Indian IT visa hike to pay for 9/11 costs
Bengaluru: The resilient Indian IT industry has expressed outrage over the latest US law to increase the visa fee on its skilled workers to share the healthcare burden of 9/11 victims.
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Rights activist Binayak Sen convicted, arrested
Rights activist Binayak Sen, accused of links with Maoists, was Friday convicted for sedition and conspiracy by a Chhattisgarh court and arrested soon after, leaving his family and fellow activists shaken and disappointed.
Sad day for Indian democracy: Sen's wife
Raipur: Shocked at a Chhattisgarh court convicting rights activist Binayak Sen for sedition and conspiracy, his wife Illina on Friday said she was sad that her family would have to fight another long
'There's no evidence against Sen'
New Delhi: Human rights activists on Friday reacted with shock at rights campaigner Binayak Sen being held guilty of sedition and conspiracy by a Chhattisgarh court, with many saying that there was 'n
Binayak Sen case timeline
New Delhi: The following is the timeline of the prosecution of Binayak Sen, a doctor and human rights activist convicted for sedition and conspiracy by a Chhattisgarh court and awarded a life term Fri
Assange suspects his murder in US prisons
London: Julian Assange, founder of whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, has said that if the US succeeds in removing him from Britain or Sweden, there was a 'high chance' he would be killed in the US pr
Pressure cooking: Food inflation boils to 12.13 pc as prices soar
New Delhi: High prices of onions, fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, meat and poultry sharply raised India's annual food inflation based on wholesale prices to 12.13 per cent for the week ended Dec 11 fr
Jagan hints at mid-term polls in AP
Vijayawada: Flexing his muscles and indicating a possible mid-term polls in Andhra Pradesh, former MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday said the time had come for the Congress government in the state
At CIA, WikiLeaks task force is 'WTF'!
Washington: The task force set up to assess the damage caused by the disclosure of secret US diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks has become popular at the CIA headquarters more due to its acronym W.T.F tha
Don't want debate, we want JPC: BJP
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday did not agree to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's offer of a special session of parliament on the 2G spectrum scam, saying it did not want a debate