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FDI dips 20% to $2.26 billion
Rediff.com30 Oct 2012In August 2011, the country had received foreign investment worth $2.83 billion.
Exclusive: What provoked the India-China war?
Rediff.com16 Oct 2012Colonel Anil Athale (retd), the official historian of India's 1962 war with China, pin-points the reasons for the clash between the Asian giants 50 years ago and the series of blunders that led to India's military humiliation.
Police foil Bajrang Dal's march to Amarnath, 53 held
Rediff.com13 May 2012The police on Sunday detained 53 Bajrang Dal activists after foiling their bid to move towards Baltal base camp of Amarnath cave shrine in Kashmir, ahead of the commencement of the annual pilgrimage in June. Flagged off by Vishwa Hindu Parishad state chief Rama Kant Dubey from Jammu city, a group of 150 members boarded two buses and left for Kashmir Valley. They were intercepted by the police on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway at Jajjarkotli, 35 km from Jammu.
Budget 2012: Not a disaster but not enough, either
Rediff.com17 Mar 2012The Budget arithmetic seemed to be more realistic this time, though the final 5.9 per cent fiscal deficit will be more like 6.1 per cent for this year, and the target for 2012-13 of 5.1 per cent may be more like 5.3 per cent.
Baljinder wins Olympic quota; Gurmeet wins silver
Rediff.com12 Mar 2012Punjab athlete Baljinder Singh has earned a berth for the London Olympics after finishing fifth in the Asian 20 Km Race Walking championships with a timing of 1:22:12.
Manipur CM's nephew takes on state minister
Rediff.com21 Jan 2012On paper, the prestigious Wangkhei assembly constituency in the heart of Manipur capital Imphal will witness a multi-cornered contest but all eyes will be on the interesting fight between senior minister Y Erabot Singh and Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh's nephew Henry Okram.
Congress pledges to withdraw AFSPA in Manipur
Rediff.com20 Jan 2012The ruling Congress has pledged to improve the law and order situation in Manipur and withdraw the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act if voted to power in the assembly election.
Why Manipur made the headlines in 2011
Rediff.com31 Dec 2011The year 2011 kept the troubled state of Manipur in the news over an unprecedented economic blockade imposed on the state populace by two agitating organisations for about 120 days since August 1 while the fasting anti-AFSPA crusader Irom Sharmila completed 11 years of struggle in confinement demanding withdrawal of the 'Draconian Act' that continued to remain in force in her state.
United Naga Council lifts economic blockade in Manipur
Rediff.com29 Nov 2011After 120 days of economic blockade on the arterial national highways 39 and 53, Manipur on Tuesday heaved a sigh of relief. The agitating United Naga Council lifted the economic blockade from 6 am on Tuesday morning.
Manipur blockade lifted ahead of PM visit
Rediff.com28 Nov 2011The United Naga Council on Monday lifted its 100-day economic blockade on the Manipur side of two national highways without any condition but with a caveat that agitation would be re-launched if the government did not make an 'alternative arrangement' for Nagas in the state.
BJP demands President's Rule in blockade-hit Manipur
Rediff.com12 Nov 2011Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader M M Joshi on Saturday demanded the imposition of President's Rule in Manipur, which has been reeling under an economic blockade. "The central government has remained very insensitive to the plight of the suffering people and left it to the state government to resolve the crisis. The Centre should impose President's Rule, if needed, to ease the crisis in the state," Joshi said.
Petrol pumps in Manipur go dry as blockade continues
Rediff.com7 Nov 2011Only one petrol pump has stock but it will supply petrol and diesel only to school buses and school vans, official sources said.
Chidambaram appeals to Nagas to withdraw blockade in Manipur
Rediff.com2 Nov 2011Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday appealed to the agitating Nagas, who are blocking two National Highways passing through Manipur, to withdraw their strike and come forward for dialogue.
93-day Manipur economic blockade partially off
Rediff.com1 Nov 2011Senapati district happens to be inhabited largely by different communities of the Kukis, the Nepalis, and the Nagas. Within the district, Sadar Hills is dominated demographically by the Kukis.
Economic blockade in Manipur enters 93rd day
Rediff.com31 Oct 2011The crippling economic blockades on two national highways in Manipur entered the 93rd day on Monday, even as one of the sponsors called for a 48-hour bandh in five hill districts from midnight to mount pressure on the government.
Manipur: Blockade enters 86th day; commodity prices soar
Rediff.com18 Oct 2011The crippling economic blockade on two national highways in Manipur entered the 86th day on Tuesday with the organisers adamant on not lifting it even as prices of essential commodities continued to soar.
Warring groups block national highway, cripple life in Manipur
Rediff.com7 Oct 2011Sixty-eight days of economic blockade since July 31 this year has crippled the common man in the landlocked bordering state of Manipur, even as the state government and the Centre failed to persuade agitators to withdraw the blockade.
PIX: 3,000 people rescued in Sikkim
Rediff.com20 Sep 2011The worst-affected Mangan and Singhtam areas in quake-hit Sikkim are still out of bounds for rescue workers with massive landslides blocking key roads on Tuesday.
Manipur chokes as Kukis block highways
Rediff.com8 Aug 2011The prices of essential items have already shown an upward trend, as the supply of goods along the two highways -- NH 39 and NH 53 -- has been severely affected.
Govt approves 6 road proposals worth Rs 9,774 cr
Rediff.com13 Jul 2011The Public Private Partnership Approval Committee (PPPAC), chaired by Economic Affairs Secretary R Gopalan, had granted approval to the six proposals of the ministry of road transport and highways spread across five states, an official statement said.
