By Shamshad Ali Srinagar Any reference to the Kashmir Valley’s cuisine will invariably bring to mind Wazwan. But as connoisseurs of good food are aware, there’s a mind-boggling variety of traditional bakery products available in the state. Very few outsiders would know that the Valley bakes products, known for their unique taste, prepared in a […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday ordered a multi-agency probe team on the global expose by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), dubbed the “Panama Papers”, which found over 500 Indians also had alleged offshore links. “A multi-agency group is being formed to monitor the black money trail,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said here after […]
Mumbai police on Saturday summoned television actor Rahul Raj Singh for questioning in connection with the alleged suicide of actress Pratyusha Banerjee, an officer said. “We have called him and he is now with us… We are recording his statement,” Mumbai police spokesperson DCP Dhananjay Kulkarni told IANS. Singh, a former state-level cricketer who also […]
US President Barack Obama said that global efforts to improve nuclear security have removed from circulation material equivalent to 150 nuclear weapons, safeguarding it from extremists. “That’s material that will never fall into the hands of terrorists,” Obama said at a news conference on Friday during the closing of the two-day Nuclear Security Summit, here. […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to develop and deploy technology to defend against nuclear terrorism as President Barack Obama called on global leaders to jointly confront the growing threat of the Islamic State. He made the pledge Friday at the conclusion of a two-day Nuclear Security Summit that brought 50 world leaders to Washington […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Brussels on Wednesday morning to a red carpet welcome and enthusiastic greetings from Indian nationals at the airport. “A red carpet at dawn. PM @narendramodi receives a warm welcome as he arrives in Brussels,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted. Members of the Indian diaspora also greeted […]
The Supreme Court was told on Wednesday that beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya has on Wednesday morning offered to pay Rs.4,000 crore for settling outstanding dues against the grounded Kingfisher Airlines on account of loans extended to it by a consortium of 13 banks headed by the State Bank of India. The apex court bench […]
TUESDAY 29 MARCH 2016 Australian ultra-marathon legend Pat Farmer is due to finish his epic 4600km run through India on Tuesday 29 March 2016 at approx. 4:30pm AEDT – one day earlier than expected. Pat will reach the official finish point at Srinagar in the foothills of the Himalayas on Tuesday, taking 64 days to […]
An Air India flight from Hyderabad made an emergency landing after smoke was detected emanating from its undercarriage here on Monday morning, official sources said. The flight AI-620 had 120 passengers on board who were immediately evacuated by deploying chutes from the aircraft. The prompt measures by the concerned authorities prevented a potential disaster and […]