Bangalore joins elite World Trade Centres network
Bangalore, Aug 26: The silicon valley of India, Bangalore, is poised to make its way into the global business map as a World Trade Centre (WTC) is set to come up here and deck the skyline of the city.The news comes.....
NY: Statue of Liberty survives fire scare
New York, Jul 22: A fire scare forced the authorities to evacuate the Statue of Liberty here on Wednesday, Jul 22 afternoon.According to Xinhua, the scare was sparked off when smoke was spotted at about 1: 30 pm (local time).Quoting officials.....
China crash: 8-year-old survivor recalls rescue
Beijing, Aug 25: A eight-year-old boy has miraculously survived the tragic plane crash, which killed 42 people and injured over 54, in China's Heilongjiang Province."Someone dragged me to the emergency exit door and threw me out," the child recalled."Someone dragged me.....
Tanker accident kills 200 in Congo
Kinshasa (Congo), Jul 2: 200 people were killed in a fuel tanker accident in Democratic Republic of Congo.More than 100 people injured in the dreadful incident. The fuel tanker overturned and exploded when the people were watching World Cup match.....
Tim Roemer, new US Ambassador to India?
Washington, Apr 17: A foreign policy magazine claimed in its web post that Tim Roemer, the former Democrat Congressman from Indiana will be the next US Ambassador to India. Roemer is currently the president of Centre for National Policy (CNP), a.....
Obama govt to focus 'quietly' on Kashmir issue
Washington, Mar 18: William Milam, the former US Ambassador to Pakistan, identified India and Kashmir as one of the issues which the Obama administration would focus on while trying to find a solution to Pakistan.Milam also said that the new US.....
Pakistani in NY guilty of funding Sikh militants
NEW YORK, Dec 21: A Pakistani man living in New York was found guilty yesterday of wiring money and trying to send a foot soldier to a Sikh militant separatist group opposed to the Indian government.Khalid Awan was found guilty in Brooklyn federal court of transferring 25,000 dollars and trying to recruit Harjit Singh, a former fellow prison inmate, to the Khalistan Commando Force in 2003.Awan faces a maximum of 45 years in prison when he is sentenced.....
Martin Luther King's eldest daughter dies
Atlanta, May 17: Yolanda King, the eldest daughter of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, has died in California. Media reports yesterday said she died late on Tuesday, possibly from a heart problem. Yolanda, 51, supported the work started by her father and pursued a career as a human rights worker and actress. In one TV mini-series she played Rosa Parks, whose refusal to relinquish her seat on a bus in Montgomery,.....