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Top executives of the Indian Hotels Co Ltd, which owns the Taj, including general manager Karambir Kang, managing director Raymond Bickson, vice chairman R K Krishna Kumar are expected to be present among others. "Employees (about a thousand) will observe...

A former MI6 chief attacked the Government last night for failing to provide enough money for the war in Afghanistan. Sir Richard Dearlove, who was head of the Secret Intelligence Service until 2004, also said the Government had had not...

A recent report from Dawn news has just reported that Mullah Omar who was the leader of Afghanistan and is in hiding at the moment has rejected efforts put forth by Karzai to have peace talks with the former leader...

Presidential Strategy Likely Includes More Troops And Negotiations By Robert Weller Even as more evidence emerges in Britain that the Iraq War was not justified by a real threat, the word from Washington seems to be that President Obama has...

Ceremonies are being held in Mumbai (Bombay) to mark the first anniversary of a series of devastating attacks on the Indian city by militants. Police have paraded in the city and later a memorial will be inaugurated and a candle-lit...

Just on 26th November 2008 last year, day came for Indian people which they have never predicted. There was a huge terrorist attack on Taj Hotel in Mumbai and other terrorist were hidden with the tourists in the Oberoi Hotel...

Today is 26/11/2009 – exactly one year earlier, Mumbai, the financial capital of India was attacked by a group of terrorists who arrived via the sea route. The only suspect Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab is languishing in jail and there...

Ben Kingsley the english actor who has previoulsy won an Oscar by playing the role of the great Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Gandhi) will be playing another Indian historical role as Shah Jahan, the great Indian Emperor who built...

President Mahinda Rajapaksa is dedicated to bring peace and prosperity to Sri Lanka...At the same time he was dedicated to develop the country; President’s Secretary Lalith Weeratunga expressed his views joining in “Ayubovan Sri Lanka” which was telecast on Prime...

The ten Islamist gunmen who stormed the city a year ago today were told by their handlers in Pakistan that the lives of Jews were worth 50 times those of Gentiles. The wreckage of the only Jewish target — a...