Will BJP lift AFSPA to retain power in Manipur?

AFSPA has eclipsed all other achievements of the Biren Singh government. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi and Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh during the inauguration of various......

Taliban calls China as a 'friend', welcomes investment

The Taliban has said it sees China as a "friend" of Afghanistan and assured Beijing that it would not host Uyghur Islamic militants from the volatile Xinjiang province, which is a major worry for......

CBI summons wife, sister-in-law of Mamata's nephew in coal pilferage case

A Central Bureau of Investigation team on Sunday went to the Kolkata residence of Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamool Congress MP and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew, serving a notice to his wife......

Kashmir: What Rajnath told Japan's Abe

'Singh apprised the Japanese leaders about Islamabad's 'evil design' on Kashmir at a time when Pakistan has decided to internationalise the issue,' points out Dr Rajaram Panda. IMAGE: Defence......

India's largest coal mine hit by a political war

There are allegations that the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh govt is putting pressure on South Eastern Coalfields to not renew the contract with Sainik Mining whose promoter Rudra Sen Sindhu is......

How the Communists killed Bengal's industry

West Bengal's longest serving chief minister Jyoti Basu once told an industrialist that capitalists were class enemies and he should expect no sympathy.Ishita Ayan Dutt tracks the political......

BSE receives 266 investor complaints in Feb

Bombay Stock Exchange has said it received 266 investor complaints against 219 companies in February this year.During the same month, the stock exchange has resolved 244 grievances against 208......

BSE resolves 152 complaints against 113 firms in June

The Bombay Stock Exchange said on Tuesday it resolved 152 investor complaints against 113 companies in June.The BSE received a total of 144 complaints against 120 companies during the month.These......

Spielberg quits as Olympics adviser

Oscar-winning film director Steven Spielberg withdrew on Tuesday as an artistic adviser to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing over China's policy on the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region. "I find......