Washington: Just years after US resumed weapons sales to New Delhi, India has jumped to become third biggest arms purchaser from America logging contracts worth over USD 4.5 billion last year alone.Had the US firms bagged India’s biggest ever deal
With actor Aamir Khan and wife Kiran Rao opting for a surrogate mother for their baby, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) specialists hope that more and more couples shed their fears and come forward to fulfil their hopes of parenthood. Due
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said that information on foreign bank accounts of Indians will be released by next year. Assange also warned India saying country’s sensitive information were being intercepted by the West. Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership
Bollywood’s evergreen star Dev Anand, whose flamboyant image and innate romantic spirit swayed millions of fans, died here last night following cardiac arrest. 88-year-old Dev Anand, who had come here for medical check up, was not keeping well for the
The parliamentary panel examining the Lokpal Bill is set to recommend that the corporates, media and NGOs which receive foreign funding and donations from the public, should be brought within the anti-graft watchdog’s purview. The panel would also recommend that
A reference to 50th year of Goa’s Liberation will be made in both houses of Parliament on December 19, to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of freedom from colonial rule. Addressing media persons, former Union Minister and current Commissioner of NRI
Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf has said that although he can’t confirm gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s presence in Pakistan, the suspected mastermind behind the 1993 Mumbai multiple bombings, is being held in “high esteem” by many in his country making his
Lady Gaga, the empress of anything and everything zany and eccentric, opted for a Tarun Tahiliani sari for her maiden gig in India on Sunday. The American singer’s wardrobe is never short of outrageous outfits, but for her performance at
The members of the American heavy metal band Metallica are disappointed that their Gurgaon gig has been cancelled. However, the lead guitarist Kirk Hammet hopes to enjoy his visit to India. “I want to have a really nice curry in
Hailing from the state of Bihar, Sushil Kumar became the first person to win five crore rupees in the TV game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, on Tuesday. A computer operator and tutor by profession, Kumar is the first person to