If Modi had morality, he should have quit after Godhra riots: Tewari
Panaji (Goa) – Speaking on the sidelines of the 44th India International Film Festival (IIFF) that is being held here, Congress Party leader and Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said on Wednesday that BJP prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi... read more »
Antony compliments navy on INS Vikramaditya commissioning
New Delhi – Defence Minister A.K.Antony has complimented the Indian Navy for the commissioning of the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. Antony, who was speaking after inaugurating a naval commanders conference here, said that coupled with the MiG 29K aircraft, the INS Vikramaditya has the... read more »
Marissa Mayer says Yahoo is all about `entertaining`
Washington – Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has said that some companies aim to connect, others to organize, but her company is all about entertaining. Mayer also instituted a policy called “Process, Bureaucracy and Jams” (PB&J) as a system for working through conflicts and problems. The... read more »
Manmohan Singh to inaugurate 3rd BRICS International Competition Conference
New Delhi – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate 3rd BRICS International Competition Conference (ICC) here on Thursday. The two-day conference is being organised by Competition Commission of India (CCI) on behalf of BRICS countries in pursuance of the Beijing Consensus, New Delhi... read more »
13 killed in Iraq violence
Baghdad – As many as 13 people were killed and 48 suffered injuries in different incidents of shootings and bombings in Iraq Sunday. At least six people were killed and 27 wounded in... read more »
Khaleda Zia’s son acquitted of money laundering
Dhaka – A Bangladeshi court here Sunday acquitted former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s elde! st son Tarique Rahman of money laundering charge while sentencing his c! lose... read more »
Nobel laureate author Doris Lessing dies at 94
London – British Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing died Sunday here at her home. She was 94. She “passed away peacefully at her London home in the early hours of this... read more »
Modi gets 4 more days to reply to EC notice on ‘khooni panja’
The Election Commission on Saturday granted four more days to Narendra Modi to reply to its notice over his “khooni panja” (bloody claw) remark made during campaigning for Chhattisgarh... read more »
Slower growth, more poverty feared in Philippines after super-typ...
MANILA – Due to the vast devastation and huge loss of lives wrought by super-typhoon Haiyan (locally named Yolanda) that slammed the Central Philippines a week ago, the country’ economic... read more »
