San Antonio (Texas) One of the largest ethnic organisations in the US representing about 100,000 Indian doctors settled here is focusing on enhancing collaboration among physicians of Indian Origin across the world and India. The India focus of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) was highlighted as the mantle of leadership passed […]
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) There was uproar in India Tuesday over reports that the US allegedly allowed its National Security Agency (NSA) to spy on the BJP, with both ruling and opposition party leaders urging the government to take up the issue with Washington. “Edward Snowden’s revelation on spying on BJP needs to be authenticated. […]
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) There has been bombing and firing in the vicinity of the building in Iraq’s Tikrit town which houses 46 Indian nurses and they had taken refuge in basement, the government said Tuesday and expressed hope that they will be evacuated safely. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said here that it […]
Mumbai/New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Spelling cheer for tiger lovers, the union environment and forests ministry Tuesday notified the Bor Sanctuary, New Bor Sanctuary and the New Bor Extended Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra as a critical tiger reserve, the sixth tiger sanctuary in the state. The announcement was made by Minister of State for Environment, Forests […]
Patna, July 1 (IANS) Armed men Tuesday evening looted cash and valuables at gunpoint and assaulted dozens of passengers of the Jan Shatabdi Express in Bihar’s Gaya district, police said. About two dozen men barged into two air-conditioned coaches of the train at Koderma in Jharkhand. When the train arrived near Paharpur railway station in Gaya, […]
New Delhi/Washington, July 1 (IANS) India Tuesday strongly reacted to revelations that the BJP was among the foreign political parties which the US’ National Security Agency (NSA) was authorised to spy upon, terming it totally unacceptable and “extremely disconcerting” even as both the ruling and opposition parties demanded the matter be taken up with Washington. Answering […]
Chandigarh, July 1 (IANS) Punjab Police Tuesday claimed to have busted another international drug trafficking cartel and arrested eight people involved in the racket. Police recovered over Rs.1.6 crore in cash, 615 kg of pseudoephedrine, including 8.19 lakh tablets made from pseudoephedrine, 6.5 kg of narcotic powder and a pistol with ammunition from the gang. “Punjab […]
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday described her party Lok Sabha member Tapas Paul’s rape remarks as a “big blunder”, but blamed the media for its failure to highlight the issue which was a month old. The Trinamool Congress supremo had earlier in the day refused to comment on Paul, saying […]
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) Even as the controversy surrounding his rape remarks continues to rage, yet another video tape has surfaced showing Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul exhorting his partymen to kill CPI-M workers. On a day when Paul tendered an apology after being caught on tape threatening to “gun down CPI-M men and let loose […]
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Two call centre employees have been arrested for snatching a gold chain of a middle-aged woman here, police said Tuesday. Tara Chand and Pradeep Jha, who work at the call centre of an e-commerce website, were involved in more than a dozen cases of snatching in east Delhi, police said. The […]