India

    Manmohan Singh talks growth, Sonia Gandhi assures inclusion (Intro Roundup)

    New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) In politically coordinated speeches by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, the ruling dispensation Friday sought to send the message that it will go into the election with the mantra of economic growth with social inclusion.


    After Ram Gopal Varma, Atul Pandey to make film on media

    New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Just when seasoned filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is all set to ‘expose the media’ through a film comes news that director Atul Pandey is planning to explore the dearth of quality content in the fourth estate.

National Conference buoyant on Omar’s re-emergence from Ganderbal

Nov 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Srinagar, Nov 21 (IANS) Six assembly constituencies, including the high profile Ganderbal from where National Conference president Omar Abdullah is contesting, will see voting Sunday in the second round of the seven-phase elections in Jammu and Kashmir.



National Conference buoyant on Omar’s re-emergence from Ganderbal

Nov 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Srinagar, Nov 21 (IANS) Six assembly constituencies, including the high profile Ganderbal from where National Conference president Omar Abdullah is contesting, will see voting Sunday in the second round of the seven-phase elections in Jammu and Kashmir.



About 750 women personnel to guard Indo-Nepal border

Nov 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Patna, Nov 21 (IANS) India’s paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) will deploy about 750 women constables at the Indo-Nepal border soon to check human trafficking, smuggling and other illegal activities, an official said Friday.



Sonia Gandhi comes up with quotable quotes

Nov 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi came up with some quotable quotes in her speech at the inaugural session of the two-day Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here Friday:



Indian embassy downplays attack on diplomat’s car in Nepal

Nov 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Kathmandu, Nov 21 (IANS) A day after the car of an Indian diplomat was stoned by a mob in Kathmandu, the Indian embassy here tried to downplay the incident Friday, saying that it was not a specific “attack on an Indian diplomat or Indian interests or property in Nepal”.



Experts seek stability in Somalia to check piracy (Lead)

Nov 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Dubai, Nov 21 (IANS) The spate of ship hijacks off Somalia not only calls for global naval efforts in the region but also underlines the need to bring stability to that country, say experts.



Citigroup weighing sell-off option: WSJ

Nov 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

New York, Nov 21 (IANS) With the stocks of Citigroup dipping a record 26 percent in a single day Thursday, its top executives are now look at various options including auctioning off its various wings or even outright sale of the company, the Wall Street Journal said Friday.



Malaysian court invites affidavits on case about use of ‘Allah’

Nov 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 21 (IANS) All parties to the dispute over the use of the word “Allah” in a Christian publication should have their say, a judge has ordered, after a church official went to court against a home ministry ban on the publication using the word.