Posts Tagged ‘Delhi’

NEW DELHI: At least 10 million Indians will lose their jobs by March as the economic slowdown in North America and Europe hits India''s exports, a key exporters'' association predicted Tuesday, according to a report. The gloomy forecast comes despite two economic stimulus packages unveiled by the Indian government, including one on Friday, to boost growth in Asia''s third-largest economy. Full story

NEW DELHI: Pakistan High Commissioner to India, Shahid Malik said on Tuesday that Islamabad was examining the material provided by India on Mumbai terror strikes. Talking to journalists on the sidelines of the Afro-Asian conference on rural development, Malik said, “Pakistan has received the material and it is being examined.” Indian Foreign Secretary, Shivshankar Menon while briefing the media on Monday made it clear that ... Full story

NEW DELHI: Music maestro A R Rahman is the most successful Indian musician today. Ever since he started his career with Mani Ratnam''s Roja in early 90s, Rahman took the world by storm with his compositions Full story

NEW DELHI: Large numbers of flights and trains were cancelled or delayed in northern India Tuesday as the capital and surrounding areas were blanketed in thick fog. Dozens of international and domestic flights to and from New Delhi were cancelled, delayed or diverted as visibility dropped to as little as 50 meters (165 feet), officials said Full story

ISLAMABAD: A joint investigative committee would be formed for investigation into Mumbai attacks based on evidences that New Delhi had handed over to Islamabad, sources said. According to sources, the committee would carry out investigation following the evidences provided by India and would look closely into places and internet telephone numbers and Internet Protocols addresses pointed out in evidences. Full story

NEW DELHI: A meeting of Indian Chief Ministers will be held in New Delhi today (Tuesday) for a ''focused discussion'' on the issue of terrorism and evolve a strategy to improve intelligence sharing in a well coordinated manner. The meeting, to be addressed by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram, assumes significance as it is going to be held in the ... Full story

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday once again blamed Pakistan for whipping up war hysteria and using terrorism as state policy. “ Pakistan was whipping up war hysteria, and that the Mumbai attacks must have had support from some official agencies within Pakistan”, Singh told a security conference in New Delhi "The terrorist attack in Mumbai in November last year was carried ... Full story

NEW DELHI: A local court in Nashik has extended judicial custody of Lt. Col Prasad Purohit, prime accused involved in Malegaon blast case till January 17 in another case relating to procuring arms license for a person on fake documents. The Indian serving officer was produced before Judge V V Joshi who extended judicial custody for twelve days after the expiry of the judicial custody ... Full story

NEW DELHI: India on Monday handed to Pakistan what it said was evidence linking the country to the terrorists who attacked Mumbai in November, Indian government sources said. The material includes details of the interrogation of Ajmal Amir Iman, also known as Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, who was the lone surviving gunman and who India says is a Pakistani national. Full story

ISLAMABAD: The United States assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia, Richard Boucher on Monday urged India and Pakistan to work together to investigate the Mumbai attacks, saying those behind the carnage will only be found if the South Asian rivals cooperate. Boucher arrived here early Monday for talks with Pakistani leadership in a bid to defuse tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad ... Full story