New Delhi: India seems to be preparing for a two-front war sometime in the future, as geopolitics bring China and Pakistan closer. Defence minister AK Antony on Tuesday told Rajya Sabha he would seek a hike in the Rs 1,93,408 crore (around $39 billion) defence outlay in the 2012-13 budget due to “new ground realities [...]
Toronto: Rajyogi BK Brijmohan from India, who is the Chief Spokesperson of the Brahma Kumaris organization based in India will be in Toronto on May 5 at the Brahma Kumaris Centre at 3000 Isglington Avenue from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The event is open to the public. His visit is to further popularize The Brahma [...]
New Delhi: The number of mobile phone subscribers in India rose to 919.17 million in March with Bharti Airtel alone signing 2.5 million of the 8 million new subscribers, official data showed Thursday. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the wireless user base grew 0.88 percent with an addition of 8 million [...]
New Delhi: India’s Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee appears to be emerging as frontrunner in the race for President’s post within his party and outside with allies and some others backing him. Key constituents Trinamool Congress and Samajwadi Party of the ruling UPA, appear to be not averse to Mukerjee’s candidature if the Congress decides [...]
New Delhi: The Bofors ghost returned to haunt India’s ruling Congress Party Wednesday with former Swedish police chief Sten Lindstrom giving a clean chit to the late Rajiv Gandhi in the payoff scandal but also saying that he just “watched the massive cover-up” and the guilty, Italian Ottavio Quattrocchi, got away. The sensational disclosures [...]
New Delhi: Seeking closer ties through a sustained talks process and a step by step approach to solve outstanding issues, India and Pakistan are likely to sign a “liberalised visa agreement” when their home secretaries meet in Islamabad next month, external affairs minister SM Krishna said on Wednesday. Krishna was speaking in the [...]
New Delhi: India Thursday successfully demonstrated its 5,000-km Agni-V ballistic missile, touted as its key nuclear deterrent against China since it can hit targets such as Beijing and Shanghai. India’s nuclear arsenal also include several other missile that are nuclear capable. Here is a look at some of them: * Agni-I is a 700-km surface-to-surface [...]
New Delhi: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari and slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, has touched a chord in India’s youth, endearing himself to his admirers with his good looks, easy laughter, self-effacing manner and a down-to-earth body language. The 24-year-old has stirred hope of an able [...]
Washington: Many regions of India continue to grow rapidly and are opening door for “unprecedented” opportunities for American companies, US commerce secretary John Bryson has said. This is true of Canadian companies too as Canada and India work towards a Free Trade Agreement. Bryson, who was on a visit to India last week with [...]
New Delhi: Surpassing China, India will become the world’s largest economy by 2050, says a report. “China will overtake the US to become the world’s largest economy by 2020, which in turn will be overtaken by India in 2050,” according to Wealth Report 2012 by Knight Frank & Citi Private Bank. [...]
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