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New Delhi: India on Monday said its high technology ties with the U.S. have underperformed, particularly in commercial sectors, and pitched for promoting cooperation in R&D, design, commercialisation and production. “There is a shared perception that the HTCG has in a sense underperformed and underachieved, especially in commercial sectors,” Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said at […]

Guwahati: An improvised explosive device was used to trigger the blast that led to the derailment of the Guwahati-Puri Express in Kamrup district in Assam that left 100 passengers injured, officials said on Monday. Railway PRO Nripendra Bhattacharya said the explosion led to the engine and eight coaches jumping the rails at around 8:30 last […]

New Delhi: Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the wake of Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam tendering his resignation over the appointment of a private counsel to appear for the government in a 2G-related case in the Supreme Court. Mr. Moily, who was in Bangalore during the weekend, reached […]

Cinnamon, a common food spice and flavouring material, may help halt disease progression in Parkinson's patients, a new study suggests

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday held consultations giving further grist to the speculation mill over a possible reshuffle of the Union Cabinet. This is the fourth meeting of the two leaders in recent days amid indications that the reshuffle would take place any time this week. There […]

Days after a sitting Madras High Court Judge was denied entry into a club here for wearing a dhoti- the state's.........

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere in the Karnataka government’s decision to frame rules to prevent illegal mining in the state. A bench headed by justice R V Raveendran turned down the plea of mining companies challenging the state government’s decision to put in place a mechanism to regulate mining. The […]

Islamabad: At least three blasts ripped through an Army arms depot on the outskirts of the federal capital on Monday, injuring two persons, police officials said. The blasts at the arms depot in Sihala area, located about 20 km from the garrison city of Rawalpindi, were believed to be accidental in nature, TV news channels […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch his first multilateral engagement with BRICS leaders, giving top priority................

Fatehpur (UP): The death toll in the Sunday’s train accident near Malwan station on the Howrah-Delhi Grand Chord in Fatehpur district went up to 63 with 25 more bodies, including that of a Swedish national, being recovered from the mangled compartments of the ill-fated Delhi-bound Kalka Mail. “63 bodies, including that of a Swedish national, […]

Germany wrote a new chapter in the history of international football as they became the first European team........

Dubai: India`s leading tyre manufacturer, Apollo Tyres, has set up a new Middle East operations hub in Dubai, it has been announced here. Apollo Tyres is the 18th firm to move to The Galleries` A-grade offices and retail facilities in Dubai`s Jabel Ali this year and brings the number of international and local businesses currently […]

Washington: The US space agency is tracking a piece of space junk that could be on a path toward the International Space Station, where the shuttle Atlantis has just docked on its final mission, NASA has said. However, NASA is not ready to say for sure whether the object is projected to collide with the […]

Roseau: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni defended the decision not to press for a win in the third and final Test against the West Indies, saying that his side could have lost the match while going for the target. India, who had already taken an unbeatable 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series, were 94 […]

Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan says she is a fan of director Rohit Shetty and calls him the "Manmohan Desai of this generation."