December 1, 2012
When local police fail to protect eloping couples from honor killings, “Love Commandos” swoop to protect citizens. According to the group’s founder, Sanjoy Sachdev, nearly 10,000 “love marriage” murders occur each year in India.
November 30, 2012
SEPANG: The Sepang Municipal Council's (MPSP) demolition of a Hindu altar in a house in Taman Seroja in Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi last week has caused an uproar in the Indian community.
A MPSP officer demolishing the altar at Gopi's house in Sepang.
November 30, 2012
Bolstered by his reelection, President Barack Obama on Thursday made a detailed opening bid to Congressional Republicans for averting the so-called fiscal cliff -- the mix of tax hikes and deep spending cuts that risk plunging the economy into a new recession come 2013.
November 30, 2012
The head of France's largest employers' union on has referred to a threat by the state to take over a plant owned by Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal as "blackmail." A news site in India said: "This is not socialism, this is racism.
Indian steel magmate Lakshmi Mittal
November 30, 2012
David Headley a US national who used his Western appearance to carry out surveillance ahead of the 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai will be sentenced on January 17. India criticized the US for reaching the deal with Headley, but prosecutors said it was well worth it given the valuable intelligence he provided in order to save his own skin.
November 30, 2012
India will issue 3,000 visas to Pakistani cricket fans to attend the limited over matches being held in December. The rivals have not played a series since Pakistan's tour of India in 2007, after cricket ties were broken following the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
November 29, 2012
By Geeta Goindi
WASHINGTON – Juxtapose a celebration of India-US strategic ties with philanthropic efforts directed toward the impoverished in India and you have the theme of the American India Foundation’s annual gala in the nation’s capital.
November 29, 2012
London has announced it will help revive the Yamuna Rier, which carries millions of tons of chemical waste, sewage and pollutants to Agra. London Mayor Boris Johnson believes that the Thames model could bring the river back to life.
November 29, 2012
Marc Grossman, the US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan is stepping down, in yet another shake-up of President Barack Obama's foreign policy team. Grossman was pulled out of retirement to take on the difficult job shortly after the sudden death of veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke in December 2010.
November 29, 2012
Mumbai — Actor Sanjay Dutt, who announced the collaboration between the Nargis Dutt Memorial Cancer Foundation and Britain−based NGO Healing Little Hearts here, became emotional as he recalled how he lost his mother, veteran actress Nargis Dutt.
