Two militants killed in Kupwara gun battle
At least two militants were killed in a gun battle with secuirty forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara District on Wednesday night.
Acting on a tip off, security forces cordoned off the Rajwar forest
Government sanctions funds for unique identity numbers
Government on Thursday sanctioned funds for the second phase of the ambitious scheme to allocate unique identity numbers to 10 crore of the country's population.
The Cabinet Committee on Unique Iden
'US jobs market still bleak'
Washington, July 22: US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S Bernanke said Wednesday that the country's economy was continuing to expand moderately, thanks to stimulative monetary and fiscal policies, but j
Top US military commander to arrive in India
The highest ranking officer of the US armed forces, Admiral Michael Mullen, is arriving here later on Thursday for a two-day visit to hold talks ahead of American President, Mr Barack Obama's New Delh
Make corporates answerable: Bangladesh information chief
Dhaka, July 22: Bangladesh's Chief Information Officer (CIC) wants that the Right to Information Act be amended to cover corporate offices and MNCs operating in the country to effectively combat corru
Funds approved for phase two of unique identification number project
New Delhi, July 22: The authority set up to collect data for the issue of tamper-proof biometric identity cards to each of India's 1.17 billion citizens has been granted Rs.3,023 crore for the second
China to begin domestic carbon trading
Beijing, July 22: China will start carbon trading in domestic businesses during the next five-year plan beginning in 2011 with an aim to reduce carbon emission.
The decision was made at a closed-door
Bajaj Auto's first quarter net doubles, 1-for-1 bonus
New Delhi, July 22: India's second largest two and three wheeler company Bajaj Auto Thursday reported a 100 percent rise in net profit at Rs.590 crore for the first quarter of this fiscal as against R
Obama signs law to prevent another recesssion
Washington, July 22: US President Barack Obama has signed into law the most sweeping financial industry reform legislation since the Great Depression, terming it insurance against the kind of meltdown
India's top policy forum meets Saturday amid farm sector woes
New Delhi, July 22: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will Saturday preside over a meeting of the National Development Council (NDC), the country's top policy forum, for a mid-term review of the 11th Five