Al Jazeera buys Current TV, a US network
Moscow: Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network has acquired the US cable channel Current TV, it was announced today. “For many years, we understood that we…
Over 27,000 bar headed geese winter in Pong Dam backwaters
Pong Dam (Himachal Pradesh): Over 27,000 bar-headed geese, the world’s highest-altitude migrant bird species, are “holidaying” in Himachal Pradesh’s Pong Dam wetlands along with around…
Punjab, Haryana in grip of cold wave, Delhi shivers
Delhi / Chandigarh : The morning was chilly and foggy in the national capital with the minimum temperature at 4.8 degrees Celsius – two notches…
Peace dividends: Tourist numbers up in Nepal
Kathmandu: Nepal has welcomed more than 598,200 tourists in 2012, a 10 percent increase over 2011, making tourism one of the largest sources of revenue….
France New Year Party, 1193 vehicles burnt
Paris: A total of 1,193 vehicles were burnt on New Year’s Eve in France, according to the French government. Setting cars ablaze in a display…
Sri Lanka’s war – A tale of horror (Book Review)
If even half of what Frances Harrison has uncovered about what the Sri Lankan state did to crush the Tamil Tigers is true, then…
Virbhadra resigns as Himachal congress chief
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has resigned as president of the Congress’s state unit, a party leader said here. Party general secretary and…
Chawla elected Chandigarh mayor
Chandigarh: Congress councillor Subhash Chawla was Tuesday elected mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. The Congress party also bagged the posts of the senior deputy…
Internet turns 30
London: The Internet, a revolutionary communications system used daily by billions of people the world over, turned 30 today. The computer network officially began functioning…
A laser documentary to repay a debt
Chicago: Indian American Manick Sorcar, who has devised a laser show to pay tribute to two eminent Indians, Swami Vivekananda and magician P.C. Sorcar, says…