CPI agitation for Cauvery water continues
THANJAVUR: Communist Party of India cadres continued their road and rail roko programme in Thanjavur and Tiruvarur districts for the second day on Friday, demanding release of Cauvery water from Karnataka. Traffic remained affected in some ...
PETER ROEBUCK COLUMN - SHOOTING FROM THE HIP Pressure is back on England
Seldom has a nation craved a sporting trophy as does England the Ashes. It is hardly surprising. Australia took the prize in 1989 and shows not the slightest desire to give it back. Not that the actual urn has been dispatched to Melbourne. ...
Flight to Siachen
NEW DELHI: The Army on Friday commenced a chartered flight for soldiers serving on the Siachen glacier. The Jet Airways flight was flagged from here by Director General, Operational Logistics, Lt. Gen. P K Singh. UNI ...
No defence pact with U.S., assures PM
KOLKATA: : The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has reportedly assured leaders of Left parties that India has not entered into any defence agreement with the United States. What had been formulated during Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee's ...