Brit firm money transfer: Kalmadi meets SM Krishna
New Delhi, Aug 3: In the wake of the controversy over the transfer of a large sum of money to a British firm, Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee chairman, Suresh Kalmadi on Tuesday, Aug 3 met external affairs minister SM Krishna.The.....
July 15 peace talks: Another India-Pak impasse
The much-awaited July 15 India-Pak peace talks ended in acrimony. The talks aimed at decreasing the trust deficit between the old South Asian rivals turned out to be a blame game in which Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mohammed Qureshi was the.....
Pak moves to Iranian-style Islamic revolution?
Washington, Aug 5: An official study in United States warned that Pakistan is in danger of yielding to an Iranian-style Islamic revolution.The study conducted by the Quadrennial Defence Review Independent Panel opinionated this by citing that the growing fundamentalism in Pakistan.....
Suicide bomb attack kills Pak paramilitary chief
Peshawar, Aug 4: Pakistan's paramilitary force's chief, Sifwat Ghayur, was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Peshawar on Wednesday, Aug 4.The bomb blast, which took place near the headquarters of Frontier Constabulary, injured several civilians and destroyed many cars and.....
Heavy rains and floods kill 1,300 in Pakistan
Islamabad, Aug 1: The death toll in rain-related incidents in Pakistan has climbed to 1,300, while over one million people has been affected across the country, officials said on Sunday, Aug 1.Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has been the worst hit in the.....
Pak rescuers yet to find black box
Islamabad, Jul 29: Due to heavy rains and slush, emergency teams in Islamabad are struggling hard to recover bodies, black box and flight data recorder of the aircraft. On Wednesday, Jul 28, the Airbus A321 operated by private airliner Airblue crashed.....
Mah on path of wiping out power deficit: Krishna
Mumbai, Jan 26: Maharashtra Governor S M Krishna today said the state was on the path of wiping out power deficit and achieving self-sufficiency in this key sector in the near future. ''I am confident that by the year 2012 Maharashtra will be generating surplus power,'' said the Governor after inspecting an impressive parade and unfurling the national tricolour at Shivaji Park to mark the 59th Republic Day. The fall in farmers' suicides can certainly be attributed to the success.....
Karnataka Assembly polls crucial: Krishna
Bangalore, Apr 9: Exhorting the party workers to work in unison in the coming elections, former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior Congress leader S M Krishna today opined that coming assembly elections in the state are crucial for the party and entire country is watching for it. Calling upon the party workers to giveup differences, if any, and work together, the former Maharashtra Governor said that entire country keenly watching and performance in the May election is very crucial for the.....