In the first ever visit of an Indian Prime Minister after Indira Gandhi in 1982, Prime minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday on a three-day historic visit. Dr.Singh was welcomed at the King Khalid International Airport-Riyadh by Saudi Ministers and senior officials. Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, Petroleum and Natural Gas [...]
Australian pacer Brett Lee has announced his retirement from Test cricket to focus on the shorter formats of the game. He has decided to pay more attention towards onedayers and T20s as he aims to play for Australia in te 2011 World Cup. He holds the record for the second fastest ball ever bowled (160.8 [...]
A $15 billion job openings is most likely as the United States Senate voted where five republicans joined the Democrats who were already in majority, resulting in victory of the Current Obama Administration. On Monday, the US president Barack Obama said that this could help uplift the current American economic which is going through hard [...]
A landslide in Indonesia has left five people dead and more than 70 people missing when a office building collapsed. There were tea plantations in the area of land slide. On Tuesday, morning in the southern region of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia a city in the Bandung region was hit by a landslide. The [...]
In a shocking incident that took place in Kashmir, 10 day old infant was killed by a mob of stone pelters when he was being carried by his parents to a hospital. The infant, Irfan, was ill and was being rushed to the hospital for a regular treatment when suddenly a mob attacked their vehicle. [...]
Vigilante Hindutva groups and cultural policing — coastal Karnataka is a bitterly divided place today… by HARSH MANDER
India won a thriller against South Africa to lead the ODI series 1-0. In a nerve-racking encounter India won the match by just one run to prevail over the Proteas. Earlier, India lost a very important toss and were asked to bat first. India got of to a shaky start as Sachin got runout scoring [...]
Americans are the laziest people on the planet, according to a new survey. The Daily Beast survey took into consideration daily calorie intake, TV viewing habits, percentage of the population that plays sports and Internet usage, reports the New York Post. Out of those four categories, the US was first in calories and watching the [...]
A small group of Palestinians protesting against Israeli’s forcible occupation in West Bank town of Bilin were fired tear gas and war Annunciations. They were protesting to mark 50 years of separate wall built by Israel in there Country. When few demonstrators crossed the fenced and threw empty cans at the soldiers, the Israeli army [...]
A Megabank based on Islamic banking is in the advanced stages of being formed and would likely be launched within the next 6 to 10 months. The announcement was made by an executive of the firm responsible in the project, at the recently concluded Summit on Islamic Banking and Finance held in Bahrain . Sheikh [...]
