Indian team's visit to Pak for Indus River basin inspection postponed

Amid heightened tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad, a reciprocal visit by the Indian team to Pakistan for inspection of projects in Indus river basin this month has been postponed, senior......

Pakistan says not concerned over India's plan to stop flow of water

Pakistan is not concerned over India’s plan to stop the flow of its share of water to Pakistan from the Ravi, Sutlej and Beas rivers under the Indus Waters Treaty, a top official said. The......

'If you stop water to Pakistan, you will flood J&K'

'In the last 55 years India and Pakistan have gone to wars, but nobody spoke about scrapping the Indus Waters Treaty.' IMAGE: A child stands near the Chenab river with the Baglihar hydroelectric......

India rejects Pak's claims of halting Miyar Dam project

Pakistan on Tuesday said that India has withdrawn the design of the Miyar hydroelectric project in Himachal Pradesh following its objections. Earlier, Pakistani media reports claimed that the......

PM commissions Baglihar power project

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday dedicated to the nation the 450-MW Baglihar hydro electric power project built on river Chenab in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. Singh inaugurated the......

Chidambaram's Budget speech

Speech of P. Chidambaram Minister of Finance PART A Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to present the Budget for the year 2005-06. 2. Last year, while presenting the Budget, I had suggested that the vote in......

Highlights of the Budget

Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented the 2006-07 Union Budget in Parliament on Tuesday. Presenting the Budget the FM described 2005 as: The best of times and worst of times.He projected the GDP......

Of pipelines and pipe dreams

The policy of forging economic ties with our neighbours is to consider common interests in continuing and strengthening of ties that would pay rich dividends in augmenting energy resources and also......