A Correspondent In Washington, DC

Stories by A Correspondent In Washington, DC

India cancels visas of Headley and Rana

India cancels visas of Headley and Rana

Rediff.com   17 Dec 2009

The Indian government has cancelled visas of Pakistani-origin terror suspects and Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Rana, according to sources.

Chidambaram feels Telangana heat

Chidambaram feels Telangana heat

Rediff.com   15 Dec 2009

An emergency meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday night took no decision on the vexed Telengana.

CAT fiasco: Govt to meet IIM directors

CAT fiasco: Govt to meet IIM directors

Rediff.com   15 Dec 2009

Unhappy over thousands of students failing to write the Common Admission Test (CAT) due to technical problems, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) is meeting directors of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) on Wednesday to discuss its concerns.

Headley helping FBI to avoid death penalty?

Headley helping FBI to avoid death penalty?

Rediff.com   14 Dec 2009

Pakistani-origin American national David Coleman Headley, a Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative charged with criminal conspiracy in the 26/11 terror attacks, now appears to have turned into an informant to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to avoid death penalty.

USTDA bullish on India's aviation sector

USTDA bullish on India's aviation sector

Rediff.com   10 Dec 2009

The US Trade and Development Agency is bullish on the exponential growth of the aviation sector in India, despite the global economic downturn.

Your vote can change their lives

Your vote can change their lives

Rediff.com   9 Dec 2009

ASSET India Foundation's mission is to educate children of women in prostitution and girls rescued from trafficking for by providing computer literacy.

'Humans caused global warming? Prove it'

'Humans caused global warming? Prove it'

Rediff.com   8 Dec 2009

Experts have challenged UN to produce convincing 'observational evidence' to establish the human-caused global warming.

Congress quietly cancels AICC session

Congress quietly cancels AICC session

Rediff.com   8 Dec 2009

The Congress is quietly dropping an All India Congress Committee session planned in New Delhi on December 28, to kick off the year-long celebrations of the party completing 125 years.

Pak major key link between 26/11 perpetrators

Pak major key link between 26/11 perpetrators

Rediff.com   8 Dec 2009

A Lahore-based retired Pakistan army major has emerged as a key link between the Mumbai terror attack suspect David Coleman Headley and his Pakistani handlers who guided him in planning and plotting strikes in India.

Writer Mridula Koshy wins 2009 Shakti Bhatt award

Writer Mridula Koshy wins 2009 Shakti Bhatt award

Rediff.com   8 Dec 2009

Mridula Koshy's If It is Sweet, a collection of short stories, has bagged the 2009 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize. The New Delhi-based author will get Rs 1 lakh and a citation on December 14 at the capital's British Council

Climate deal: Alarmed India Inc writes to the PM

Climate deal: Alarmed India Inc writes to the PM

Rediff.com   7 Dec 2009

In an open letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and to Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, the industry body has outlined its view on the climate change negotiations based on Indian industry's feedback and called for the prime minister to urge the developed world to provide technology transfer and funds to help mitigate the crisis.

Rahul's youth brigade shapes up in Parliament

Rahul's youth brigade shapes up in Parliament

Rediff.com   4 Dec 2009

Rahul's babalog have forged an alliance that is now formidable. This is a challenge to older congress MPs. Second-timers and third-timers cannot be very happy with this development

Al Qaeda helping Lashkar to attack India: US

Al Qaeda helping Lashkar to attack India: US

Rediff.com   3 Dec 2009

Al Qaeda is helping and providing assistance to the Lashkar-e-Tayiba in launching terrorist attacks in India with the objective of provoking a conflict between India and Pakistan, United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday.

Jairam meets all-party panel for Copenhagen summit

Jairam meets all-party panel for Copenhagen summit

Rediff.com   2 Dec 2009

Preparations for Copenhagen is on full swing. Minister Jairam Ramesh met 5 MPs to discuss India's approach.

Loss Rs 72 bn, but Air India brass to fly in style

Loss Rs 72 bn, but Air India brass to fly in style

Rediff.com   2 Dec 2009

Air India's top brass will now travel like kings with the austerity drive having been given a quiet burial. The airline issued an order on November 27 saying that the airline's chairman and managing director Arvind Jadhav and his spouse can travel first class on its flights, whether on work or on vacation. Not only that, parents and children of the serving chief executive can travel business class during vacation on Air India flights.

Obama calls PM, briefs him on Af-Pak

Obama calls PM, briefs him on Af-Pak

Rediff.com   1 Dec 2009

Less than a week after they met in Washington, DC, United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday called Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and discussed his administration's Af-Pak policy and climate change with him.

'Bhopal's drinking water is still heavily toxic'

'Bhopal's drinking water is still heavily toxic'

Rediff.com   1 Dec 2009

High levels of toxic chemicals are still found in Bhopal's drinking water, a new report published ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, said.

Centre delays anti-Naxal offensive by a month

Centre delays anti-Naxal offensive by a month

Rediff.com   28 Nov 2009

With the commencement of the new year, the Centre has decided to strike the Naxals. The much-touted anti-Naxalite offensive of the Central para military forces in coordination with the state governments, which should have begun by now, has been quietly put off to January.

Liberhan didn't spare even the Supreme Court

Liberhan didn't spare even the Supreme Court

Rediff.com   25 Nov 2009

The Liberhan Commission in its probe did not even spare the Supreme Court for its 'short-sightedness' in preventing the demolition of the Babri Mosque.

Liberhan turned the tables in Parliament for BJP

Liberhan turned the tables in Parliament for BJP

Rediff.com   23 Nov 2009

The Liberhan's leaked report has turned all the attention away from the sugarcane issue that was kicking up a storm in Parliament.