Tehran: An Iranian court on Saturday charged a French woman, two Iranians working for the British and French embassies in Tehran and dozens of others with spying and aiding a Western plot to overthrow the system of clerical rule. The European Union, France and Britain all condemned the trial. The Swedish EU presidency said in [...]
Houston President Barack Obama has appointed Indian-American attorney Ro Khanna to a key post in the US Commerce Department, where he will work to open foreign markets to American technology. Thirty-two-year-old Khanna, a prominent attorney who specialised in intellectual property law at O’Melveny & Myers’ San Francisco office, was sworn in earlier this week as [...]
Fighting tough battle in Waziristan, the pakistani army who have won in SWAT got a boost on the news of killing of Baitullah Mehsud, thus ensuring a major turn around in the war on terror since Mehsud was a great binding force for the fighters in those regions. Being the most wanted man in Pakistan [...]
In Jharkhand, a policeman in uniform and three others brutally assaulted a mentally disturbed youth inside the Dumka Hospital premises. Ramvilas, in his 20s, had injured himself in a fight and the police brought him to the hospital for treatment. According to the police, he turned violent due to which they had to resort to [...]
Britain has been through the phase of testing each and every suspected new case. But the focus has now shifted to the next stage of management of the virus, when, estimates suggest, the new cases are touching the 100,000 mark every week. As one of the countries with the most rapid spread of the virus, [...]
In the midst of personal attacks and infighting, BJP chief L K Advani addressed his first press conference since the elections on Friday. Here, Advani made it clear that he will not step down and will stay on as Leader of the Opposition. Q: Will you continue as Leader of Opposition? A: He has been [...]
Hours after informing a court that he wanted to plead guilty to all the charges framed against him in connection with the 26/11 blasts, prime accused Ajmal Kasab changed his mind and said and did not want to say anything. When asked by Special Judge M L Tahailiyani why he said he wanted to plead [...]
