Focusing on the massive consumer base in the nation’s largely unexplored rural markets, telecom minister A. Raja proposed measures to bridge the technology divide between villages and the cities.

Exports grew by 22.5 per cent to $16.64 billion in August compared to the same period last fiscal, a senior commerce ministry official said on Wednesday.

Distressed over the events in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said the government was willing to talk to anybody or any group but asserted that it could not happen till t

An all-party delegation will visit the troubled Kashmir Valley, it was decided in the five-hour-long meeting of leaders from various political parties here on Wednesday.

The RBI is likely to raise policy rates by up to 25 basis points in its mid quarterly policy review on Thursday to tame inflation, which is still ruling near the double-digit mark, said experts.

Pressure mounted on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take a firm decision on communications and information technology minister A. Raja with the Supreme Court on Monday issuing notice to Mr Raja in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.

Amidst the flare-up in the Kashmir Valley and objections raised by the armed forces and the main Opposition BJP, the government on Monday decided not to take a final call on the demand to partially withdraw the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from some areas in J&K. It instead decided to call an all-party meeting on

Defence minister A.K. Antony on Monday told top commanders of the armed forces that “there has been an increasing assertiveness on the part of China” and that India is taking all steps to upgrade its defence capabilities. The statement, made at the Armed Forces Combined Commanders’ Conference on Monday, comes in the wake of the recent Chinese refusal to permit a visit of the Indian Army’s Northern Command chief Lt. Gen. B.S. Jaswal to China.

Several businessmen from Srinagar, Jammu, Delhi and Mumbai are under the scanner of Central intelligence agencies for allegedly providing funds to separatist leaders as well as protesters, for creating trouble in Jammu and Kashmir.

Curfew was imposed in Punjab’s only Muslim-majority town, Malerkotla, after angry mobs, infuriated by rumours about the desecration of the Quran in the US, attacked a local church, setting fire to furniture and damaging sections of the religious premises late on Sunday night.