Commending the technical education in India as the “best in the world”, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday suggested her country and India should work together in the field to help bridge the gap between talent and opportunities. “Technical education in India was the best in the world. We need to work together [...]

The United States on Friday termed as “positive development” the resumption of dialogue between India and Pakistan. “We are very encouraged by the positive signals coming out of these talks,” State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters, referring to the talks Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani. “The initial [...]

Three people were killed when an under-construction flyover of the Delhi Metro collapsed in south Delhi early Sunday morning. Thirteen people were injured and rushed to the AIIMS trauma centre. Some workers may still be stuck under debris.  About 35-40 workers were at the site. One of the pillars, which broke, led to the collapse [...]

As the world grappled to cope up with the “worst global recession in a generation,” President Barack Obama on Tuesday said that prosperity in countries like India and China is good for the US and West as it opens new markets for them and pushes their businesses to innovate. “We meet in the midst of [...]

Stating that India welcomes economic assistance to Pakistan, the country’s top diplomat in the United States has favoured establishment of benchmarks to the American security assistance to Islamabad so as to check the use of money against New Delhi. “We certainly share the objective of the United States that we should help to stabilise Afghanistan [...]

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Chinese President Hu Jintao in Yekaterinburg on Monday night, setting the tone for the talks between their Special Representatives on boundary question on August 7. Singh met Hu soon after his arrival for the Summits of Shanghai Cooperation Organisations (SCO) and Brazil-Russia-India-China (BRIC), which will begin from Tuesday. The two [...]

Wednesday, November 26, 2008, (Mumbai) More than 100 people have been killed, including nine foreigners and at least 287 injured in a series of well-coordinated terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Terrorists, who apparently came in by boats, struck at 10 places in south Mumbai including five-star hotels, hospitals and train stations. There is hostage situation in [...]

A number of hostages have been freed from one of Mumbai’s top hotels – one of several sites in the city targeted by armed men – eyewitnesses said. But the situation at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel remains uncertain, with an unknown number of people thought to still be in the hotel. Police chief AN [...]

Guwahati, Nov 04: Five days after the Assam serial blasts that claimed 84 lives, Police on Tuesday released the sketch of a suspect and five more sketches of persons who could be involved are being prepared and will be released soon. Police said the sketch “tallied 77 per cent” with the descriptions provided to the [...]

GUWAHATI, Nov 3 – State Government today spokesperson Himanta Biswa Sarma said that every act of terrorism perpetrated in the State has its link with Bangladesh. Although, he did not divulge any thing further reiterating that ‘investigation into the serial blasts is going in the right and definite direction and very soon something will come [...]

NEW DELHI, Nov 2 — As the investigators of the Assam serial blasts pointed the needle of suspicion towards HuJI, the issue of continuous illegal immigration from Bangladesh has again come to fore with the Centre saying that citizens of the neighbouring country enter India “clandestinely” through the porous border, posing serious security threat. “The [...]

NEW DELHI, Nov 2 — Mega City Policing, a major component of a comprehensive police modernisation scheme, is expected to be extended to all the major cities in the aftermath of recent serial blasts across Assam. The Union Home Ministry is considering an early implementation of the scheme conceived with the aim of meeting specific [...]

GUWAHATI, Nov 2 – Representing a cross-section of people, residents of Guwahati today came together to denounce terrorism, raising not just the issue of security, but the need to reinforce peace-building efforts. In a well-attended meeting organised by the Asam Nagarik Samaj, speakers condemned the recent group clashes in Darrang and Udalguri districts, which had [...]

GUWAHATI, Nov 2 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today asserted that the State Government had repeatedly been pursuing the issue of terrorists using the soil of neighbouring countries to perpetrate violence in the State. “Fundamentalist and divisive forces working from foreign land want to destabilise Assam. We have all along been pursuing this matter with [...]

GUWAHATI, Nov 1 – Asserting that there could be no compromise on terrorism, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today said that the Centre would take up the matter with governments of other countries if those were found to be involved in the acts of terrorism in India. “There can be no compromise on terrorism. If [...]

GUWAHATI, Nov 1 – Even after more than 48 hours have passed since a series of blasts rocked the State on Thursday, Assam Police continue to be clueless about the identity of the organisation behind the terror strikes, which claimed 81 lives, besides leaving over 200 injured. However, police claimed to have laid their hands [...]

A 14-year-old German minor, who was allegedly raped and abused by the relatives of two of Goa’s politicians, testified in a court in Mapusa on Saturday. Her statement was recorded in camera and will now be sent to the Goa police. The minor’s mother has filed a case of rape against Rohit Monserrate, the son [...]

GUWAHATI, Nov 1 — Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today rejected charges that the UPA government was soft on terror. “We are not going soft on terror. There can be no compromise with terror,” Singh told reporters here after visiting the victims of Thursday’s serial blasts in Assam. “Whosoever is responsible for these dastardly act… We [...]