Chennai rains: IMD predicts heavy rains in TN, Puducherry for next...
December 1, 2015
The govt. has started releasing 20,000 cubic feet per second of water from Chembarambakkam reservoir, the highest volume of outflow in several years.
People being rescued using boats in Velachery on Tuesday. Photo: S.R. Raghunathan
The dictator’s daughter and a $2 billion tale of greed and...
November 30, 2015
Even in post-Soviet Uzbekistan, an ancient crossroads where torture and bribery allegations are endemic, Gulnara Karimova, the president’s Harvard-educated daughter, stood out for her ruthlessness.
Gulnara Karimova
Officials: Hamburg votes ‘No’ in 2024 Olympics referendum
November 30, 2015
Hamburg mayor Olaf Scholz announced that his city would not be hosting the Olympic Games in 2024. Hamburg's Office for Statistics confirmed that - despite not having the final count of the votes available yet - it would be impossible for supporters of the Olympic bid to get in a majority anymore.
Pak PM Sharif says want peace with India, but not at...
November 30, 2015
Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif said his country desired peace with India but without any compromise on its dignity, speaking after his brief meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of a climate change summit in Paris on Monday.
India, US headed for a face-off at Paris climate summit
November 30, 2015
India and the US appeared headed for a face-off at the Paris climate summit starting Monday with the world’s biggest democracies divided over who should share the larger blame for greenhouse gas emission and, therefore, do more towards mitigating it.
Trump on 9/11 claims: ‘I’m not going to take it back’
November 29, 2015
NEW YORK – Billionaire Donald Trump is defending his disputed claim that "thousands" of Muslims in New Jersey cheered the fall of the twin towers on 9/11.
Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, speaks at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa. Nati Harnik/AP
HSBC whistleblower Falciani sentenced to 5 years in prison
Geneva/New Delhi: HSBC whistleblower Herve Falciani, whose 'Swissleaks' revelation which forced the Indian government to probe ill-gotten money stashed abroad, was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison by a Swiss federal court.
Falciani, who refused to appear for trial in Switzerland, has been charged with industrial espionage. He is having dual French and Italian nationalities.
Alert to Islamic State threat, BSF arms itself with cutting-edge equipment,...
November 28, 2015
The Border Security Force (BSF) is not treating the recent rise in threat from global terror outfit Islamic State (IS) casually, especially after its recent attacks in Paris and the article 'Revival of Jihad in Bengal' published in its magazine Dabiq.
HSBC says it will shut down private banking business in India
November 27, 2015
HSBC Holdings will shut its private banking business in India, a spokesman said, marking the exit of another foreign bank from the cut-throat business in Asia’s third-largest economy.
Why Billionaire Sunil Mittal is Taking Rs 5 Crore Salary Cut
November 27, 2015
Billionaire Sunil Mittal, chairman of Bharti Enterprises, on Thursday said that he is taking a voluntary Rs 5-crore cut in his annual salary to provide legal and financial assistance to underprivileged undertrials.
