Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew wanted India in leadership role in SE Asia
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who personally knew many Indian leaders, wanted India to take a leadership role in South East Asia. Lee, who died this week at the age of 91, personally knew many Indian leaders and most of its prime ministers, from Jawaharlal Nehru... read more »
Yemen: Saudi strikes rebels; Iran warns of ‘dangerous step’
Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition kept up raids against Huthi Shiite rebels on Friday in support of Yemen’s embattled president, who headed to an Arab summit to garner support as Iran warned the intervention was “dangerous”. Powerful explosions rocked Sanaa soon after rebel... read more »
New York fire, building collapse injure 12; gas blast blamed
An apartment building collapsed in a fiery burst of rubble on Thursday and flames spread to nearby buildings in what officials said appeared to be a gas-related explosion, injuring at least a dozen people and scattering debris across surrounding streets in the heart of Manhattan’s fashionable... read more »
Germanwings: Terrified passengers screamed as co-pilot ‘calmly’...
Paris: Passengers with moments to live screamed in terror and the pilot frantically pounded on the locked cockpit door as a 27-year-old German co-pilot deliberately and wordlessly smashed an Airbus carrying 150 people into an Alpine mountainside. The account on Thursday of the final moments of... read more »
AAP suspends former MLA Rajesh Garg
New Delhi – AAP today suspended its former MLA Rajesh Garg for anti-party activities, following his charges that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was trying to poach six Congress... read more »
Can Suresh Raina do a ‘Yuvraj of 2011’? Dhoni answers
Yuvraj Singh’s 15 wickets in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was one of the major factors which contributed to Mahendra Singh Dhoni lifting the coveted trophy but the Indian captain... read more »
Meet the underdogs of this year’s World Cup
This year’s World Cup is not just about Virat Kohli’s smashing 107 against Pakistan or Chris Gayle’s record-breaking 215 against Zimbabwe. There are other players like... read more »
New Zealand prepares for Gayle in World Cup quarterfinal
The undefeated New Zealand squad is preparing to take on Chris Gayle in the World Cup quarterfinals, regardless of any uncertainty over the fitness of the star West Indies batsman. Gayle... read more »
How Two Tax Notices May Put PM Modi’s Government on Backfoo...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government sent two notices demanding a total of Rs. 31,000 crore in taxes from Cairn Energy and its former subsidiary Cairn India last week for a transaction... read more »
