NEW DELHI: Defense Minister A K Antony today said India has sought details from the UK in connection with corruption allegations in the VVIP helicopter deal with Italy and "strong action" would be taken in case any foul play is detected in the procurement process."The contract is with a particular company based in the UK. We have also requested...

WASHINGTON: CIA Director David Petraeus has abruptly resigned over an "unacceptable" extra-marital affair, shockingly ending a highly-decorated career that saw him command wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and then take the reins of the US spy agency.60-year-old Petraeus submitted his resignation to President Barack Obama last night during a meeting at the White House. Obama has accepted his resignation."I...

WASHINGTON: The US has said it is working on an inter-government engagement with India and other countries to check non-compliance by American taxpayers using foreign bank accounts in their jurisdictions.Through these engagements with more than 50 countries, the US is looking to implement information reporting and withholding tax provisions, commonly known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).Enacted...

NEW DELHI: Keen to give further momentum to bilateral ties, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has invited US President Barack Obama to visit India again.The invitation was extended during a telephonic call Singh made to Obama last evening to congratulate him on his re-election.During his first term, Obama undertook a visit here in November 2010 when he announced support for...

WASHINGTON: With Tulsi Gabbard making history by becoming the first Hindu-American to be elected to the US House of Representatives, President Barack Obama today congratulated the Congresswoman-elect, who says her doors will always be open to people from her faith."The President congratulates Congresswoman-elect Gabbard and wishes her well," Shin Inoyue, a White House spokesman, told PTI when asked about...

WASHINGTON: Two days after he was re-elected President of the United States, Barack Obama's campaign said today he has won 29 Electoral College votes in Florida, the only state which had not declared a winner on Election Day.Republican challenger Mitt Romney's campaign too conceded defeat in Florida, a key battleground state.With the win in Florida, 51-year-old Obama's tally reached...

NEW DELHI: With the Congress holding its conclave at Surajkund, BJP today asked the ruling party to come clear on the progress made in the investigations into scams including Commonwealth Games projects, Coal and 2G spectrum allocations as well as on issues like price rise."The country wants to know how the Congress is going ahead with the inquiries into...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today stayed the proceedings on all petitions relating to the 2G spectrum allocation scam, pending before the Delhi High Court, on a CBI plea."All proceedings pending before the Delhi High Court shall remain stayed," said a bench of justices G S Singhvi and K S Radhakrishnan.In its plea, the CBI cited a Supreme Court...

NEW DELHI: India today approved small-scale projects worth 100 million dollars for implementation in strife-torn Afghanistan.The Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved the third phase of the Small Development Projects (SDP) in Afghanistan.The outlay for the third Phase of the Small Developmental Projects is 100 million dollars or approximately Rs 540 crore, Finance...

NEW DELHI: Veteran BJP leader L K Advani, who turned 85 today, appeared ambivalent on his prime ministerial ambition when he said what he has got from the party in life was much more than occupying the top post."Party has given me so much all my life that when somebody says you have to become the Prime Minister, I...