Xi Plays Tibet Card, Appoints Hardliner

Wang Junzheng, Tibet's new Communist party boss, is on a number of sanctions lists by the US, Britain, the EU and Canada, for his tough role in Xinjiang, aimed at China's Uyghur ethnic minority,......

'Xi was sending a message'

'When you look at the border -- from Ladakh to Arunachal -- which is called the Sino-Indian border, but in effect it is actually the Indo-Tibet border.''Since the borders are still not secure, it......

Xi's Tibet visit: Bad Signal for India?

Xi's visit to Nyingchi, bordering Arunachal Pradesh, signals China's opening of another front to India in the eastern sector, observes Srikanth Kondapalli, the leading China expert. IMAGE: Chinese......

Ex-bureaucrats blame PM for India's 'darkest hour'

A group of retired civil servants also called upon the PM to reach out to the families of the victims in Unnao and Kathua and "seek their forgiveness on behalf of all of us". Not in My Name, says......

PM has lofty dreams about India's infrastructure

In a bid to ramp up investor sentiment, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday set an investment target of Rs 1.15 lakh crore in PPP (public private partnership) projects across infrastructure......

Growth disappointing, things to look up: Montek

Expressing disappointment over growth slowing to 5 per cent this fiscal, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Wednesday that things would look up in next financial......

Plan panel wants rlys to fund own infra projects

The Planning Commission is believed to have impressed on the railway ministry the need to raise its own resources to fund vital infrastructure projects such as the ambitious Dedicated Rail Freight......

Trade with China: Montek plays down security concerns

Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia today played down the security issues associated with the supply of equipment from Chinese telecom companies and invited Chinese......