New Delhi, Jan 14The killing of two Indian soldiers -- one of whom was beheaded -- by Pakistani troops is a "gruesome and an unpardonable act," Army Chief General Bikram Singh said Monday, and asserted that his forces "reserve the right to retaliate". "What they (Pakistan) have done is against the ...

Civil nuclear cooperation, ways to step up bilateral trade and economic ties are some of the issues expected to be discussed during the meeting between visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday.   Harper, who arrived in Agra on Sunday on a six-day ...

Ahmedabad, May 17: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will talk to Gujaratis and other Indians settled in the United States of America and Canada in a live show through satellite from Gandhinagar on May 20 at 0630 hrs Indian Standard Time. In all, 12 cities in USA and Canada will be simultaneously ...

New Delhi, May 17: The United Kingdom is a favourite destination for both Indian workers and students, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. There were about 5,00,000 Indian workers and 39,000 students in the UK, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said during Question Hour. As per estimates of Indian missions in ...

RAMESH KUMAR SHARMA  The people of Indian origin gracefully covered the itinerary at their footholds It is not enough to state that Indian sojourners in search of jobs arrived African, Pacific, South American and Caribbean countries; Mauritius, Fiji, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago. The more important thing is to know ...

New Delhi, May 2: There is demand for Indian workers of various skill sets such as housemaids and home nurses abroad, including in the Gulf countries, Malaysia, Singapore and in some European nations, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vyalar Ravi said Wednesday. Replying to questions in Lok Sabha, Ravi said the recruitment of ...

Washington, March 29: Over 5,000 Canadian Sikhs gathered at Parliament Hill in Ottawa to show solidarity with Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is on death row in India for the 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. The Kesari Nishan Rally was held Wednesday to implore Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper ...

Dubai, March 26: Aiming to be third largest jewellery retail chain in the world with a $6 billion turnover by 2015, Kerala-based Malabar Gold & Diamonds (formerly Malabar Gold) plans to expand its retail footprint across the world at a $700 million outlay and also increase its jewellery production units to ...

Mumbai, March 19: By her own admission celebrated NRI filmmaker Deepa Mehta is a full-fledged Delhi girl. But Canada has been her second home for nearly 30 years now. That’s the country all her acclaimed films from Sam & Me in 1991 to the unreleased Midnight’s Children have been conceived. Some ...

Vancouver, February 21: Super 30, Bihar's free coaching centre which helps poor students crack the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE), has won high praise in Canada. Super 30 founder Anand Kumar was felicitated "for his remarkable way of spreading the light of education in the darkened corners of the ...