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India govt still undecided on US nuclear pact: officials New Delhi (AFP) June 26, 2008 
India's ruling Congress party has not decided if it will pursue an atomic energy deal with the United States and alienate leftist allies that prop up the government, an official said Thursday. The governing party failed Wednesday to persuade its partners to support the pact, leaving it with the choice of going it alone and risking early elections or ditching the landmark deal altogether.
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Indian military meets to plug frontline exodus
New Delhi (AFP) June 26, 2008India's top military brass held a crisis meeting Thursday to jack up military wages and try and stem an exodus of soldiers to the country's flourishing private sector, officials said. The chiefs of the million-plus army, air force and navy held closed-door talks with Defence Minister A.K. Antony and other top officials on tackling the widening wage gap between civilians and men and women in ... more Analysis: Revolt in India rebel group ULFA 
New Delhi (UPI) Jun 25, 2008 Indian security forces said a major revolt that came into the open in United Liberation Front of Assam would help wipe out the banned insurgent group, one of the most dreaded in the militancy-hit Assam state. Two of three armed units of ULFA on Tuesday announced a unilateral cease-fire, marking a major revolt in the group. The two units comprising the dreaded 28th Battalion are the most ... more Lack of rain hits Indian state's power supply 
Thiruvananthapuram, India (AFP) June 26, 2008India's Kerala state has seen vital water stores for power generation dip to their lowest levels in 25 years after much-needed monsoon rains were unexpectedly weak, officials said. The southern state has so far seen almost 40 percent less monsoon rain than last year, the head of the local weather department told AFP, with authorities in Kerala imposing nightly power cuts as a result. ... more Indian coalition still deadlocked over nuclear deal: officials 
New Delhi (AFP) June 25, 2008Crisis talks between India's ruling Congress party and its left-wing allies ended Wednesday without them resolving a dispute over a nuclear energy deal with the United States, officials said. The parties, however, agreed to meet "in due course" for more negotiations over the pact with Washington, a divisive accord that has threatened to bring down the government and send India into early ele ... more Midwest floodwaters could linger for weeks 
Chicago (AFP) June 23, 2008The worst of the flooding that has ravaged the midwestern United States is nearly over, but it will be weeks before the murky water recedes in many areas, the National Weather service warned Monday. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri and Indiana due to the heavy rains and deadly storms which swept through the region in recent we ... more |
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Kolkata (AFP) June 20, 2008The death toll from monsoon flooding in eastern India climbed to 26 on Friday, with hundreds of villages cut off and an estimated four million people displaced, officials said. Bridges were washed away and roads and railway tracks submerged by the swirling waters in West and East Midnapore districts, said West Bengal state's finance minister Asim Dasgupta. "Telephone lines were snapped a ... more Essel Group India Chooses AsiaSat 4 To Launch First HITS Platform In India 
Hong Kong, China (SPX) Jun 20, 2008Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and the Essel Group have announced the signing of an agreement for the use of multiple C-band transponders on AsiaSat 4 for a new digital Headend-in-the-Sky (HITS) delivery platform to distribute pay TV signals to all cable operators, serving millions of cable homes throughout India. Through this platform on AsiaSat 4, cable ... more Split over US nuclear deal may trigger early Indian polls 
New Delhi (AFP) June 19, 2008India looks headed for early elections due to a worsening split between the ruling Congress party and its left-wing allies over a nuclear deal with Washington, reports and officials said Thursday. A government source told AFP that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared set to go ahead with implementing the pact with the United States, despite fierce objections from the communists who prop ... more Four Pakistani soldiers killed in firing at border with India: military 
Islamabad (AFP) June 19, 2008Four Pakistani soldiers were killed on Thursday in an exchange of fire with unknown attackers at the border with India in disputed Kashmir, the military said. The soldiers were on a routine patrol along the Line of Control, the de facto border with India, when "unknown miscreants" fired at them, military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told AFP. "Two of our soldiers embraced martyrdom ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) June 17, 2008The future of a key nuclear energy pact between New Delhi and Washington appeared bleak Tuesday with the Indian government apparently failing to win over sceptical left-wing allies. A communist leader warned that the dominant Congress party would fail in its latest effort to push through the deal, aimed at giving India access to the worldwide nuclear energy trade without signing global ... more New Lessons From The British Royal Navy 
Washington (UPI) Jun 16, 2008 Britain's Royal Navy is seeking to revive its fabled anti-submarine warfare, or ASW, operating skills, and the area it chose to practice them this spring was astride the world's crucial oil supply routes in the Indian Ocean. Jane's, the respected British weapons and armed forces publishing house and news service, reported June 5 that from April 16 through April 20, the Royal Navy carried ... more Indian Army To Train Its Officers For US-Style War In Space 
New Dehli, India (PTI) Jun 17, 2008Set to make forays in use of space applications, the Indian Army will take a leaf out of US forces' experience to train its officers in optimising the effective use of space-based resources to meet its operational requirements. A week after India announced setting up of an Integrated Cell to coordinate all military operations based on space assets, the Army's Directorate of Perspective ... more Flash floods, mudslides kill 25 in India's northeast 
Guwahati, India (AFP) June 16, 2008Flash floods and mudslides unleashed by heavy monsoon rains have claimed 25 lives and displaced 200,000 people in northeastern India, officials said Monday. Six people drowned overnight in Assam state as they tried to escape gushing floodwaters in bamboo rafts, state relief and rehabilitation minister Bhumidhar Barman said. "We have reports of six deaths so far and about 200,000 people ... more
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