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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has attended the opening session of the World Economic Forum-India to ask for concessions from the industrialised nations.

Mumbai The BSE benchmark index Sensex gained over 100 points in opening trade on Monday, led by gains in energy giant Reliance Industries that rose after a media report said that it was close to announcing a major overseas buy.

The debates raging currently on Maoism are inordinately adversarial. And to go by the battlelines being drawn, the fight is for the right to determine who it is that can speak for the inhabitants of the 'red corridor' under the sway of the Maoists.

Leader of Opposition LK Advani on Sunday turned 83 with President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being among the first to wish him on the occasion.

Sunday, November 08, 2009 Says 58-2b 'irrelevant' in presence of active judiciary;SWA military operation to end sooner than expected By Faizan Bangash & Saleemur Rahman KASUR: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said the National Reconciliation Ordinance is buried and termed Article 58-2b an 'irrelevant' issue under current circumstances ...

The Dalai Lama arrived in northeast India on Sunday to visit a remote, high-altitude Tibetan monastery on a trip that has infuriated China, which claims the surrounding Himalayan region as its own.

Talking to reporters at the inauguration of Nishat Power Plant in Jamber, the prime minister said the NRO was no longer 'an issue'. Gilani said the current political system was stable and the Pakistan People's Party wanted to take all political parties on board.

President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month, administration and military officials have told McClatchy.

NEW DELHI: For the first time since they held talks with the Andhra Pradesh government in mid-2004, the Maoists have in a formal statement offered a ceasefire if the government dropped its pre-condition that the ultras lay down arms and abjure violence.

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K Rosaiaha s main objective of visiting the national capital is to thank UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for choosing him as chief minister of the State.

The World Economic Forum will hold its three-day India Economic Summit here from Sunday, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as the key speaker, to mark 25 years of active engagement between the Davos-based organisation and India.

Chicago Chronicle Saturday 7th November, 2009 India has been kept informed about the case of two Pakistan-born Chicago men charged with planning a terrorist attack in India with the help of Pakistan based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba , according to a US official.

India on brink of Maoist offensive By Ranjit Devraj NEW DELHI - In the lull before the storm that the central government has vowed to unleash on Maoist rebels this month, voices of caution are being heard against precipitating an armed confrontation that could further hurt marginalized and largely indigenous populations in the worst affected ...

Menon and M A Yusuffali with Nirupama Rao, Vayalar Ravi and others after the first meeting of the IDF in New Delhi yesterday Indian Padmashri recipient and Doha-based entrepreneur C K Menon has said efforts are underway to include Indian professionals in advisory capacity at the India Development Foundation of overseas Indians.

NEW DELHI: Relations between India and Pakistan must not hinge on one man , Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: The build-up to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Washington later this month moved into top gear as India and the US Thursday discussed a host of global issues ranging from democracy and human rights to climate change and public health.

Press Trust of India Posted: Friday, Nov 06, 2009 at 2140 hrs IST Updated: Friday, Nov 06, 2009 at 2140 hrs IST Kolkata: Faced with an impending crackdown by security forces, a top leader of the Maoists on Thursday said they were ready for talks with the Centre provided some of their conditions were met, including withdrawal of paramilitary forces ...

With swine flu claiming over 470 lives in the country till October-end, the Centre today said the much-awaited Influenza A-H1N1 vaccine to combat the viral disease would be ready by March-April next year.

In a major push to the economic liberalisation process, India has decided to ensure at least 10 percent public holding in all profitable state-run firms that will see a host of public offerings by such companies over the next few years.

The government Thursday more than doubled the 2010 Commonwealth Games budget to Rs.1,620 crore from Rs.767 crore.