With the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks exposing gaps in intelligence sharing and synergy among maritime forces, the latest Navy's doctrine has laid greater emphasis on these two critical aspects of security.

Navy doctrine covers int, synergy gaps exposed by 26/11

Press Trust of India

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked Petroleum Ministry and ONGC to re-examine possibility of setting up a refinery at Barmer district in Rajasthan to process the crude discovered by Cairn India in the state.

PM asks OilMin, ONGC to re-examine Barmer refinery proposal

RSS says no succession plan in BJP is being chalked out by Sangh.BJP leaders and Sangh top brass only discussing current situation in the party and the overall political situation in the country, says RSS.

NEWSALERT: No succession plan in BJP, says Sangh

The government may allow private refiners like Reliance Industries Ltd, Essar Oil to buy Cairn India's Rajasthan crude, if the public sector firms do not buy the entire output from the field.

Govt may allow Cairn to sell Rajasthan crude to pvt refiners

Ten months after it was launched, India's maiden moon mission the ambitious Chandrayaan-1 came to an abrupt end today after ISRO lost communication with the spacecraft, cutting short the dream odyssey that was expected to last two years.

India's moon mission comes to an abrupt end

The government will electronically connect a total of 70 ports in the country by the end of next year, a move that will help embattled exporters to reduce transaction costs.

'Govt to electronically connect 70 ports by 2010-end'

Defending India's stand on the Doha talks, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said it was wrong to blame India for the deadlock and on the contrary New Delhi was making an effort to re-engage in the multilateral global trade deal.

India cannot be blamed for Doha deadlock: Sharma

The coal pricing may see a complete revamp and the sector may enter into a free trade zone, if suggestions of the Planning Commission are implemented.

Leave coal prices to market, allow free trade: Plan panel

&quot;The sunset clause (section 66 of the Competition Act) will come into motion from September 1,&quot; said Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid while speaking at a conference organised by industry chamber PHDCCI on Saturday.

MRTPC to be wound up in two years

Oxford University's plans to set up a new overseas campus in India has run into rough weather with human rights campaigners accusing the developers of resorting to 'land grab', media reported today.

Oxford's plan for overseas campus in India into land-grab row

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today said Chandrayaan-1 moon mission has been formally called off as the space agency has lost radio contact with the craft.

ISRO formally calls off Chandrayaan-1 moon mission: Nair

With a view to utilise surplus land for commercial purposes, Railways have now created a land bank of 1.12 lakh acres across the country.

Rly create land bank with surplus 1.12 lakh hectare: Mamata

The country managed a reasonable economic growth of 6.1 per cent during the first quarter of the current fiscal despite the global financial crisis impacting manufacturing and certain services like hotels.

Indian economy grows by 6.1 pc in Q1, against 7.1% a year ago

42-year-old Vilas Padale and 26-year-old Anil Nikam died of the flu at separate private hospitals here last night, hospital sources said today.

Swine Flu claims two more lives in Pune

Virtually giving credence to reports that top BJP leaders L K Advani and Rajnath Singh may have to give up their posts, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today said they will decide on their role within the party.

RSS chief says Advani, Rajnath will decide role in BJP

Japanese industrial production rose a stronger-than-expected seasonally adjusted 1.9 per cent in July from the previous month, up for the fifth straight month, on robust output in the auto and steel industries, Tokyo said today.

Japanese industrial output up 1.9 % in July

Business Standard

India's mission to Mars will take place between 2013-2015, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief G Madhavan Nair said today.

Mission to Mars to be between 2013-2015

Weathering the worst ever financial storm in nearly 80 years, the US economy in September, will not only be in recession for 22 consecutive months but the month also marks the first anniversary of Lehman Brothers' failure.

September: 22 mnths of US recession, 1st yr of Lehman demise

Tax concessions to exporters announced in the new Foreign Trade Policy will cost the exchequer an extra Rs 2,200 crore.

Tax sops in FTP to cost exchequer Rs 2,200 cr

Packaging solutions provider Bilcare today said it is planning to raise $35 million (about Rs 170 crore) through the issue of securities.

Bilcare plans raising $35 mn

The Jute Corporation of India has been asked to purchase raw jute directly from farmers instead of middlemen, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said.

JCI asked to purchase raw jute directly from farmers

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