Bidding invited for freight corridor
NEW DELHI: Putting the country's biggest infrastructure project into high gear, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation has invited pre-qualification bid of Rs 8,000 crore for works between Rewari (Haryana) and Ikbalgarh (Gujarat) of the western corridor...
Loya Jirga concludes: Afghan elders back 10 years of US presence
KABUL: Afghan elders, after four days of talks, have endorsed a strategic partnership deal with the US on Saturday which could see American troops remain on Afghan soil for at least 10 more years.
However, they insisted on a...
This is good news however we cannot let our guards down. I hope that Pakistani terrorists to realize their mistake and surrender.
I have never heard any of them surrender. This is dangerous.:tdown:
FC vehicle escapes bomb blast in Khuzdar
QUETTA: A Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle escaped a remote-controlled blast in Arbab Complex area of Khuzdar, on Thursday.
According to the sources, a remote-controlled bomb was planted along the roadside near Arbab Complex area and detonated when a FC...
Delay pushes Metro cost up 7 crore a day
LUCKNOW: As the proposed Metro rail project in the city fails to cross the planning stage, its escalating cost has hit the roof. With the delay of each passing day adding an additional burden of Rs 7 crore to the cost, the project will become unviable if...
Militant killed in Waziristan clash
MIRAMSHAH/KHAR/SWABI, Nov 18: Security forces killed a suspected militant in North Waziristan Agency, while a girls school was blown up in Bajaur Agency and a college damaged in Swabi on Friday.
Officials in Miramshah said a suspected militant was killed and...
FDI: Govt leaps from paralysis to fast-track, opposition not convinced
For India Inc, the flurry of activity in the government to initiate new reforms is the news it has been waiting for.
The slowdown in the decision-making process within the government was frustrating the industry...
India, Russia will strive to galvanise bilateral trade
India and Russia will strive to “galvanise” bilateral trade after it missed the $10 billion target set for last year.
The Indo-Russian Intergovernmental Commission (IRIGC) on trade, economic, technological, scientific and...
Separatists like Geelani will die an Indian: Farooq Abdullah
NEW DELHI: Kashmir will never secede from India and those who dream of a merger with Pakistan, including hardliner Syed Ali Geelani, will die as Indians, union minister Farooq Abdullah said on Thursday. "Kashmir will remain a part...
Terrorists blow up hospital in Shabqadar:tdown:
HABQADAR: Unidentified terrorists blew up a Basic Health Unit (BHU) with explosives late Wednesday night. Police said that the terrorists had planted explosives at the main gate of the BHU which went off with a big bang. The building of the BHU...
Centre green light for Metro Phase IV:tup:
Even as the Delhi Metro awaits the requisite nods to begin construction work on the upcoming Phase III project, the Central government has asked the DMRC to start preparing detailed project reports (DPRs) for Phase IV.
The DMRC is now evaluating...
Obama backs Australia's u-turn on uranium sale to India
US President Barack Obama today virtually backed Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's plans to sell uranium to India saying it "seemed to be compatible with international law and the NPT".
"India is a big player and the...
Domino's aim to double outlets in India in five years
New Delhi: Pizza maker Domino's expects to double its total outlets in India to over 800 in the next five years as it expands rapidly in the country that is set to become its fourth largest market globally by 2012.
"India is the fifth...