Yearly Archives: 2015
Jagmohan Dalmiya: The man behind making India a global cricketing powerhouse
September 21, 2015
Kolkata: BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya, who passed away in Kolkata, will forever be remembered as the man who made Indian cricket a self sufficient entity and engineered a shift of power base from its spiritual home at Lord's to Kolkata's Eden Gardens.
BJP hits back: ‘Take in India happened during UPA rule’
September 21, 2015
NEW DELHI – Hours after Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally here, the BJP hit back strongly. It raked up the alleged land deals involving Robert Vadra in Haryana and Rajasthan and asked if they were in the interest of the farmers.
DU graduate seeks to join IS, her father alerts NIA
September 21, 2015
It is a rather curious case of Islamic State (IS) radicalization. For the past few weeks, Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials in Delhi have been trying to convince a young Hindu woman, who recently graduated from a premier Delhi University college, that joining the IS is not a good idea.
Nepal’s adoption of new constitution marred by violent protests
September 20, 2015
KATHMANDU – Nepal adopted its new constitution for becoming a secular, federal republic on Sunday amid violent protests by thousands of Indian-origin Madeshi people opposed to the charter.
Muslims unfit to be US president: Republican candidate Carson
September 20, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson, on Sunday, said Muslims were unfit to be president of the United States, arguing their faith was inconsistent with American principles.
US Republican candidate Ben Carson speaks during the Heritage Action for America presidential candidate forum in Greenville, South Carolina. (Reuters Photo)
British Telecom to shut down India call centres
September 19, 2015
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Telecom giant British Telecom has announced plans to shut down its call centres in India to bring them back to Britain following complaints of poor customer service.
Many meanings of ‘jugaad’: Why Raghuram Rajan’s comment should strike a chord with North...
September 19, 2015
The average Indian entrepreneur has always a way of finding solutions to everything through quick-fixes or 'jugaads' - be it to escape the taxmen, to get bank finance and to not repay it, or to show healthy balance sheets even when things aren't quite healthy.
Netaji files: Police memo on wife letter has a haunting tear
September 19, 2015
Netaji Subash Chandra Bose
US government says it will now use the term ‘sexual rights’
September 19, 2015
UNITED NATIONS — The U.S. government says it will begin using the term "sexual rights" in discussions of human rights and global development.
A man waves an LGBT equality rainbow flag at a celebration rally in West Hollywood, California, United States, June 26, 2015.
Trump drops out of Heritage event after birther backlash
September 18, 2015
Trump drops out of Heritage event after birther backlash
