Explore India's investment opportunities: Tharoor The Siasat Daily | Dubai, February 09: Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has asked the businesses in Oman to make best use of the “huge investment opportunity” available in India. | Addressing the Omani Indian Joint Business Council at the OCCI on Monday, Mr. Tharoor said that a $1.5 billion ...
Khursheed: Sonia is Indian like Bahadur Shah Zafar The Hindu | Vidya Subrahmaniam | NEW DELHI: When did the idea of India begin? What role did the Mughal Empire play in the development of the modern idea of India? What were the contributions of Babur ki Aulad (progeny of Babur)? | These questions were discussed, debated and elaborated upon on Monday at a semi...
Burmese-American Awaits Verdict in Myanmar Case The New York Times | BANGKOK - At last count there were more than 2,100 political prisoners in Myanmar, according to human rights groups that track the opaque workings of the penal system in that country, formerly known as Burma. Among them is Nyi Nyi Aung, who spent y...
Norman women support education in Pakistan, Afghanistan The Oklahoman | NORMAN - Three Norman women have initiated a Pennies for Peace campaign to support school construction projects in remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. | Mary Francis, Brenda Wheelock and Christy Emig began the effort in conjunction with an up...
India may have lost Siberian Cranes for ever Deccan Herald Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) | For the tenth consecutive year, the majestic Siberian Cranes - among the most endangered birds in the world - have skipped India this winter, say experts. | They apprehend that the Siberian Cranes are unlikely to ever come to t...
Kashmir avalanche: Rescue operations over, six critical Deccan Herald Srinagar, Feb 9 (IANS): | Rescue operations were over by Tuesday morning for people in the Indian Army's high altitude warfare training camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, which had been buried under a massive avalanche, an army spokesman...
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Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts Asia Times | By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI, Pakistan - Business in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, ground to a halt at the weekend after at least 33 people were killed and over 100 ...
SC lens on airport cigarette sale The Telegraph India New Delhi, Feb. 8: The Supreme Court will decide whether international cigarette brands can be sold in duty-free outlets at the departure lounges of Indian airports without the sta...
Sri Lankan opposition leader Fonseka arrested The Boston Globe | COLOMBO, Sri Lanka-Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate was hauled away by military police from his office Monday and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to ove...
Pakistan should move on after Oz debacle : Akram Newstrack India | Karachi, Feb.9 (ANI) : Former Pakistan speedster Wasim Akram has said Pakistan cricket should move on after the team's shameful and humiliating Australia tour, adding the team needed a strong approach to move ahead. | Akram said that while it...
23 dead as vehicle overturns in north India The Siasat Daily | Lucknow, February 09: A police official says at least 23 people were killed and 12 others injured when a vehicle overturned in northern India. | Senior police official Amitabh Yash says the accident took place late Monday night in Sitapur town, abo...
Another rainy day in store for Delhi The Siasat Daily | New Delhi, February 09: It will be another rainy day in the capital Tuesday, the weatherman said. While it may have brought along a chill in the air, the rain has not really pulled down the mercury level, with the minimum temperature six notches ab...
India aims to double trade with Arab world The Hindu | Special Correspondent | - PHOTO: S. SUBRAMANIUM | EXIT TIMING: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma (right) with FICCI President Rajan Bharti Mittal (centre) and Ahmed Benhelli, Deputy Secretary General, League of Arab States, at the second India-Arab Investment Projects Conclave in New Delhi on Monday. | NEW DELHI: Asserting that...
Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani sets sights on buying Liverpool from Hicks and Gillett The Times | Liverpool emerged as a takeover target for the seventh-richest man in the world last night as the pressure mounted on Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr to cut a deal to sell Anfield. | Mukesh Ambani, the wealthiest man in India, is one of two tycoons from the sub-continent competing to buy a stake in the Merseyside club. | The Sahara Group's chairm...
