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Pak army suffers losses in their bid to capture Ta..
Pakistani forces fought pitched battles with Taliban fighters in their bid to wrest their hub of Sararogha in South Waziristan killing 34 militants to raise the terrorist death toll to 227, but lost 11 soldiers as insurgents opened new fronts in the lawless region....
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Pak "convinced" about India funding Taliban
I am convinced. I have no doubt about it. I was very open. I have given the full details. If the interior minister of India or anyone else wants to confront me, I will be very happy to confront them because I know what I am saying....
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India rejects Pak charges of funding Taliban
India on Monday rejected the charge that it was fomenting unrest in Pakistan by funding Taliban fighters based along the border with Afghanistan....
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Spectrum allocation is India"s largest scam: BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said that the allotment of 2G spectrum licences by the Union ministry of telecommunications to private companies was the largest scam in Independent India and it had cost the government Rs 60,000 crore (Rs 600 billion)....
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China"s economic diplomacy
China is using its growing trade power to enhance its global influence, especially in Africa, Latin America and Asia, where it is perceived as an all-weather friend. Since opening up its economy in 1978, Chinas foreign trade has been growing by leaps and bounds....
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Come in and join the party, Tharoor advises Pak
India supports American efforts in Pakistan, but is concerned about the diversion of United States aid and military equipment by Islamabad against it....
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IIT scholar held for murder of Naga girl in Delhi
A teenaged Naga girl was strangled and later burnt to death in South Delhi on Sunday night, allegedly by an IIT scholar who attempted to rape her, the police said on Monday.The incident was reported from Munirka late on Sunday night by the sister of the victim, Ramchanphy Hongray, 19, after she came back from work, a senior police official said.Pushpam Kumar Sinha, 34, who is working on his Phd from IIT, Delhi, has been arrested in connection with the attempted rape....
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6 Indian cities among global BPO hotspots
Indias Silicon Valley, Bangalore, has managed to retain its leadership for the fourth time....
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"Bobby Jindal may become 1st Indo-US ..
Bobby Jindal, the Indian American Governor of Louisiana, may become the first person from the community to occupy the US Presidents office, feels a former White House aide....
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Realty: What"re the builders so worried about?
Its a pity that home buyers in this country have got such a raw deal all these years while developers have been almost a law unto themselves....
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Pak troops open fire across LoC; jawan injured
In a fresh ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops fired on an Indian post in Mendhar sector of Poonch district on Saturday leaving an army jawan injured....
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Pak army captures Hakimullah"s hometown
Pakistani troops entered Kotkai, the hometown of Hakimullah Mehsud and his close aide Qari Hussain, also known as trainer of suicide bombers, late on Saturday night after subjecting the village to heavy bombing by fighters and attack helicopters. In the intense battle, 13 militants and two soldiers were killed....
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26/11 martyr"s wife gets RTI order to seek police ..
Armed with an order from the Chief Information Officer of Maharashtra, 26/11 martyr Ashok Kamtes widow will now be able to scrutinise original transcripts of telephone calls between the control room and police officers on the day of Mumbai terror attacks....
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"US general in Afghan plotting against Pak militar..
United States Commander of Joint Operations Special Command General Stanley McChrystal has facilitated the removal of scores of security check-posts from the Afghanistan side of the Pak-Afghan border as part of a conspiracy against the Pakistani military, fear Pakistani security experts.This is an intriguing move aimed at different ends. But the primary motive of it is to encourage large-scale reinforcements and infiltration, said a security expert....
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Allahabad HC turns down plea against Amar Singh
The Allahabad High Court on Saturday turned down a plea to initiate criminal proceedings against Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh.The petition was moved by Shiv Kant Tripathi, a lawyer, who had earlier this week lodged a FIR in a Kanpur police station, accusing Singh of committing a huge fraud through his alleged money laundering operations, during his stint as the chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Development Council....
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