Pak in hurry to invite Krishna for talks

Pakistan intends to invite External Affairs Minister S M Krishna to Islamabad where it will make "certain proposals" to bridge the "trust deficit" between the two countries. Pakistan Foreign......

There was a miscommunication, says Zardari

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday blamed "miscommunication" with India for Islamabad seemingly going back on its promise to send Director General of ISI to New Delhi and instead said......

We erred, but Somnath Bharti did NOT, says AAP

Amid demands for removal of Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti for the midnight raid episode, the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday came in his defence, saying he had sought action against the alleged drug......

'Rahul could've handled lawmakers' ordinance issue better'

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi could have handled the lawmakers' ordinance issue better in September last year when he had made a surprise appearance at a press meet to denounce it as......

Tharoor hopes pending HRD bills will be passed soon

The government expects that a number of pending legislations pertaining to HRD ministry will be passed during the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament despite possible opposition from some......

Allow MNCs in retail, sell off PSUs: Murthy

In the midst of a raging debate over allowing multinationals in the retail sector, Infosys mentor N R Narayana Murthy on Saturday favoured MNCs in the sector saying consumers will benefit from......

India's GDP can grow at 9.5%: Montek

India, whose economy has been coasting along at 8 per cent for the last three years, can achieve 9.5 per cent GDP growth even in the absence of hard labour reforms or foreign direct investment in......

'Let's not spend too much energy focusing on the Budget'

While defending the finance minister's intentions and policy direction in the recent Budget proposals, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of the Planning Commission and a top government policy......

The person who is hurting most is me: BCCI supremo

His back against the wall after the IPL spot-fixing scandal, BCCI President N Srinivasan has not ruled out filing a criminal complaint against the arrested "dirty cricketers", insisting that no one......

'They were reluctant to accept outside view'

Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell has rubbished CWG Organising Committee Secretary General Lalit Bhanot's view that the other nations' standard of hygiene is different from that......

CWG venues battling against time: Hooper

India's failure to ensure that all the Commonwealth Games venues and the athletes' village comply with safety provision norms could jeopardise the organisation of the event, according to CGF CEO......

There is no question of protecting Modi: Pawar

Suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi will have to face the music if he is found guilty of corruption, according to ICC President Sharad Pawar who on Sunday made it clear that there was no question......