MUMBAI: Nobel laureate and India-origin author V S Naipual, known for his caustic writings on the country of his parentage, has said he has written enough about India and will not be writing anything more on it."I don't think so. I've written enough about India. I've written these four books and two novels about India and many essays," Naipaul...
CHANDIGARH: Seven months after her conviction and prison term in connection with the killing of her daughter, former Punjab Minister Bibi Jagir Kaur was today granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High court on the condition that she will not leave the country.Kaur, who is currently lodged in the Kapurthala jail, is a former President of Shiromani Gurdwara...
MUMBAI: India-born US national Nooriya Haveliwala was today sentenced to five years' Rigorous Imprisonment by a special court for mowing down two persons, including a policeman, while driving her SUV under the influence of liquor in 2010.The court, however, acquitted her of the charges under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.30-year-old Nooriya was taken into custody after...
NEW DELHI: US defense major Boeing has won the deal to supply 15 heavy-lift helicopters to the Indian Air Force defeating its rival Russian Mi-26 in the tender expected to be worth around USD one billion.
The Chinook CH47D has emerged as the lowest bidder in the tender and would be offered the deal to supply 15 of these helicopters...
NEW YORK: The Consulate General of India in New York organized a reception-cum-dinner at the Consulate Ballroom in honor of India's Minister of State for External Affairs Preenet Kaur, to meet members of the Indian-American community as well as the media on October 18. Other dignitaries who graced the occasion included Anand Kumar, MP and former minister, Derek O'Brien,...
MUMBAI: A joint media briefing by Anna Hazare and former Army chief Gen V K Singh here indicated the latter has replaced Arvind Kejriwal in the social activist's scheme of things.
On more than one occasion, Singh replied to queries directed at Hazare, expounding on the new strategy of the anti-graft movement.
He was seen fielding "tricky" questions addressed to Hazare,...
SEATTLE, WA: N.R. Narayana Murthy, an engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who has used his business success to "give back" to his native India, has been named recipient of the 2012 Hoover Medal.
The Hoover Medal was established in 1930 to recognize great, unselfish, non-technical services by engineers to humanity. Previous awardees include former presidents Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower and...
NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry is actively considering steps to make India a teleport hub enabling the country to become an up-linking/downlinking centre like Hong Kong and Singapore. The Ministry will soon hold consultations with industry to discuss, modalities, challenges and road map for making India a teleport hub.
This was disclosed by Mr Uday Kumar Varma,...
BEIJING: Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover's (JLR) proposed joint venture with Chinese automaker Chery Auto has been approved by the country's National Development and Reform Commission.
Quoting Chery Auto, Chinese official news agency Xinhua said the approval came about six months after the company had announced the 12-billion-yuan (USD 1.89 billion) venture with JLR in March, although most similar joint...
NEW DELHI: The shifting of S Jaipal Reddy from Petroleum Ministry has created a political storm with the decision coming under attack and the minister himself is said to be unhappy over being moved to Science and Technology Ministry.
70-year-old Reddy, who was made Petroleum Minister in January 2011, maintained he has no regrets over losing Petroleum but some wry...