Noting that India is increasingly getting concerned about China’s posture on its border, a top US intelligence official on Wednesday said that the Indian Army is strengthening itself for a “limited conflict” with China. “Despite public statements intended to downplay tensions between India and China, we judge that India is increasingly concerned about China’s posture along [...]
Ahead of the Assembly polls, Team Anna will begin its campaign in Uttar Pradesh from on Wednesday on the Lokpal bill, pressing various political parties to make clear their stand on the issue In a statement released on Wednesday, the activists said they will hold meetings in Mahadev Talab Maidan in Fathepur of Barabanki and [...]
Blaming a section of the media for joining the opposition chorus over death of babies in state-run hospitals, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today dubbed it as ‘rumour’ since the child mortality rate has dropped in the state. “It is a rumour intended to mislead the people. It is not a fact that children are dying [...]
The pastor stood before more than 300 young Burmese refugees gathered for morning prayers in a weathered, jungle church. “There’s a time for war, and a time for peace. Sixty-three years is long enough for killing,” he told them. “Hope to see you all soon in our beautiful land.” Simon Htoo’s buoyant words would have been unlikely [...]
In a setback to former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, the high court today dismissed his two petitions praying for quashing of summons issued to him by a lower court in connection with alleged land scams. Justice Anand Byrareddy dismissed the petitions after hearing the arguments of petitioner and advocate Sirajin Basha on whose private complaints [...]
French firm Dassault has won a multi-billion dollar contract to provide 126 fighter jets to the Indian military, a government source in New Delhi said on Tuesday. Dassault will sell its Rafale multi-role jet to India after beating the Eurofighter consortium to secure the long-awaited contract, which is estimated to be worth $12 billion. “You can [...]
Thailand’s weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday is considering an additional budget of 800 million-900 million baht (26-29 million U.S. dollars) requested by the responsible committee for procuring 300,000 more tablet PCs for school children. The tablet policy management committee last week agreed to increase the distribution of tablets for the primary school students in the [...]
Myanmar Ministry of Hotels and Tourism will introduce online electronic e-visa system in February on pilot run aimed at facilitating the foreign travelers who want to visit Myanmar and promoting the number of tourists arrival in the country, local media reported Tuesday. The ministry has started to install internet lines at the Information Departments of [...]
If you are an intending visitor or current tourist in Fiji, do not worry as the weather office has confirmed that even though there is a possibility of a cyclone forming near Vanuatu and moving to threaten the island nation, it will not directly affect the Fiji group this week. Meteorology Director Alipate Waqaicelua said [...]
South Korea’s top nuclear negotiator will visit Russia next week for talks over reopening stalled six-party talks aimed at dismantling the Democratic People’ s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s nuclear program, local media reported Tuesday. Lim Sung-nam, Seoul’s envoy to the six-party talks, will meet with his Russian counterpart and deputy foreign minister Igor Morgulov, according [...]
