Pawan Hans to connect Delhi with Vrindavan and Mathura

New Delhi, June 01  State-owned Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited (PHHL) is planning to connect Vrindavan and Mathura with New Delhi considering the high potential of religious tourism of the two cities. The company said it is also mulling linking...

Jairam Ramesh for low-cost sanitation solutions

New Delhi, June 01  Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has invited Bill and Milenda Gates Foundation for partnerships in the country in developing low-cost sanitation solutions. Sixty percent of India’s population still defecates in the open. Jairam,...

Bill Gates-Akhilesh to sign MoU on health

Lucknow, June 01  Microsoft founder Bill Gates met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and offered the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s support to help improve health services in the state. It was decided that a memorandum of understanding...

Dissidence, Transfers & Protests: UPHEAVAL BREWING IN STATES …

Dissidence, Transfers & Protests   UPHEAVAL BREWING IN STATES By Insaf New Delhi, June 01 : It’s been a week of rumbling, tumbling and churning across the nation. Be it internal dissidence against Chief Ministers, confrontation over unilateral...

UAE participates in ILO conference

Geneva, June 01  The United Arab Emirates (UAE) participated in the opening ceremony of the 101st session of the International Labour Conference (ILO). The UAE was represented by the country’s permanent representative to the UN, Obaid Salem Al...

Three Indian-American kids in Spelling Bee finals

Washington, June 1 Three Indian-American children were the only spellers left in the final championship round of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at a convention centre outside Washington Thursday night. The three were among the nine who nailed...

India, Bahrain sign tax, IT pacts

New Delhi, May 31  India and Bahrain, home to home to nearly 350,000 Indian nationals, signed a key tax information exchange agreement and another pact on information technology to accelerate economic and joint investment between the two countries. Bahrain’s...

Air India to shift to interim plan from June 1

New Delhi, June 01  National carrier Air India will shift to an “interim plan” to salvage its international operations that have been crippled by a 24-day-old pilots’ strike. “We have finished work on our interim plan and it will...

General Bikram Singh taking charge as the new Chief of the Army Staff from his predecessor Gen. V.K. Singh, in New Delhi.

General Bikram Singh taking charge as the new Chief of the Army Staff from his predecessor Gen. V.K. Singh, in New Delhi on May 31, 2012. Related Posts:Bikram Singh will be new Indian Army chief

Deputy Supreme Commander and Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa meeting the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

The Deputy Supreme Commander and Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa meeting the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on May 31, 2012. Related Posts:Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Dmitry...

Deputy Supreme Commander and Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa meeting the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

The Deputy Supreme Commander and Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa meeting the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, in New Delhi on May 31, 2012. Related Posts:Ambassador- designate of Sweden, Harald Sandberg presented...

Co-Chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates meeting the Union Minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh

The Co-Chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates meeting the Union Minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh, in New Delhi. Related Posts:Minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh addressing a National Conference on Integrated...