NEW DELHI: Out of favour South African all-rounder Albie Morkel says India’s hammering of the Proteas at the MCG demonstrated that the defending champions are capable of blowing any team away in the World Cup and big-ticket ICC events bring out the best in them. Full Coverage: ICC World Cup 2015 […]
Day: February 25, 2015
Wary of China, India and Japan set to forge aircraft deal
NEW DELHI: India is getting set to acquire the massive ShinMaywa US-2i amphibious aircraft from Japan as part of their expanding bilateral strategic partnership, with both nations wary of China’s assertive behaviour in the Asia-Pacific region. The defence acquisitions council (DAC), chaired by Manohar Parrikar, on Saturday will take up […]
Rahul Gandhi, Currently on Leave, to be Made Congress President in April: Sources
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi is set to take over as Congress president in April, sources have said amid a controversy swirling around his “leave of absence” during a key session of Parliament. Mr Gandhi, 44, will replace his mother Sonia Gandhi, who has helmed the party since 1998. The stage is […]
Bundelkhand a victim of BJP’s India Shining ‘politics’: Rahul
Slamming BJP for its “politics of India Shining,” Rahul Gandhi on Thursday reached out to the poor and rural youths in Bundelkhand, hard-selling the UPA’s flagship schemes of food security, land acquisition and job guarantee programme MNREGA. The Congress vice-president stressed on the unity of his party in the faction-ridden […]