August 1, 2015
New Delhi: Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, who was recently snubbed by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, has complained to her that his "sincere" services to the party have "neither been seen nor appreciated".
August 1, 2015
The Army has finalized plans to construct a new type of fence on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, which will not collapse due to heavy snowfall every winter.
The three designs were tested by constructing one-km long sample fences in Kupwara sector. (Source: PTI photo/file)
July 31, 2015
MIAMI, FLORIDA – Shady dealings run amok in sunny South Florida, where creative crooks are coming up with scams of every sort, from fake Jamaican lotteries to basic identity theft.
July 31, 2015
Tonight's (July 31) moon will be a gorgeous sight, but it won't look different than any other full moon. The term Blue Moon has come to refer to the second full moon in a given month (since full moons come around about every 29 days, most months only contain one).
July 30, 2015
NEW DELHI: If Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had even the remotest hope of convincing the non-NDA parties to reconsider their opposition to the changes in the UPA's Land Acquisition Act of 2013 after nine Congress chief ministers skipped the NITI Aayog governing council meeting along with West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh chief ministers; NCP chief Sharad Pawar's breakfast meeting on Tuesday must have dashed that.
July 30, 2015
NEW DELHI – When he was sentenced to death by a Terrorism and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) court in 2006, Yakub Memon erupted in rage, shouting,"Oh Lord, forgive this man for he knows not what he does."
July 30, 2015
NEW DELHI – Indian police said Thursday they have arrested two Air India employees after uncovering a people smuggling operation at New Delhi airport that apparently targeted Nepalese quake victims.
A senior police officer at the airport said staff at the national carrier were suspected of helping Nepalese women promised jobs in wealthy Gulf countries to evade immigration procedures.
July 29, 2015
WASHINGTON — Air safety investigators have a "high degree of confidence" that a photo of aircraft debris found in the Indian Ocean is of a wing component unique to the Boeing 777, the same model as the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared last year, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
July 29, 2015
LONDON – Keith Vaz, the longest serving MP of Asian origin, has called for the Kohinoor diamond to be returned to India during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to London in November.
Indian-origin MP Keith Vaz
July 29, 2015
By Geeta Goindi
Washington, DC – On July 21, at an exclusive reception to welcome New Delhi’s top diplomat in Washington, powerful American Senators vowed to strengthen ties between “the world’s oldest democracy and the world’s largest democracy”.
