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“Don’t come to this country. I was lucky to have escaped”

Monday, June 15, 2009 21:09

NEW DELHI: Twenty-year-old Sunny bajaj has made up his mind. He will leave Australia for good. The Shalimar Bagh boy, who studied at Sachdeva Public School in west Delhi and is pursuing accounting at Deakins University in Australia for the past...

Thousands rally against racism in Melbourne

Sunday, May 31, 2009 21:06

MELBOURNE: Shaken by a wave of racial assaults, thousands of Indian students and supporters rallied here on Sunday, demanding justice for victims of recent attacks as Australia scrambled to contain the rising anger and frustration within the community. The `peace rally’,...

Fewer rainy days in future: Study

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 21:42

PUNE: Climate change will alter the pattern of the monsoon in the country in the next 50 years, reducing the number of rainy days in a year and increasing the intensity of rainfall. This observation was made by scientists...

Nike to cut about 1,750 jobs worldwide

Thursday, May 14, 2009 21:50

PORTLAND, OREGON: Nike says it will cut about 1,750 jobs worldwide. That represents 5 per cent of the global work force at the shoe and apparel company About 500 of the jobs lost will be at Nike’s world headquarters in...

SBI cuts FD rates by up to 50 basis points

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 21:47

NEW DELHI: The State Bank of India has cut its fixed deposit (FD) rates across maturities by up to 50 basis points (100 basis points = 1%), effective from May 18. This is the second time in this month, and...

Kashmiri Americans condemn action against Pandits in Jammu

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 0:02

The Indo-American Kashmir Forum (IAKF) has “strongly condemned”  alleged the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s recent “unprovoked assault and arrests” of internally displaced Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu. Kashmiri Hindus were peacefully demonstrating against the deletion of their names from the voter registration...

Over 1000 candidates till 4th phase have criminal background

Monday, May 4, 2009 8:39

A whopping 1,042 candidates out of a total of over 6,700 nominees contesting in the first four phases of  Lok Sabha elections have criminal background, a study claimed. Out of a total 6,735 candidates, the report prepared by Association of Democratic...

Tata Motors to launch Jaguar, Land Rover in India

Friday, May 1, 2009 7:37

MUMBAI: Tata group company,Jaguar and Land Rover, on Friday said it will launch its premium saloon cars and utility vehicles in the Indian market later this year. Jaguar and  Land Rover has reached an agreement with Tata Motors to be an...

PNB slashes lending rate by 50 bps

Friday, May 1, 2009 7:22

NEW DELHI: Punjab National Bank on Thursday slashed benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points to 11%, a move that will benefit millions home, consumer and corporate loan borrowers. The Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) has been slashed from 11.5%...

SIT files fresh chargesheet in Gujarat riot case

Friday, May 1, 2009 7:12

AHMEDABAD: The Supreme Court constituted Special Investigation Team, probing certain  2002 Gujarat riot cases afresh, on Friday filed a chargesheet in Naroda Gam case in which BJP leader and former state minister Maya Kodnani is one of the prime accused. “We...