Tags : India and China, Specific Discussions, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid India, China held specific discussions: Salman Khurshid He added that the talks were "very specific... very clear". Asked about the border issue between the two countries, he told reporters: "The important thing is that we managed to sort it out, and we sorted it out given the existing mechanism." "We are trying to not let it happen again by looking at the possibility of discovering why it happened... how the me...

Tags : Former Chief Election Commissioner, Elections, Source of Corruption Polls biggest source of corruption: Former CEC "Elections have become the biggest source of corruption in the country," Quraishi said Friday while delivering a lecture at the British Council here. "Political power is strong and competition bitter. Involvement of criminals and booth capturing are the challenges," he said. According to Quraishi, the nexus between politicians and the bureaucracy begins the moment a politician b...

Tags : India Entertainment News, Honey Singh Rapper Honey Singh booked for vulgar songs Chandigarh, May 17: Punjab Police Friday booked singer-rapper Honey Singh for using obscene language in his songs, an official said. A case was registered against the singer under provisions of Section 294 (singing, reciting or uttering any obscene song, ballad or words, in or near any public place) of the Indian Penal Code in Punjab's Nawanshahr town, some 80 km from here, a police official said. The Punjab and...

Tags : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, Drought Relief J.Jayalalithaa asks for Rs.19,555 crore drought relief Chennai, May 9: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa today requested the central government to release Rs.19,555 crore towards drought relief in the state and said the state government had done its part in finding resources. A 10-member central team that toured Tamil Nadu to assess the drought damage in the state met Jayalalithaa at the secretariat here and appreciated the me...

Tags : Karnataka Assembly Election, Congress chief G. Parameshwara, Bharatiya Janata Party Karnataka poll: Parties wait for Wednesday's vote count Bangalore, May 6: A day after Karnataka recorded high voting of over 71 percent in the assembly election, political leaders today assessed its impact and hoped for a clear verdict Wednesday when vote count would take place. "People have seen the working of the coalition governments and want a stable government," state Congress chief G. Parameshwara told ...

Tags : Telugu Desam Party, Indefinite Fast, Left Parties After Left, TDP leaders begin indefinite fast in Hyderabad Hyderabad, March 26: Even as police arrested leaders of Left parties who were on hunger strike for last four days to protest hike in electricity tariff, leaders of the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) today night launched an indefinite fast here on the same issue. TDP state legislators and MPs were among 26 leaders who began the hunger strike at Old MLA Quarters, demanding the...

Tags : India Business News,Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, National Manufacturing Policy Manufacturing boost imperative to job creation: Anand Sharma Mumbai, Feb 20: The share of manufacturing in the country's GDP must climb from the current 16 percent to 26 percent to address the challenges of job creation for the youth, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said here today. Admitting that creating jobs was a major challenge confronting the nation, Sharma said it was necessary t...