Pentagon dumps anti-Islam course
A controversial US military course that taught officers to prepare for a “total war” against Islam using “Hiroshima-style” tactics has been suspended by the Pentagon following an uproar.
Basu: Subsidy reform, diesel decontrol soon
After the furore over his remarks to the Carnegie Endowment here, chief economic adviser Kaushik Basu says he feels India will see “some important” reforms in six months, including on subsidies, a pos
UPA committed to reforms: Pranab
Asserting that government is committed to economic reforms, Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said it is now time for taking some hard decisions and expressed confidence that three k
India-U.S. pol-mil talks after 6 years
After a gap of nearly six years, the US and India would hold their first political-military dialogue in New Delhi next week during which the two countries are expected to discuss a wide range of bilat
SRK to speak at Yale University
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan would deliver a lecture at the prestigious Yale University as its Chubb Fellow, an honour which in the past has been bestowed on heads of states and Noble Prize winn
Blunt talks with india, China over iran oil: Hillary
The US is having “very intense and very blunt” conversations with India, China and Turkey on reducing their dependence on Iranian oil in a bid to bolster American sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear programme, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said.
India trade team to Iran may upset US
India’s announcement of sending a huge trade delegation to Iran may put Indo-US ties under strain at a time when Washington is seeking international cooperation to put maximum economic pressure on Tehran to give up its nuclear programme.
Iran oil, Af-Pak dominate talks
India’s insistence on continuing to buy Iranian oil defying US sanctions, drawing common approach on China, Af-Pak situation and peace negotiations with Taliban dominated the talks of foreign secretar
Mathai holds meeting with Hillary
Foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai on Wednesday met secretary of state Hillary Clinton and held a series of meetings at the state department and the White House on a range of bilateral, regional and glob
India for level playing field to US firms
India will continue with its endeavour to normalise relationship with Pakistan, foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai has said here, stressing that the future of Afghanistan and Pakistan is “inseparable” fr