March 22, 2012
In good news to American visa applicants, the US announced those Indians who are renewing their visas, valid or expired, within 4 years, are likely to get waiver for a personal interview.
March 22, 2012
LONDON: Bolton Wanderers footballer Fabrice Muamba was "effectively dead" for more than an hour as doctors battled to save his life following a cardiac arrest, it was revealed on Wednesday.
Muamba collapsed towards the end of the first half of Bolton's FA Cup quarterfinal against Tottenham at White Hart Lane last Saturday.
March 21, 2012
Senators Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, introduced a bill that would establish passenger advocates at the busiest U.S. airports.
(UPI) -- Travelers who feel wrongly treated by U.S. airport security need an advocate because the federal screening agency will not help otherwise, lawmakers said.
March 21, 2012
It was culturally fulfilling, timely and enlightening to attend the public presentation of a ground-breaking PH.D dissertation produced by renowned cultural activist, Kathak dance exponent par excellence and former distinguished Permanent Secretary, Dr. Sat Balkaransingh held at NAPA on Wednesday last.
March 2012
Sunday Times of London is ready to provide evidence that Nupur Mehta was involved in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 India Pakistan match fixing.
When Nupur Mehta threatened the newspaper to sue, it counter attacked by claiming to produce strong evidences against her. ICC has even denied the reports of match fixing.
James Mellor, spokesman of the Sunday Times, said from London
March 21, 2012
Washington, March 20 : More and more voices are being raised across the US over an "unfair verdict" against an Indian American student as a White House petition suggesting he was "prejudged and declared guilty" by media gathered momentum.
Dharun Ravi, a former Rutgers University student charged with spying on his gay roommate Tyler Clementi, was found guilty by a New Jersey jury of 15 counts including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation. He faces 10 years in prison and deportation to India.
March 21, 2012
Amid fresh complications in the custody row involving two children of NRI parents in Norway, two senior Indian diplomats are expected to travel to the Scandinavian country to attend the custody hearing on March 23.
The external affairs ministry has deputed Banashri Bose Harrison, joint secretary in charge of central Europe, and a diplomat dealing with legal affairs to go to Norway.
The duo will also hold talks with senior Norwegian officials.
March 21, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement on UPA allies has caused "pain and unease" to us, NCP chief and Union minister Sharad Pawar said. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Singh had referred to the challenges that a coalition government faces when making policy and other decisions.
March 20, 2012
Scorecard: Australia 220 (M Hussey 67, Bailey 59, Narine 3-32) tied with West Indies 220 (Charles 45, Watson 3-30)
March 20, 2012
India has become the world's biggest importer of arms, displacing China by accounting for 10 percent of global arms sales volumes.
Over the past five years, India's imports of major weapons increased by 38 percent between 2007-11, a Swedish security think tank said with Asia topping other regions in arms imports. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in its new report said that India was closely followed by China and Pakistan whose weapons imports constituted 5 per cent each of global sales.
