Afghan governor escapes bomb attack, 4 guards killed

11 years ago

The governor of the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan on Tuesday escaped a bomb attack, which killed four of his…

Egypt court bans Al-Jazeera TV channel

11 years ago

A Cairo court on Tuesday ordered taking Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr (Al-Jazeera in Egypt) television news channel off air.

Cabinet nod to plan to reduce urban poverty

11 years ago

Aiming to reduce poverty and vulnerability of urban poor, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Tuesday approved restructuring of…

Pakistan, India agree border tension a setback to dialogue

11 years ago

Pakistan and India on Tuesday came up with a unanimous view that the ongoing escalations along the Line of Control…

Opposition unmoved by PM’s stand on coal files, houses adjourned

11 years ago

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured parliament on Tuesday that his government has nothing to hide on the coal mines allocation…

US ups surveillance of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal: Post

11 years ago

Worried that Islamist extremists could seize components of Pakistan's nuclear stockpile or trigger a war with India, the US has…

Sensex crashes, rupee slips as Middle East tensions grow

11 years ago

The Indian rupee and stock markets plunged on Tuesday, with benchmark Sensex crashing by 650 points on reports that missiles…

Court notice to BJP leader, police chief in Dikshit case

11 years ago

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked BJP leader Vijender Gupta and police to file responses on the state government's…

Land acquisition bill in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday

11 years ago

The bill, which has been renamed "The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill,…

Centre to call tripartite meeting on Gorkhaland: GJM

11 years ago

The Gorkhaland Joint Action Committee (GJAC) Tuesday claimed the central government will soon convene a tripartite meeting to solve the…