New York, While it is easy to blame the slowing of the US economy on foreigners, a recent article published by The Forbes has said that rise of the US dollar is the root cause. The US economy sharply slowed in the fourth quarter of 2015 with a mere 0.7 percent annual growth rate, a […]
New Delhi, The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sought the help of various Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to obtain the data used by arrested Islamic State suspects. The suspects had extensively used various social media sites, including WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter, to recruit and promote the ideology of the terrorist outfit in India. According to […]
Lucknow, The BJP on Tuesday demanded that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav sack his minister Azam Khan for his “baseless allegations” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi met underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in Pakistan. Azam Khan, the state parliamentary affairs minister, has alleged that during his brief stopover in Pakistan in December last year, Modi […]
Kathmandu, Nepal’s former prime minister Sushil Koirala, who died on Tuesday, epitomised the adage “simple living, high thinking”, visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said. Koirala, president of the Nepali Congress, died in the early hours of Tuesday at his Maharajgunj residence in Kathmandu. Sushma Swaraj signed a condolence message on behalf of the […]
New Delhi, An Indian soldier found alive on the Siachen glacier six days after being presumed dead under 35 feet of snow was “extremely critical” and in coma, the army said on Tuesday. Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad continued to be in shock with low blood pressure, and has been put on ventilator in the ICU. […]
Mumbai, Continuing his expose on the role of Pakistan-based terror organisations, its army, the ISI and others, LeT terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley on Tuesday described how he was assigned to gather military intelligence in India and recruit spies from the Indian army. On the second day of his deposition through videoconferencing from a US jail […]
Chennai, In a startling turn of events, the Crime Branch Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) on Monday told the Madras High Court that the death of three girls of S.V.S. Medical College of Yoga and Naturopathy and Research Institute, Villupuram, was not due to drowning. The bodies of the three girl students — T. Monisha, E. […]
Mumbai, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and tech evangelist Sam Pitroda are to be inducted as members of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering of the US, taking the Indians in it to 10, among 2,275 eminent people. Founded in 1964, the US-based National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is a private, independent, non-profit institution, providing […]
Jammu, The body of one of the 10 soldiers buried under an avalanche on the Siachen glacier on February 3 was recovered on Monday, officials said. “After an intense and exhausting search operation, which entered its sixth day today (Monday), rescue parties at the camp site recovered the mortal remains of one martyr,” Colonel S.D. […]
Mumbai, Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley on Monday revealed a goldmine of information for Indian authorities on various aspects leading to the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, while deposing via video conference from a US jail before Special TADA Court Judge G.A. Sanap here. Among the stunning disclosures was a hitherto unknown fact that two unsuccessful […]