NEW DELHI: Stirring the hornet's nest in BJP, Ram Jethmalani has strongly pitched for projecting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate in the next Lok Sabha elections.In a letter to BJP President Nitin Gadkari, he said the party must declare its prime ministerial candidate to help convince the voters in its pre-2014 election campaign."I do...
NEW YORK: Citigroup's India-born chief Vikram Pandit, who has made a sudden exit, was forced to leave the banking behemoth following differences with the board over strategy and overall business performance, media reports said.Pandit, who steered the crisis-hit Citigroup into profitability, resigned abruptly on Tuesday – a development that took the Wall Street by surprise.According to media reports, Pandit's...
HEMPSTEAD, New York: US President Barack Obama today scored a clear victory over Mitt Romney in the high-stake second presidential debate, putting up a combative performance as he slammed his Republican presidential rival on issues like outsourcing and Libya.As Obama faced-off Romney in a town hall style debate at Hofstra University here, he was under intense pressure to improve...
MELBOURNE: A day after Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar would be conferred with 'Order of Australia', an Australian politician has questioned the decision, saying the rare honor should not be used for diplomatic gains."I love Sachin Tendulkar, I love cricket. but I just have a problem with soft diplomacy as you call it,"...
NEW DELHI: Mumbai and New Delhi figure among 95 world cities identified by the United Nations as those moving towards prosperity, but the two Indian metropolis are just "half-way" to achieving it with the reasons being poor infrastructure and environment conditions among others.'State of the World's Cities' report by the UN Habitat analyses the prosperity of the cities on...
NEW DELHI: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard today slipped on her heel and fell as she was walking away from the Gandhi Memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi, in yet another shoe trouble for her.After the slip, she showed good humor and immediately joked about it."My heel got stuck in grass," she was quoted as saying by Herald Sun,...
VANCOUVER, WA: An under-construction gurdwara, which was set to serve Portland metro area's largest Sikh community in the Washington state, was destroyed in a massive fire apparently caused by gas leak.
The former athletic-club-turned-Sikh-gurdwara, valued at USD 213,000, burned to the ground on October 12 after the fire sparked just before 2:30 am local time at the 17,000 square-foot property...
NEW YORK: Bansals of e-commerce company Flipkart and Aditya Ghosh of low-cost carrier Indigo have made into Fortune's young achievers list for their initiatives in creating job opportunities.
According to '40 under 40' list prepared by Fortune, Bansals - Sachin and Binny - have bagged the 26th place while Ghosh was placed 27th in the elite list. The ranking of...
WASHINGTON: A seven-foot tall bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been unveiled in a Florida town by former President A P J Abdul Kalam.
The mayor of Davie town, Judy Paul, who joined the former Indian President in unveiling the Gandhi statue on October 2, declared the day as 'World Peace & Mahatma Gandhi Day'.
The 800 pound statue was sculpted...