Even as neighbouring Karnataka is burning in the heat of communal violence, a nondescript Goa village has set an example of brotherhood and secularism.
Senior BJP leader L K Advani termed the rape of a nun in Orissa as a 'shameful crime against humanity' and denounced violence against Christians in the state and other places for which Sangh Parivar outfits have been accused.
A woman who aspires to join Sashastra Seema Suraksha Bal but suffers from congenital anomaly, has approached the Delhi High Court alleging that she was denied employment on the basis of sexual dysfunction.
India's stock market barometer Sensex on Wednesday plunged below the psychological 11,000-point level in early trade amid the worsening financial condition in the global markets. Besides, other global indices, including Japan's Nikkei and London Stock Exchange's FTSE 100, are trading
Though Buffett, chief of the Berkshire Hathaway holding company, supported Obama in the race for the White House, McCain was all praise for Buffett's contribution to the global economic crisis.
The US Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by half a percentage point on Wednesday to steady an economy teetering on the kind of financial collapse that the United States suffered in 1929.
The central government babus have been given a big hike in TA/DA (travel allowance/dearness allowance) as part of implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission, but it may be only illusory as ministries and departments will get no additional funds to
The NSE Nifty ended at 3,513, down 93 points. The market breadth was extremely negative - out of 2,652 stocks traded, 2,164 declined, 442 advanced and the rest were unchanged on Wednesday.
Introduced by the tycoon Lakshmi Niwas Mittal at the World Steel Association, the top administration official argued that the international system is changing and hence 'great,large countries' would have to be accommodated in that global framework.
Gold prices zoomed to an all-time high of Rs 13,850 per 10 gram in the national capital on Wednesday as plunging stock markets and deepening global financial crisis spurred demand for the metal as a safe hedge.
India's economic growth rate may slip further and decline to 6.9 per cent in 2009, as countries in emerging Asia are not totally immune to the financial crisis in the US and its subsequent fallout, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Pharmaceutical major Ranbaxy Labortaories on Wednesday said it remained confident that its products were safe and effective as the US Department of Justice (DoJ) withdrew a legal motion against it that charged fraudlent practice.
The continuing plunge on the stock market has halved the investor wealth from the level seen before the downslide began earlier this year, with promoters taking the biggest hit of more than Rs 20 trillion.
The Navratri festival has begun. It will conclude on Vijayadashami, which symbolises the victory of Good over Evil. I suggest that, in addition to Ravan Dahan (burning of the effigy of Ravan), let Navratri pandals all over the country also
The next general election must be held by May of 2009, and we already appear to have a clear choice. The National Democratic Alliance announced that L K Advani will be the prime minister should it come to power. Now,
There should be no doubt that if the Americans leave without finishing the job in Afghanistan they will be doing this at their own peril. In the globalised and borderless world of today, the US doesn't have the luxury that
