Of legends and stars: Mamata, Hillary discuss Tagore, SRK
byKolkata: From the legendary Rabindranath Tagore to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata…
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Hollande, the next French president
byParis: Socialist Party leader Francois Hollande defeated incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy in Sunday’s decisive presidential runoff in France and will now become president though…
Nepal gets a new cabinet
byKathmandu: A new cabinet comprising 11 ministers belonging to different political parties has sworn in Nepal, Xinhua reported Sunday. The new government has been…
Massive Indian investments create jobs in US
byBy Arun Kumar Washington, : Indian companies operating in 40 US states have invested over $820 million in manufacturing facilities in America, creating thousands…
Himachal High Court turns down plea over pressing criminal charges against Karmapa
byShimla: The Himachal High Court today turned down a petition over exclusion of the 17th Karmapa Ugyen Trinely Dorjee’s name from the charge sheet…
Himachal to witdraw criminal charges against Karmapa
byShimla: In a major relief to Tibetan religious head and the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the Himachal Pradesh government today decided to drop…
All killed in Pakistan airplane crash
byIslamabad: All 127 people on board the Bhoja Airlines flight that crashed near here have died and their bodies have been shifted to a…
In Nepal, 68 percent of Maoist army opts for voluntary retirement
byKathmandu: A total of 6,574 ex-Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the (UCPN-M)’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) combatants, have opted for voluntary retirement, a…
Pakistan Plane carrying 127 passengers crashes
byIslamabad: A Pakistani airliner with 127 passengers on board reportedly crashed near Chaklala airbase in the garrison town of Rawalpindi Friday, Geo News reported….
Massive 8.9 Richter scale earthquake hits Indonesia – Tsunami alert sounded
byHong Kong/New Delhi: Many states along India’s east coast felt tremors as a high intensity earthquake rocked Sumatra Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)…