By V.S. Karnic Bangalore, Nov 15 (IANS) It's free for all in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the state government even though it just about survived a dissident assault to ...

Dhaka, Oct 21 (IANS) Bangladesh has decided to conduct a seismic survey in the Bay of Bengal to gather data for delineating its maritime boundaries with India and Myanmar. Dhaka needs the ...

Bhopal, Oct 21 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government has given a green signal to the state electricity board to import coal from other countries for meeting the increasing demand of power ...

Shimla, Sep 7 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government has floated global tenders to buy anti-hail guns to protect fruit crops from hailstorms, according to state Horticulture Minister Narender Bragta. "We have floated global ...

Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) Nine private players are in the race for extracting coal from 18 abandoned underground mines belonging to three subsidiaries of the state-run Coal India Ltd (CIL), according to ...

Hyderabad, July 17 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government has invited fresh global bids for the Rs.121-billion ($2.4-billion) Hyderabad Metro Rail project in a public-private partnership (PPP) mode. The notification issued late Thursday ...

Shimla, June 6 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh is floating global tenders for purchase of anti-hail guns to protect the fruit crop from hailstorms that are common in the state, an official said Saturday. "We ...

New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Close on the heels of a $2 billion missile deal with the Israeli Aerospace Industry (IAI), India has signed yet another deal with an Israeli defence company ...

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Fresh from a ride on a Japanese bullet train, Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Monday announced that India would soon have similar high-speed trains on select routes."The day ...

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Enthused by an exhilarating ride on a Japanese high-speed train last week during his visit to Japan, Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Monday said India would soon have ...

Singapore, Jan 17 (IANS) Flush from his exhilarating ride on a Japanese high-speed train, Indian Railway Minister Lalu Prasad said Saturday that he plans to introduce bullet trains to link major metropolitan ...

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is on a seven-day visit to Japan, Tuesday took a ride on the Bullet Train in Tokyo to get a first ...

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has given a clean chit to former central minister Arun Nehru, who had been charged with misusing his official position in ...

Singur, Nov 15 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Saturday demanded global tenders for setting up industry at the abandoned land of Tata Motors's Nano plant site in West Bengal."Global tenders should ...

Tehran, Aug 20 (IANS) Iran plans to build six more nuclear power plants, besides the one in the southern port of Bushehr, official IRNA news agency reported Wednesday. Deputy chief of ...

By Vishal Gulati Shimla, July 25 (IANS) After dilly dallying for more than a fortnight, the Himachal Pradesh government has finally served show-cause notice to Brakel Corp NV of Netherlands asking why a ...

By Praful Kumar Singh New Delhi, July 24 (ANI): The Indian Navy is all set to strengthen its air fleet by acquiring 26 Sea King anti-submarine and troop carrying helicopters and 11 ...

New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Issues relating the transfer of technology (TOT) for the French Scorpene submarines that are being built in this country under licence are likely to be resolved soon. ...

New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) India's wheat production has touched a record high of 78 million tonnes for 2007-08 against the third advanced estimate of 76.78 million tonnes. "The wheat production for ...

Jammu, May 1 (IANS) The National Hydel Power Corporation (NHPC) and Jammu and Kashmir's Power Development Corporation (PDC) have drawn up an ambitious plan to build three projects by 2012 in the ...

New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) After high-speed dedicated freight corridors, the Indian Railways have come up with a proposal to have high-speed passenger train corridors. "The railways have decided to develop five ...