Mar 24 2008
Finance Minister P Chidambaram, one of the key players in the Left’s troika of capitalism, has taken another swipe at the Red camp. Justifying the UPA’s economic reforms, Chidambaram indirectly accused the Left of power without...
Mar 23 2008
A federal immigration agent faces felony charges for allegedly demanding and receiving sex from a Colombian woman in exchange for a Green Card. Investigative authorities say that last December, federal immigration official, Issac Baichu met with a...
Mar 23 2008
In the backyard of the world’s largest democracy, the world’s youngest democracy is taking birth – Bhutan, which is proceeding towards its first national elections. Many among the four lakh voters in the country are gung ho about...
Mar 23 2008
At least 35 people, including seven policemen, were injured and 12 shops torched in two communal clashes which erupted during Holi festivities in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh and Tonk cities on Saturday. Eighteen people, five of them policemen, were...
Mar 23 2008
China has accused the Dalai Lama of plotting “terror” in Tibet and colluding with Uighur separatists in Xinjiang as it escalates a security and propaganda drive to stifle anti-Chinese unrest ahead of the Olympics. Anti-government protests...
Mar 21 2008
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, former British prime minister Tony Blair said Rahul Gandhi will make a good prime minister. Blair even went on to say the young Gandhi was one of the most talented young politicians worldwide. Blair met the...
Mar 21 2008
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has shifted a top IAS officer from his post after a fashion show was held at his official bungalow. The show was organised by Asma Hussain, wife of UP’s Agricultural Production Commissioner Anis Ansari, and was...
Mar 20 2008
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden threatened the European Union with grave punishment on Wednesday for publication of cartoons mocking Islam’s Prophet Mohammad. In an audio recording posted on the Internet coinciding with the birthday of...
Mar 20 2008
“The (Indian) government is no better than religious fundamentalists,” she told PTI. “I was put under tremendous stress but I could not speak out as I was under their (government) surveillance and could be harassed by them.”
Mar 19 2008
China’s worst-kept secret may be out for the whole world to see. Tibetan Opposition groups on Tuesday emailed pictures that show dead bodies, allegedly of Tibetan protestors killed by the Chinese forces on the streets of Lhasa. The Tibetan groups...