Don’t attack Hindus in Muslim lands, al-Qaida chief Zawahiri says
September 17, 2013
LONDON: Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri has issued his first specific guidelines for jihad, urging restraint in attacking other Muslim sects and non-Muslims and in starting conflicts in countries where jihadis might find a safe base to promote their ideas.
US gunman had Buddhist interests, flashes of rage and mental health...
September 17, 2013
WASHINGTON: The gunman who killed 12 people before being shot dead by police in a military complex in the heart of Washington is being described as a young man with an interest in Buddhism and flashes of rage. Officials on Tuesday said he had serious mental health issues but was not stripped of his security clearance.
FIIs bought shares worth $1 bn following Rajan’s announcements
September 17, 2013
NEW DELHI: Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) have bought shares worth $1 billion in the past eight trading sessions following RBI governor Raghuram Rajan's recent announcements, a Deutsche Bank report said.
Pak keen to have comprehensive dialogue with India, Nawaz Sharif says
September 17, 2013
ISLAMABAD: Asserting that people had given him the mandate to improve ties with neighbours, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said Pakistan is keen to have a comprehensive dialogue with India for the resolution of all issues including Kashmir.
Racist tweets mar sweet moment for Nina Davuluri, first Miss America...
September 16, 2013
WASHINGTON: The tiara had barely been placed on her head and the customary tears of joy had just emerged when racist taunts erupted on social media, marring the moment of triumph for the first ever Miss America of Indian origin.
Washington DC: Four dead in Navy Yard shooting
September 16, 2013
WASHINGTON — The Washington Navy Yard was placed on lockdown after multiple shots were fired inside a building on the base, the U.S. Navy said. Four people were killed, according to several news reports. The Navy confirmed multiple fatalities, but would not immediately confirm that figure.
Inflation adds to headaches for RBI’s new governor Raghuram’s first meeting
September 16, 2013
NEW DELHI: When he holds only his first policy review this week, India's new central bank chief has to confront what may well prove to be the biggest challenge of his time in office.
Technology driving educational revolution in villages
September 16, 2013
In the beginning of the last decade, a simple webcam and a fledgling, though unsteady internet, provided a lifeline of emotional connect between students abroad and their parents and friends back home.
That was a video-conference in a very simple form. Cut to the present: we are witnessing a generational shift in technology; so much so that it is quietly triggering a social revolution in the educational and health care sectors in the remote corners of our country.
Time travel possible but only in one direction, the future!
September 16, 2013
WASHINGTON: A UK-based physicist has claimed that it is possible to build a time machine, but it will only travel to the future.
Postmortem shows NRI was beaten up, friends could be arrested
September 16, 2013
NEW DELHI: The postmortem conducted on Anmol Sarna, who died in hospital after being found in a pool of blood on a street in Kalkaji, south Delhi, has confirmed that the 20-year-old NRI from the US was beaten up before his death.
Friends of the deceased NRI gathered at Kalkaji police station in Delhi.