The road Buddha's mother traversed is no more
Rediff.com18 Feb 2011Neither the Nepal government has cared to build a motorable road from the Indian border at Kakrahwa (barely 500 metres from the Kapilvastu stupa to Buddha's birthplace at Lumbini) nor have the Indian authorities bothered to persuade the rulers in Kathmandu to facilitate easy movement of Buddhist pilgrims through this border.
Nagas extend Manipur blockade by 25 days
Rediff.com24 Aug 2010The United Naga Council decided on Tuesday, to extend its economic blockade, which was to end today after over three weeks, by 25 more days on two vital highways of Manipur, saying its demands have not been met.
Amarnath yatra begins under tight security in JK
Rediff.com30 Jun 2010The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Wednesday under a tight security cover, with the first batch of 1,272 pilgrims leaving the Jammu base camp for the cave shrine, located at an altitude of 3,338-metres.A cavalcade of 53 vehicles carrying the devotees under tight security was flagged off by Tourism and Culture Minister Nawang Rigzin Jora from the Amarnath base camp at Bagwatinagar Yatri Niwas at approximately 5 am. Security is being provided by the Central Reserve Police Force
Truckers wary of plying on 'risky' Manipur highway
Rediff.com19 Jun 2010Truckers in Manipur are not willing to hit the troubled NH 39 that connects border town of Moreh and Imphal to Assam valley through Dimapur in Nagaland, even after agitating Naga groups in Manipur the All Naga Students' Association of Manipur and the United Naga Council -- have lifted the 67-days-long blockade of the highway from Friday evening.
Troops arrive in Manipur to clear blockade
Rediff.com17 Jun 2010The contingent of 88 CRPF personnel drove straight to the CRPF headquarters at Langjing, about 10 km from Imphal, after reaching from Delhi, official sources said.
'The Centre has been sleeping for so long'
Rediff.com16 Jun 2010'Manipur is a peripheral state. Had it been in Haryana or somewhere, it would have been cleared in two days. The Centre was too insensitive.' Pradip Phanjoubam, editor, Imphal Free Press, on the Manipur blockade.
Naga groups call off Manipur blockade
Rediff.com14 Jun 2010Hours after the Centre decided to send security forces to remove the 65-day-old blockade of the two national highways causing severe shortage of essential commodities in Manipur, the Naga groups announced temporary suspension of their stir from Tuesday.
Central forces to clear blockade in Manipur
Rediff.com14 Jun 2010Centre will send forces to remove blockade of national highway passing through Nagaland, said Home Secretary G K Pillai on Monday.
'Is this the India we should be proud of?'
Rediff.com17 May 2010'Manipur is on fire today. Terrorist organisations demanding secession from India, local tribal conflicts and a total collapse of the civil administration has turned this state into a virtual hell.'
BJP delegation meet Chidambaram over Manipur
Rediff.com15 May 2010A three member delegation of Bhartiya Janata Party headed by Prakash Javadekar called on the union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday evening and demanded that the government should take immediate steps to end the blockade of National Highway 39 by the Naga students so that the supplies of the essential commodities reach the people of Manipur.
Muivah's demand for greater Nagaland stall talks
Rediff.com13 May 2010The ongoing peace talks between the Central government and the NSCN (IM) general secretary Thuingleng Muivah have received a major setback with the latter repositioning himself to renew his demand for a 'sovereign Nagaland' and the former reiterating its firm stand against redrawing present Nagaland state's boundary with its neighbours.
Muviah visit: Rights body asks PM to intervene
Rediff.com10 May 2010The Asian Human Rights Commission called on Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday to intervene in diffusing the escalating tension, especially in Nagaland-Manipur boundary areas in Mao.
RBI policy: Auto, real estate, banking gain
Rediff.com21 Apr 2010Monetary policy measures give temporary respite to rate-sensitive companies.
Infra firms to gain from easing of lending norms
Rediff.com21 Apr 2010The decision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ease lending norms for the infrastructure sector is expected to help companies avail better and cheaper credit flow, besides getting access to new sources of funds.
No nod to projects in eco-sensitive zones: Ramesh
Rediff.com14 Apr 2010The National Board for Wildlife, headed by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, rejected some big projects, including a port project in Gujarat, signalling that the ministry would not clear projects in ecologically sensitive zones.
Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech
Rediff.com26 Feb 2010Here is the entire text of the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech:
Telecom services: Usher in uniform license fee
Rediff.com16 Feb 2010COAI seeks uniform 1% of AGR as license fee and to de-link USO levy from the revenue share license fee and to deal with USO separately
$2-bn WB loan will lower NHAI's borrowing needs
Rediff.com23 Dec 2009Road transport and highways minister Kamal Nath had said earlier this month after a meeting of an empowered group of ministers that the government wanted to borrow $2 billion.
Tiger Woods hurt in late-night crash
Rediff.com28 Nov 2009Tiger Woods, the world's best golfer and a leading force in sports marketing, was hurt in a car accident in Florida on Friday but was released from a hospital in good condition after treatment.
Abducted Andhra engineer released in Assam
Rediff.com17 Nov 2009Abducted engineer P Krishna Rao was released on Tuesday after a month's captivity by National Democratic Front of Bodoland militants in Assam's Kokrajhar district, police said. Rao, who was abducted on October 16 by militants of the NDFB anti-talks faction, was released in Karigaon area around 1200 hours, they said.