US okays sale of 2 missile defence systems for PM's Air India One

Once installed, the LAIRCAM system increases crew-warning time, decreases false alarm rates and automatically counters advanced intermediate range missile systems. The United States has agreed to......

Pak to go ahead with PoK dam project that India termed illegal

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday approved in principle the financing plan of the much-delayed 4500 megawatt Diamer-Basha Dam project on the Indus river in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir......

Teaching Pakistan a lesson: What India can do about the Indus Waters Treaty

'Much can be done by India under the provisions of the treaty to make full use of its rights it has.''The impact of that will be felt downstream,' explains former Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal.......

India-US to advance talks on building six nuclear reactors

India and the US on Tuesday agreed to move forward on building six nuclear reactors and discussed ways to enhance cooperation in the field of atomic power and space. John Kerry, US Secretary of......

BHEL to hire 4,000 annually for 3 years

As part of expansion plans and embarking on certain new joint ventures, public sector company BHEL is to recruit about 4,000 persons, including executive engineers annually, at least for the next......

Power Grid, 13 IPPs to sign sale deals soon

Orissa has set itself a deadline of November 30 for the signing of bulk power tariff agreementsbetween Power Grid Corporation of India Limitedand 13 IPPs with whom the state entered into MoUs in......

Dabhol plant to restart on May 1

Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shindesaid on Thursday the first phase of the 2,184 MW Dabhol power plant would start before May 1 this year and said there is 'no hitch' in the progress of the......

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......