India decides to boycott CPU meet New Delhi has decided to boycott the 61st conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Union (CPU) to be held in Islamabad unless Pakistan extends an invitation to the Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, or the CPU changes the venue of the meeting. India’s decision stems...
Public consultation on Western Ghats a sham: report Counted among the world’s top biodiversity hotspots, the Western Ghats is currently at the centre of a political battle pitting local ‘development’ needs against conservation efforts. Six States — Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat — which the forest region encompasses,...
Complete Gulberg trial in three months: SC The Supreme Court on granted a three-month extension to an Ahmedabad court to complete trial proceedings in the Gulberg Society massacre, one of the nine cases connected to the 2002 post-Godhra riots. The hearing in the case, which dealt with a mob attack at the...
Nine U.S. satellites to be flown from Sriharikota In a small but significant progress in the chequered Indo-U.S. space equations, Indian satellite launchers will for the first time put a few U.S.-made satellites into space from Indian soil. ISRO’s commercial venture Antrix Corporation recently signed contracts to launch nine micro and nano...
Centre inks peace accord with Naga insurgent outfit The government signed a peace accord with the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah), one of the largest insurgent outfits, which has been demanding a unified Naga identity and a separate ‘Nagalim’ State for over six decades. The details of the accord were not...
India to host meeting of 14 Pacific island nations After trying to keep pace with China in relations with Africa and Central Asia, India is now trying to match it neighbour’s growing footprint in the South Pacific. On August 21, India will host the heads of 14 island nations at the Forum...
Public consultation on Western Ghats a sham: report Counted among the world’s top biodiversity hotspots, the Western Ghats is currently at the centre of a political battle pitting local ‘development’ needs against conservation efforts. Six States — Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat — which the forest region encompasses,...
India, Bangladesh swap border enclaves, settle old dispute At the stroke of midnight Friday, tens of thousands of stateless people who were stranded for decades along the poorly defined border between India and Bangladesh will finally get to choose their citizenship, as the two countries...