Finding himself cornered over his controversial statement on consumption of beef, especially by Muslims, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday offered his “regrets”, as the Centre sidestepped the issue and the opposition flayed him and even demanded his sacking. The controversy erupted after Khattar was quoted by an English daily on Friday as […]
At least eight people were killed in a fire that swept a crowded restaurant here on Friday after a gas cylinder exploded, an official said. The incident occurred in the City Kinara Hotel near the Holy Cross School in the Kurla area around 1.30 pm when the eatery was full of customers for the lunch […]
US. President Barack Obama urged Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to “tamp down” the kind of rhetoric that is arousing anger and tensions in the region, and condemned the violence “against innocent people” that has left more than 30 people dead over the past few weeks. “It’s important for both (Israeli) Prime […]
Late former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was instrumental in making India touch the lunar surface on its maiden mission to moon in November 2008, a senior space scientist said on Friday. “When we made a presentation to President Kalam in 2004 on Chandrayaan-1 mission which was to orbit the moon at 100 km from its […]
The White House has teamed up with a Sikh and an Asia Pacific community group to launch a public awareness campaign to address bullying in six languages including Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu. The resources for the “Act To Change” campaign are also available in Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese as one out of three in the […]
He is out of power and political spotlight for almost five years now. But former Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh appears to be in no hurry to return to the Samajwadi Party. Five years after he was unceremoniously shown the door by the now ruling party in Uttar Pradesh, Singh is back in business — […]
Left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan’s retirement from international cricket has posed a serious question to India: who can be the next Zaheer? But the man himself believes that current speed star Umesh Yadav has the potential to step into his shoes but only if his talent is nurtured and maximised. The 37-year-old pacer ended his 14-year-long […]
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has said he’s happy to see that under Narendra Modi’s leadership, India has taken steps to renew focus on building its economy, and called for closer ties between the two countries. In an email interview here, Key said closer economic and political ties between New Zealand and India would […]
By way of relief from the cacophony that passes for debate on prime time television, India’s ace anchor, Barkha Dutt, did a memorable interview the other night with historian Romila Thapar. It was memorable because the context against which this thoughtful conversation took place was so shoddy, and bleak. A man had been lynched at […]
Nestle India said here on Friday that 100 percent of the Maggi instant noodles’ samples tested in three laboratories have been cleared and that the noodles are safe for human consumption. Armed with these reports, the Indian arm of the Swiss multi-national food giant plans to resume soon the production of Maggi noodles that were […]