India to announce new emission standards for power plants
. technologies to generate power, officials told HT. The announcement, expected to be made at the Lima climate conference in Peru in December, comes after US President Barack Obama announced a 30% cut in emissions by American power plants.
Microsoft not to invest in any of the start-ups it mentors
Microsoft Ventures, the corporate venture funding and entrepreneurship development arm of Microsoft, has mentored 63 technology start-ups in five batches in the last two years in India. ���It does not add a lot of value for Microsoft to invest in a lot.
Enemy to US troops but not on the terror list - CNN Security.
Mike Rogers, R-Michigan said in a statement last month when he introduced a bill that would call on the Obama administration to designate the group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).. Perhaps it is time for USA and NATO to start bombing New Delhi as it did in Kosovo and Bosnia to stop this ethnic cleansing and murders.. And in return Pakistan gives safe haven to terrorists like Haqqanis, bin Laden, and Khaleed Sheek Mohamed who kill Americans.
MP: Flying club plane crashes; pilot dead
Talking to HT, MP Flying Club chief flight instructor Capt Mandar Mahajan said that Cessna 152A is a reliable aircraft and is used across the country. I am not aware what went wrong but I can say that Capt Pawandeep Singh is an experienced pilot with.
Odisha: Doctor uses bicycle pump for sterilisation
Barely a fortnight has passed since the Chhatisgarh sterlisation botch-up , where 13 women lost their lives, but neighboring Odisha does not seem to have learnt a lesson from the tragedy. A doctor used a bicycle pump to inflate the abdomen of 56 women .
China launches worlds longest train to Spain
In an initiative to build a new silk road linking Asia and Europe though Central Asia, China launched a cargo train service connecting worlds largest commodity market in Yiwu with the Spanish capital Madrid. The train with 82 containers was the first.
Haqs Musings: US Drone Strikes and Bloody Blowback in.
Is it just impunity or blow back from intensified US drone attacks early in 2013 as President Barack Obama accelerates US pull-out from Afghanistan? Or is it lack of... Olson also lauded interior ministers services for taking special measures to ensure safety of ambassadors and diplomats.. Two other journalists were not shy of recalling similar experiences: Sankarshan Thakur of The Telegraph (on his website) and Harinder Baweja of the Hindustan Times on Twitter.
Conversations with Jinnahs djinn - Blogs - Hindustan Times
You seem to be more worried about why people label the Islamic terrorism happening now as Islamic terrorism while not labeling other terrorist acts happening now with a color you would like to paint with. But is coloring/labeling more... quran or use reason. I you do first then it is blasphemy and which Zia cant do, coz then he will have to find some safe haven in Europe to save his life from his brethren.. President Obama, can you better Bush? 17 votes, average:��.
A small nation thats big on Indias agenda now
The election result showed that the politics of race that had dominated Fiji for the past decades was no longer a significant factor in the elections. There is great enthusiasm in Fiji about Prime Minister Modis visit; he will be welcomed by Fijians.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 01.04.11
FAREED ZAKARIA; BEING UNSAFE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE - ADVAITA KALA. KUDOS TO THE MOHALI SPIRIT; ACTOR SHINEYS CONVICTION; BROOKING NO DISSENT; LIBYA AND THE OBAMA DOCTRINE - BY INDER MALHOTRA; MARCH OF TIME - BY P. LAL; THREAT MITIGATION: GOING.. How exactly he plans to do that when Pakistani terrorists are constantly planning to bomb our cities, our ports, our planes and our people is beyond understanding.
2scottmontgomery: WASHPOST:Obama pushes boundaries.
���This is further proof that al-Qaeda and its affiliates will find no safe haven anywhere in the world,��� Obama told a mostly military audience Friday at a farewell ceremony for Adm. Mike Mullen, the outgoing chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. ���We will be determined,. In a New York Times-CBS News poll published last month, only 2 percent of respondents listed terrorism and national security as ���the most important problem facing the country.��� But Michael E. OHanlon,��.
Terrorist safe havens not acceptable: Barack Obama
Ive made it clear that even as the United States works with Pakistan to meet the threat of terrorism, safe havens within Pakistan are not acceptable and that those behind the Mumbai terrorist attack must face justice. Obama said in an interview to.
Terrorist safe havens not acceptable, Pakistan must punish 26/11 attackers.
Just ahead of his visit to India US president Barack Obama has sent a strong message to Pakistan, calling on it to dismantle terrorist safe havens and to punish those behind the Mumbai attacks. Ive made it clear that even as the United States works.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 12.11.10
HINDUSTAN TIMES. NO CHEERS FOR THIS ONE. SITARAM YECHURY,. President Barack Obama came, saw and in a sense, conquered, by drawing India further into the US geopolitical strategic framework, apart from advancing US commercial interests. Before.. He reiterated: We will continue to insist to Pakistans leaders that terrorist safe havens within their borders are unacceptable, and that the terrorists behind the Mumbai attacks be brought to justice.
Bomb threat puts Indias airports on alert
Airports across the country have been put on high alert after the Airport Authority of India (AAI) received a letter saying the Kochi- Mumbai and Ahmedabad - Mumbai flights would be attacked on October 25 and 26. Reports suggest suicide bombers could .
Flipping the Taliban | Foreign Affairs
After seven years of the Bush administrations neglect and mismanagement of Afghanistan, President Barack Obama was prompt in ordering the deployment of 21000 more U.S. troops.. The Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar recently offered, ironically, to give safe passage to NATO forces that choose to leave the country, just as the mujahideen offered safe passage to Soviet troops two decades ago... Yes in ancient or medieval past Afganistan was part of Hindustan.
