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September 17, 2009 11:23 AM

Vigilance panel reveals names of 'corrupt’ govt officials

br/For the first time, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has put out on its website a list of 123 government officials it wants penalised or prosecuted for corruption. The list was compiled in July. Until now, the CVC had been making public only the number of corrupt officials, not th...

September 17, 2009 11:21 AM

Kamal Nath for foreign investment in road construction

Transport Minister Kamal Nath has called for foreign investment in the construction of roads and other infrastructural projects in India. Kamal Nath told this to Indian media after concluding his week-long tour to the United States.br/He said roads in India are not merely a matter of connectivity bu...

September 17, 2009 11:08 AM

Nair briefs UN about India's views on climate change

br/Ahead of the climate summit next week, the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the country's stand on climate change. India's envoy to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri said today that during the meeting the Principle Secretary ...

September 17, 2009 9:20 AM

Kamal Nath calls for foreign investors to build India's roads

Transport Minister Kamal Nath has called for foreign investment in the construction of roads and other infrastructural projects in India. Kamal Nath told this to Indian media after concluding his week-long tour to the United States.br/He said roads in India are not merely a matter of connectivity bu...

September 17, 2009 6:34 AM

Political activities gain momentum in poll bound States

The political activities are gearing up in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh as filing of nomination for the Assembly polls begin on Friday. br/br/Political heat is rising in Maharashtra as various political parties are holding parleys on seat sharing. The Congress and NCP combine that had ...

September 17, 2009 4:08 AM

Series of strategic decisions on Afghanistan in process: Obama

US President Barack Obama has said that his administration is in the process of making a series of strategic decisions with regard to Afghanistan. Obama told this to a joint press conference following his meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the White House. He said the strategies ...

September 16, 2009 8:28 PM

Cong-NCP seat pact likely on Thursday

With less than a month left for assembly elections, political heat is rising in Maharashtra as political parties are holding parleys on seat sharing. The Congress and NCP combine that had contested and won majority of seats in the 2004 polls, is in the final stages of deciding upon the seat sharing ...

September 16, 2009 8:27 PM

Musharaff denies misusing US military aid

Former President Pervez Musharraf today backtracked from his statement that the US military aid meant for the war on terrorbr/br/was diverted to bolster defenses against India.br/br/In a statement issued in Philadelphia, Musharraf, currently on a lecture tour of the US, said, Pakistan never violated...

September 16, 2009 8:26 PM

Cong-NCP seat pact likely on Thursday

Senior NCP leader and Union Minister Mr. Praful Patel has said that the seat-sharing formula for the forthcoming Maharashtra assembly elections will be finalised by tomorrow. Representatives of the two parties held their first formal meeting on the issue in Mumbai last evening. Talking to reporters ...

September 16, 2009 8:25 PM

Cong rejects Tharoor's remarks on economy class travel

Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor landed in a fresh controversy for dubbing travel by economy class as "cattle class", a remark for which he was strongly rebuked by the Congress party. Mr. Tharoor had reportedly wrote this on twitter, a social networking website. The pa...

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