The critically acclaimed Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara remains one of those many landmark films is his career. Keeping the audiences psyche in mind, winner of several national and international awards, Assamese filmmaker Jahnu Barua is gearing up for his
Having seen in my last two blogs how international awards - the Nobel Peace Prize and the Duke of Edinburgh Awards - have evaded Sathya Sai Baba, despite the talk, misinformation and eagerness of his devotees (and himself too!) that
Faked information about the Duke of Edinburgh AwardThe Guardian newspaper exposed the fraudulent claimsof the official Sathya Sai Baba site that the Duke of Edinburgh had made an award to Sathya Sai Baba, showing that it was simply a standard
Naina Lal Kidwai, group general manager and country head for HSBC India, does not seem to be too perturbed about the slowdown or the rising delinquency levels.
Beirut - A Lebanese army patrol arrested a man trying to smuggle silencer-equipped pistols to Beirut airport and handed him over to the Lebanese police for interrogation
Beirut - The focus continues to be the forming of the government of National unity . Every one of the parliamentary blocs has been making demands for various ministerial posts . They also all want sovereign ministries , despite the
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday vehemently rejected charges Tehran was seeking a nuclear weapon, amid mounting concern from the United Nations' International Atmoic Energy Agency (IAEA) about the Iranian program. "The Iranian nation is not seeking a
Pakistani officials said Tuesday an attack on the Danish Embassy was likely a one-time incident linked to cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad and will not impact the new government's talks with the Taliban. Investigators believe that Taliban militants based in
US General David McKiernan took command of 52,000 NATO troops in Afghanistan on Tuesday, vowing to take on "insurgents, foreign fighters, criminals and others" who challenged the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). McKiernan took over from US General Dan McNeill,
A UN Security Council mission touring Africa's trouble spots headed to Sudan Tuesday, after a day in Djibouti to boost a fledgling reconciliation effort for Somalia. The group of council ambassadors was expected in the South Sudanese capital of Juba
Dozens of veterans from the US occupation of Iraq converged in this west coast city over the weekend to share stories of atrocities being committed daily in Iraq, in a continuation of the "Winter Soldier" hearings held in Silver Spring,
US President George W. Bush does not worry much about Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's future and remains focused on "the big picture" of Middle East peace, the White House said Tuesday, as the beleaguered Israeli leader began a three-day
The Iraqi government said Tuesday that it had a "different vision" from the US over the deployment of American troops in the country beyond 2008 and vowed not to compromise national sovereignty. Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the Cabinet had
Turkey on Tuesday slammed a French reform project making a referendum obligatory for accepting new EU members, saying it was aimed at raising new barriers to Ankara's bid to join the bloc. A Foreign Ministry statement said Ankara was "irked
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for a huge rise in food production Tuesday as world leaders opened a summit on the food-price crisis that threatens hunger, poverty and conflict.In talks clouded by controversy over the presidents of Zimbabwe and Iran,
Four young Algerian converts to Christianity were sentenced Tuesday to suspended prison terms for "illegally practicing a non-Muslim religion," their lawyer said. The sentences were handed down by a criminal tribunal in Tiaret, in the southwest of predominantly Muslim Algeria,
An Egyptian human rights organization said on Tuesday that authorities have barred its members from participating in a UN meeting on AIDS in New York. "We were supposed to attend the meeting like we did last time, but our name
