Sonia gets fever, cancels Uttarakhand rally
New Delhi : Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s rally in Uttarakhand, her first since she came back from a surgery abroad, was cancelled after she…
10 bombs found on Assam railway bridge
Silchar (Assamm) : A railway official Tuesday averted a possible tragedy when he found 10 crude bombs along with blasting devices from a railway…
High food inflation due to change in food habits?
New Delhi : High food inflation, which has reached 12 percent, continues to baffle economists and policymakers alike. But is it really due to…
Non-planning , cause for Kashmir’s housing mess
Jammu/Srinagar : Haphazard expansion, chaotic living conditions and unauthorised colonies have scarred Jammu and Srinagar, the winter and summer capitals of Jammu and Kashmir…
Agnivesh should weigh his words: Supreme Court
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Tuesday pulled up social activist Swami Agnivesh for hurting the religious sentiments of people by describing as “pakhand”,…
Britons feel country getting overcrowded
London : Nearly eight out of 10 people in Britain feel their country has turned an overcrowded place, a survey has revealed. The report,…
Zardari seeks report on killing of Hindu doctors
Islamabad : President Asif Ali Zardari has sought a report on the killing of three Hindu brothers, who were doctors, in Pakistan’s Sindh province….
Half of Americans give Obama thumbs down
Washington : Exactly a year before the presidential polls, half of Americans say President Barack Obama does not deserve to be re-elected versus 40…
China has 49,000 centenarians
Beijing : 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
Moscow : Seven paintings thought to have been painted by Adolf Hitler will be auctioned in Sweden, triggering cries of outrage among members of…