New Delhi/Mumbai: India has expressed shock at the attack on the United States' consulate at Benghazi that resulted in the death of US ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and three other American diplomats late on Tuesday.
September 13, 2012
Mehraj-ud-din Dand was arrested along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway Wednesday night. It is believed he was involved in the 1999 Kandahar plane highjacking, in which five Pakistani militants boarded the plane and held the passengers hostage for over a week.
September 13, 2012
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has roped in 80 top chefs including an Indian-American to work on "the oldest diplomatic tool" of cooking and improve America's foreign relations.
Hillary Clinton signs Indian-American chef to aid diplomatic ties. (Reuters)
September 13, 2012
September 13, 2012
New Delhi -- Femme fatales are here to change your notion about Bollywood being male dominated. In a departure from the norms, at least four big Bollywood movies have taken the bold step to not just lead with a woman as the central character but also highlight them on the publicity posters.
September 13, 2012
By Geeta Goindi
Vienna, VA – At a gala benefit organized by the Sikh Human Development Foundation, Saturday evening, over $150,000 was raised along with sponsorships for 229 new scholarships - all benefitting needy students striving to procure a higher professional education in Punjab and neighboring Indian states.
Septemebr 12, 2012
Kochi — US ambassador to India Nancy Powell Wednesday told the 'Emerging Kerala-2012 Investor Meet' here that the US wants Kerala to be part of the growth of US-India trade.
The event was inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh earlier Wednesday.
September 12, 2012
The death toll continues to rise in the factory fires that raged across Pakistan Tuesday. Fires erupted at a garment factory in Karachi and a shoe factory in Lahore.
Shoe factory fire in Pakistan
September 12, 2012
WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday assured congressional lawmakers that agents would play no role in enforcing the controversial requirement that Americans buy insurance under President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul.
"IRS revenue agents will not be involved. There will not be audits," IRS Deputy Commissioner Steven Miller told a subcommittee of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
September 12, 2012
AHMEDABAD -- Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi kicked off a month-long campaign ahead of the December assembly elections by accusing the Congress of misusing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), at a massive rally in politically-important northern Mehsana district on Tuesday.
September 11, 2012
NEW YORK — Americans marked the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks Tuesday in familiar but subdued ceremonies that put grieving families ahead of politicians and suggested it’s time to move on after a decade of remembrance.
