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May 21, 2013 at 23:30 | Source: FirstPost
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) India-China relations are truly good neighbourly and are based on a high degree of trust and understanding with a strong intersection of common interests, President Pranab Mukherjee said Tuesday when Chinese premier Li Keq...
India would stand by Afghanistan in its transition: Pranab Mukherjee - IBNLive
May 21, 2013 at 22:00 | Source: IBNLive
New Delhi: India is prepared to increase bilateral contribution to Afghanistan's institution-building, training and equipment to the extent possible and would stand by that country during its critical period of transition, President Pranab Mu...
Tax row: Cabinet to consider Vodafone peace plan
May 21, 2013 at 21:07 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, May 21: The Union Cabinet will shortly consider a proposal to start a conciliation process with telecom major Vodafone Group Plc on the pending tax dispute. But the UK-headquartered Vodafone has said it is not certain of reaching an ̵...
Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma to be new CAG
May 21, 2013 at 20:31 | Source: Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma was today named as the new Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG). The 1976 Bihar cadre officer will succeed Vinod Rai, who superannuates tomorrow after five and a half years of eventful tenure a...
Defence secretary Shashikant Sharma's appointment as new CAG draws flak
May 21, 2013 at 20:22 | Source: DomainB
The government has made yet another faux pas with selection of defence secretary Shashikant Sharma as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, in place of retiring Vinod Rai. With the man, whose reports on 2G spectrum and coal blocks ...
Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma to be new CAG
May 21, 2013 at 20:09 | Source: DNA India
Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma was today named as the new Comptroller Auditor General of India (CAG). The 1976 Bihar cadre officer will succeed Vinod Rai, who superannuates tomorrow after five and a half years of eventful tenure as the head of...
Nation pays tribute to Rajiv Gandhi on 22nd death anniversary
May 21, 2013 at 19:16 | Source: DNA India
Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was on Tuesday remembered on his 22nd death anniversary with leaders paying homage at his memorial here. President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the late leader s ...
Karzai in Delhi set to push for India military aid
May 21, 2013 at 17:12 | Source: BBC
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in India to press for more military aid, ahead of the withdrawal of Nato-led forces from Afghanistan in 2014. He is set to hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as well as President Pranab Mukherjee. In...
VVIP visits and traffic jams: Time to think out of the box?
May 21, 2013 at 17:12 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
May 21, 2013 VVIP visits and traffic jams: Time to think out of the box? Share · Comment · print · T · T- Tweet For centuries India has welcomed foreign visitors with open arms, but now the time might have come to change all that especially for...
Premier Li Keqiang's visit: India and China in border row pledge
May 21, 2013 at 09:12 | Source: BBC
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said India and China must improve mechanisms to settle a long-running border dispute, pledging his commitment to peace and tranquility . Premier Li was speaking during a joint address with his Indian counterpar...
Two Andhra ministers charged in Jagan Reddy case resign
May 21, 2013 at 07:40 | Source: FirstPost
Hyderabad: Two cabinet ministers in Andhra Pradesh charged in the YS Jaganmohan Reddy's disproportionate assets case have submitted their resignations to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, sources said Monday.They put in their papers late Sunday nig...
'Two Andhra ministers charged in Jagan case quit'
May 21, 2013 at 06:45 | Source: FirstPost
Hyderabad, May 20 (IANS) Two cabinet ministers in Andhra Pradesh charged in the Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's disproportionate assets case have submitted their resignations to Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, sources said Monday.They put in their pape...
Karzai leaves for state visit to India
May 21, 2013 at 05:45 | Source: FirstPost
Kabul, May 20 (IANS) Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Monday left on a two-day visit to India, the president's office said in a statement."President Hamid Karzai, leading a high-level delegation, left this morning (Monday) on a two-day state v...
Mukerjee bats for vocational training, confers honorary degree on Karzai
May 21, 2013 at 05:15 | Source: FirstPost
Jalandhar, May 20 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Monday called upon universities to lay emphasis on imparting vocational training to youth in the country while pointing out that by 2020, two-third of the workforce in the world would be from India...
Afghan Prez arrives in India, to seek military aid
May 20, 2013 at 23:06 | Source: FirstPost
New Delhi: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai arrived in the country today on a three-day visit during which he will seek increased military aid from India and discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan."We will ask for assistance for the...
Pranab Mukherjee confers honorary doctorate on Hamid Karzai
May 20, 2013 at 21:34 | Source: FirstPost
Phagwara (Pb): Afghan President Hamid Karzai was on Monday conferred an honorary doctorate degree by President Pranab Mukherjee at a professional university here.Sharing the dais with Mukherjee, who was the chief guest at the convocation of Lovely Pr...
Take a tour of Rashtrapati Bhavan for Rs 25
May 20, 2013 at 16:02 | Source: FirstPost
New Delhi: Daily public tours of Rashtrapati Bhavan, which began for the first time from January 1 this year at the initiative of President Pranab Mukherjee and have become very popular with tourists, will now cost Rs 25 per person.A Rashtrapati Bhav...
Manmohan Singh, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to hold talks on crucial bilateral issues
May 20, 2013 at 12:36 | Source: DNA India
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will hold comprehensive talks on key bilateral, regional and international issues in New Delhi on Monday. Issues including boundary and trade are expected to come up for discussio...
China Premier Li Keqiang pledges better ties with India
May 20, 2013 at 11:57 | Source: BBC
China's Premier Li Keqiang has pledged to build trust with India where he is meeting his counterpart Manmohan Singh after a recent flare-up in border tensions. Premier Li said the purpose of his visit was to increase mutual trust and co-operatio...
Two Andhra ministers named in Jagan Reddy chargesheet resign: Sources
May 20, 2013 at 10:40 | Source: FirstPost
Hyderabad: Two cabinet ministers in Andhra Pradesh charged in the YS Jaganmohan Reddy's disproportionate assets case have submitted their resignations to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, sources said on Monday.They put in their papers late Sunday ...
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