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Japan-US alliance should be expanded by including India, Australia

Japan US FlagNew Delhi, July 25 : The Japan-US alliance should be expanded with inclusion of countries like India, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, South Korea for better strategic and economic safety and better coordination in the fight against terrorism, a Japanese scholar has said.

The suggestion came from Professor Robert D Eldridge, Director of the US-Japan Alliance Affairs Division, Center for International Security Studies and Policy, Osaka University, while delivering a talk on “The Japan-US Alliance in Asia: Challenges and Prospects” at Observer Research Foundation, a public policy think tank based in New Delhi.

Six rebel MPs sacked from Samajwadi Party

Amar SinghNew Delhi, July 25 : Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh today said that t

Pranab Mukherjee has no bitter feelings against Left parties

New Delhi, July 25 : Pranab Mukherjee has no bitter feelings against Left partiesExternal Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told a private news channel that he has no bitterness against the Left parties and that he was sad for the turn of the event in which the Left parties parted ways with the United Progressive Alliance.

When asked whether there was any possibility of Congress party allying with the Left, Mukherjee said: “How can I say right now. Let us wait, how circumstances will unfold. Let us not predict and be political astrologers. I do not keep options open and do not keep options closed."

Chinese, the world''s top netizen group

New Delhi, July 25 : About 253 million Chinese log on to the Internet regularly, making the country the largest web-user market, China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) said on Thursday.

The semi-official organization, regarded as the most authoritative source of statistics on the country''s Internet users, said China had overtaken the US in terms of the number of netizens in the first half of this year.

According to www. internetworldstats. com, the US had 218 million net-users till December 31, 2007, and China, 210 million. Based on the US'' growth trend, CNNIC estimated its number could have reached 230 million by the end of June.

BJP to file formal complaint of cash-for-vote with Speaker today

New DelhBharatiya Janata Partyi, July 25: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will file a complaint with Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, alleging that Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh had offered bribe to three of its MPs for abstaining themselves during the trust vote in the Lok Sabha on July 22.

The Lok Sabha Secretariat last night asked the three MPs - Ashok Argal, Mahaveer Bhagora and Fagan Singh Kulaste - to present their version officially to take the case forward, official sources said.

On Wednesday, Chatterjee had said that nobody would be spared if found guilty.

Joint Indo-US military exercise to counter terrorism

Indo-US military exerciseNew Delhi, July 24 : Indian and the United States army will undertake joint manoeuvres on counter-terrorism in Mizoram from next month.

Operation Vajraprahar will be the fourth round of joint exercises between the special forces of the two countries.

Earlier, Indian and American forces have held similar complex battle manoeuvres in Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir and in the Alaskan mountains in the US.

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