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Page 1/12 Delhi, Moscow agree on $5bn weapons deal
NEW DELHI: India and Russia agreed two military pacts yesterday, including a 10-year deal on weapons, aircraft and maintenance contracts potentially worth at least $5bn, defence officials said.
Defence Minister A K Antony and his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov agreed the deals in Moscow.< [more...]
Posted on:10/16/2009 Ex-comrade takes battle into CPM bastion
By John Mary
Thiruvananthapuram: By fielding ex-Communist A P Abdulla Kutty, two-time MP, as the candidate in Kannur Assembly constituency, Congress has decided to take the battle into the red bastion where bye-polls are due along with Ernakulam and Alappuzha on November 7.
The candidature of [more...]
Posted on:10/16/2009 India’s ‘hegemony’ is a threat, says Chinese daily
New Delhi: India’s “hegemony” poses a threat to its neighbours, says a premier Chinese daily, citing India’s “recent provocation on border issues with China” as proof.
In an opinion piece, the People’s Daily says, “In recent years, Indians have become more narrow minded and intolerable of outside [more...]
Posted on:10/16/2009 Soaring vegetable and fruit prices dampen Diwali spirit
Bangalore: Ruma Thakur, a homemaker in Bangalore, is clueless on how to manage the household budget this Diwali as prices of vegetables and fruits soar towards the sky.
“I am finding it hard to buy common vegetables and fruits like tomato, carrot, sapota and banana. The prices of vegetables and f [more...]
Posted on:10/16/2009 India still vulnerable to attacks: Minister
NEW DELHI: India remains vulnerable to a Mumbai-style militant attack because neighbouring Pakistan is struggling to rein in the Islamist groups blamed for last year’s deadly assault, the Home Minister said yesterday.
As India prepares for the first anniversary of the Mumbai raids that killed 166 [more...]
Posted on:10/16/2009 Green Games? Turning browns into greens is a tall order
New Delhi: Will Delhi be able to green itself in time for the 2010 Commonwealth Games? With barely 11 months to go for the opening ceremony, there are no visible signs of the promised ‘Green Games’.The ground reality is that construction work is far from over at many stadiums and unless the sites ar [more...]
Posted on:10/16/2009 Goa reels from a string of murders
PANJIM: Police in the tourist hotspot of Goa were probing a string of murders on Thursday after eight bodies, including six women, were found in the past few days.
Police had initially left open the possibility that a serial killer was responsible, but Superintendent Atmaram Deshpande told AF [more...]
Posted on:10/16/2009 Church of England to check out India mine investment
LONDON: A Church of England official will travel to a sacred area in Orissa, eastern India where the mining company Vedanta Resources plans to open a bauxite mine, after the Archbishop of Canterbury expressed concerns about the the Church’s investment in the company.
Speaking at Southwark Cathedr [more...]
Posted on:10/16/2009 Moro rebels deny holding Irish priest
MANILA: The Philippines’ biggest Muslim rebel group denied yesterday that one of its commanders was holding a kidnapped Irish priest, while insisting it wanted to help rescue him.
The military said a notorious pirate had kidnapped Father Michael Sinnott, 79, from his home in the southern Philippi [more...]
Posted on:10/16/2009 Catholic priests resolute amid Philippine attacks
MANILA: They have been kidnapped by militants, murdered and in one case even eaten by a cannibal, but foreign Catholic missionaries say they will not abandon the volatile southern Philippines.
They acknowledge the dangers of performing God’s work in Mindanao, the Roman Catholic country’s southern [more...]
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