Controversial 3K pound 'security bond' for UK visa to be scrapped
London: The controversial 3,000-pound "security bond" for some "high-risk" foreign visitors to the UK, including those from India, is to be scrapped, the Home Office has confirmed. The scheme, announced by Home Secretary Theresa May in June, was to come into force this month. A Home Office spokesman confirmed a Sunday Times report that the policy would be scrapped. Hugo Swire, Britain's Minister of state for Foreign and Common
Diwali in Bangalore: Rohit Sharma's fireworks give India series win
Bangalore: Rohit Sharma smashed his way into the record books with a stunning 209 as the Indian cricket team provided the perfect Diwali gift to the nation with a 57-run victory in the the series-deciding final ODI against Australia to clinch the rub
A dream ends, illegals rush to leave Saudi El Dorado
Riyadh: Thousands of illegal foreigners, mostly unskilled workers from Asia, are rushing to leave Saudi Arabia before an amnesty expires on Sunday as they risk being fined or even jailed. Nearly a million Bangladeshis, Filipinos, Indians, Nepalis, Pa
Ankur Vaidya becomes FIA President
New Jersey: Ankur Vaidya has been elected as the President of the Federation of Indian Associations (Tri-State), one of the largest non-profit Indian-American organisations in the US, for the year 2014. Vaidya, 34, will be the youngest ever President
Obama wishes Indians 'happy Diwali'
Washington: US President Barack Obama greeted Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists across the globe on the occasion of Diwali, saying the flame of the diya reminds that light will ultimately triumph over darkness. "The flame of the diya, or
White House mole is an Indian-American
Washington: A key White House staffer who was fired after it came to light that he was behind a Twitter account that dished out gossip and pointed barbs at the Obama Administration is an Indian-American. Jofi Joseph, 40, who was part of the National
CHOGM: Disturbing Channel 4 video forces India to have a second thought
New Delhi: As the government maintained on Saturday it is yet to take a decision on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's participation at the upcoming Commonwealth summit in Colombo, a new and disturbing Channel 4 video on the alleged arrest, sexual assau
Shocking expose: LTTE news reader Isaipriya raped and killed in cold blood by Lankan army
Chennai: In the backdrop of Tamil opposition to the PM's participation in the Commonwealth meet, disturbing new images prove that LTTE news broadcaster Isaipriya was not killed in combat, but in cold blood by the Sri Lankan army.
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Melody quenn Lata Mangeshkar endorses Modi
Pune: Gujarat chief minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Friday found an ardent supporter in melody queen Lata Mangeshkar who said she would like to see him taking the top job. After Modi inaugurated a new hospital complex
