ISLAMABAD: Russia today ruled out playing a role in resolving the Kashmir problem, saying India and Pakistan are capable of settling their outstanding issues themselves.Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said India and Pakistan are capable of settling issues though bilateral discussions without outside help.India and Pakistan were in touch and talking to each other, Lavrov noted while speaking through an...
DAHOD, Gujarat: Describing Congress President Sonia Gandhi's speech in Rajkot as "lackluster", Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today taunted her, saying the Congress treads carefully in the state and is scared of speaking fearing a backlash."There was nothing in Soniaji's speech…it was devoid of any substance and when media couldn't find anything interesting in it they have published big...
NEW YORK: A dazzling array of magnificent jewels, from flawless diamonds to rare gemstones, natural pearls and signed jewels from the finest makers including Indian designer Viren Bhagat will go under the hammer at a sale here that will benefit the Salaam Bombay Children's Fund.Among the scores of top-quality gems on offer at Christie's Magnificent Jewels sale of October...
BALASORE, Odisha: Sharpening its missile prowess, India today successfully test-fired its nuclear- capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from a test range near here as part of a user trial by the army."The surface-to-surface missile was flight tested at around 0907 hrs from a mobile launcher from Integrated Test Range's launch complex-3 at Chandipur,"...
DUBAI: Indiabulls Group has entered into an agreement with Qatar's Doha Bank for offering mortgage loans to latter's NRI customers for acquiring properties in India.The agreement was signed by Doha Bank Group CEO R Seetharaman and Indiabulls Group Executive Director Ajit Mittal."The tie-up with Indiabulls will provide an opportunity to Doha Bank NRI customers to approach for Housing Loans...
WASHINGTON: The Wisconsin Gurdwara shooting incident, which left six Sikh worshipers dead, was an act of "senseless killing," US President Barack Obama has said, as he assured full support to the Sikh community in the country.
"It was a senseless killing and it should not have happened," Obama told the Washington-based Sikh community leaders Dr Rajwant Singh and his wife...
NEW YORK: The Consul General of India, New York hosted a reception on September 20 at New India House in recognition of the "Year of India" celebrations by Queens College of the City University of New York. Over 100 guests comprising high level officials of Queens College, select members of the Indian American community, media persons and others attended...
NEW YORK: Intel Corp's India-born former MD Rajiv Goel, once a friend of Raj Rajaratnam and his accomplice in insider trading, was let off by a court without a jail term as he helped prosecutors nail the disgraced Galleon founder in America's biggest insider trading scandal.
Goel, who apologized profusely and said he was "deeply shamed", was awarded two years...
MUMBAI: Tata Sons has increased stake in Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) by acquiring 46.30 lakh shares of the company for about Rs 29 crore through open market transactions.
According to block data available with the stock exchanges, Tata Sons, which held 19.67 crore shares or 24.36 per cent stake in IHCL at the end of June quarter, has acquired 46.30...
Vegetarians have a habit of talking of nothing but food and nothing but disease. I feel that is the worst way of going about the business. I notice also that it is those persons who become vegetarians because they are suffering from some disease or other, that is from purely the health point of view. It is those persons...