US, Russia agree on anti-terror cooperation

The US and Russia have decided to work together to combat international terrorism, drug trafficking and transnational crime.A statement to this effect was adopted in Moscow on Wednesday at the......

Remembering Diana: The life of a princess

On July 1, 2021, Britain's Princess Diana would have turned 60 and two decades after her tragic death in a car accident near the end of summer 1997, she still holds an exalted place on the altar of......

Focus should be on future ties: Indian-Americans

With President George W Bush set to sign on Wednesday the bill on Indo-US nuclear deal into law, the Indian-American community feels the focus now should be on using the current framework for the......

Burns to quit, but will handle N-deal

Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, the American pointsman for the landmark Indo-US civil nuclear deal, is resigning in March but will continue to handle the controversial deal which got bogged......

'N-deal can support 250,000 high-tech US jobs'

The US Chamber of Commerce has come out strongly behind the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal and has urged the US Congress to approve it before the close of the 110th Congress. In a statement a couple......

USIBC hails Indo-US nuke pact

The US-India Business Council on Monday applauded President George W. Bush's signing into law the Henry J. Hyde United States and India Peaceful Atomic Energy Promotion Act of 2006, which allows --......

An Indian tribute: Paul Samuelson, Guru

Paul A Samuelson, one of the world's greatest economists, passed into the ages on Sunday, December 13. Janata Party President and economist Dr Subramanian Swamy, a student of Professor Samuelson,......

Olympic U.S. swimming champion Phelps arrested for drunken driving

Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps was arrested for drunken driving early on Tuesday after speeding and then crossing the double-lane lines inside the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore,......

Khawaja ready to audition for Ponting's spot?

Usman Khawaja will have an opportunity to audition for Ricky Ponting's spot in the Test team after the left-hander was named captain of the Australia Chairman's XI to take on Sri Lanka in Canberra......

Man Utd lose, Arsenal held

A superb injury-time goal by substitute Robin van Persie saved Arsenal from a second successive defeat on Saturday as the young Dutchman earned the champions a 2-2 home draw with......

Arsenal set to make history

The last time a team dominated English football as Arsenal have done this season, Jack the Ripper was stalking the streets of London.On Saturday, Arsenal stand to make history by becoming the first......