Apr 10 2008
Mumbai, April 09: After attacking North Indians in general and Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan in particular, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has now taken on private firms operating in the Western state. It has demanded 80% job...
Apr 10 2008
Washington, April 09: US Immigration authorities have received enough applications for the H-1B visas coveted by Indian high-tech professionals surpassing the 65,000 annual quota within a week and a random lottery will pick the successful...
Apr 10 2008
Ahmedabad, April 09: Justice Akshay Mehta`s appointment to the Nanavati Commission fuelled a controversy on Wednesday with the organisation representing the post-Godhra riots victims deciding to boycott it and demanded his removal following some...
Apr 10 2008
New Delhi, April 09: “Who will protect the rights of the common man if the executive does not do its duty,” asked the Supreme Court on wednesday while justifying judicial intervention and favouring fresh guidelines for entertaining PILs
Apr 10 2008
Beijing, April 09: Even as the Olympic torch reaches San Francisco on Wednesday amidst pro-Tibet protests, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has decided not to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympics, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Apr 9 2008
New York, April 8: India’s Ajay Chhibber has been appointed Assistant Administrator of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Director of its regional bureau for Asia and the Pacific, the world body has announced.
Apr 9 2008
Guna (MP), April 08: Five activists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) were arrested on Tuesday from Chanchoda town in the district, police said. They were detained by the police on Monday from a hideout. However, four of their...
Apr 9 2008
New Delhi, April 08: India is ready to release more than 100 Pakistanis lodged in prisons here unilaterally, Pakistani human rights campaigner Ansar Burney said on Tuesday.
Apr 9 2008
Islamabad, April 08: A gas leak sparked an explosion and fire Tuesday at a nuclear plant that is believed to produce enriched plutonium for Pakistan`s atomic weapons program. Two workers were killed. The Khushab heavy water plant was shut down while...
Apr 9 2008
Tokyo, April 09: The Bank of Japan is set to get a new chief Wednesday just two days before a crucial global finance meeting after the opposition-led upper house of Parliament approved the government`s nominee.