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When Everest Climbers Became Rescue Men

When Everest Climbers Became Rescue Men

NEW DELHI— On the morning of June 17, Prakash Bhatt, a 36-year-old soldier in the Indian Army and an instructor at the government-run Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in Uttarkashi in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, was teaching a class. Mr. Bhatt is one of the 10 soldiers on a three-year assignment to the mountaineering […]

Mandela’s Illness Weighs on Obama’s Africa Trip

Mandela’s Illness Weighs on Obama’s Africa Trip

DAKAR, Senegal — Barack Obama had been a United States senator for just weeks in early 2005 when Oprah Winfrey offered to carry a message for him to Nelson Mandela, the iconic South African leader. Mr. Obama disappeared into a back room in Ms. Winfrey’s television studio to write the note, but he was gone […]

19 feared killed in IAF chopper crash in Uttarakhand

19 feared killed in IAF chopper crash in Uttarakhand

GAUCHAR: About 19 people, including Air Force and para-military personnel, were today feared killed when a sophisticated IAF helicoptercrashed in bad weather near Gaurikund in Uttarakhand during rescue operations. Vice Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) M Sashidhar Reddy said eight bodies have been recovered and chances of any survivor among the 19 onboard were remote. “There were 19 people […]

India to take up Rs. 2.75 lakh visa bond issue with UK govt

India to take up Rs. 2.75 lakh visa bond issue with UK govt

New Delhi: With the British government planning to demand a Rs. 2.75 lakh visa bond from visitors of certain “high-risk” countries including India, the Ministry of External Affairs today said that the government will seek information and implications from UK on the new policy. “The ministry has asked our mission in London to find out official details on […]

Uttarakhand: Over 800 from Karnataka rescued

Uttarakhand: Over 800 from Karnataka rescued

Bangalore: Over 800 out of the over 1,300 people from Karnataka stranded in Uttarakhand have been rescued so far, an official statement said on Tuesday. “All 817 people have returned to the state,” the statement said in Bangalore. Efforts were on to rescue 517 more people from the state, it said. The state government has sent […]

Rupee recovers to 58.39 on suspected RBI intervention

Rupee recovers to 58.39 on suspected RBI intervention

Suspected RBI intervention hauled the rupee off a record low struck on Tuesday afternoon, reassuring a market worried by the central bank’s earlier inaction as the currency’s fall gathered pace. Striking 58.98 per dollar at its weakest, the rupee had plunged 3.25 percent so far this week, notching record lows for two consecutive days. Dollar-selling […]

Pakistan again violates ceasefire along LoC

Pakistan again violates ceasefire along LoC

JAMMU: Pakistani troops fired on Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, the second ceasefire violation in the past four days. Pakistan troops opened small arms firing on Indian posts in Nangi Tikri forward area along LoC in Krishnagati sub-sector of Poonch on Monday night, defence PRO S N Acharya said on Tuesday. He […]

Immigration is a driving force in American economy, Obama says

Immigration is a driving force in American economy, Obama says

WASHINGTON: Immigration is a driving force in American economy, President Barack Obamasaid as he called on the Congress to pass the immigration reform bill which would provide pathway to citizenship to millions of undocumented workers from countries like India. “Immigration isn’t just part of our national character, it is a driving force in our economythat creates jobs and prosperity […]

Indian restaurant owner allegedly beaten up in Australia

Indian restaurant owner allegedly beaten up in Australia

Melbourne: In an apparent racist attack, an Indian restaurant owner was allegedly beaten up and verbally abused by a group of teenagers in Australia’s Ballarat near Melbourne. 22-year-old Himanshu Goyal was allegedly assaulted while closing his Bridge Mall eatery about 9.30 pm on Friday when eight teenagers shouted racial abuse at him while another in the […]

Bangladesh finally lifts ban on YouTube

Bangladesh finally lifts ban on YouTube

Dhaka: Bangladesh on Wednesday lifted a ban on video-sharing site YouTube which has been blocked since September after an online anti-Islam movie spawned violent protests across the Muslim world. The amateur video that denigrated the Prophet Mohammad, billed as a film trailer and made in California with private funding, provoked a wave of anti-American unrest in […]

