India 6th among nations impacted by terrorism in 2014; Boko Haram, ISIS behind over half of all terror fatalities
November 19, 2015
New York: India is among the 10 countries most impacted by terrorism in 2014, according to a new report which said that ISIS and Boko Haram are now jointly responsible for more than half of all global fatalities from terrorist attacks.
November 19, 2015
A gold deposit scheme launched amid fanfare by Prime Minister Narendra Modi two weeks ago has so far attracted only 400 grams, an industry official said on Thursday, out of a national hoard estimated at 20,000 tonnes.
November 19, 2015
A boat plying in the Velachery area of South Chennai. Photo: ANI
Bhubaneswar: Female students beat up aviation institute director, allege sexual harassment
November 19, 2015
Bhubaneswar: An aviation institute director in Bhubaneswar was beaten up by female students for allegedly sexually harassing them.
More than 10 female students thrashed Air Hostess and Hospitality Academy (AHHA) director Dilip Routray after they were allegedly sexually harassed at different work places where they were sent by the director to do job.
The students alleged that they were not paid salary at those places and were sexually harassed.
Interfaith Ceremony Honoring Military Veterans Conveys Strong Message: Let Sikhs Serve
November 18, 2015
By Geeta Goindi
Top: Major Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi is flanked by members of the New York-based group, Singh In The City, at an interfaith ceremony honoring the service and sacrifice of military veterans, held at the Arlington National Cemetery
November 18, 2015
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said telephone surveillance and witness statements had led police to believe that Belgian jihadist Abdelhamid Abaaoud was in an apartment in Saint-Denis in northern Paris.
November 18, 2015
Nigerian academic Dr. Opeyemi Enoch claims to have solved a maths problem that has baffled mathematicians for 156 years.
Enoch, a professor at the Federal University in the ancient city of Oye Ekiti, in south-western Nigeria, says he has found a solution for the Riemann Hypothesis, first proposed by Bernhard Riemann in 1859 and unsolved ever since.
Pakistan undecided about playing World T20 in India after BCCI’s refusal to UAE series
November 18, 2015
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shahryar Khan on Tuesday hinted that Pakistan's participation in the World Twenty20 in India next year is in doubt, saying that it is not decided whether they would take part in the tournament.
November 17, 2015
CHENNAI: A sea of people cheered like tourists when the shutters were thrown open at the Chembarambakkam reservoir on Monday, discharging a few lakh litres of water every second into the Adyar River. About 30km downstream, hundreds of families along the river's banks in Chennai shuddered.
ISIS poses a threat to India, intelligence keeping an eye on potential trouble makers: Reports
November 17, 2015
Just a day after ISIS claimed responsibility for the Paris carnage, it is learnt that the terrorist outfit poses a severe threat to India.