French is their mother tongue and they have been born and lived for four generations far away from India, but a thirst to know more about the land where their forefathers came from draws them to India regularly. Armoudom Lena, an orthodontist from Reunion Islan, is heading the Indian delegation at the 12th Pravasi Bharatiya […]
The US has been told that commercial activities being undertaken from inside the American embassy premises in Delhi should be stopped by Jan 16, sources said. Cranking pressure on the US over the handcuffing and strip-search of its diplomat Devyani Khobragade, all US diplomatic vehicles flouting rules will also attract penalties. According to government sources, […]
The use of digital tools in political campaigning and the active participation of youth in politics are enriching India’s democracy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday. “Recent developments point to the greater enrichment of our democracy, which is becoming more participative and interactive, with people using both traditional methods and new digital tools to mobilise […]
Violence against women, wife battery, honour killings and even foeticide among the Indian diaspora in Canada are a cause of worry, say Indo-Canadian delegates at a diaspora meet here. They added that they strive to help the Indian immigrants get assimilated into the mainstream. Molly Banerjei, a businesswoman from Toronto, told IANS: “Domestic violence is […]
A group of experts announced Tuesday the discovery of a mathematics document 2,200 years old, the most ancient ever found in this country. It consists of inscriptions on bamboo sheets from the Warring States period between 475-221 B.C., which explain methods of multiplying numbers lower than 100 as well as certain fractions, historian Li Xueqin, […]
The toll from a fire that engulfed three coaches of the Mumbai-Dehradun express near Dahanu, near Maharashtra-Gujarat border, early Wednesday has risen to nine, officials said. The fire is believed to have erupted in the vestibule between S-2 and S-3 coaches and quickly spread to the adjoining S-4 bogey, catching the sleeping passengers unawares, around […]
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal categorically denied that he was visiting Pakistan to broker a deal for former president Pervez Musharraf. The Saudi minister visited Pakistan amid speculations that he may also discuss a possible exile deal for Musharraf who is facing high treason trial, Xinhua reported Tuesday. Saudi Arabia brokered an exile deal […]
Bangladesh police Tuesday detained two Jamaat-e-Islami activists for their suspected involvement in attacking Hindus and filed cases in this connection in Jessore and Dinajpur districts. Emdad Hossain, officer-in-charge of Abhoynagar police station, said at least 250 people were involved in attacking the houses of the minority Hindu community in Maloparha and Chapatola villages in Jessore […]
“Though we are sticking to the 12-14 percent forecast for this fiscal, the outlook is qualitatively better for next fiscal. We will give a forecast for the coming fiscal mid-February,” National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) president R. Chandrashekhar told reporters here. Chandrashekhar, a former telecom secretary who took over as president of […]
Several Pakistani Hindus Tuesday burned effigies of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Urban Development Minister Manish Sisodia for failing to rehabilitate them. Supported by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), the protesters gathered at Jantar Mantar, where many of them have been camping and raised slogans against Kejriwal and Sisodia before burning their effigies. “These […]