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With over 15% of the world’s population, India has lots of people. It also huge potential for solar power. A new proposal by India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) wants to wed those factors into a self-sustaining formula for steep and sustained economic growth. The scheme is...

September 09: China will never "encircle India" and an "acceptable solution" to the boundary issue will be found by both sides, a senior Chinese minister said today. "There is a special mechanism in place to resolve the border issues and the governments and the military establishments of the...

WASHINGTON: Describing the situation in Pakistan very serious, a top American senator today said the turmoil there has emphasized that the nuclear-armed country's powerful military plays a key role in its political affairs. Senator John McCain alleged Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services...

SURAT: Register for a mass marriage and get a toilet free. This is the incentive that Leuva Patels from Vallabhipur in Bhavnagar district are offering people of their community to help women maintain their dignity and encourage poor families to go for mass marriages. The unique initiative has...

KAMRAN GHULAM ABBAS WAS CONVICTED OF SMUGGLING HEROIN. Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded a Pakistani convicted of drug trafficking and one of its own citizens for murder, the interior ministry said. Saudi Bandar Khalaf al-Enzi was found guilty of strangling a man to death during a dispute, the...

GippsAero part of Mahindra Aerospace plans to conduct first flight of a 18 seater GA18 aircraft next year , GA18 is derived from the highly successful N24A Nomad aircraft which also was operated by Australia , Indonesia,Thailand and Philippines in their military for the surveillance and search...

Israel has expressed interest in sharing its expertise on water purification and waste water treatment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project for cleaning river Ganga. The Centre had set a target of three years to rejuvenate the polluted holy river Ganga and has formed an integrated...

Three months after overtaking Australia to become the 10th biggest stock market in the world, India on Monday surpassed Switzerland to become the ninth biggest with a market capitalisation of $1.58 trillion. The BSE Sensex closed at a lifetime high of 27,319.85, driven up by purchases by FIIs...

After al Qaeda's announcement of formation of an Indian wing, an organisation of Shia Muslims here has announced a reward of Rs 1 crore each for the killing of the chiefs of ISIS, al Qaeda, Jamaat-u-Dawa, Taliban and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. "At the meeting of our all India executive on September...

Hafeez Saeed, mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai attacks and chief of Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD), on Monday blamed India for severe flood crisis in Pakistan. He blamed dams constructed in ‘Indian Kashmir’ and water-terrorism as reasons responsible for the flood disaster that had claimed over 200 lives so far...

Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday accepted PM Narendra Modi’s offer to help victims across the Line of Control. He reportedly thanked his Indian counterpart and said: 'Your offer for help in our flood relief efforts is thoughtful'. Over 160 people have died in floods...

LONDON: As many as 60 British women have joined an all-female sharia police unit for the Islamic State (ISIS), reprimanding those who fall foul of the jihad's strict rules. The al-Khansaa Brigade is believed to be operating in the Syrian city of Raqqa, which is controlled by ISIS jihadists and...

NEW DELHI: India and Germany on Monday agreed to prepare a road map for cooperation in skill development, solid waste management and cleaning of rivers as visiting foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met Prime Minister Narendra Modi who described the two nations as "made for each other"...

Sitamarhi: A dalit woman has lodged an FIR against seven persons for harassing her and family members for protesting her husband's conversion to Islam at Rampur Khurd in Sitamarhi district, police said on Monday. Yashoda Devi lodged the FIR against seven persons, including a former mukhia...