New Delhi, Apr 16 (PTI) Trouble for beleaguered
Minister of State for External Affairs, India Shashi
Tharoor grew on Friday with opposition paralysing Parliament

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Apr 16 (PTI) American firms, which pushed
hard for the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, are unlikely to

"No misuse of my official position was involved. The
issue has nothing to do with my ministry. As a minister, I was
in no position to influence the bid process, let alone its

TOKYO, April 16 Kyodo -
Government officials and experts in academic circles from Japan, China and

New Delhi, Apr 15 (PTI) Major opposition parties
Thursday came out in Indian Parliament giving full backing to
the government in the anti-Maoist fight but attacked the

Ajay Kaul

Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Apr 15 (PTI) Pakistan Thursday said no
meeting has been scheduled so far between Prime Ministers

In response to a question about Singh's reported
comments that India was not averse to a civil nuclear deal
between Pakistan and the US, Basit said: "It is good to see

New Delhi, Apr 15 (PTI) India will complete building its
first strategic crude oil storage by October 2011 in an effort
to insulate itself from supply disruptions.

Ajay Kaul
Brasilia, Apr 15 (PTI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
arrived here on Thursday on a two-day visit during which he