Saina sinks Schenk, in final
Hong Kong, Dec. 11: India’s Saina Nehwal staved off a strong challenge from Germany’s Juliane Schenk 21-19, 17-21, 21-12 to move into the final of the Hong Kong Open Super Series badminton tournament
FBI regrets remarks on US Sikhs
Washington, Dec. 11: The FBI director, Mr Robert S. Mueller, has apologised to a Sikh-American civil rights and advocacy organisation for remarks linking Sikh Americans to terrorism at an intelligence
US envoy refuses to serve in Pak
Islamabad, Dec. 11: The US consulate officer in Peshawar, Elizabeth Rudd has refused to serve in Pakistan and returned to Washington after receiving threats from Taliban militants, a media report said
Delhi rape: 19-year-old abducted and gangraped
New Delhi: A 19-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped in a moving vehicle by four youths, including a minor, in Sultanpuri area of north-west Delhi late on Saturday. All the accused have been
Saina Nehwal wins Hong Kong Open Super Series
Hong Kong: India's Saina Nehwal won the Hong Kong Open Super Series badminton tournament beating China's Shixian Wang 2-1 in the women's singles final here on Sunday.
Second seeded Saina won 15-21 21
Nira Radia: The lobbyist who flew too high
New Delhi: She can talk casually about a designer gown she hasn't found an occasion to wear with industrialist Ratan Tata and chat up with the same ease with some of the most powerful people in politi
India threatens US over diplomat's airport 'frisking'
New Delhi/Washington: Voicing 'strong concerns' over the 'pat down' frisking of Indian Ambassador Meera Shankar at a US airport, India on Saturday summoned US Deputy Chief of Mission Donald Lu and thr
India launches online application for citizenship
India has introduced a new online application system for faster, simpler and transparent processing/tracking of the applications for grant of Indian citizenship, home ministry officials said.
The ne
Bill to regulate MFIs tabled in Andhra assembly
A bill to regulate microfinance institutions in Andhra Pradesh was tabled in the assembly Saturday.
The bill, which will replace the ordinance promulgated in October, was tabled by Minister for Legis
New Radia tapes show lobbying for Raja’s ministership
Outlook magazine on Saturday released what it called the second tranche of tapped conversations of corporate lobbyist Nira Radia and claimed they point to a nexus between politicians, corpora