She was just 22 when she sacrificed her life to save a group of American children aboard a Pan Am flight that had been hijacked on the ground at Karachi. Now, the family of Chandigarh girl Neerja Bhanot, the seniormost cabin crew member on the flight and who is being immortalised in a biopic featuring […]
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will make a strong pitch for the ‘Make In Maharashtra’ campaign during his visit to China starting May 14, an official said here on Wednesday. Fadnavis will be a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s entourage to China and will take part in the State/Provincial Leaders Forum meeting in Beijing […]
Fueled by immigration, America’s Hindu population has reached 2.23 million, an increase of about one million or 85.8 percent since 2007, making Hinduism the fourth-largest faith, according to estimates based on wide-ranging study of religions in the nation. The proportion of Hindus in the US population rose from 0.4 percent in 2007 to 0.7 percent […]
Demanding regular fellowship for all scholars and adequate state funding for research, over 100 research scholars from West Bengal staged a peaceful protest here on Tuesday. “We demand rightful fellowship for all scholars and regular monthly disbursement of the fellowships. We also want parity and a non-discriminatory approach in allotting fellowships so that scholars of […]
The World Bank’s private financing arm IFC said on Tuesday it will invest $25 million (about Rs.160 crore) in partnership with Tata Housing to finance affordable housing for low-income households across India. “IFC’s investment is the first step towards a long-term partnership to facilitate the development of affordable housing in India and other emerging markets,” […]
Industrial activity in the country, measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), registered a 2.1 percent growth during March 2015 as compared to a 5 percent rise in the previous month.
“We are proud of you!” This is how Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday praised the young woman whose fight with a corrupt traffic policeman here led to his dismissal. Head Constable Satish Chandra of Delhi Traffic Police was sacked late Monday after he flung a brick at the woman, Ramandeep Kaur, for refusing […]
At least eight people, including three children, were killed and nearly two dozen people were injured when a massive earthquake caused walls to collapse in parts of Bihar on Tuesday, officials said. The 7.3 magnitude earthquake’s epicentre was in Kodari, Nepal and its effect was felt across north India, including Bihar. A labourer was killed […]
Today is a great day for Nitin (Daniel) Mookhey. He becomes the first person of the sub continent origin from the Labour party and the first person of the Indian heritage of any of the political parties to be sworn in NSW parliament
(Via:Telegraph) Police investigating the Bradford City fire, which killed 56 football fans, knew who dropped the cigarette thought to have started the blaze, according to a new documentary. A retired detective has told the BBC how officers worked out it was a man visiting from Australia called Eric Bennett who accidentally started the fire but […]