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US President Barack Obama will share impressions and thoughts of his maiden visit to China with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he arrives here for a high-profile state visit next week. Singh would be the first head of government to be hosted at the White House after President Obama took over in January this year. Obama [...]

Days ahead of the state visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a resolution commemorating the Indo-US relationship has been schedule to be taken up for debate in the US House of Representative on Wednesday. The resolution (H res No 890) moved by Congressman Jim McDermott and co-sponsored by 14 other lawmakers has been placed sixth the [...]

Mahindra Satyam on Tuesday said it has received legal notices for claims totalling Rs 1,230.40 crore from as many as 37 companies, to whom it has replied terming these claims as “legally untenable”. “Mahindra Satyam has received legal notices from 37 companies claiming a refund of Rs 1,230.40 crore (about $265 million), allegedly given as a [...]

There is now fresh evidence linking David Headley and Tahawwur Rana, the two Lashkar operatives currently in FBI custody in America, to the Mumbai terror attacks. There are now reports that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has evidence of Headley using a satellite phone during his stay in Delhi from March 7 to March 10 in [...]

Terming the street crime against Indians as “cowardly” and “despicable”, a Victorian court today handed out long imprisonment sentences to attackers of an Indian origin doctor. A state county court judge, Joe Gullaci, today jailed 20-year-old Alfer Azzopardi who bashed Mukesh Haikerwal with a baseball bat, for 18-and-a-half years with a minimum of 13-and-a-half years, media [...]

A top Iranian spiritual leader has asked Muslims to quit the British army, saying that their involvement in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars is forbidden by Islam. Ayatollah Abdolhossein Moezi, who is Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s representative in Britain, asked Muslim personnel in the British Army to quit the military. The 65-year-old cleric, who has [...]

US prosecutors have sought 58 days extension from November 19 to file indictment against Tahawwur Rana, accused of being part of a LeT terror plot in India, saying the FBI needs more time to diligently examine fresh evidence unearthed against him in recent raids. The Federal Bureau of Investigation also submitted fresh set of evidence against [...]

According to Britain’s Ministry of Defence, Iraqi civilians who were detained by British troops during the US-led war have levelled 33 allegations of rape and abuse against both male and female soldiers. The rape, torture and physical assault allegations come in the wake of the British withdrawal from Iraq. One claimant has said that he was raped [...]

Al-Qaida leaders are promoting ‘jihad’ from inside the high-security prisons in Britain by smuggling out propaganda for the Internet and finding recruits, a Home Office-funded think tank has claimed. In an authoritative report, Quilliam, the think tank, said “mismanagement” by the Prison Service is helping Al-Qaida gain recruits and risks “strengthening jihadist movements”. According to the report, [...]

US President Barack Obama has urged Burma to release the pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Obama, who’s currently on a trip to Asia, delivered the message as he met leaders of the Asean in Singapore. The White House press secretary said Obama raised the issue directly with Burmese Prime Minister General Thein Sein. Nobel Peace Prize winner [...]

Iraqi civilians who were detained by British troops during the US-led war have leveled some 33 allegations of rape and abuse against male and female soldiers, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said on Saturday. The allegations come in the wake of the British withdrawal from Iraq this year. One man says he was raped by two British [...]

Bangladesh on Sunday set up six “special courts” to try the suspected rebellious soldiers for the bloody mutiny by the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) that led to the massacre of 67 army officers. Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) constituted six “special courts” headed by its Director General Major General Mainul Islam to try the soldiers linked to the February [...]

President Barack Obama says one of the United States’ strengths is its diversity and a family gathering in his home “looks like the United Nations.” A Chinese student on Monday asked Obama what he would do to foster diversity. Obama cited his own story as a son of a white mother from Kansas and a black [...]

A suspected car bomb killed at least six people and wounded 14 others on Monday near a Pakistan air force base close to the northwestern city of Peshawar and the Afghan border. A car laden with explosives rammed a police station wall in Budhbhair area of the city.The blast badly damaged the police station, a mosque [...]

All systems are go for the launch of US space shuttle Atlantis, for a construction and delivery mission to the International Space Station. The blast off is scheduled for 1 am (IST) on Tuesday; NASA’s countdown is going smoothly and even the weather is looking exceptionally good for the launch. Forecasters put the odds of [...]