Discover the Konkan Coast
Every few kilometres, different sights, scenes and flavours await you on the Konkan coastline. Lonely, bone-white beaches and sandy stretches with attitude embrace the blue Arabian Sea. Brawny forts, ancient temples, seafood, forests bristling with life untamed…the Konkan Coast fills your senses... read more »
X-mas fashion: Carefree styling is the mantra
By Nivedita New Delhi – Are you stuck with traditional red and white for Christmas dos? Fashion experts say it’s time for a makeover – stay fierce and indulge in carefree styling. Dress in fresh green, muted ivory and cherry coloured outfits to flaunt your refined balance of... read more »
US court dismisses Sikh group’s case againstBadal
Chicago – A US Court of Appeals has again dismissed a human rights violation case against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on the ground that a Sikh rights group failed to serve federal court summons on him. Dismissing a petition for “panel rehearing” filed by Sikhs for... read more »
Japan raises defence spending budget
Tokyo – Japanese cabinet Tuesday approved a record-high 95.88 trillion yen (about $922 billion) budget for fiscal 2014, of which the defence spending was up 2.8 percent, marking the second straight year of rise. The defence budget stands at 4,884.8 billion yen, up 131 billion yen from the... read more »
Tunda moves bail application in 1997 blasts case
New Delhi – Lashkar-e-Taiba bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda, accused in the 1997 Delhi Sadar Bazar blasts case, Tuesday filed his bail application in a Delhi court. Tunda’s... read more »
Devyani Khobragade row: arrest same sex companions of US diplomats in India, says Yashwant...
Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha raised eyebrows on Tuesday with a comment that after the arrest and alleged mistreatment of diplomat Devyani Khobragade in the US, India should reciprocate... read more »
Indian diplomat in US was strip-searched, kept in jail with drug addicts
Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade was subjected to a humiliating strip search and was kept in a cell with drug addicts after her arrest for alleged visa fraud in New York last week. She... read more »
Devyani Khobragade’s arrest: angry India takes reciprocal steps
Furious with the US for the arrest and alleged strip search of its high-ranking diplomat Devyani Khobragade, India today retaliated with a slew of measures to pare down the privileges of... read more »
British police reject Princess Diana murder claim
Scotland Yard on Tuesday said that it has found “no credible evidence” to support a claim that the British Special Forces were involved in the tragic death of Princess Diana in a 1997 Paris car... read more »
