The inter-state anti-Naxal operation, along the Jharkhand-West Bengal border, has led to the unearthing of administrative and military units of the Naxals.The operation, which started on Tuesday evening, is a result of several months of planning, and is being lead by over 4,000 central forces including the Special Action Force of the Central Reserve Police Force, besides local police teams of the two states.
Canada has decided to rope in its content solution company, OpenText, to do a 'Facebook' on the negotiators.
The Indian Navy has just one aircraft carrier. The INS Vikramaditya carries just 26 unreliable MiG-29 fighters and 10 helicopters -- an insufficient capability to battle a serious foe.
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China said that it had put off the visit of Indian pilgrims who enter Tibet via the Nathu La pass "for safety reasons" in view of the border issue.
The poster boys for the information technology sector are already hiring in thousands -- both freshers from campuses, as well as experienced people (called 'laterals').
Olympian and experienced Indian defender Dilip Tirkey on Sunday announced his retirement from international hockey.
Cricket Australia tried out the split-innings format in a one-day match for the first time between South Australian Redbacks and Tasmanian Tigers at the Marrara Oval in Darwin.
West Indies batting legend, Brain Lara is reportedly in talks with English county side Surrey as he mulls coming out of retirement to play in this season's new county Twenty20 competition.
The arrival a couple of days ago of a Chinese nuclear submarine for the first time in Karachi port, coinciding with a Chinese military delegation's visit, points to Pakistan's importance for China, says former R&AW officer Jayadeva Ranade.
Negotiators from 193 countries began nearly two-week long conference, the biggest on climate, to try and reach an agreement on combating the menace amidst hope that a deal was within reach with countries like India announcing voluntary reduction in carbon intensity, on Monday.
The Politico website has spoken to a dozen political insiders and pulled together a list of President Barack Obama''s ten best, and ten worst, moves of the year.
Their number one ranking under threat, India cannot settle for anything less than a win when they go into Sunday's final cricket Test against South Africa who received a big boost with their captain Graeme Smith being declared fit.
As the production of Micra, the first car from Nissan-Renault, starts at the plant by the end of May, Kiminobu Tokuyama, managing director and chief executive of Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd, talks to rediff.com about the company's strategy for India, the recession and the auto sector in general.
In apparent retaliation to the snub at the Indian Premier League auction, the Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday revoked all No Objection Certificates (NOCs) issued to its players for participation in the third edition of Twenty20 event. The decision effectively means that no Pakistani cricketer can now take part in this season's IPL even if the franchises want to rope them in as substitutes.
'There is a compulsion to look hard, decisive, and risk-taking; start something; and then conclude it in a way you can claim victory.' 'That is not such an easy option against China,' notes Shekhar Gupta.
They don't plan to go on strike like their male counterparts but the Indian women hockey players protested the non-payment of their dues nevertheless by wearing black armbands during the training session of a Commonwealth Games preparatory camp in Bhopal on Thursday.
A billion Indians, including captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, are hoping Pakistan will take their game against Australia seriously and not look to experiment.
Official sources said Tuesday's incident at Pangong and ways to maintain peace and tranquility along the Sino-India border in Ladakh were discussed at length at the border personnel meeting.
The Australian police probing the death of an Indian national in Sydney does not suspect any foul play, but is awaiting the autopsy report on the body, which was found on a roadside.
'How and if India retaliates will go a long way toward determining the trajectory of this crisis.'
The sixth chapter of the Joint Military Training Exercise "Hand in Hand" between India and China are ongoing in Pune in Maharashtra with a focus on "transnational terrorism" and counter-terrorism operations in "semi-urban scenarios."
China said the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army were conducting 'normal patrols' on the Chinese side of the LAC.
'An all-out war affects the whole nation.'
With the thrust of the government to further education and to get the education system up inline with coming times, the sector is poised for growth.
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