Islamabad : Terrorists stormed a mosque packed with Friday worshippers near the Pakistani army headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Friday, killing at least 10 people and injuring over 20 others. The unidentified assailants lobbed grenades and fired indiscriminately with automatic weapons after entering the Jamia Masjid near Parade Lane in Rawalpindi, witnesses [...]
,Washington: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were spotted enjoying a double date with George Clooney and his girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis. The star couples went for dinner at an Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills and spent around an hour together chatting and having fun after attending the premiere of Clooney’s new film ‘Up in the Air’, [...]
NEW DELHI: India’s badminton sensation Saina Nehwal was on Thursday declared the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year for her stupendous show in 2009. The Hyderabadi shuttler became the first Indian to have won a Super Series title when she triumphed in Indonesian event in June. She also broke into the top-10 zone this year. [...]
New Delhi: Food inflation soared to 17.47 per cent in the third week of November from 15.58 per cent a week ago, mirroring a shortage in supply that set in following weak monsoon in the country. With the economy on upswing, analysts said the rising food prices should prompt the government and the Reserve Bank [...]
New Delhi: The debate on the Liberhan Commission report in the Lok Sabha has been rescheduled to December 7 and December 8, while in the Rajya Sabha it will be held December 9 and December 10, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said here on Thursday. Javadekar told reporters that members were keen to [...]
London : India’s refusal to talk to Pakistan till it takes credible action against the perpetrators of 26/11 is clearly unnerving the Zardari government. Speaking to NDTV in London, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that India must stop being negative or Pakistan too will lose interest in taking the dialogue process forward if [...]
Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board lost revenue worth $47.22 million after the Indian government didn’t allow Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men to tour the trouble-torn country for a Test series earlier this year, following Mumbai terror attacks. The accounts of PCB, scrutinised by the Auditor-General of Pakistan show that the board lost revenues of around $39 million [...]
Call it luck or design. But in the gallery of large Indian drug makers, Desh Bandhu Gupta is among the last men still holding their heads high. A tumultuous year has taken a toll on most domestic names. Companies had either bitten off more than they could chew by making expensive acquisitions or were caught [...]
New Delhi : The government has announced the withdrawal of a “significant” number of battalions of central forces from Jammu and Kashmir in a significant confidence – building measure following the initiative for holding “quiet” dialogue with separatist groups. Home Minister P Chidambaram told the Rajya Sabha that the decision had been taken in view [...]
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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