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A professor"s multi-million-dollar bread biz
Fifty-four-year-old M Mahadevan is today known not only in India, but overseas too, as Hot Breads Mahadevan. His journey from being a professor at the Madras University to an entrepreneur in charge of a multi-billion-dollar business spanning various countries can only be described as amazingly inspiring....
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"26/11 terrorists were told to look for ministers,..
The terrorists who attacked Mumbai in November last year were instructed on mobile phones by their Pakistani handlers -- to look for ministers and VIPs at the Hotel Taj Palace in Mumbai and take them as hostages -- before setting rooms on fire. This was revealed on Friday in the Special Court, which is hearing the 26/11 trial, through CDs of four telephonic conversations between terrorists and their Pakistani handlers....
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Amitabh land issue: Foundation returns plots to ac..
Nishtha Foundation, to which actor Amitabh Bachchan had donated some plots in Barbanki district for the construction of a college named after his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai, has returned two of the plots back to the superstar....
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India hopeful of getting non-permanent seat in UNS..
India is hopeful of getting the non-permanent Asian seat in the United Nations Security Council, said Minister of state for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Friday....
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Why Rahul Gandhi tours rural India
The Congress general secretary also said if the country has to progress, the two Indias -- one of the affluent and the other of the poor and backward -- should become one....
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I am ready to take the next flight home: MF Husain
His remarks came days after Home Ministry sources in New Delhi said cases filed against Husain across the country over his controversial paintings should be brought to a logical end and that the Centre was contemplating moving the Supreme Court for their expeditious disposal to ensure his early return....
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"Indira took the bull by the horns fearlessly"
B S Raghavan, West Bengals former chief secretary, worked with Indira Gandhi for many years. He remembers the late leader on her 25th death anniversary....
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LA Bishop"s Gandhi award for apology to Hindus
The Reverend J Jon Bruno, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, California, was awarded the Hindu American Foundations annual Mahatma Gandhi Award for the Advancement of Religious Pluralism at the HAFs Sixth Capitol Hill reception in early October....
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AP govt makes singing Telugu song mandatory
The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday asked English medium convents in the state to render a song hailing Telugu culture without fail in the school assemblies in addition to the national anthem....
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Got fake note by mistake? You still are in trouble
Dealing with a fake note is a nightmare. Be careful, for the demon can be avoided only with proper vigil....
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"Where did Amar Singh get his crores from"
In a press conference held in Lucknow on Thursday, social activist and lawyer Shiv Kant Tripathi, who has accused Amar Singh of being involved with a Rs 500 crore fraud, questioned the source of the Samajwadi Party general secretarys massive wealth.Amar Singh was a man worth just about Rs 17 crores in 2002 ? 2003. All I wish to ask is, how could he amass wealth to the tune of Rs 500 crores in the seven-year period since then. Where did he get his crores from, Tripathi said...
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Is SRK the "Rahul" that Lashkar is looking for?
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Obama appoints Indian-American to key administrati..
Suresh Kumar, an Indian-American who served a special adviser to the Clinton foundation and was a news anchor in India from 1970 to 1985, was on Thursday appointed to a key administration post by President Barack Obama....
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Flying to India? Carry old passport with OCI card
Dr Sujit Pandit of Ann Arbor, Michigan, got off lightly at the hands of immigration officials in India, in comparison to seven- year-old Viraj and three-and-a-half-year-old Vrishabh, who three years ago were deported within two hours of landing for not carrying their old passports....
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Arrested American LeT op was targeting "Rahul"
A mysterious Rahul appears to have been the prime target of Chicago resident David Coleman Headley, nabbed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for planning to carry out a major terror attack in India this month at the behest of Pakistan-based Laskar-e-Tayiba....
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