'India's ratings to depend on new govt policies'

Robin K Dhowan on Thursday took over as chief of the Indian Navy nearly two months after D K Joshi quit the post in the wake of a series of mishaps. Admiral Dhowan, 59, who has been the acting Navy chief since Joshi's exit, has been appointed the Chief of Navy Staff superseding Western Naval Commander Shekhar Sinha. He will have a tenure of 25 months, retiring in May 2016. Sinha was the senior-most Vice Admiral but he has been edged out of the race, apparently because majority of the 14 ...

NEW DELHI: India's GSM operators want the telecom department (DoT) to drive regulation of cell tower emissions to pre-empt vested interests from derailing network expansion and hurting quality of mobile coverage. "The government is best suited to ...

Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been fasting for 13 years against a draconian law in India's north-eastern state of Manipur, says she wants to cast her vote for the first time.

S&P may upgrade India's outlook if the govt that is elected next month addresses some of the country's fiscal and economic challenges. MUMBAI: Standard and Poor's may upgrade India's outlook if the government that is elected next month addresses some of the ...

NEW DELHI: BJP leader Arun Jaitley has hit back at Priyanka Gandhi over her statement that BJP is opposed to the "idea of India", saying Congress has no copyright on what this should be. "Most Congressmen believe they were born to rule. Certainly, ...

She marched through her campaign office like a candidate from almost anywhere in the world, girding herself to address a scrum of reporters. But the reporters were not interested in an interview. Instead, they came to insist that she buy ads in their newspapers."If you give us business, we will cover you, but if you don't give us money,' one reporter said with a pause and a shrug. "Well, we will still cover you."  ...

It is difficult to think of a more insincere apology. The Maoist rebellion in India has claimed countless lives of both civilians and security personnel. Many of the rebels' victims have been innocent, even poor people. So the Maoists' apology for the death of nine civilians in one of their offensives in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh last weekend can only ring hollow.   ...

* India's 2013/14 Iran imports at 222,000 bpd, down 16.5 pct -trade * January-March imports from Iran up 42.9 pct y/d -trade * March shipments from Iran rose 45.6 pct from Feb -trade NEW DELHI, April 17 (Reuters) - India's imports of Iranian ...

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