Chennai: Union minister and former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh died here Tuesday after a prolonged illness. He was 67.
August 16, 2012
New Delhi — With growing concern over the plight of several hundred Pakistani Hindus coming to India, the government Thursday said it was willing to grant long-term visas to those who want to stay back in the country.
Around 250 Pakistani Hindus recently moved to India after promising Pakistani authorities there that they will return after their pilgrimage. Many of them have complained of ill-treatment and persecution in Pakistan, a charge denied by Islamabad.
August 15, 2012
In June 1916, an Indian living in California wrote a letter to The New York Times emphasizing how profoundly Indians in the United States had been influenced by the political values of their adoptive country.
August 15, 2012
New Delhi: The government wanted to create a system through which money from central welfare schemes could be credited directly into bank accounts of beneficiaries and would utilise the unique identification number Aadhar scheme for this, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday.
August 15, 2012
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan celebrated the 66th Independence Day on Tuesday with traditional zeal and fervor and a renewed commitment to make the motherland prosperous and impregnable.
The day dawned with 31 guns salute at federal capital and 21 guns at provincial capitals and special prayers offered at worship places for well being, welfare and better future of Pakistani nation.
August 15, 2012
WASHINGTON: The US presidential election campaign has intensified as incumbent Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney got engaged in sharp exchange of words.
August 15, 2012
Many hotels and resorts that used to host 200 tourists a day, now only have a few customers, after India’s Supreme Court banned tiger tourism in the country’s 41 tiger parks. Critics say the ban is not a solution, and presence of tourists and rangers provide more protection against poachers.
August 15, 2012
New Delhi — The government proposes to give away free medicines through government hospitals and health centres and also plans to expand health services to small cities and towns.
This was announced here by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his address to the nation on Independence Day.
August 15, 2012
Washington — Indian Americans from East to West coast celebrated India's 66th Independence Day with colourful parades, Bollywood stars and cultural performances but with a prayer in their hearts for the Wisconsin gurdwara attack victims.
August 14, 2012
August 14, 2012
The wife of a Maryland man abducted in Pakistan is pleading for his return on the anniversary of his disappearance. Warren Weinstein suffers from high blood pressure, sever asthma and a heart condition.
Wife of Maryland man abducted in Pakistan urges return
