New Delhi: An American national has been arrested at the IGI airport allegedly with 23 live cartridges, which police on Sunday claimed was brought from the United States without any valid documents. Police said no firearms were recovered from Jeffrey Jinnin Worn, who was about to board a Turkish Airlines flight on Saturday. "During security check at the time of boarding, some suspicious items were found in Worn's baggage. It...
03:01 PM, May 27, 2012
Washington: Amartya Sen, Indian economist and 1998 Nobel Prize winner in economics, has been felicitated with the National Medals of Arts and Humanities award by the US President Barack Obama at a glittering White House function in Washington. "We even have an economist, which we don't always get on stage," Obama said referring to 78-year-old Sen, before he presented the 2011 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities. "Sen is...
08:27 AM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: US President Barack Obama will award nine scholars the 2011 National Medal for Humanities including India's Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen. Sen will be felicitated for his insights into the causes of poverty, famine, and injustice. "By applying philosophical thinking to questions of policy, he has changed how standards of living are measured and increased our understanding of how to fight hunger," said a White House statement. The...
08:52 PM, Feb 11, 2012
Wilmington: Hurricane Irene closed in on the US Atlantic coast on Friday, triggering emergency preparations that included unprecedented evacuations and mass transit shutdowns in New York City as the menacing storm approached. As Irene careened north, rain and tropical storm force winds and ferocious surf began pummeling the North Carolina coast. "The core of the hurricane will approach the coast of North Carolina tonight and pass near or over the...
07:56 AM, Aug 27, 2011
The United States has always been a featherbed for scientists and researchers, irrespective of their origins or nationality. That is because of its unique institutional ecosystem that keeps the ground fertile for creativity, as well as individual entrepreneurship and commercial success. The contribution of these scientists in helping the global superpower keep its nose ahead of any other country in the world - technologically, economically and politically is significant. The...
09:42 AM, Aug 06, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan's former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has accused the interior ministry of "mishandling" the case of US official Raymond Davis, who faces trial for killing two Pakistanis, by not letting the matter be confined to his ministry. "The Raymond Davis case was mishandled because interior ministry was made the focal point instead of keeping it confined to the foreign ministry," said Qureshi, removed as foreign minister in the...
01:02 PM, Feb 24, 2011
Washington: The United States on Thursday will submit a petition before the Lahore court to certify that Raymond Allen Davis, who has been arrested on murder charges, has diplomatic immunity and he should be released. "On Thursday, we will present a petition to the court to certify that he has diplomatic immunity and that he should be released," P J Crowley State Department spokesman told reporters. He insisted that Davis...
10:19 AM, Feb 15, 2011
Peshawar: The Taliban on Sunday warned the Pakistan government not to release US national Raymond Davis, arrested after he shot dead two men in Lahore last month, saying any official involved in a move to free him would be killed by militants. "Any Pakistani government official playing any role in Davis' release will be killed by the Taliban," said Azam Tariq, the spokesman for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. "The people of...
08:20 AM, Feb 14, 2011
Washington: The Commonwealth Games in New Delhi will be an "appealing target" for Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) due to its political and economic significance for India, a top US counter-terrorism official has warned. "We are concerned that next month's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi will be an appealing target for LeT due to their political and economic significance for India," said Michael Leiter, the Director of the US National...
02:19 PM, Sep 23, 2010
Detained man has uncanny similarities with 26/11 suspect David Headely. ...
09:19 PM, Feb 11, 2010
He was detained minutes before he was to board a Qatar-bound flight. ...
08:36 AM, Feb 11, 2010
The woman has registered a complaint against an unknown person. ...
11:43 AM, Feb 04, 2009
Email was sent to media organisations minutes before the Ahmedabad blasts. ...
08:33 PM, Aug 13, 2008
London: English cricket chiefs have been told to return millions of dollars they received from controversial businessman Allen Stanford or face legal action. Texan financier Stanford, whose business empire has collapsed, has been charged with running a seven billion dollar 'Ponzi' fraud by US authorities. According to lawyers working for Stanford receiver Ralph Janvey, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) could be taken to court if it does not...
10:40 PM, Dec 07, 2007
Fifty-year-old Marilyn Dunstan was an American national and an air hostess with Delta Airlines. ...
09:03 AM, Feb 15, 2007
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