India

    Communal violence in Uttar Pradesh town, 1 dead (Lead)

    Lucknow, Sep 7 (IANS) A youth was killed Sunday and a few people were injured in arson and communal violence that followed a rally by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh town, the police said.


    Communal violence in Uttar Pradesh town, 1 dead (Lead)

    Lucknow, Sep 7 (IANS) A youth was killed Sunday and a few people were injured in arson and communal violence that followed a rally by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh town, the police said.

Big turnout at Radha’s birth place in Uttar Pradesh

Sep 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Barsana (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 7 (IANS) Thousands of devotees of Radha, Sri Krishna’s beloved, turned up at her birth place in Barsana, Uttar Pradesh, Sunday to celebrate herb birthday.



Pranab to host dinner for Chinese foreign minister, NSG on menu (Lead)

Sep 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India, Olympics

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is hosting a special dinner and a cultural show in honour of Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi here Monday though the Indian leadership is also likely to express disappointment over Beijing’s perceived negative role in the NSG.



Airtel, VISA in tie-up to sell iPhones on instalments

Sep 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Featured Biz-Tech News, India, Technology

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Teleom operator Bharti Airtel, in partnership with VISA, will offer easy finance options to VISA cardholders of four major banks for purchasing the Apple iPhone 3G, the company announced Sunday.



Labour strike hits Kerala house boat industry

Sep 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Alappuzha (Kerala) Sep 7 (IANS) A flash strike by nearly 1,500 Left-backed employees here, demanding higher pay, has left the money-spinning houseboat industry crippled since Saturday.



Chandigarh on way to become world’s greenest city (Lead)

Sep 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Chandigarh, Sep 7 (IANS) It has the greenest cover in Asia and is aiming to become the greenest city in the world. The ‘Greening Chandigarh Action Plan-2008′ has set a target of planting one million saplings this year.



Pranab dodges question on China’s role in NSG

Sep 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Kolkata, Sep 7 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday skirted a query on China’s role during the Nuclear Supplies Group (NSG) meeting in Vienna where the 45-nation organisation agreed by consensus to alter its guidelines for India, ending thecountry’s 34-year-old nuclear isolation.



Robbers loot 20 kg gold near Hyderabad airport

Sep 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Hyderabad, Sep 7 (IANS) In a daring robbery, two robbers Sunday looted 20 kg gold from the employees of a courier company at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad near here, the police said.



Buddhadeb at Raj Bhavan to meet Mamata over Nano

Sep 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Kolkata, Sep 7 (IANS) In a major development, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee came to visit Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee at the Raj Bhavan here late Sunday afternoon to find a solution to the controversial Nano project in Singur.