Pranab lowers 2011-12 growth projection to 7.5 percent
byNew Delhi : After a slump in growth in the first two quarters of the current financial year, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday lowered…
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US Sikh group leads call for probing racial profiling
byWashington : Amid charges of racial profiling by a group of 38 civil rights organizations led by the Sikh Coalition, the US Transportation Security…
Man decorates car with 33,000 UAE coins
byDubai : A Dubai resident hopes to set a new Guinness record by decorating his car with 33,000 UAE coins as a tribute to…
Secular diplomacy powers Tibetans’ global outreach
byThe Dalai Lama’s political successor and Tibetan prime minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay has significantly stepped up his outreach as the Tibetan issue slides further into…
Let politics not block valuable foreign equity retail: Pranab
byNew Delhi : Famers and consumers will be the casualties if foreign equity in retail trade is blocked due to narrow political gains, Finance…
Stalin, son booked for land grab
byChennai : Tamil Nadu Police Thursday said they have registered a land grab case against former deputy chief minister M.K. Stalin, his son Udayanidhi…
Government mulling quota for Muslims within OBCs: Salman Khurshid
byNew Delhi : In a significant move ahead of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Law Minister Salman Khurshid Thursday said the government is considering…
Court notice to N.D. Tiwari on paternity suit
byNew Delhi : The Delhi High Court Thursday issued notice to N.D. Tiwari on a plea by a 32-year-old man, who claims to be…
Custodial death of an overnight prisoner in Shimla lockup
byShimla: One person arrested yesterday on charges of theft is alleged to have hung himself in the lockup, and on rushing him to hospital…
‘Divine footprints’ on pond attract hundreds of devotees
byKolkata : “Human footprints” on the surface of a pond adjoining a temple in West Bengal’s Howrah district Thursday saw hundreds thronging to see…