Lawyer: Uighur scholar in China gets life sentence
BEIJING – An outspoken scholar who championed China’s Uighur minority was convicted of separatism Tuesday by a Chinese court and sentenced to life in prison, according to the scholar’s lawyers. The Urumqi People’s Intermediate Court convicted Ilham Tohti after a heavily... read more »
India to focus on UNSC reform, terrorism, peacekeeping at UNGA
Early reform of the U.N. Security Council, terrorism and peacekeeping will be among the main issues that India will pursue during the world body’s General Assembly session, Indian Ambassador to the U.N. has said. Highlighting the broad areas that will occupy India’s attention during the 69th... read more »
Shiv Sena offers BJP 130 seats, but at cost of smaller parties
Senior Shiv Sena leaders have held talks with BJP aiming to end the deadlock on seat sharing that is threatening to disintegrate their 25-year-old alliance ahead of the October 15 Maharashtra Assembly elections. Sena group leader in Assembly Subhash Desai, party spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member... read more »
US air strikes target Islamic State in Syria
The United States began bombing ISIS targets in Syria using fighters, bomber and Tomahawk missiles, according to the Pentagon late Monday night. “I can confirm that U.S. military and partner nation forces are undertaking military action against ISIL terrorists in Syria using a mix of fighter,... read more »
Katrina Kaif to play heartbreaker, Rekha a begum in ‘Fitoor’
After the success of ‘Kai Po Che’, director Abhishek Kapoor is gearing up for his next project, ‘Fitoor’. The film, which is an adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel, ‘Great... read more »
Ab Ki Baar, Modi Sarkaar : BJP Sweeps, Narendra Modi Wins Both Seats
New Delhi – The BJP and its allies will form the next government under Narendra Modi, who is headed to the Prime Minister’s residence at 7 Race Course Road, Delhi. They now have... read more »
AAP, Congress leading in 4 seats each in Punjab, Amarinder Singh leading in Amritsar
New Delhi – The counting begins for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab on Friday and all arrangements have been made for counting of votes registered in the EVMs. During the polling, 71... read more »
Election Results 2014: Delhi rejects AAP completely as the sweepers get swept away in Lok ...
Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party had made a lot of noise about a party full on independent candidates which did pose as a genuine ray of hope but after their 49 days stint and... read more »
Congress Party Admits Defeat, but Shields Rahul Gandhi from Blame
New Delhi – The incumbent Congress has accepted that it has been trounced by the opposition BJP in the national election, but predictably, the party offered cover to frontman Rahul Gandhi,... read more »
