The Rape Suspect Who Slept on Sidewalks
MUMBAI —Not far from the abandoned mill where a 22 –year-old photojournalist was raped last week in Mumbai is a street lined with ramshackle structures built with corrugated iron sheets and covered in blue tarpaulin. Before his arrest on Saturday, Vijay Jadhav, 19, one of the five suspects in the case, lived here in a […]
Rupee posts biggest day fall in 18 years, ends at 68.85 per dollar
Mumbai: The rupee slumped to a record low near 69 to the dollar on Wednesday on growing worries that foreign investors will continue to sell out of a country facing stiff economic challenges and volatile global markets. The pummeling in markets sent the rupee reeling 3.7 per cent to an all-time low of 68.85 with […]
‘1,300 killed in chemical attack’ near Syrian capital Damascus
BEIRUT/AMMAN: Syria’s opposition accused President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of gassing many hundreds of people — by one report as many as 1,300 — on Wednesday in what would, if confirmed, be the world’s worst chemical weapons attack in decades.Western and regional countries called for UNchemical weapons investigators — who arrived in Damascus just three days ago […]
Indian rupee may crash to 70 per dollar in a month: Deutsche
The Indian rupee could crash to 70 against the U.S. dollar in a month or so, Deutsche Bank said in a report on Wednesday. The ominous forecast comes at a time when the partially convertible rupee has breached 64 to the dollar to a record low. “We continue to believe that fundamentally the rupee is […]
Doctors Suspect Rare Disease Might Have Afflicted Indian Child
When 23-year-old Rajeshwari Karnan delivered a boy in May in Nedimozhinur village in Villipuram district of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, she and her husband, both farm laborers, were ecstatic. Their first child, born two years ago, was a girl, and Ms. Karnan was fervently hoping their second one would be a boy. But the […]
Rising Onion Prices Tempt Highway Robbers in India
NEW DELHI— On Saturday night, Mintu Chottelal, 30, a mini truck driver and his helper, Rinku Gujjar, 19, were driving along the Delhi-Jaipur Highway on their way from the town of Nagore in Rajasthan to the town of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. Suddenly a minivan came to a halt in front of them, three men […]
China provokes India again, its troops enter Arunachal Pradesh and camp for 3-4 days: reports
New Delhi: In a repeat of the April incident in Ladakh, Chinese troops reportedly intruded into Arunachal Pradesh at two places last week. Army and police sources have confirmed that they camped for at least three to four days in one area, about 20 km within Indian territory. The first intrusion in Arunachal Pradesh was discovered […]
Indians account for 22% of Britain’s ultra-rich club
Dipankar De Sarkar, Hindustan Times Super-rich Indians account for more than 20% of the wealth of ultra-high net worth (UHNW) individuals in Britain, a new list showed on Tuesday. As a national group, they are second only to expat Russians. The list, published by the Singapore-based Wealth-X group, places steel magnate and ArcelorMittal chairman Lakshmi […]
Bangladesh Descends into Chaos
MUMBAI—Last Saturday night, Adilur Rahman Khan arrived home in Dhaka after visiting his family over Eid to find a group of men waiting outside his house. Mr. Khan, secretary of the prominent Bangladeshi human rights group Odhikar, had been expecting this day might come, but being confronted by members of the Detective Branch, who were […]
Modi gets invitation to visit UK, to address House of Commons
Nearly 10 months after the British government warmed up to Narendra Modi, the India groups of the country’s two main political parties have invited the Gujarat chief minister to visit the UK. The ball was set rolling by the Opposition party’s Labour Friends of India when its chairman, Barry Gardiner MP, sent a letter to […]
Rajya Sabha passes bill for compulsory marriage registration
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill which makes it mandatory to register all marriages, irrespective of religion. The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill will, however, not make the unregistered marriages void, Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal said. “The message that marriages must be registered must reach everybody in the […]
Pakistan parliament passes anti-India resolution
ISLAMABAD: Even as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif talks of peace with India, Pakistan’sNational Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution accusing Indian troops of “unprovoked aggression” on the LoC and extending support to the “struggle” of the Kashmiri people. The resolution, moved by Pakistani science andtechnology minister Zahid Hamid, a senior leader of the ruling PML-N, endorsed Sharif’s “forceful […]
Protests continue in Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam: Protests against division of the state continued on the sixth day on Monday. An elderly man died of cardiac arrest while taking part in protest for Samaikyandhra in Bheemunipatnam here this morning. According to reports reaching here, Malleti Adinarayana, 65, a resident of Bank Colony in Bheemunipatnam, took part in the protest rally organised by […]
Bomb alert at US consulate in Milan lifted: reports
Rome: A bomb alert that forced the evacuation of a US consulate in Italy today has been lifted, reports said, amid fears of an imminent Al-Qaeda attack. The alert was raised after a suspicious package was found at the consulate in the Italian business hub of Milan, but no explosives were found, according to leading daily […]
Five Indian soldiers killed by Pak Army which crossed Line of Control
Poonch / New Delhi: Five Indian soldiers were shot dead and one seriously injured by Pakistani soldiers who crossed the Line of Control in the Poonch area of Jammu and Kashmir at 2 am. In a strong statement, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said “India cannot be cowed down by such blatant acts of deceit” and urged […]
Red alert in Arunachal over possible disaster
ITANAGAR: The Arunachal Pradesh government on Tuesday sounded a red alert after a massive landslide blocked the flow of the Polo river atPolosang a week ago, leading to reverse flow of water towards China. Experts say a disaster may take place if the debris blocking the river are breached. Meanwhile, a report from the district said three minor girls of […]
Telangana aftermath: Protests rock Andhra Pradesh, four ministers quit
Hyderabad/New Delhi: The Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked for “restraint, brotherhood and cordial relations” with people of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, a day after the Centre agreed to form a separate Telangana state. At least four state ministers and six Congress MLAs resigned in protest against the decision. The announcement to create India’s 29th state […]
Obama Proposes Deal Over Taxes and Jobs
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — President Obama came to a cavernous Amazon distribution center here Tuesday and backed a cut in corporate tax rates in return for a pledge from Republicans to invest in more programs to generate middle-class jobs. The proposal, an effort to break a stalemate with Republicans over budget policy, comes as Mr. Obama […]
Anna Hazare to visit US to participate in Independence day parade
VARANASI: Anna Hazare is going to the US to take part in India’s Independence day parade in New York. “I got an invitation for attending the parade, and I am going to take part in it,” said Anna when asked during meet the press programme whether he was going to attend the India Independence day parade which will also […]
No going back on Telangana: Sonia Gandhi told Congress lawmakers from Andhra Pradesh
New Delhi: Hours before the Congress announced that Telangana will be India’s 29th state, Sonia Gandhi met a group of legislators and MPs from Andhra Pradesh who are against bifurcating the state and informed them that there was no going back on the decision this time. She also told her party leaders that they must impress […]
