The cable, dated 15 January 2010, updated the Secretary of State on war crimes accountability following the end of the country's long and bloody conflict.
India's unilateral offer was again relayed by the then Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon in his meeting with the Special US Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke on February 16, 2009 in New Delhi, wherein the latter praised India's developmental role in Afghanistan.
Of the 2.5 lakh top secret United States' documents released by whistleblower website Wikileaks, as many as 3,038 classified cables are from the US embassy in New Delhi.The documents are being published by several media outlets across the globe on Sunday, despite repeated insistence from the US that it may put at risk many lives. Ahead of the release of these documents, the State Department had reached out to India, warning it about the impending release.
The celebrations after the 2017 World Cup went on for the next few months. But there was one question that the Indian cricketers failed to respond to in their interviews. 'What was their next assignment?' Nobody knew; the players were waiting for the BCCI to tell them. The BCCI, with barely any time from its endless legal tangles, had nothing in mind immediately. The likes of Australia and England were back on the field, battling it out in the Ashes in front of sizeable crowds. But for Mithali Raj and team, there was no road ahead.
A video shows Trump attacking and punching a man whose face is obscured by a CNN logo.
Ambulance operators were refusing to carry patients due to fear of harassment.
With India set to be the world's most populous country by 2030, there is a growing need to control population through better use of contraceptives, says Abhishek Waghmare.
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A consummate deal-maker, the former Aircel boss raked in the moolah in many, but lost a packet in several others.
Top multi-system operators (MSOs, or large cable operators) are in talks to form a consortium to challenge the new distribution joint venture of STAR and Zee which was announced on Thursday.
He also lashed out at the Congress over a joint statement issued by India and Pakistan in Sharm el-Sheikh in July 2009.
Gulf Bridge International, the Middle East's privately-owned submarine cable operator, has signed an agreement with India's internet services firm Sify Technologies for its sub-sea cable system in India.
The world awaits a creative breakthrough for mobile phone ads, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Naidu expressed concern over reports that these channels are being broadcast in Jammu and Kashmir without permission.
Noting that the WikiLeaks cables were a 'sad and revealing' commentary of where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress have landed the country in, the CPI-M has said Americans were willing to do everything to win the trust vote during the UPA government's regime so that the nuclear deal could go through.CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat said the cables show that the Americans are keen observers of the high level of corruption that exists in India's politics.
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'None of these contestants are trained in stunts. In movies, we have cuts, safety nets, green screens, cables... but here, there is nothing. I had to keep motivating them. I would be drained out by evening at times because you are also demonstrating for them.' Rohit Shetty takes us behind the scenes of Khatron Ke Khiladi 8.
A recent study on internet speed in India put Hyderabad on top with 6.5 Mbps download and 4.5 Mbps upload speed
On November 8 last year, Rohatgi had informed the court that the decision to ban the transmission on November 9 had been put on hold by the government.
Modi laid the foundation stone of a four-lane cable-stayed bridge between Okha and Beyt Dwarka.
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Though GST could mean complications in the short run, it will bring in undeclared revenues and streamline taxation across the value chain, the benefits should be worth the pain.
In his hour-long speech, Modi mostly focussed on his government's efforts aimed at women's empowerment as he talked about the endeavour to ensure progress and modernisation of India.
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The move will catapult Disney as the country's largest media and entertainment broadcaster, with over $1.3 billion of additional India revenue.
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One lakh gram panchayats are to be connected by underground Optical Fibre Cable by March this year under the first phase of BharatNet project, Minister P P Chaudhary said while replying to questions on behalf of Minister of State for Communications Manoj Sinha who was not present in the House.
Senior inspector Arun Waykar, Hinjewadi police station, said, "Our investigation suggests that sometime on Sunday afternoon, the victim objected to the suspect staring at her and warned him that she would lodge a complaint. Later, she took a break.
The exemption of the value of right to use packaged software would be beneficial to the gaming industry.
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