The statement came after President Pratibha Patil and her Swiss counterpart Micheline Calmi-Rey addressed the Indo-Swiss Business Forum in the Swiss capital of Berne.
India on Saturday said the arrest of Kashmiri separatist leader Ghulam Nabi Fai in the United States was long overdue as the government had suspected for a long time that he was receiving funds from Pakistani agencies. "Yes, his (Fai) arrest was long overdue," Union Home Secretary R K Singh said when asked about the arrest of the US-based chief of a Kashmir advocacy group in America. "We had a fair degree of suspicion that he got money from agencies in Pak," Singh said.
Investigation into the July 13 serial blasts in Mumbai has made 'important progress' and the probe was on right track, Union Home Secretary R K Singh said on Thursday.
Rahul, who arrived a day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's scheduled visit to Leh, took stock of the situation in the worst-affected Choglamsar where numerous houses were buried under the slush following the cloudburst on August 5. "The prime minister is coming tomorrow. Tell him about the shortcomings freely. Don't be afraid," the 40-year-old Congress leader, dressed in a white kurta-pyjama, told the victims who have taken shelter at a relief camp.
Groups of tourists on trekking expeditions, people crowding at eating joints, devotees flocking shrines -- life in cloudburst devastated Leh district is gradually limping back to normal. As you enter the Changspa village, the scenes are a contrast to the death and devastation visible a week ago after cloudburst and flashfloods hit the region on August 5.
The Ladakh Scouts of the Army has sought financial assistance from India Inc for re-building the lone Army school in Leh which has been badly damaged by the cloudburst.The Army school, which caters to nearly 200 students, was hit by hundreds of boulders that rolled down the hill along with slush on the night of August 5. The classrooms are now filled with slush and boulders. The hostel too has been severely hit.
Almost all culverts and small bridges in the district along with roads and irrigation facilities and micro-hydel projects have been badly damaged.
The airline, which currently has about 900 employees working for it in India, is also looking to hire more.
Lost siblings in the Kumbh Mela were once a recurrent theme in Hindi films, but in these modern times, mobile phones are coming to the rescue of many who get separated from friends or families in the world's largest religious gathering. Almost 10 times a minute, the public address system at Hardiwar sets cracking about Raj from Jammu or Koki from Haryana, who are lost or have lost someone close in the sea of humanity.But in modern times, technology helps pilgrims keep track.
With every second terror strike having a vital link to cyberspace, the agency has decided to train new officers more on cracking cyber crimes rather than focus on target shooting with arms.
Standing shattered behind the Gateway of India with soot marred walls, bullet riddled doors, broken window panes and splinter marks, the terrorist-hit structures are now the most sought after tourist destinations in the city.Welcome to the world of 'disaster tourism' as many call it, where Taj Mahal and Oberoi Hotel along with Nariman House and of course the Leopold Cafe have become the favourite spots to be thronged by the average Mumbaikar.
More than a week after serial blasts rocked Assam, investigators have found clues that the United Liberation Front of Assom and the NDFB carried out the deadly explosions with the help of Bangladesh-based HuJI's expertise.Home Ministry sources said the investigators have found enough evidence that the banned ULFA had carried out the October 30 serial blasts with the help of dominant Bodo militant group NDFB.
With India Inc rapidly expanding its global presence, President Pratibha Patil said on Wednesday the country must strive for opportunities in new fields of high-end-technology to maintain the trend.
The increased vigil comes after the Narcotics Control Bureau recently busted two international syndicates operating through a call centre and a software firm to smuggle Psychotropic drugs overseas. NCB seized over 90,000 regulated and banned tablets valued at over Rs one crore in the international market that were to be smuggled out.
Private players are increasingly looking at the defence market which is a promising multi billion-dollar arena.
Called the Live TV for cars, the DTH provider is in the final stages of installing the services in cars, SUVs and high-capacity buses.
The sitting MLA, Prabhatsinh Chauhan, is Minister for Tribal Affairs and has been shifted to the neighbouring constituency Godhra. However, his son, Pravinsinh Chauhan has jumped into the fray.
With wine drinking becoming a social norm among various sections of the Indian society, foreign wine makers are now making a beeline to tap the wine market in India.
"Our branded tutorial centres are a great way to deliver high quality tutoring to school students by combining the effective use of technology, in-house rich multi-media curriculum content with team of highly certified teachers - all this at an extremely competitive price point," says Shantanu Prakash, managing director, Educomp Solutions, a firm specialising in online education.
With rising consumerism among children in the age group of six-twelve, stress in children is becoming common, say child psychologists.
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