Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Prakash Javadekar and Pushpdan Gadhavi have bagged time to push for the creation of Telangana — in the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha respectively — during the fortnight-long Parliament session beginning on Thursday.Javadekar, whose resolution is listed for February 20, told reporters that he was only pursuing his party’s line [...]
Targeting the ’support network’ of the Tamil Tigers, the United States on Wednesday designated a US-based charity group as a ‘front’ of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and ordered freezing of its assets. The Tamil Foundation has been designated under ‘Executive Order 13224′, which “targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or [...]
United States President Barack Obama and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday agreed to start an active engagement to resolve problems facing the region through a ‘holistic strategy’. The decision was made when Obama spoke with Zardari on phone. This was Obama’s first interaction with Zardari after taking over as President.
The United States House of Representative on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution recognising the influence Mahatma Gandhi had on Martin Luther King Jr, the great civil rights leader of America, who has been a source of inspiration to President Barack Obama. Passed by a roll call vote of 406 to 0, with 26 abstaining, the [...]
A pair of the distinctive circular metal-rimmed glasses of Mahatma Gandhi, along with his sandals and pocket watch, will be on sale at an auction in New York. The items are of huge interest and expected to well exceed the estimate of 30,000 pounds at the March 4-5 auction, the Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday. [...]
A growing number of students believe the consumption of energy drinks will give them a ‘high’ and let them to energetic and awake for a longer periods of time.
EarthSync’s Laya project is invited to perform at the opening of the Perth International Arts Festival.
Lekha Washington to star as the ‘cold-hearted’ Mira in Rajeev Khandelwal’s next movie.
Abhishek Bachchan says he is envious of wife Aishwarya Rai for working with his idol Steve Martin.
Nor will the police reopen the case relating to gruesome serial murders in Bombay back in 1983. The case had been closed as unsolved.