Venkaiah Naidu says Advani may not lead BJP in 2014 electionsNEW DELHI - Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president M Venkaiah Naidu said on Thursday that, the party may not contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections under the leadership of L K Advani. Would like to see Rahul Gandhi as PM: Jaya Prada (Interview)NEW DELHI - Their parties are not on the best of terms, but actress-turned-Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Prada wishes to see Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi as the country’s prime minister. US announces $100,000 aid for India’s flood victimsNEW DELHI - The US Thursday announced $100,000 aid for the victims of recent floods in parts of southern and western India. Commonwealth team visits games sites to take stockNEW DELHI - Amid mounting concerns over New Delhi’s preparedness for holding the Commonwealth Games next year, a games’ committee team visited various sites here to take stock. US envoy announces relief for flood victimsNEW DELHI - U.S. Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer today announced that the United States will contribute 100,000 dollars as assistance to victims of the recent floods in southern and western India. Inflation declines to 0.7 percentNEW DELHI - India’s annual rate of inflation, based on the wholesale price index, declined marginally to 0.7 percent for the week ended Sep 26, from 0.83 percent for the week before, due mainly to a drop in prices of food articles. US calls Kabul bombing ‘deeply troubling’NEW DELHI - The United States Thursday condemned the devastating bomb attack outside the Indian embassy in Kabul and called it “deeply troubling”. India’s Nuclear Power Corp targets 63,000 MW by 2032
‘The Idea of Justice’, ‘The Lost Symbol’ top bestseller listNEW DELHI - Amartya Sen’s “The Idea of Justice” climbed eight steps to reach the number one spot in the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week while “The Lost Symbol” by author Dan Brown continued to dominate the fiction category. Car bomb kills at least 12 outside Indian Embassy in Afghanistan’s capital; dozens woundedKABUL — A powerful car bomb exploded outside the Indian Embassy in the busy center of Afghanistan’s capital early Thursday, killing at least 12 people, destroying vehicles and blowing off the walls of shops, officials said. Indian embassy members safe: foreign secretaryNEW DELHI - All staffers at the Indian embassy that was attacked by a suicide bomber in the Afghan capital Thursday morning were safe, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said here Thursday. ‘Climate, insects threaten Kerala’s museum heritage’NEW DELHI - The tropical climate, which encourages insects, is a big stumbling block in the conservation of Kerala’s tangible cultural heritage, says a prominent Australian conservationist of Indian origin who is against the use of chemicals to kills pests in museums. Kabul blast: Indian embassy walls damaged, staff unhurtNEW DELHI -The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday confirmed news of an explosion taking place outside the heavily fortified walls of the Indian Embassy in Kabul. Kabul blast: Indian embassy staff unhurt, one killed and four hurtNEW DELHI/KABUL -An Indian Embassy official speaking on the condition of anonymity told ANI over phone that all embassy staff were safe and that only one Afghan policeman had been killed in a bomb explosion that took place outside the embassy premises on Thursday morning. PM releases compendium of articles in SeminarNEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday released a compendium of selected essays from Seminar, the journal that completes 50 years this year. Traffic jams expected across Delhi ThursdayNEW DELHI - Delhi Police have advised people to use public transport, expecting traffic congestions Thursday as some key roads will be closed for the smooth passage of Commonwealth Games delegates who will visit the venues. 15 US universities to woo students at Delhi fairNEW DELHI - If you want to study in the US and want to know how to go about it, visit an education fair in the capital Thursday in which 15 American universities are participating. That would help. BJP resorts to Vajpayee’s name to attract voters in assembly pollsNEW DELHI - Following its no-show in the last Lok Sabha elections, the BJP has resorted to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s name to attract voters in the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana. President congratulates Ramakrishnan for winning Nobel Prize for ChemistryNEW DELHI - President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has congratulated Professor Venkatraman Ramakrishnan for jointly winning the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the year 2009. Four men arrested for rape in DelhiNEW DELHI - Four youngsters have been arrested here for raping a 20-year-old computer teacher in west Delhi, police said Wednesday. Delhi traffic cops to get flashers, blinkers for bikesNEW DELHI - With an aim to make Delhi Traffic Police motorcycles more visible on the city roads, the department has decided to fit them with flashers and blinkers, a police official said Wednesday. President congratulates RamakrishnanNEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil Wednesday congratulated Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, the Indian-born scientist who has shared this year’s Nobel Prize for Chemistry with two other researchers. Pressurise Pakistan to stabilise Afghanistan: India (Roundup)NEW DELHI - Barely days before Afghan polls results become clear, India Wednesday asked the international community to put effective pressure on Pakistan to crack down on terrorists on its territory and asked it to maintain a long-term commitment to Afghanistan’s reconstruction. Chawla asks Maharashtra voters to go along with family to polling boothNEW DELHI - Ahead of Maharashtra assembly polls, chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla has said that voters should go with their families at polling booths in order to prevent bogus voting. Congress-NCP wooing voters through ‘unlawful’ means: BJPNEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday alleged that the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance is trying to woo voters in Maharashtra through “unlawful means” and it has been proved in the Election Commission’s notice to NCP chief Sharad Pawar. India asks international community to pressurise Pak to rein in terror groupsNEW DELHI - India has urged International community to put effective pressure on Pakistan to rein in terrorist networks operating from its soil. Floral fan presented to President Patil ahead of ‘Phool Walon ki Sair’NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Dev Singh Patil was presented a floral and embellished fan by peace organization, Anjuman Sair-e-Gul Faroshan, ahead of the weeklong annual festival known of ‘Phool Walon ki Sair’. Floods destroyed crops worth billions of rupees, says ReddyNEW DELHI - Andhra Pradesh’s Agriculture Minister Raghuveera Reddy has said that crops worth billions of rupees were damaged in by floods. India to world: No exit, invest and endure in AfghanistanNEW DELHI - Amid signs of vacillation by sections of the international community, India Wednesday called for a long-term policy of invest and endure in Afghanistan and warned that a failure to do so would be costly for the Afghan people and the world at large. New legislation to introduce competitive bidding for coalNEW DELHI - In a bid to introduce competitive bidding for allocation of coal blocks and benefit consuming industries, the government will soon replace the Mines and Minerals Development Regulation Act, 1957, a senior official said Wednesday. |
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NEW DELHI - With India having recently approved eight sites for new nuclear power plants, the state-run Nuclear Power Corp has set itself a target of 63,000 MW of atomic energy over the next 25 years, its top official has said.
