Anand Sharma heads for Pakistan with 150-strong business team
byNew Delhi : The largest Indian business delegation to Pakistan, consisting of some 150 members and led by Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma,…
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Bal Thackeray roars at massive election rally
byThane : Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, who is 86, addressed a massive rally for the Feb 16 civic polls in Mumbai’s adjoining Thane…
Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48
byLos Angeles : Iconic American singer Whitney Houston has died at the age of 48, her publicist said. Houston’s publicist Kristen Foster confirmed the…
US to discuss Tibet situation with China
byDharamsala : The issue of increased tensions and violations of human rights in Tibet will come up for discussion during Chinese Vice President Xi…
Over 60 percent turnout in UP second phase poll
byLucknow : Keeping up with the first phase, ballotting in 59 constituencies in the second phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections Saturday touched 60…
Dalai Lama is not a separatist, Archbishop Tutu tells China
by“I want to say to the Chinese government that His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the most peace-loving person on this earth”
Supreme Court told order on army chief withdrawn
byNew Delhi : The government Friday told the Supreme Court that it had withdrawn a Dec 30 order rejecting a complaint from army chief…
Gadkari , Dhumal talks fail , Shanta walks out
byShimla : Efforts by the BJP chief Nitin Gadkari to resolve the ongoing political crisis within Himachal Pradesh’s BJP received a setback Thursday with…
Dalai Lama to meet Desmond Tutu in Dharamsala
byDharamsala : Two Nobel laureates and long-time friends — Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai lama and South African anti-apartheid icon archbishop Desmond Tutu –…
Fighting chance for India’s tigers: Poaching declines
byNew Delhi : In cheering news for wildlife conservationists, tiger poaching dropped nearly 60 percent in 2011 as compared to the previous year, though…