August 25, 2012
Desperate since 1995 to re-capture power in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Gujarat, the opposition Congress has finally hit the bull--s eye and the Lady Luck has smiled on it just in time for the December assembly elections.
Earlier this week, the state unit of Sonia Gandhi's party resorted to crass populism by promising to offer dream homes at affordable prices to urban poor and lower middle-class women in 168 cities and towns if it emerged victorious at the hustings.
August 25, 2012
India's cabinet has approved a proposal by US media giant Disney to invest 10 billion rupees ($181 million) in the country, a government statement said on Thursday.
Disney's proposal was cleared based on recommendations by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board, a press release from the Finance Ministry said.
August 24, 2012
War-torn Afghanistan will play its second one-day cricket match when it meets former world champion Australian team on Saturday. A top official is now asking for more technical support from the cricket world.
August 24, 2012
MUMBAI -- The Academy Award-winning composer (he won Best Sound Mixing for Slumdog Millionaire) Resul Pookutty is in uncharted territory.
August 24, 2012
Washington — Former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, a key architect of the landmark India-US civil nuclear deal, has broken into one of America's staunchest boys' clubs -- the Augusta National Golf Club.
August 23, 2012
New Delhi — The CBI Thursday urged the Supreme Court to maintain the six years' jail term awarded to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt for sourcing a rifle and some ammunition from those who were later accused of the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
Bollywood Actor: Sanjay Dutt
August 23, 2012
Women’s rights lobbyists in India have called for the ban of the term “honor killing”. The government body claims that using the word “honor” legitimizes the motive of the crime.
August 23, 2012
By Sam Prasad Jillella - Special to MYDOSTI.COM
Olympic Games happen once every four years and the thirtieth Olympiad held in London was an extravagant event. The world’s greatest sporting event came to a close on Sunday August 12, after 17 days of record-breaking performances that left the world buzzing.
August 23, 2012
Pakistan International Airlines officials are investigating how a French woman could have taken a flight from Lahore to Paris and slept while the plane stopped for two hours at the French capital. The woman did not get off the plane and flew back to Lahore
State-run Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane taxies before take-off
August 23, 2012
By Geeta Goindi
WASHINGTON DC - That Gurdas Maan is a consummate performer was there for all to see at the Constitution Hall, on Friday night August 17, 2012. The three-hour show, packed with entertainment, saw the living legend at his best! Billed as an Independence Day concert, following both India and Pakistan’s 66th anniversary celebrations, it drew people from the subcontinent that thrives on Punjabi culture.
