Russia starts building moon spaceship
July 20th, 2012 - 9:53 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 20 (IANS) Aiming to create the first base on the surface of the moon, Russia has started building a spacecraft for manned lunar missions with the first test ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Russia to regulate internet
April 30th, 2011 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will "make the right choice" on regulating the internet, President Dmitry Medvedev has said, hinting that the government did not intend to impose bans ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Sexy spy Anna Chapman launches her own website
March 5th, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 5 (ANI): Sexy Russian spy Anna Chapman is out on the Internet with a new official website.Her site www.annachapman.ru features photos, news - and an upbeat message urging Russians to ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Berlusconi admits he’s ‘a sinner’, accuses opponents of staging ’show trial’
February 12th, 2011 - 4:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 12 (ANI): Italy's Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has admitted that he "sometimes is a sinner", but also accused opponents of using Soviet-style spying to oust him in a political coup.Berlusconi, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
‘Angry’ Karzai puts Afghan corruption investigations in ‘deep-freeze’: Officials
December 9th, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 9(ANI): Western-funded attempts to flush out high-level corruption in Afghanistan have been stalled after President Hamid Karzai objected to the arrest of a close aide, officials have said.The bottleneck ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Embrace US-style democracy or accept Soviet-style collapse: Chinese general
August 12th, 2010 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Aug 12 (ANI): China must either embrace US-style democracy or accept Soviet-style collapse, a Chinese two-star general has warned his conservative Communist Party masters and People's Liberation Army colleagues.General Liu Yazhou ... Read more...
Posted in World |
US can’t with Afghan war with Soviet-style ‘defend the cities’ strategy: Expert
October 29th, 2009 - 4:09 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto, Oct. 29 (ANI): The American approach to "defend the cities" in Afghanistan and let the Taliban control the rural areas appears to be more of a delaying-the-defeat tactic than a ... Read more...
Posted in World |
India to host Mongolia president
September 9th, 2009 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj comes here Sunday on a four-day state visit -- his first overseas trip after assuming office.
Elbegdorj will hold delegation-level talks with ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
BJP pitches for ‘Indian model’ of development
June 3rd, 2008 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Tuesday rolled out a poll-ready, technology-friendly avatar of his party and said if elected to power it will evolve a ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Putin still the power behind Russian throne, says key adviser
May 21st, 2008 - 5:05 pm ICT by admin
Moscow, May 21 (ANI) : Vladimir Putin remains the country's real power ,Russian president Dmitry Medvedev ,one of his closest allies has confirmed.
According to, Igor Yurgens, one of Medvedev's most ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
For Baltic town, nuclear shutdown spells trouble
March 7th, 2008 - 9:13 am ICT by admin
By Aleks Tapinsh
Visaginas (Lithuania), March 7 (DPA) Most Europeans will be relieved if Lithuania's Soviet-era nuclear power plant shuts down as planned by the end of 2009, but residents of the Baltic ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Russian media eyes Indian expertise, investment
February 10th, 2008 - 10:11 am ICT by admin
Moscow, Feb 10 (IANS) Big names in the Russian media will head to Goa in October in a bid to attract Indian investment and create a more positive image about their country."The ... Read more...
Posted in National |