Indian Leader Invites Pakistani Premier to Swearing-In
New Delhi – India’s incoming prime minister, Narendra Modi, on Wednesday invited his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, to attend his swearing-in ceremony next week, an unusual gesture that has inspired hopes that the change in government will lead to improved relations between the... read more »
Regional players likely to align in Lok Sabha
In an attempt at isolating the Congress and denying it the principal opposition space, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the Trinamool Congress and the Biju Janata Dal have begun talks for floor coordination in the new Lok Sabha. The three parties, commanding 91 seats (AIADMK: 37 in... read more »
California kidnap victim found 10 years after kidnapping
A woman who disappeared as a teenager a decade ago was reunited with her family after she went to police and told them her mother’s ex-boyfriend drugged and kidnapped her in 2004, forced her to marry him and fathered her child. Isidro Garcia, 41, was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping for rape,... read more »
Blast rocks capital of China’s Xinjiang region
Powerful explosions rocked a crowded open market in the provincial capital of China’s Muslim-majority Xinjiang region on Thursday morning, leaving an unknown number of people killed and injured. Authorities were working to establish the number of casualties, officials said an hour after the... read more »
Coal India executives call off strike
Coal India executives, who were protesting against non-fulfilment of their demands including performance-related pay, have called off their strike after talks with the management. “The... read more »
MH370 plane mystery
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is the kind of mystery that’s not supposed to be possible any more. The Information Age is also the age of surveillance, of... read more »
Sun Pharma hit by FDA ban on Gujarat plant, shares fall
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has imposed a ban on imports from generic drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries’s(SUN.NS) plant at Karkhadi in Gujarat, in the latest... read more »
Malaysia failing credibility test as flight confusion deepens
KUALA LUMPUR: One of the world’s most perplexing aviation mysteries is casting a harsh spotlight on Malaysia’s government, as a leadership unused to heavy scrutiny comes under... read more »
Visa fraud case: US dismisses case against Devyani Khobragade
A New York court on Wednesday dismissed criminal charges against diplomat Devyani Khobragade that had precipitated a crisis in relations between India and the US. “Khobragade’s motion to... read more »
