US asks China to address Tibet issue
Dharamsala: The United States Thursday urged China to address its policies that are pushing Tibetans to immolate themselves. It also asked China to engage in…
Prime Minister directs fast-tracking transport projects
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked for fast-tracking major railway, road and port projects whose slow development could become the biggest “game stopper”…
For that touch of mysticism: Bollywood’s enduring 786 connect
New Delhi: The number 786, revered in Islamic culture, has found prominence in Bollywood over and over again — remember Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘billa No.786’ in…
Rights groups name 500 people for ‘rights violations’ in J&K
Srinagar: Rights groups here Thursday released the names of 500 people, including 235 army personnel and 31 pro-government militants, for their alleged involvement in incidents…
Indians in UAE help families develop in India
Abu Dhabi: Temporary contractual Indian workers in the UAE have a remarkable impact on the living conditions of their families back home in India, says…
Mumbai riots 1992-93: The days that changed the city
Mumbai: It was a rather cool evening in the second week of December 1992 when I was permitted to leave early – to rush from…
Clean sweep for NC-Congress in J&K
Srinagar/Jammu: The ruling National Conference-Congress coalition in Jammu and Kashmir has won all four seats in the state legislative council from the panchayat reserved quota…
Farmers’ protest in UP for toll free travel spreads
Lucknow: The protests by famers in Uttar Pradesh led by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), seeking free access at all toll bridges in the state,…
US tycoon McAfee applies for asylum in Guatemala
Guatemala City: US software tycoon John McAfee Wednesday, via his attorney, presented a formal asylum request to Guatemala arguing that he is being “politically persecuted”…
Religious leader shoots self in Haryana
Chandigarh: The leader of a religious sect shot himself dead with his rifle near Haryana’s Yamunanagar town, police said Thursday. Tirath Das, a mahant of…