Despite floods, Haryana looking at achieving paddy targets

Last Updated: Monday, August 9, 2010, 15:13

Despite the flash floods which submerged thousands of acres of agricultural land in a few districts last month, Haryana is looking at achieving its targets for paddy production this year.

Now, Gadkari targets Rahul

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 19:27

Targeting Rahul Gandhi against the backdrop of large-scale rotting of foodgrains, BJP President Nitin Gadkari wondered whether the Congress leader did not see this happening when he visited the shanty of a poor woman Kalawati.

LeT agents surveyed 100 targets in India: Headley

Last Updated: Sunday, June 20, 2010, 11:57

David Headley told Indian investigators that the LeT has identified around 100 targets in India.

CIA gets nod to hit wider range of targets in Pak

Last Updated: Thursday, May 6, 2010, 11:53

The CIA received approval to target a wider range of targets in Pak`s tribal areas, including low-level fighters whose identities may not be known.

Railways fail to achieve Five-Year Plan targets

Last Updated: Friday, April 23, 2010, 16:22

Indian Railways could achieve only 28 per cent of the total 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-12) targets in the first two years

Suicide bomb squad captured in Kabul: Official

Last Updated: Monday, April 19, 2010, 16:04

A senior Afghan official announced on Monday the arrest of nine would-be suicide bombers who were allegedly plotting attacks on "strategic targets" in Kabul.

BJP targets Dikshit Govt on scrap mkt fire, radiation issue

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 00:07

Charging the Delhi govt with "incompetence" in handling a major fire at a plastic scrap market and the leak of radioactive material, BJP today alleged both incidents "exposed" its failure in handling emergency situations.

More countries set emission targets for 2020: UN

Last Updated: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 14:55

Seventy-five countries accounting for more than 80 percent of greenhouse gases from energy use have filed pledges to cut or limit carbon emissions by 2020, the UN climate convention said on Wednesday.

Pak forces got tip-off regarding ‘high value targets’ in Mohmand

Last Updated: Sunday, March 7, 2010, 11:30

The attack on militant hideouts in the Mohmand Agency of the FATA on Friday, in which 30 militants were reportedly killed, was carried out following an intelligence input received by Pakistani security forces.

German court convicts suspects for foiled anti-US plot

Last Updated: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 16:43

Two Germans and two Turkish men were convicted on Thursday over a foiled 2007 plot to attack US targets in Germany and given prison sentences ranging up to 12 years.

UN says tougher targets needed to avert climate disaster

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 18:30

Countries need to set tougher targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions if the world is to avert a climate-change catastrophe, according to a new UN report released Tuesday.

`Tougher targets needed to avert climate disaster`

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 16:37

Countries need to set tougher targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions if the world is to avert a climate-change catastrophe, according to a new UN report released Tuesday.