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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
November 27, 2015
Jerusalem: For the first time, Israeli military has successfully tested from a ship an advanced surface-to-air missile co-developed with India which will be deployed to secure vital offshore assets like gas fields.
November 26, 2015
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 79 (Ashwin 5-32, Jadeja 4-33) and 32 for 2 need another 278 to beat India 215 (Vijay 40, Harmer 4-78, Morkel 3-35) and 173 (Dhawan 39, Tahir 5-38)
November 26, 2015
Being told to get off plane in front of passengers was "humiliating", says Kameelah Rasheed, who alleges discrimination.
