India, UAE discuss bilateral trade
Abu Dhabi, July 27: India's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) M.K. Lokesh and the director general of UAE's ministry of foreign trade, Abdullah Ahmed Al Saleh, met here to discuss issues re
JSW Steel to start Salboni project by fiscal-end
Kolkata, July 27: JSW Steel would start construction of its 10-million-tonne Salboni plant in West Bengal before the end of the current fiscal (2010-11), a top company official said Tuesday.
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Retain 26 percent FDI cap in defence manufacturing: FICCI
New Delhi, July 26: A leading industry lobby Monday cautioned against raising the 26 percent cap in foreign direct investment, saying a decision on this "will require careful thinking and analysis".
Amit Shah files bail plea, hearing on Aug 2
Gujarat’s former minister Amit Shah, arrested in connection with the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing, on Monday filed a bail plea in the CBI special court, which fixed August 2 for its hearing.
Australian jailed for having 60,000 child pornography images
An Australian man has been sentenced to five years in prison for downloading nearly 60,000 "depraved and disgusting" child pornography images.
'Pak's ISI aids insurgency in India, Afghanistan'
Thousands of secret US military records leaked by a whistleblower site reveal that Pakistan’s spy service the ISI was actually aiding the Afghan insurgency with a wing
operating against Afghanistan and India given broad functional autonomy.
Kalmadi wants 'rubber stamp' hockey chief, says Pargat
New Delhi, July 26: Two days before the Hockey India (HI) elections, Olympian Pargat Singh, a candidate for the president's post, launched another scathing attack on Indian Olympic Association (IOA) p
Meteorite lands on field during cricket match
London, July 26: A county cricket match in Britain had an unexpected visitor. A 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite hurtled down from the sky landing just inches away from the boundary ropes and hit one ma
CBI is not ‘Congress bureau of investigation’: PM
The CBI is not the “Congress bureau of investigation”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday, refuting the Bharatiya Janata Party’s allegations of conspiracy behind the arrest of its leader Amit Shah.
Sri Lanka cruise to 235/1 at tea
Colombo, July 26: Sri Lanka made 235 for one in their first innings at tea on the first day of the second cricket Test against India at the Sinhalese Sports Club here Monday.
Tharanga Pranavitana was