As India watches, China grows powerful in Sri Lanka

Xi Jinping is winning the war without firing a shot in Sri Lanka, observes Colonel R Hariharan (retd). IMAGE: Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, right, bumps fists with China's State......

What's on the agenda for Hu Jintao's visit

China is the flavour of the month in Delhi, despite a stream of other foreign dignitaries visiting the Indian capital.As part of the hectic preparations underway for the highly significant four-day......

Left parties keen on Chinese FDI in port sector

Foreign direct investment, or FDI, may be a phrase that the Left parties in India detest. But the Manmohan Singh government's rejection of Chinese investment into India's port sector has upset the......

Reliance pitches for Kerala port upgrade

Reliance Industries has proposed to develop the Rs 4,500-crore (Rs 45 billion) Deepwater International Container Trans-shipment Terminal at Vizhinjam in Kerala. The company has already submitted a......

Chinese turned away from ports

After months of dithering, the government has finally denied security clearance to three Chinese firms for operating in the Indian port sector.The three companies-- Hutchison Ports Holdings, Kaidi......

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......