NEW DELHI: India’s Army Chief Deepak Kapoor says Pakistan’s growing sophisticated nuclear arsenal is a major cause of concern for India. His comments referred to reports by the Indian and foreign press based on an academic paper that says Pakistan has 70 to 90 nuclear arsenals. India’s Army Chief Deepak Kapoor: ‘We are all... More

Allaying apprehensions in the wake of drought situation, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has said the country has large stock of foodgrains to effectively tackle the problem and the government has taken various steps in this regard. In the latest issue of party journal ‘Sandesh’, she said “a major drought situation... More

Pakistan on Friday made a tall claim that the Mumbai terror attacks could have been stopped if India had shared information. In remarks that are bound to annoy New Delhi, interior minister Rehman Malik noted that India had arrested several suspects before the Mumbai attacks, and then made the preposterous claim that the attacks could... More

India’s monsoon rains may improve next month but are still set to be the worst in four decades, and the associated slow filling of reservoirs is putting winter crops and power supplies at risk. Monsoon rains, the lifeline for farms that support more that half of India’s 1.1 billion people, have been patchy this year and... More

Maharani Gita Devi of Kapurthala and her son Tikka Shatrujit Singh reveal intimate memories and moments spent in the company of the late Maharani Gayatri Devi. Maharani Gita Devi of Kapurthala: I wasn’t related by blood to the Late Raja Mata Saab Gayatri Devi, but our families were extremely close and she was a favourite aunt... More

The Parliament today completed the three-phase budgetary exercise for 2009-10 with Rajya Sabha returning the Finance Bill, 2009 by voice vote. The Finance Bill will now be send to the President Pratibha Patil for her assent. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who initiated the budgetary exercise by presenting the budget for 2009-10... More

Two BJP nominees for the August 10 Rajya Sabha by-polls in Madhya Pradesh today filed their nomination papers here. Kaptan Singh Solanki, who is at present BJP Organising Secretary for Maharashtra, filed nomination papers for the seat vacated by senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, who won the Lok Sabha elections from Vidisha, while... More

PM on Wednesday told Lok Sabha that he is not sure whether the 45-member NSG will endorse the G-8 stand on transferring enrichment and reprocessing technologies to non-NPT countries. Singh said, “India has no civil nuclear agreement with G-8 per se. We have civil nuclear agreements with US, Russia and France. French President Nicolas... More

Trinamool Congress today rubbished CPI(M)’s charge that two of its Union Ministers had ‘incited violence’ in troubled Lalgarh, saying they were within their constitutional right to visit the place. “The visit by the Union Ministers– Mukul Roy and Sisir Adhikari– was within their constitutional... More

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi was on Wednesday granted bail by a Moradabad court in a case filed against her for making allegedly derogatory remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati. “She (Joshi) has been granted bail by the district court on two sureties of Rs.20,000 each,” her counsel Anand Mohan Gupta... More

Awaiting the Governor’s decision on his resignation, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today preferred to work from his residence which was thronged by supporters and leaders of National Conference and coalition partner Congress. Away from high-voltage activities in the state assembly, the Chief Minister preferred... More

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said his country had no choice but to hold peace talks with Pakistan. He said the alternative was to go to war which was not in anyone’s interest. Speaking in parliament, Mr Singh said he believed that Islamabad had made some progress in its investigation into last year’s Mumbai... More

In recent years, Indian foreign policy—for better or worse—has been primarily a regional affair. India has sought to check the nefarious influence of Pakistan and prevent instability in Sri Lanka. Therefore, last week’s unfurling of an Indian nuclear-powered submarine—built on Indian soil—is a momentous occasion. Analysts... More

Private buses, minibuses and autorickshaw operators would go on an indefinite strike here tomorrow after a meeting with the West Bengal government on a high court order banning 15-year-old vehicles in the metropolis failed on Thursday. “The meeting with Transport minister Subhas Chakraborty failed. We are going ahead with... More

Former President A P J Abdul Kalam today advised students to turn entrepreneurs and start small enterprises to beat the economic slowdown and generate employment. “Students should generate employment for the country’s welfare and become leaders with a passion for developing a vision for the nation. They should know how... More