NEW DELHI: For music maestro , who has conducted symphony orchestras in strife-torn areas across the world, playing in Jammu and Kashmir remains a cherished dream that remains unfulfilled yet."I wish one day I could play in Kashmir. I will cancel every appointment to come and do that," said Mehta who was here to receive the Commander's Cross of...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today reduced the government's discretionary quota seats for Haj pilgrims to 300 from the 5,050 seats, proposed by it.A bench of Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai limited the number of seats to be allocated under the discretionary quota by the President to 100, Vice President to 75, Prime Minister to 75 and...
WASHINGTON: In the latest jab at Pakistan, the US House of Representatives has unanimously voted to cut military aid to it by a whopping USD 650 million, with a top Republican lawmaker calling the country "Benedict Arnold", the most well-known traitor in American history.The amendment to cut the aid, which was proposed by Republican Congressman Ted Poe, passed on...
NEW DELHI: Reaching out to sulking NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today hailed him as a "very valued colleague" and said his knowledge, wisdom and experience are a "great asset" to his government.Singh spoke to Pawar last night after he, along with party colleague Praful Patel, skipped the Cabinet meeting, apparently unhappy over denial of number...
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission today rejected Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav's vote in the Presidential poll and directed the Returning Officer (RO) not to count it as the secrecy of the ballot had been violated."The issue of second ballot paper to Mulayam Singh Yadav was not warranted under rule 15 of the Presidential and Vice- Presidential Elections...
NEW DELHI: An ex-Army Chief and four top serving officers, including Vice Chief of Army Staff, today appeared before a Delhi court following summonses against them in a criminal defamation case and were granted bail.Former Army Chief Gen V K Singh, Vice Chief of Army Staff S K Singh, Lt Gen B S Thakur (Director General of Military Intelligence),...
NEW YORK: Indian-American former Mckinsey partner Anil Kumar, whose "extraordinary" cooperation led to the conviction of Wall Street tycoons Raj Rajaratnam and Rajat Gupta for insider trading, has been spared jail time.53-year-old Kumar, was, however, sentenced to two years probation on securities fraud charges and ordered to pay a USD 25,000 fine and forfeit USD 2.26 million by US...
SRINAGAR: Young Kashmiri artists – Pandits as well as Muslims –performed a musical show, 'Salaam Mahara', on the banks of Dal Lake here to showcase the communal harmony of the valley.The show, organized by Space Communications at SKICC on the banks of the Dal Lake last evening, commenced with 'Lal Vaakh'(The sayings of Lal Ded) and concluded with 'Mashaal'.'Gulrez',...
DEHRA DUN: Yoga guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna was today arrested by the CBI after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him by a special court here in an alleged fake documents case.
Ramdev is scheduled to start an agitation against corruption and black money issue from August 9 at Ram Lila ground in the national capital.CBI sources said Balkrishna was...