Manohar Parrikar mulling new policy for defence lobbying
PANAJI: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is considering the introduction of a new policy on the vexed issue of blacklisting defence equipment suppliers accused of corruption as well as reforming rules for lobbyists to balance the needs of the armed forces with transparency. Speaking to ET in the... read more »
High Court slams government for not being able to produce controversial god...
Hisar: Punjab and Haryana High Court has slammed the state government for not being able to produce godman Rampal on the scheduled date of hearing. Rampal on Monday morning had said that he will not appear before Punjab and Haryana High court in the contempt case on health grounds. Rampal showed... read more »
Don’t pin any hopes on us in the future: Shiv Sena tells BJP
Mumbai: Shiv Sena on Monday ruled out rapprochement with former ally BJP saying the ruling party has “shattered the hopes of the people” after what transpired during the trust vote in Maharashtra assembly.We do not need to sit and think over what went wrong (with the BJP) during the... read more »
Suicide bomber kills 13 in Nigerian market: police
KANO: At least 13 people were killed Sunday and 65 others injured when a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a busy mobile phone market in restive northeast Nigeria, police said. The attack in the town of Azare in Bauchi state came just as vendors were packing up for the day and is the... read more »
Fight against ISIS now in new phase: Obama
WASHINGTON: The deployment of an additional 1,500 American troops to Iraq marks a “new phase” in the campaign against ISIS jihadists, US President Barack Obama said on... read more »
The dawn of nuclear weapons goes viral
It was near midnight when John Coster-Mullen, the author of “Atom Bombs: The Top Secret Inside Story of Little Boy and Fat Man,” was scrutinizing one image among hundreds newly... read more »
Osama died afraid, says ex-US Seal Rob O’Neill
WASHINGTON: Osma bin Laden “died afraid”, says a former US Navy SEAL who claims he fired the fatal shot that killed the al-Qaida chief in Pakistan in 2011. “He died... read more »
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe meets China’s Xi Jinping, calls it ‘first step’ t...
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held an ice-breaking meeting on Monday on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific conference in Beijing, following more... read more »
G20 global infrastructure hub set for Australia
A global infrastructure hub proposed by G20 nations to help strengthen economic growth will be based in Sydney and funded by Australia, a report said on Monday. The Group of 20 of the world’s... read more »
