London: Amidst acute poverty across South Asia, the five states of Delhi, Kerala, Goa, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have the least number of poor people in India, according to a new measure of global poverty developed at the University of... (Continue reading)
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London: Omar bin Laden, son of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, says his father is alive but maintains he doesn’t know his whereabouts. Omar told The Sun on Thursday: “My dad is on the Earth but I don’t know... (Continue reading)
Lucknow: In an attempt to mend fences with Muslims after having aligned with Kalyan Singh during Lok Sabha polls, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday regretted taking support of those “responsible” for the Babri mosque demolition and sought pardon... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: An Emirates Airbus A380 flew in from Dubai with over 500 passengers, marking the world’s largest commercial aircraft’s arrival at the Terminal-3 (T3) of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) Thursday. The Emirates EK516 landed around 3:00 pm... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal is just one rank away from achieving the feat of being the first Indian to bag the numero uno badminton player in the world tag. According to the latest world badminton rankings, Saina is... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: The Indian rupee will have its own symbol, a mix of the Devanagri ‘Ra’ and Roman ‘R’, to become the fifth currency in the world to have a distinct identity. The new symbol, designed by IIT post-graduate D... (Continue reading)
Islamabad: Talks between External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and his counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi were extended to another session later Thursday with both sides indicating that there were some “positive developments” The two ministers met at the Pakistan Foreign Office... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: The NIA Thursday withdrew from a Delhi Court its petition seeking issuance of non bailable warrants against terror suspects David Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana on the charge of plotting attacks in India, saying the US was providing... (Continue reading)
Xiaoshan airport in Hangzhou, China was shut down after airport workers discovered, well, we’re not sure what they discovered, that was the problem. Think the only things in Hangzhou are West Lake and screaming? Think again. Looks like the famous... (Continue reading)