NEW DELHI: Voicing "disapproval" of the appointment of new CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, BJP today wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying it should be kept in abeyance as a parliamentary committee on Lokpal has unanimously recommended that it should be done by a colleguim.Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, Leaders of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha...

NEW DELHI: Bharti Walmart has suspended five people, including CFO Pankaj Madan, as part of an ongoing global investigation by the US retail giant against alleged corrupt practices, sources said.It is understood that more heads may roll as the investigation progresses in the coming days in the company, which has now decided to put a halt to opening new...

BALASORE, Odisha: India today successfully tested its indigenously developed ballistic missile shield off the coast of Odisha and said it is readying to deploy the system in the National Capital Region for protection against hostile missiles.As part of the exercise, it test-fired a supersonic interceptor missile which destroyed a 'hostile' ballistic missile off the Odisha coast."At around 1252 hours,...

NEW DELHI: Tata AIA and Reliance Life witnessed steepest decline in the collection of life insurance premium during the six-month period ending September 2012, Parliament was informed today.The total premium collected by Tata AIA Life Insurance during April-September 2012 declined by 29.55 per cent followed by Reliance Life Insurance at 28.62 per cent, Minister of State for Finance Namo...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Taliban today threatened to target Indians "anywhere" in retaliation for the execution of Ajmal Kasab and demanded that India should return the body of the LeT militant involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks to his family.In calls made to journalists in northwest Pakistan, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan said his group would target Indians and Indian...

SINGAPORE: Close ties between China and India are the best guarantee for global stability and it will be a surprise if New Delhi allows itself to be "used" by the US to contain Beijing, former Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said Thursday."A close and enduring partnership between China and India at one level and, at another level, between...

WASHINGTON: Indications from the US administration on ties with India are "positive and upbeat", top American experts and lawmakers have said, days after President Barack Obama outlined that the country was a "big part" of plans in his second innings.At the same time, the experts, policy makers and lawmakers, known for keeping a tab on India-US relationship, believe that...

ISLAMABAD: A Taliban suicide bomber targeted a Shia procession in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi killing at least 23 people and injuring 68 others in the latest of a slew of attacks against the minority community in the country during the Islamic month of Muharram.The bomber blew himself up when people tried to prevent him from entering the...