The speeches that deserve the most attention are those that include one made in July 2004 in Mussoorie to a group of civil servants, titled 'India And The Global Economy', and one made in July 2008 in Manchester, titled Global Financial Turbulence and Financial Sector in India. And of course everything in between.
A day after Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said his intelligence believes that Osama bin Laden is dead, the United States today said it has no information on that and would continue to hunt for the most-wanted terrorist of the world.
Casting doubts on Pakistan's "crackdown" on activists of Jamaat-Ud-Dawa (JuD) - a political arm of Lashkar-e-Taiba, Ansar Burney, a former Pakistani minister, on Thursday asked why "arrested" terrorists have not been produced in court.
India's stand at the FATF plenary and other related discussions have always been consistent regarding Pakistan.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday.
"We are planning to diversify our business and enter the consumer durables retail market. Our plan is to set up 150 specialised consumer durables stores across the country with an investment of Rs 600 crore by June 2009," Subhiksha Trading Services Managing Director R Subramanian told PTI. He said the consumer durables stores would have a total space of 20 lakh square feet and would be located across 65 cities, including metros and Tier I and II cities.
"It is not in our interest to allow use of Pakistan's territory for terror outside," Khan said.
Women's World chess Champion Hou Yifan of China left everyone stunned at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess tournament when she resigned in a controversial fashion after just five moves in her 10th and final round game against India's Lalith Babu.
They are the first to be declared terrorists under the new anti-law, a home ministry official said.
Infosys Q1 net stood at Rs 1,527 crore, up 17.28 per cent. The company announced its results on Friday, a day after its co-founder and co-chairman Nandan Nilekani left for government's ID project.
Section 377, which banned gay relations, also used to be invoked to protect minors against sexual abuse
Dennis Keith Rodman, who faced widespread criticism after his controversial trip to North Korea recently, has reportedly said that he would not return to the oppressive state if the American people did not want him to go.
India's campaign came to a premature halt in the All-England Badminton Championship when ace shuttler Saina Nehwal was thrashed by Chinese Shixian Wang in the quarter-finals of the women's singles in Birmingham on Friday.
Mumbai trounced Himachal Pradesh by 200 runs in their final Elite Group D game to remain unbeaten in the league stage
Saina Nehwal thrashed Indonesia's Pia Zebadiah Bernadet to enter the women's singles final in the Yonex Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament on Saturday. The world No 14-ranked Indian, who became the first Indian woman to win a four-star badminton tournament at the Philippines Open in 2006, won the semi-final 21-7, 21-11.
Recently, BCCI's GM (Cricket Operations) Saba Karim and head of anti-doping unit Dr Abhijit Salvi met senior NADA officials, including Director General Naveen Agarwal, to discuss the road map after the country's richest sporting body came under its ambit.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com presents the names of 10 global terrorists who, according to United Nations Security Council, are operating against India from Pakistan.
The PMI has risen sharply from 52.9 in July, the lowest reading in the 29-month history of the survey.
'The phone rang on the night of January 15.' 'The voice of an Indian family friend in Venezuela came on.' 'That morning, there had been an accident on the highway'. 'My father had died on the spot.' Radha Roy Biswas reveals her heart-warming and heart-breaking relation with a country drowning in economic chaos.
Just days after his organisation was declared a terror outfit by the US, Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed, who orchestrated the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, addressed a seminar at the Lahore High Court spewing venom on India and America.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has approved 17 proposals for foreign investments, including a proposal by Quinn Hotels Sweden AB to invest Rs 313 crore (Rs 3.13 billion) in a 100 per cent owned holding company for construction activities.
Ever wondered why you were sidelined and your colleague got that promotion at work? Perhaps you should know how to 'fit in' at your work to and win the heart of your seniors.
Patil said her meeting with Shekhawat would be a courtesy call.
Advocate Mukul Sinha of JSM, representing a section of riot victims, said that Justice Mehta, who was appointed to the riot panel in place of late Justice K G Shah, had granted bail to Babu Bajrangi by his order dated October 19, 2002."The interesting thing in Justice Mehta's order is that it does not cite any reason for granting bail to a prime accused and two others in the Naroda Patia case," said Sinha.
Paceman Munaf Patel's devastating five-wicket haul propelled Rest of India to a nine-wicket win over Ranji champions Mumbai on the penultimate day of the match.
The case relates to alleged terror funding in 2017 in the valley and involves Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind based in Pakistan.
Italian champions Inter Milan probably have more attacking options than any other team in Europe except Barcelona and they finally believe they can make a mark on the Champions League this season.
Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu entered the second round, but it was a disappointing day for India's men as two of them made an early exit from the Malaysia Open Super Series Premier badminton, in Shah Alam, on Wednesday.
The court directed that her passport issued by the Regional Passport Office, Mumbai, be cancelled and the Special Cental Bureau of Investigation judge in Hyderabad will consider the order while releasing her on bail.
The Grudge 2 continues where the first one left off.
Earlier, in view of the alleged harassment of customers by ICICI Bank's recovery agents and the judgement of the Supreme Court, the bank was advised by RBI in August to investigate and take action against the recovery agents involved. The bank was also advised to look into the system of appointing and reviewing performance of recovery agents and undertake comprehensive review of customer complaints at the highest levels.
The hardline militant group, Jamiatul Mujahideen, has strongly protested the awarding of a knighthood to the Indian-born British writer.
The White House press secretary said LeT is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organisation responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians in terrorist attacks, including a number of American citizens.
Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said that Pakistan was committed to the implementation of UNSC 1267 sanctions regime and has taken several steps in this regard.
With Jadavpur University students demanding the Vice Chancellor's resignation over a molestation case, an apology message attributed to the VC was on Saturday posted on the varsity website, which official sources denied claiming the website has been hacked.
Sidhu has been pronounced guilty of culpable homicide in a 1988 murder case under Indian Penal Code Section 304. The quantum of Sidhu's punishment will be decided on Wednesday.
Shaikh, now in judicial custody, was produced before special MCOCA judge Mrudula Bhatkar and the ATS sought his custody to carry out further investigations.
The Dera head had been accused by the CBI of two murders -- Dera manager Ranjit Singh and scribe Ram Chander Chattarapati -- besides rape of his disciple.
The Indian Grandmaster-norm holder beat China's Lufei Ruan to the title on a better tie-break score after both were tied on points.
Transcript of chat with Indu Jalali.
