Somali gunmen demand $4 mn to free aid workers
Flooded farmers toast Australia’s whacky weather
UK ‘planning to cut embassies’ due to fall in pound’s value
Osama plotted attack on 10th anniversary of 9/11
Lobsang Sangay is new Tibetan PM-in-exile
Russia declassifies WWII documents
Moscow : Russia's defence ministry has declassified military documents from the 1941-1945 period, the director of the archives service said Thursday.
Mekong countries fighting against human traffickers
27 killed in Myanmar
Yangon : A total of 27 people were killed and 11 wounded in two shooting incidents by insurgent groups in Myanmar's Kayin and Kayah states last weekend, a state-run newspaper reported Monday.
We didn’t sink South Korean warship: North Korea
Quake hits Japan
Cuban Electoral Tools Up and Running
On election day, Cubans will vote for 1,201 delegates to the 14 provincial assemblies, renewable every 2.5 years, and 614 parliamentary deputies, who will assume their posts for five years.
Greene joins campaign against domestic violence
Zimbabwe detains foreign diplomats
Six dead, 24 injured after truck hits car, bus in Beijing
Worried over China, Japan adopts new defence policy
80 Injured in Mexico train crash
World’s first 660 KV power cable in China
Israeli navy to turn back boats sailing to Gaza
Turkey President ratifies troop deployment to Qatar
Chinese parents oppose children’s internet use
Sri Lanka flights off tough resolution at IPU: Minister
Meeting fans is celebration, says Minaj
India must improve rights of its minorities: Pakistani daily
Indian American Sikh honoured with Rising Star award
New York : A young Indian American Sikh entrepreneur has been awarded the Rising Star award by a US magazine for his contribution in the area of political consulting in the country.
Biden administration taking a dangerous path with Modi regime
Spanish Socialists Still in Lead
Wall Street falls on weak economic data
Spanish clinics allege ‘witch-hunt’ against abortion
Volvo gives dozing drivers a wake-up call
NATO puts Russia ties ahead of Georgia, Ukraine – Russian envoy
Islamic centre to be built near 9/11 Ground Zero
EU ministers to push for world arms moratorium on Zimbabwe
American Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard’s links with RSS condemned
Meet highlights Chinese women’s progress
African gene increases odds of HIV infection
China, Japan agree to strengthen ties
Unemployment in California hits 70-year high
Top US democrat says detainees tortured
Canada cuts interest rate to lowest in five decades
DPRK vows to ensure world peace and stability as NAM member
Three killed in Kenya mosque collapse
Wen urges cooperation to address trade imbalance with US
Britain to withdraw from Iraq in a year: report
London : The British military is planning to pull its troops out of Iraq in a year or so as to strengthen its combat capability in Afghanistan, the Sunday Telegraph reported citing a senior military official.
Indonesia threatens to ban BlackBerry over porn content
110 rebels killed by Sudanese army
Partial recount of votes in Zimbabwe election underway
Government, ethnic groups close to agreement in Nepal
Sri Lanka Fighting Kills Over 500
Lehman Bros sitting on enough uranium to make a bomb
Nine trapped in China building collapse
French court convicts 10 neo-Nazis in mosque burning
What does axing of NSA talks mean to Kashmiris
UNGA president arrives Monday for three-day visit
Seven killed in wall collapse in Myanmar
Russia warns Poland of US missile defence plans
Obama not ready to endorse Hillary Clinton
Hillary unwinds shopping at Delhi Haat, dines at Bukhara
ICRC wants respect of humanitarian law in Gaza
Increase in manufacturing a sign of improving economy: Obama
Comeback kid Clinton offers shared run to Obama
France for global fuel bank, criteria-based reprocessing sale
Bones of last tsar’s son found
Unresponsive plane crashed off Jamaica
Rare turtle travels 7,000 km to breed!
19 killed in Nigerian building collapse
Nuclear energy key to combat climate change: Ahmadinejad
Russia stands firm in territorial dispute with Japan
French author Le Clezio wins 2008 Nobel literature
US, China won’t slow government spending ‘too soon’
German Hypo Real Estate bail-out collapses
China’s health care reform focuses on public service, Premier says
Turn from ‘death and terror’ to love of God, says Pope
Dow falls below 7,000
China detains dozens of Tibetan monks after protest
Petrobras signs $10 bn loan deal with China
Cleric rapped for claiming rape impossible within marriage
Thai Supreme Court to try former premier for corruption charges
Bangkok : Thailand's Supreme Court Tuesday said it would proceed with a trial against deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Potjaman for alleged involvement in a corrupt land deal in 2003.
Unidentified gunmen attack private TV station in Sri Lanka
British cops arrest man, make controlled explosion
Oil patches spotted near Singapore coast
China shares our concern about Iran’s N-programme: US
Kerry reaffirms US commitment to Syria peace talks
Britain presents territorial claim to UN
British army begin training Ukrainian military
Indian fire tenders to douse Ghana flames
India has changed stance, no change in our position, says Pakistan
Magnitude-6.4 quake jolts Bali, injuring seven
Nigerian oil militants release 19 hostages
China at crossroads as world economy wobbles
Oldest mosque in Australia to get a facelift
Spanish town wants Guinness recognition for odd names
Iran’s president urges policy changes by new U.S. administration
Sikh group slams Canada’s no-Singh no-Kaur rule
By IANS
Toronto : A Sikh group has slammed the long-standing Canadian immigration policy that forces Sikhs with the surname Singh or Kaur to change their last names if they want to migrate to the country.
The criticism came after an Indian Canadian Sikh woman, Tarvinder Kaur, who is pregnant, said her husband Jaspal Singh's application to become a permanent resident has been delayed because of his last name.
"He has no choice but to legally change his name in India so he can be with me before I give birth next month," she said.
Touted best among G8, Canadian economy on rebound
Capitol Hill Police detain Man with Gun
Eight killed in China landslide
Thailand to extradite prostitution ringleader to Russia
Women fighter pilots ‘economically not viable’, says IAF
Nepal Maoists call closure of media houses Wednesday
Kamalesh Sharma’s prescription for world traders: it’s good to talk
Thai Govt., Parliament agree to amend Article 291 to draft new charter
Indonesian Population Grows By Five Million Annually
Maoist chief denies proposing deferring Nepal poll
Beijing considers ban on smoking near Olympic venues
Beijing : Beijing is considering a ban on smoking in public areas in different venues during the Olympic Games next year.


