Britons feel country getting overcrowded
byLondon : Nearly eight out of 10 people in Britain feel their country has turned an overcrowded place, a survey has revealed. The report,…
November 8th, 2011
Zardari seeks report on killing of Hindu doctors
byIslamabad : President Asif Ali Zardari has sought a report on the killing of three Hindu brothers, who were doctors, in Pakistan’s Sindh province….
Manipur blockade 100 days now, supplies drying up
byImphal : The indefinite economic blockade in Manipur entered its 100th day Tuesday with no signs that the government was making an effort to…
The ‘desi’ boys of Punjab’s kabaddi world cup
byChandigarh : Mangu Mithapuria, Jagjit Singh Jagga, Jatinder Bittu, Baljit Panjgarian, Sandeep Gurdaspuria and Maula Kandhala Jatta may not be Western sounding names, especially…
Half of Americans give Obama thumbs down
byWashington : Exactly a year before the presidential polls, half of Americans say President Barack Obama does not deserve to be re-elected versus 40…
MiG crash pilot’s wife still hoping for safe return
byShimla : Nine long years after the crash of an Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-21 in which her husband had gone missing, she still…
China has 49,000 centenarians
byBeijing : China has around 49,000 people over 100 years of age, says a new survey. The survey by the China Gerontological Society said…
Hitler’s paintings to be auctioned in Sweden
byMoscow : Seven paintings thought to have been painted by Adolf Hitler will be auctioned in Sweden, triggering cries of outrage among members of…
Michael Jackson doctor found guilty of death
byWashington : A court jury in Los Angeles Monday found pop superstar Michael Jackson’s personal physician Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the…