'Iran ties cannot be a litmus test for N-deal'

Indian Opposition partieson Wednesday warned the United States not to make India's relations with Iran 'a litmus test' for the passage of the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement.Coverage: Indo-US......

New Parliament to be constituted before June 1, says CEC Sampath

The next general elections would be held in multiple phases next year and be completed in time to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha by June 1, Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath has said.......

Joe Biden is no stranger to India

The beauty of the relationship between the two countries is that they agree to disagree and perhaps that is the strongest bond between the two governments and their relationships, notes Rup Narayan......

Increased youth voter enrolment resulted in high turnout: EC

A significant enrolment of young voters in the electoral rolls has resulted in the unusually high voter turnout in the state assembly elections, Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath has said.......

India-Pakistan business council to discuss MFN, visa, Tapi pipeline

Industry leaders from India and Pakistan are set to chart out a new road map for doing business in each other’s country in an effort to normalise trading relations during the first-ever......

Govt unveils Rs 2 trillion dose for jobs, R&D, innovation, growth push

In a double-dose bid to boost growth and employment prospects, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved a Rs 2.07 trillion outlay for a research development and innovation (RDI) Scheme to fund private......

Obama's Visit: What India Inc expects

Over the past few weeks, Dr Amit Mitra, secretary general, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, has been shuttling between New Delhi, Washington and Mumbai, coordinating the......

Somers lauds Indian firms' role in US economy

Ron Somers, president of the US-India Business Council, while applauding the release of a new report by the Confederation of Indian Industry on Capitol Hill - in the presence of several US......

Snubbed by BCCI, Srinivasan is 2nd most influential man in Asian Sport

Indian administrators are ruling the roost in Asian sports. Although, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) barred Narayanaswami Srinivasan from attending any meeting but he is still at......