Deadly near-misses in spycraft history resulted in Mumbai attacks
New York: The 26/11 Mumbai attacks happened as a result of one of the "most devastating near-misses in the history of spycraft" in which the US, British and Indian spy agencies failed to pull together all the strands gathered by their high-tech surveillance to thwart the assault on India's financial capital, according to an investigative report. A detailed report by the New York Times, ProPublica and the PBS series 'Frontline' titled 'I
Indian-origin Vasan Srinivasan inducted in Australia national body
Melbourne: An Indian-origin man has been inducted in an Australian national body that advices the government on multicultural affairs and policy programmes. Vasan Srinivasan has been included in the six-member Australian Multicultural Council (AMC).
110-year-old Christmas- loving Sikh is oldest man in Britain
London: An Indian origin 110-year-old man will be celebrating his 111th Christmas in 2014. Nazer Singh, who was born in Punjab and had not heard of Christmas until he moved to England in 1965, said that since he came to England he takes pride in rece
Richard Rahul Verma sworn in as US Ambassador to India
Washington: Richard Rahul Verma, who quietly played a key role in the Congressional passage of the civil nuclear deal and a strong advocate of deepening Indo-US ties, has been sworn in as the US Ambassador to New Delhi, becoming the first ever
UK immigration system in intensive care: Keith Vaz
London: A parliamentary committee led by Britain's senior-most Indian-origin MP Keith Vaz has strongly criticised the UK's immigration system, saying it is in "intensive care". Vaz, chair of the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Co
US says its is monitoring reports of mass conversion in India
Washington: The US has said it was monitoring the situation closely in India after media reports regarding alleged coercion in mass conversions in the country. "We are aware of recent reports regarding alleged coercion in mass conversions
Leaders in UK pay tribute to Sardar Patel
London: Representatives and dignitaries in the UK paid tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel here on his 64th death anniversary. The executive council of Sardar Patel Memorial Society (SPMS) UK observed the anniversary of Late Bharat Ratna Sardar Patel
Tiny Gujarat village has over Rs 1000 cr in NRI deposits
Vadodara: Kerala's nearly Rs 90,000 crore of NRI deposits, which is highest in the country, pales into oblivion when compared to the over Rs 1,000 crore that the members of this sleepy Dharmaj village near here cumulatively have in their banks. The t
Pak Taliban massacre 160 in school attack
Peshawar: In the bloodiest terror attack in Pakistan in years, at least 160 people, mostly children, were today killed by heavily-armed Taliban suicide bombers who stormed an army-run school here and took several hostages, a throwback to the 2004 Bes
