas....
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NIA officer rushed to Kochi to probe Rana"s local ..
A officer of Deputy Superintendent of Police rank of the National investigation Agency has reached Kochi to investigate the activities conducted by David Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana after intelligence confirmed the name of a local contact for Rana, Shameer....
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Pakistani "spy" held at Delhi airport
Union Home Secretary G K Pillai told newsmen on Sunday that the special branch of the Delhi police had arrested a Pakistani national in Delhi who is allegedly a spy....
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Look for "young" president to restore BJP: RSS chi..
Distancing himself from decision-making process in the Bharatiya Janata Party, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Saturday that he had counselled the party leadership to look for a young candidate who can restore its organisational set-up....
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My son doesn"t need anybody"s clean chit: Bhatt
I have read news reports attributed to security agencies wherein they have said that Rahul has not been given a clean chit for his Headley connection. I am deeply hurt. He is a true and responsible Indian who himself volunteered to share the information with the agencies. Rahuls heart is clear and he doesnt require any clean chit from anyone, Bhatt told PTI....
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Minister promises to solve OCI card problems
The minister for Overseas Indian Affairs says he is aware of the problems expatriates face when they travel to India with their Overseas Citizen of India cards....
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Soon: A nodal agency to disseminate info during cr..
A year after the Mumbai terror attack, the government is in the process of setting up a nodal agency -- headed by the home minister -- which will be operational during crises to disseminate information and co-ordinate between various government bodies, ensuring correct information is provided to media and public....
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An open letter to Raj Thackeray
Your militia can rampage outside the legislature, but it can, and will, be thwarted entry into the legislature. You cannot carry your grudges on any aspect of life in Maharashtra there in the fashion your men have done....
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I will become CM sooner or later: Jagan Reddy
Congress MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday expressed confidence that he would become the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh sometime in future....
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Rebuilding Mumbai for the 21st century
Mumbai does not need to be - de-congested - it needs to redeploy its eastern seaboard....
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