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Stop Press: Mixed verdict in Babri case, land to be divided into three parts
From Rajeev Sharma in New Delhi The three-judge special Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court ruled by majority that the disputed land in Ayodhya be divided into three parts and be distributed among the Sunni Wafk Board, Nirmohi Akhara and...
Gulam Ali enthralls Melbourne audience
Karim Shah (owner of Nawab Palace Indian Restaurant, Carnegie) welcomes Gulam Ali at the Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Clayton. PHOTO: South Asia Times. By Neeraj Nanda Melbourne, 26 September: Gazal icon Gulam Ali enthralled thousands of...
Commonwealth Games should not have gone to Delhi: Australia
Australia’s Olympic Committee president has said the Commonwealth Games should not have been awarded to Delhi. John Coates said the Commonwealth Games Federation lacked the resources to monitor progress and to ensure that construction deadlines...
Delhi CWG: Weightlifting Hall ceiling crashes at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
By our sports correspondent New Delhi: Another incident has taken place on Wednesday morning to tarnish the already dented imgae of the Delhi Commonwealth Games. The false ceiling of the weightlifting hall gave way and came crashing. It was the same...
NATIONAL SHAME: CW Games bridge collapses just 12 days before start
NEW DELHI: On a day when an official US report ranked India as the third most powerful nation on earth, a foot overbridge near the showpiece stadium of the Commonwealth Games came crashing down, injuring 27 workers and casting a long shadow over the...
Sahara India in talks to acquire MGM: Hollywood Reporter
Indian conglomerate Sahara India Pariwar is in talks to acquire movie studio the Lion for more than $2 billion, according to an unnamed Wall Street Journal source. A report in the Hollywood reporter says. “Spyglass Entertainment co-toppers Gary...
Terrorist attack in Delhi’s Jama Masjid area, two Taiwanese hurt
NEW DELHI—Just two weeks before India’s capital city hosts the Commonwealth Games, two gunmen shot and injured two Taiwanese tourists on Sunday as they visited the Jama Masjid, a 17th-century mosque in New Delhi’s densely populated old quarter. The...
Fiji cops nab 8 Indians with fake documents at Nadi airport
Nadi (Fiji): Eight Indian nationals are in the custody of the Immigration department after they were detained at the Nadi International airport with travel documents alleged to be fake late last week. Director Immigration Nemani Vuniwaqa confirmed to...
Oz aid to Pakistan boosted to $75m
An extra $40 million in Australian government aid to flood-devastated Pakistan will provide urgent necessities and help with the replanting of crops, reports AAP. Austyralian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd made the announcement while making a flying visit...