US banker offers $1 million reward to solve this math problem

US banker offers $1 million reward to solve this math problem

A billionaire Dallas banker will shell out $1 million to anyone who can solve a mathematical problem that has baffled geniuses for years. The American Mathematical Society (AMS) in Rhode Island has announced that the prize for the solution to the Beal Conjecture, a number theory problem, has been increased to $1 million. The prize and conjecture […]

Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Shakeel named co-accused in IPL spot-fixing, MCOCA invoked; Sreesanth to stay in jail

Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Shakeel named co-accused in IPL spot-fixing, MCOCA invoked; Sreesanth to stay in jail

New Delhi:  The Delhi Police today told a trial court that they have credible evidence that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his associate Chhota Shakeel control the alleged betting and spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League. They have named Dawood and Shakeel as co-accused in the case and have invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised […]

US woman alleges late-night gangrape in Manali

US woman alleges late-night gangrape in Manali

A 30-year-old American tourist was allegedly gangraped by a truck driver and two others in a truck in Manali in the early hours of Tuesday. The victim was also robbed of her belongings. The three accused, all reported to be 19-24 years old, are suspected to be local youths. No arrests have been made so […]

IPL scandal: Gurunath Meiyappan, Vindu Dara Singh get bail

IPL scandal: Gurunath Meiyappan, Vindu Dara Singh get bail

Mumbai: Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of India’s cricket chief N Srinivasan, has been granted bail. He was arrested on May 25 for allegedly taking part in illegal betting on the Indian Premier League (IPL) which is the subject of multiple police investigations. Small-time Bollywood actor Vindu Dara Singh, who was also arrested for allegedly serving as a […]

Jiah Khan was heartbroken after failed relationship, say police

Jiah Khan was heartbroken after failed relationship, say police

Mumbai: Actress Jiah Khan, who died in an apparent suicide on June 3, was heartbroken after a failed relationship, said police. Jiah, 25, reportedly dated Suraj Pancholi, son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, who was questioned by the police for three hours today. Aditya Pancholi was also questioned at Juhu police station. Suraj was the […]

Boy achieves family dream with geography bee win

Boy achieves family dream with geography bee win

WASHINGTON (AP) — Passion for geography runs deep in Sathwik Karnik’s family. When he was about 6, his mother began challenging Sathwik and his older brother, Karthik, to her own version of hide-and-seek — using an atlas. The boys would comb through the book, trying to be the first to find a city or landmark. […]

Sanjay Dutt faces food ban in Yerawada jail

Sanjay Dutt faces food ban in Yerawada jail

Yerawada jail authorities today moved a designated TADA court against allowing home food to actor Sanjay Dutt citing the prison manual which does not provide for extension of such a facility. Sanjay Dutt, who is lodged in Yerawada Central prison in Pune, was allowed to have home food and medicines by the TADA court, when […]

Spot-fixing case: Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila sent to judicial custody till June 4

Spot-fixing case: Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila sent to judicial custody till June 4

New Delhi: S Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila, the two tainted cricketers arrested by the Delhi Police in the spot-fixing scandal, have been sent to judicial custody till June 4 by a Delhi court. The two cricketers have been taken to Tihar Jail. The Delhi Police in court argued that they needed 30-year-old Sreesanth’s police custody to be […]

On Memorial Day, Barack Obama pays tribute to fallen

On Memorial Day, Barack Obama pays tribute to fallen

ARLINGTON: President Barack Obama payed tribute on Monday to fallen men and women of the US armed services during a Memorial Day ceremony in which he reminded Americans that the country was still at war. During a solemn visit to Arlington National Ceremony, the resting ground for many military casualties, Obama noted in remarks to visitors that next year would mark the […]

Chhattisgarh attack is announcement of war: BJP

Chhattisgarh attack is announcement of war: BJP

NEW DELHI: The Maoist attack on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh was an announcement of war, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Tuesday and asked the ruling party at the Centre to not politicise the issue. “Congress should not do narrow politics on the attack. Congress should not try to indict the state government in this,” BJP spokesperson Prakash […]