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Obama to visit India next year, N-deal to be honoured

2009-11-24T17:41:42

Washington: President Barack Obama has promised to visit India next year and assured that the nuclear deal signed between India and the US will be fully implemented.

Obama rolls out red carpet for Manmohan Singh

2009-11-24T15:52:37

Washington: President Barack Obama rolled out the red carpet Tuesday for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the first official state visit of his presidency with a state greeting in the White House.

India has not given proof of Hafiz Saeed's involvement in 26/11: Pakistan

2009-11-24T14:27:08

Islamabad/New Delhi: Continuing to remain in denial mode, Pakistan Tuesday said India had not provided any evidence of terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed's involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

Living beyond sunlight & on the edge of darkness

2009-11-24T09:18:10

Scientists have found an amazing population of species in deep ocean floors that have never seen sunlight and live like hermits with limited food.

Philippines declares emergency after 24 killed

2009-11-24T09:15:53

Manila: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo placed two southern provinces under a state of emergency Tuesday, giving security forces free hands to pursue gunmen who killed at least 24 people in one of the country's worst election massacres.

In New York, job winners will tweet from toilets

2009-11-24T09:12:09

New York: Five new restroom ambassadors will soon be tweeting from toilets at Times Square after beating hundreds of hopefuls for the coveted jobs.

China is acting like a local bully, says Manmohan

2009-11-24T05:34:20

Washington: Against the backdrop of some provocative steps by China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said there was "certain amount of assertiveness" by China lately, which had to be taken note of.

US business community keen on India's growth story: Indra Nooyi

2009-11-24T05:24:45

Washington: Noting that India's rapid growth is a critical engine of global economy, PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi has said the business community in the US was eager on playing an active role in the country's future economic development.

Manmohan cites virtues beyond growth to score over China

2009-11-24T03:01:35

Washington: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought to downplay the recent US-China joint statement saying it's not of "direct concern" to him, but asserted that India will not choose the "non-democratic" Chinese path of high economic growth, but its own route of democracy and development.

Manmohan rolls out red carpet for American investors

2009-11-24T02:57:09

Washington: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday made a vigorous pitch for attracting more American foreign investment in areas ranging from infrastructure to agriculture and green energy and underlined that no investor is more welcome in India than the investors from the US.

UK father-son duo among four charged with 'violent jihad' offences

2009-11-23T16:15:09

London: British police have charged four men, including a father-son duo, with attempting to wage "violent jihad" after arresting them in northern England.

Diaspora has altered the way US perceives India: Manmohan

2009-11-23T07:44:56

Washington: Crediting the Indian diaspora with changing the image of India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has acknowledged the contribution of the over 2.5 million strong Indian community in America in building better ties with the US.

FBI identifies Headley's link in Pakistan

2009-11-23T04:58:03

Geneva: The US investigators have zeroed in on a Pakistani national who is suspected to be a key link between LeT operatives David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana about whom India is expected to know in a week whether they were involved in Mumbai attacks.

Obama-Singh to run last mile on nuclear deal

2009-11-23T03:06:17

New Delhi: Trying to resolve sticking points on the India-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement on the one hand, and narrow differences on their approach to climate change on the other, India and the US are likely to sign a joint Memorandum on Energy Security, Clean Energy and Climate Change during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the United States this week.

US shares info with India on Headley's ISI links

2009-11-22T05:44:44

Geneva: The US Saturday disclosed to India new information linking the anti-terror plot hatched by expatriates David Coleman Headley and Tahawuur Rana with some elements in the ISI and said it will reveal the name of a key Pakistani national linked to the Mumbai carnage in a week's time.

Headly vowed to retaliate against India: NYT report

2009-11-22T05:29:23

Washington: David Headley, a Pakistani origin American citizen at the centre of a global terrorism investigation on charges of plotting terror attacks in India and Denmark, has been portrayed as a man "with feet in East and West."

Pakistani father-son duo held in Italy over Mumbai attacks

2009-11-21T08:53:05

London: A Pakistani father-son duo in Italy, who managed a money transfer agency that was used to finance the Mumbai terror attacks, were arrested today in the northern Italian city of Brescia.

By 2050 India will be among world's 'Big 3'

2009-11-21T07:30:26

Washington: Discerning a dramatic shift in the world's economic balance of power, a US think tank has projected that by 2050 India will be in the 'big three' league. India is projected to emerge as one of the three largest economies of the world along with the US and China.

World's largest atom-smasher restarts after 14-month hiatus

2009-11-21T04:32:11

Geneva: Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher on Friday night for the first time since the $10 billion machine suffered a breakdown.

Pak using terror as state policy, Manmohan tells US

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:11:18 GMT

Washington: Expressing concern about the rise of terrorism in Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said India would like the United States to use all its influence with Islamabad to stop using terror as an instrument of state policy.