By Manish Chand, Yekaterinburg (Russia), June 16 (IANS) In their first meeting since the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday asked Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to take "strong and credible action" against anti-India terrorist outfits in his country and create the "right atmosphere" for the resumption of the stalled bilateral dialogue.
By Venkatachari Jagannathan, Chennai, June 16 (IANS) India's first indigenously designed fast breeder reactor, which is expected to start functioning at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu by 2010 and generate 500 MW of electricity, is headed for another milestone....
Thiruvananthapuram, June 16 (IANS) At least 46 Indian students have fled Australia following a rise in the number of violent attacks against the community in the past month and many others are being asked by their worried parents to return home, the editor of a Melbourne-based magazine said Tuesday....
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) India Tuesday said there should be "some kind of screening" for outbound travellers in the US as most people coming from that country have been tested positive for influenza A(H1N1) virus....
United Nations, June 13 (IANS) India has proposed expansion of the UN Security Council to 25 members with 11 permanent and 14 non-permanent members as "the most optimal option" to provide greater representation without making it unwieldy....
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) With fissures in the party coming out in the open, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday sought to crack down on dissension even as senior leader Yashwant Sinha quit as the party's national vice-president urging for reconstitution of the party following its drubbing in the Lok Sabha elections....
Jammu, June 13 (IANS) Describing those opposing the women's reservation bill as "masters" unwilling to share power, union Minister for Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah Saturday said "no one can stop" women from getting their share in legislative bodies....
Agartala, June 13 (IANS) The northeastern states have urged the central government to release funds for the speedy implementation of flagship development and infrastructure projects in the region, said Tripura Finance Minister Badal Chowdhury Saturday....
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Sixty bikers, a 2,500-km ride through the Himalayas and 15 days to complete it in. The bikers were Saturday flagged off from here as part of the Royal Enfield Himalayan Odyssey 2009....
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Seeking to crack down on open dissension in the party after its poll debacle, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Rajnath Singh Saturday asked leaders to "refrain" from voicing their criticism of each other in the public domain and said those breaching the directive would invite "disciplinary action"....
