New Delhi News

PM's words suggest India has lost on terror front: BJP

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech at the chief minister's meeting on internal security Tuesday 'amply suggest that the country has lost severely on the terror front', the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said.7:30 PM on January 06

Upgrade of MiG-27 fighter aircraft completed

The upgrade of the 120 Soviet-origin MiG-27 fighter bomber aircraft, which began in 2002, has been successfully completed indigenously, giving the aircraft better navigational technology and a pilot friendly cockpit, a senior official said Tuesday.7:30 PM on January 06

Commonwealth Games security delegation to visit India

A Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) security delegation will visit India to review the situation after the Mumbai terror attacks and will advise the organising committee on necessary steps for the safety of the players.7:02 PM on January 06

Chandy opposes plea to include NCP in Kerala UDF

Former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy disagrees with veteran party leader K. Karunakaran's suggestion to include the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF).7:01 PM on January 06

Global interest in Indian languages growing: Anand Sharma

With growing interest in India worldwide, Indian languages are also attracting global attention, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anand Sharma said here Tuesday.7:01 PM on January 06

International Finance Corp to spend $6 bn in emerging markets

International Finance Corp (IFC), a World Bank member organisation, Tuesday anounced it will spend $6 billion to support the private sector in emerging markets hit by the global financial crisis.7:00 PM on January 06

10-mn job loss feared in export sector by March

The Indian export sector will lose nearly 10 million jobs by March following cancelled orders and higher transaction costs, a top official of an Indian exporters' forum said here Tuesday.6:31 PM on January 06

Developing nations may be worst victims of economic crisis: Pranab

The global economic turmoil poses a grave threat to developing nations even though their contribution to the cause of the crisis is negligible, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Tuesday.6:31 PM on January 06

Oil sector employees to go ahead with their strike

Oil sector employees will go ahead with their strike as planned from Wednesday despite oil companies moving to initiate legal action against agitating officers, the Oil Sector Officers Association (OSOA) said here Tuesday.6:31 PM on January 06

Human rights body not satisfied with Delhi shoot-out report

Unhappy with the Delhi Police's interim report, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked them to come out with a full enquiry report on the Jamia Nagar shoot-out in the capital within six weeks' time.6:30 PM on January 06

Cuba promises a high-profile boxing coach for India

The Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) is hoping to get a high-profile Cuban coach to train the Indian boxers for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.6:30 PM on January 06

Aviation fuel supply will not be hit by oil staff strike

Airline operators Tuesday said they have a contingency plan with oil companies for uninterrupted supply of aviation fuel to tide over any crisis if oil sector employees go on strike.6:00 PM on January 06

Stop blame game post-Mumbai attacks, urges Kavita Karkare

Kavita Karkare, the wife of the slain Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, has called for halting the blame game in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks. Blaming the police or politicians for the flaws in the system is not the solution, she said.6:00 PM on January 06

Infertility, weight gain, depression? Get a thyroid test, say experts

It's one of the most common disorders, yet thyroid problems - which lead to weight issues, depression and even infertility - are the least detected, simply because people are not aware of it.6:00 PM on January 06

Enough evidence to show Pakistan's complicity in Mumbai terror: Manmohan

Holding the Pakistan government complicit in the Mumbai terror attack, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said there was 'enough evidence to show' that Pakistani official agencies had supported the terror strike on Nov 26 in which '10 Pakistani terrorists...came by sea from Karachi'.5:31 PM on January 06