New Delhi | 21 hours ago
India says it is acting to resolve its workers' crisis in Angola
New Delhi, May 16 - The Indian government is acting on all fronts to resolve a crisis faced by its 1,100 workers at a cement factory in Angola and was ready to assist some of them who intend to return home, an official said here Wednesday.The Indian workers are employed in a cement factory in Angola in western Africa and there has been a labour unrest at the factory due to non-payment of certain e ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
Players' suspension not enough, BCCI must do more: Maken
New Delhi, May 16 - Sports Minister Ajay Maken Wednesday said suspending five domestic players allegedly involved in spot-fixing was not enough and the Indian cricket board needed to do more to get to the root cause of the menacing problem.Suspending the players does not mean that BCCI has got to the root of the problem. They must find out the root cause of the problem, Maken told reporters here. ... read more

5 days ago
Absence of Big Idea leaves Congress without direction
Blaming factionalism for the Congress's recent electoral setbacks, as Sonia Gandhi has done, can be regarded as a somewhat facile explanation, considering that internal rifts have been a part of the party's genes dating back a century to the clashes between Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Krishna Gokhale, between Mahatma Gandhi and Subhas Chandra Bose and between Indira Gandhi and the so-called 'syn ... read more

Beijing | 7 days ago
China daily asks foreign media to behave
Beijing, May 10 - A state-run Chinese newspaper Thursday asked the foreign media to take an objective and balanced view towards China, saying some journalists tend to be negative.We don't want to see any confrontations between the Chinese government and foreign journalists here in China, the English-language Global Times said in an opinion piece. Local authorities are more willing to cooperate wit ... read more

7 days ago
Deonarine finally cleared for UK travel
Kingston -, May 10 - Batsman Narsingh Deonarine left for England late Wednesday to join the West Indies touring party after his protracted visa saga finally ended.Deonarine, who along with fellow Guyanese left-hander Assad Fudadin was held up here in recent days awaiting a UK visa, is now expected to join the squad in Northampton Thursday, a team official has confirmed.Both players were held up he ... read more

Washington | 7 days ago
US says it backs visas to qualified Indians
Washington, May 10 - As India announced plans to take the issue of 'discriminatory' increase in US visa fees to the World Trade Organisation -, Washington assured it continued to fully support the admission of qualified Indians.The US and India 'did have a good and thorough discussion' on the visa issues in the context of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's recent visit to India, State departmen ... read more

New Delhi | 8 days ago
India to take US visa complaint to WTO
New Delhi, May 9 - India will lodge complaints with the World Trade Organisation - against the discriminatory increase in visa fee by the US which is hurting Indian IT companies like TCS, Infosys and Wipro, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya M. Scindia said Wednesday.Department of Commerce proposes to seek consultations with the US under the Dispute Settlement Understanding o ... read more

Hyderabad | 8 days ago
No role in CBI action against Sakshi group: Chief minister
Hyderabad, May 9 - Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy Wednesday said his government had no role in the freezing of bank accounts by the CBI of Sakshi group of companies owned by YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.Talking to reporters in Visakhapatnam, he said the Central Bureau of Investigation - was probing as to how the investments flowed into the Sakshi group. The C ... read more

New Delhi | 9 days ago
India conveys concern to US over protectionism
New Delhi, May 8 - India Tuesday conveyed its concerns about protectionism in the US over outsourcing of jobs to South Asia and the continuing restrictions imposed on the mobility of professionals, particularly those from the Information Technology - sector.At a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton here during her three-day visit, India's External Affairs Minister S.M. Kris ... read more

Kolkata | 9 days ago
ICRA Techno Analytics to pick up majority stake in US firm
Kolkata, May 8 - City-based software company ICRA Techno Analytics - will shortly acquire the majority stake in BPA Technologies Inc, a California-based business consulting and technology services firm, a top official of the rating agency ICRA promoted firm said Tuesday.We are in the process of picking up majority stake in BPA Technologies. We will shortly buy 50.1 percent stake within the next t ... read more