Government policies
Supreme Court starts hearings on deferring Ayodhya verdict
28 Sep 2010
Update 2: “SLP dismissed”, says chief justice of India.
Update: Supreme Court to rule on petition at 2pm.
The re-branding will bring to an end to the 11-year old Corus brand created with the merger of British Steel with the 81-year old Netherlands-based Koninklijke Hoogovens in 1999
Miniratna status for 2 central government units
21 Sep 2010
Kashmir gets its 15 minutes of lament
By Rajiv Singh | 20 Sep 2010
If there is anything a Kashmir Valley politician knows best it’s posturing, for in that lies the continuous appeal of his ‘politics of grievance.’ An all-party delegation is today tackling postures and listening to ‘grievances’ in a bid to diffuse the tension in the valley, writes Rajiv Singh.
India bids for non-permanent seat at UNSC next week
18 Sep 2010
The United Nations assumes centre stage for India in the coming week as voting takes place for the non-permanent seat to the Security Council for the period 2011-12 and broader reforms are also discussed.
All-party delegation in J&K on Monday; NC gets lease of life
16 Sep 2010
With an all-party delegation due to visit J&K on Monday to assess the ground situation, Valley politics took an abrupt turn with Rahul Gandhi endorsing Omar Abdullah’s continuation as CM.
All-party delegation to visit Kashmir
15 Sep 2010
After a five hour long meet the all-party meet summoned by the Indian PM to discuss the situation in the Kashmir Valley has decided that an all-party delegation will soon visit the state.
All-party meet on J&K kicks off in Delhi
15 Sep 2010
With administrations at Srinagar and Delhi mulling an appropriate response to separatist-inspired violence in the Kashmir Valley, PM Manmohan Singh has summoned an all party meet at his residence today.
China tells foreign companies to stop whining
14 Sep 2010
In the face of persistent claims by foreign companies and their governments that the pitch is queered for their businesses, China has brusquely responded by asking them to stop whining.
For Japan’s PM, time to confront issues
14 Sep 2010
Having defeated party challenger Ichiro Ozawa, Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan now faces the sticky task of tackling a long list of woes afflicting his country.
India needs foreign capital and technology, not alliances: PM
13 Sep 2010
India is too large a country to be boxed into any alliance or regional or sub-regional arrangements, whether trade, economic or political.
India interested in tapping seabed route for Iranian gas: Report
09 Sep 2010
Iran has indicated that India may resume negotiations for importing natural gas from Iran via a sea pipeline, separate from the land-based ‘Peace Pipeline’ that will traverse the Pakistani landmass.
Tariff wars: EU may investigate Chinese modem exports
02 Sep 2010
With its high-tech industry under increasing threat from low cost Chinese products, the EU has said it may investigate if China is unfairly subsidising makers of wireless modems.
Tariff wars: China slaps duties on US chicken
02 Sep 2010
In retaliation to the US Commerce Department imposing stiff countervailing duties on imports of its aluminum products, China, yesterday imposed anti-subsidy duties on US chicken products for a period of five years