Two Men Cleared Over The Rape And Killing Of Scarlett Keeling In India
Two men charged with the rape and death of British schoolgirl Scarlett Keeling in India have been cleared over the crime. A judge in Goa, India, on Friday cleared the men of all charges in relation to...
View ArticleRussia Holds First Ever Joint Military Exercise In Pakistan
MOSCOW -- Russian soldiers have arrived in Pakistan to take part in the first joint military manoeuvres, just as Russia has hosted Indian troops for counter-terrorism drills. Russia's Defence Ministry...
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This Delhi Restaurateur Distributes Fresh Meals To The Poor Because No One...
If you look at the Rasoi On Wheels Facebook page, you will find people gushing over their service. It has high ratings -- 4.9 stars out of a maximum of five. But Atul Kapur, one of the show-runners who...
View ArticleTariff Wars: Airtel Is Now Giving Three Months Of Unlimited Data For 4G Users
In an effort to take on competition from Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecom operator, is giving its pre-paid 4G customers three months of unlimited data for ₹1,494. The offer is...
View ArticleThe Few Remaining Hindus and Sikhs In Afghanistan Fight For One Seat In Its...
The handful of Hindus and Sikhs left in Afghanistan received some good news this week. The Afghan government has approved reservation for these two minority communities in the country's lower house of...
View ArticleChinese Telco Giant Huawei Is Now Making Phones In India
Huawei Technologies Co. will begin assembling phones in India with manufacturing partner Flextronics International Ltd., establishing a beachhead in the world's fastest-growing smartphone arena. The...
View ArticleIn Win For Indian Students, Court Orders WhatsApp To Delete Data On Users Who...
Two Indian students scored a partial victory over Facebook Inc. in a closely watched legal battle over privacy, though they failed to get the internet giant to reverse policies they say threaten the...
View ArticleMNS Leader Threatens Pakistani Actors, Asks Them To Leave India In 48 Hours
MUMBAI-- Amid tension in the wake of Uri terror attack, the MNS on Friday asked Pakistani artistes like Fawad Khan to leave immediately, failing which their shootings will be stalled. "Actors like...
View ArticleSamsung Phone Catches Fire On Chennai-Bound IndiGo Flight, No Damage
A Samsung Electronics smartphone sent smoke from an overhead baggage compartment on an Indian commercial plane during a flight on Friday, India's aviation regulator said, but there was no damage and...
View ArticleThis Is A Heartbreaking Judgement, Says Scarlett Keeling's Mother After Goa...
PANAJI-- "I am shocked," said a visibly distraught Fiona MacKeown, after a Goa court today acquitted two local men accused of drugging and sexually abusing her teenage daughter Scarlett Eden Keeling,...
View ArticlePakistan Accuses India Of Blaming Them For Uri Attack Without Any Concrete...
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan today accused India of blaming Pakistan for the Uri terror attack without having any concrete evidence and ruled out any immediate cooperation...
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India Is Standing Up For Pangolins, Chambered Nautiluses And Other...
Anyone who has had the privilege of watching a leopard tread ghost-like in the vast wilderness, kept the company of a pod of blue whales or given way to the noble form of a wild elephant cannot help...
View ArticleWhy The Akalis May Yet Be The 'Last Party Standing' In Punjab
A few months ago I wrote a post on why I think Punjab is ready for AAP. My opinion at the time of writing that post was that the Akalis would struggle to regain power in Punjab on the back of a...
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Please, Just Stop Asking If We Do Our Plays At Prithvi
Over my years of working in the theatre scene in Mumbai I have realized that practitioners as well as the audience can be extremely myopic about quality. While on one hand, a healthy bunch of new...
View Article'Banjo': A Feel-Good Bollywood Musical That Plays Along To A Familiar Tune
Directed by Ravi Jadhav, the Hindi musical drama Banjo is a feel good story of four Mumbai-based street musicians whose lives change when an international singer takes cognizance of their work. It is a...
View ArticleIndia Finally Inks Deal To Purchase 36 Rafale Fighter Jets From France
NEW DELHI -- India yesterday inked a Euro 7.87 billion deal with France for purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons and equipped with latest missiles that will give the...
View ArticleShooting At Washington State Mall Kills At Least 4
Scene outside #BurlingtonMallShooting. 4 deceased. Unknown how many injuries pic.twitter.com/5VOam5zypO — Brandon Stone (@Brandon_SVH) September 24, 2016 Four people have been shot dead at a mall in...
View ArticleIndian-Americans Launch White House Petition To Declare Pakistan As Sponsor...
WASHINGTON -- The Indian-American community in the US has launched a White House petition to designate Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism, days after a bill in this regard was tabled in the US...
View ArticleUri Attack Could Be A 'Reaction' To Situation In Kashmir, Says Nawaz Sharif
ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has claimed that the Uri terror attack could be the result of a "reaction" of the people to the situation in Kashmir as he criticised India for blaming Pakistan...
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