India pledged to reduce its deficit while ramping up social spending Monday as the government unveiled an annual budget aimed at balancing populism with pragmatism. High food inflation and a spate of embarrassing corruption scandals have put pressure on India’s ruling Congress Party in recent months, spooking foreign investors and sparking street protests in advance [...]
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday afternoon on a 3-day visit to India. The special aircraft carrying the Chinese leader, who is accompanied by a large business delegation, landed at the Air Force station, Palam, at 1.45pm minister of state for commerce and industry Jyotiraditya Scindia and foreign secretary Nirupama Rao [...]
An Air India Express Plane from Dubai has crashed on the runway at the landing time at the Mangalore Airport. Around 169 people were there in the Air India flight & this unfortunate accident has happened at around 6:30am. Manmohan Singh (PM) showed his deep sympathy at the serious loss of life due to the [...]