SpiceJet resumes operation, pays cash to buy jet fuel
Troubled airline SpiceJet resumed operations on Wednesday after being forced to cancel over 150 flights with oil marketing companies refusing to refuel its planes forcing the budget carrier to pay Rs 3 crore last evening to buy jet fuel. So far, the.
A rather strange affair: An insiders guide to Goa
The laid-back land finds itself invaded by an overzealous tribe of tourists, all of whom seem to have received the same memo, which states that if the end of the year is not spent clicking selfies on the beaches of Goa, then you might as well give up.
American surveillance of BJP unacceptable, Swaraj tells.
I told him that both countries consider each other as friendly nations and it will not be acceptable to us from any angle if one friendly country spies on another friendly country. This is. Both the leaders reiterated their condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and reaffirmed their commitment to eliminating terrorist safe havens and infrastructure, and disrupting terrorist networks including Al-Qaida and the.. How many of them are Hindus in United State of Hindustan.
Terrorism seen from Pakistani Window | #Alertpak#
In his first prime-time news conference as president, Obama sent forceful message to Pakistan: ���Washington seeks a closer relationship with Islamabad, but there can be no compromise on the issue of terrorism.��� ���There is no doubt that in the Fata region of Pakistan, in the mountainous regions along the border of Afghanistan, that there are safe havens where terrorists are operating,��� he said. ���Its not acceptable for Pakistan or for us to have folks who, with impunity, will��.
A Good Man Fallen Among Saffronites - Blogs - Hindustan.
He swooped on the saffronite idea of nationalist totalitarianism and whittled it down, blunting its edges to make it more acceptable and give it enough legitimacy. It was the narrowness of the Fabians appeal that ultimately led��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 23.02.10
The recent terror bombing in Pune and the barbaric attack on security personnel at Sildah in West Bengal have come as a rude reminder that far more needs to be done in order to provide real-time security to the aam admi. At the heart of the problem... President Obama himself, in his two speeches last year outlining USs Af- Pak policy, focussed on the Al Qaida as the principal threat to US security and tellingly omitted any reference to the Taliban. This suggested��.
A house for Mr Hashmi - Blogs - Hindustan Times
They may not be denied jobs ��� discrimination is never that blatant ��� but are safely deprived of decent housing on the grounds that their way of life is ���incompatible��� with the Hindu society. There is a... The moment someone with a Hindu name was suspected by the police, you guys went back on your own words and started using the word HINDU TERROR with so much glee.. Was it because these equal citizens found Pakistan more acceptable than this country?
Govt drops attempted suicide as a crime; hope for Sharmila
The Centre has decided to decriminalise attempt to suicide in a move which will ensure that people who try to take their own lives do not end up behind bars if they survive. ���Eighteen states and four Union Territory administrations have supported that.
Charge sheet has proof against Amit Shah: CBI
The CBI on Monday opposed the discharge plea filed by the BJP president Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh fake encounter case, saying it had evidence of his involvement. Its counsel told. Complainant Rubabuddin Sheikhs lawyer, Anubha Rastogi.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 19.12.09
There is no pedagogically acceptable alternative.. EVEN TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS AFGHANISTAN SPEECH, THE WORLD IS QUESTIONING THE NOTIONS AT THE BASIS OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMAS DOCTRINE. THE LATEST. At the same time he admits the war in Afghanistan can be won only when the last vestiges of the al-Qaeda and the Taliban are stamped out from not only the Afghan soil but also in their safe havens across the border in Pakistan.
Haqs Musings: Taliban or RAW-liban?
Since,they havent leaked any such story we can safely assume there is no such evidence that you keep talking about. A number of them are part of.. Hindustan Times says India had deployed nuclear-capable missiles on its western border and refused to budge under US pressure to hold any talks with Pakistan after the 2001 attack on its Parliament by terrorists from across the border, says former top American diplomat Condoleezza Rice. And what added
Interview with New York Times about Magnificent Delusions.
WASHINGTON ��� The meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the White House on Wednesday is the most recent attempt by American and Pakistani leaders to reset a fraught relationship.. The Obama administrations escalation of the drones as a means of dealing with terrorist safe havens in Northwest Pakistan complicated the ability of the Pakistani military and intelligence services to keep the program secret. This was a program��.
GST bill: One tax, one market, win-win for all
Also, it does not allow states to tax supply of services and the Centre to tax sale of goods. Since the GST regime seeks to change these provisions, an amendment in the Constitution is required. The GST Bill seeks to carry out these amendments (the.
GST bill in LS; FM says its a win-win for Centre, states
Seeking to allay apprehensions of members including Samajwadi Partys Naresh Aggarwal that states interests would be compromised, Jaitley, said that their are more than adequately protected and he did not foresee a situation where states would be the .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 13.01.11
HINDUSTAN TIMES. FLYING IN THE FACE OF FACTS; FAST AND LOOSE; NO LONGER A SAFE HAVEN - SUHIT SEN; TERROR HAS A RELIGION - SAMAR HALARNKAR; NO LONGER A SAFE HAVEN - SUHIT SEN. LATEST SUICIDE MISSION - BY THANASSIS CAMBANIS; SAVE ENERGY, SAVE OUR TROOPS - BY STEVEN M. ANDERSON; OBAMA BRINGS IT HOME - BY GAIL COLLINS; WHY NOT REGULATE GUNS AS SERIOUSLY AS TOYS?
Not even considering Deepika Padukone for my next: Sujoy Ghosh
Barack Obama. Terrorist safe havens not acceptable, Pakistan must punish 26/11. Indian Team Huddle · World Cup Special: What Indias cricketers tell you about their. Ara, Bihar. Bihar: Blast in Ara court premises; woman carrying bomb among 2 dead;.