Canadian citizen Tahawwur Rana knew of plans for the November 2008 assaults in Mumbai before they occurred, US prosecutors said ahead of his bail hearing in a Chicago court on Tuesday. The US government lawyers also say that Rana even asked Headley to pass on his compliments to the LeT member they both knew for [...]
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh assembly was adjourned sine die following pandemonium soon after it began for the day’s proceedings on Monday amidst slogan shouting by MLAs in favour of unified Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, PTI reported. In yet another fallout of the Telangana controversy, Congress MP from Vijayawada L. Rajagopal was arrested at the airport [...]
London : Britain has tightened immigration rules from January for Indian IT professionals seeking to move to the UK under inter-company transfers. From next year, workers in this category will need to have 12 months experience instead of six months as at present with their employer before they can be transferred to the UK, official [...]
Panaji : The Goa rape case victim has written to the Russian Consulate saying she fears for her life. The Russian has alleged assault by supporters of the rape accused. She says she now wants to withdraw her case as the police are favoring the accused. The victim said she immediately rushed to Panaji, 30 [...]
Washington : The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday issued a final ruling that greenhouse gases posed a danger to human health and the environment, paving the way for regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles, power plants, factories, refineries and other major sources. The announcement was timed to coincide with the opening of the [...]
Mumbai: India on Sunday became the number one team in Test rankings after they beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs in the third and final Test to clinch the three-match series by a 2-0 margin. Needing just four wickets to record an emphatic victory, the hosts took just about 40 minutes to [...]
New Delhi: The Question Hour in Lok Sabha went off smoothly on Monday with just five MPs, who had given notice to ask questions, remaining absent. Proceedings during Question Hour had collapsed Monday last week because of absentee members. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs GM Siddeshwara, Sudarshan Bhagat and Sumitra Mahajan, Congress MP from Andhra [...]
New Delhi: The Central government has asked former Congress MP Begum Noor Bano to vacate her official flat, which she had been wrongly occupying despite losing the Lok Sabha elections five years ago. Bano lost elections in her Rampur constituency in 2004 and again in 2009, but she refused to let go off her plush [...]
Monte Carlo: Novak Djokovic will take a page from the Roger Federer playbook and trim his 2010 schedule in an effort to close the ranking gap on number two Rafael Nadal. The Serb finished this season with the most wins on the ATP but wants to do even more when the new campaign starts in [...]
NEW DELHI: Gold prices today touched a new peak at Rs 18,400 per ten gram in the national capital gaining Rs 430 in the opening trade on heavy buying for the marriage season amid firming global cues. Gold gained Rs 430 to trade at Rs 18,400 per ten gram in the first few minutes of [...]
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