Jun 18 2008
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani Wednesday advocated building temples in honour of Hindu god Ram throughout the country.
Jun 6 2008
Thousands of American Indians in the US are disappointed by the Clinton loss in the Democratic presidential candidate bid. Clintons large support base among the Indian Americans started shifting towards both Obama and McCain shortly after she announced...
Jun 2 2008
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Monday denied media reports that she is in the family way. “I am not pregnant,” Aishwarya, looking as glamorous as ever in a formal black suit, told reporters at a press conference at the PVR Ambience shopping mall...
May 21 2008
A man suspected to be involved in the Jaipur serial blasts, which killed over 60 people and injured more than 200, was arrested here late Wednesday, police said.
May 16 2008
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has said that she would like to stay in Tripura when she returns to India if not allowed to stay in Kolkata, before the expiry of her Swedish visa in August. Talking to ‘Ajker Fariad’, a...
May 8 2008
Chinese climbers bearing the Olympic flame have reached the summit of Everest, the world’s highest mountain. Chinese television showed the team of climbers, carrying special high-altitude torches, reaching the summit at 0920 local time (0120...
May 7 2008
The leader of Nepal’s Maoists, Prachanda, says the victory of his left-wing former rebels in last month’s landmark elections is a sign of the global resurgence of communism. The former schoolteacher, once branded a “terrorist” and wanted by...
May 6 2008
A day ahead of United Progressive Alliance (UPA)- Left Party meeting on the much debated US-India civil nuclear deal, Communist Party of India leader AB Bardhan withered hopes of party members by saying that such meetings will not help as the Left will...
May 1 2008
On Delhi’s sacred Yamuna River, beneath a wrought-iron bridge built by the British more than 100 years ago, the remains of the dead were falling on to the living. From the footbridge – or else from the windows of passing cars and passenger...
Apr 30 2008
India needs to produce a second “Green Revolution” to boost food supplies or the nation’s 1.1 billion people will face huge social turmoil, the country’s top farm scientist warned. The government has identified agriculture as a...