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Jaipur, July 15: Three months after Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari announced USD one million donation for Ajmer dargah during his visit to the country, the shrine authorities are still waiting for the release of the money. Zardari visited the holy shrine of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer on April 8 and a member of his delegation had on his behalf announced the donation for the welfare of

New Delhi, July 15: Pakistan's new envoy to India Salman Bashir today said it was "unbelievable" and "incredible" to allege his country's state institutions' involvement in the Mumbai attacks, days after New Delhi demanded further action following LeT terrorist Abu Jundal's revelations. Stating that Pakistan was looking at a new way of conducting its ties with India, Bashir said he expects India

New Delhi, July 15: The scheduling of international flights, including those to new destinations, which Air India will fly this winter has been affected as the fate of sacked 101 pilots is still hanging in balance. The availability of the exact number of pilots is a crucial factor in deciding how many flights an airline would be able to operate. "We are facing a peculiar problem right now. We know

Amritsar, July 15: Hindus were perturbed at the portrayal of goddess Kali giving the appearance of a porn-star in an upcoming online action video game SMITE which is being developed by Georgia (USA) headquartered Hi-Rez Studios, informed President of Universal Society of Hinduism, Rajan Zed from Nevada, USA, on Sunday. Zed said portrayal of goddess Kali was quite disturbing for the devotees who

Baikonur(Kazakhstan), July 15: A Russian Soyuz craft has launched into the morning skies over Kazakhstan carrying three astronauts on their way to the international space station. NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Russian cosmonaut Yury Malenchenko and Japan's Akihito Hoshide will travel two days before reaching their three colleagues already at the permanent space outpost. Family members and

New Delhi, July 14: Incumbent Hamid Ansari will be the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate in the vice presidential election, Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced here Saturday. Making the announcement at the UPA leaders' meeting, Gandhi said that Ansari has presided over the Rajya Sabha as its chairman with dignity. She said the UPA is honoured to nominate Ansari for “second term as

New Delhi, July 14: With its pilots' strike disrupting Kingfisher's flight schedules, the airline's promoter Vijay Mallya today asked the agitating employees not to talk to the media or "disgrace" the company saying it would affect the recapitalisation efforts. Mallya, however, gave no assurance by when the agitators salary dues would be cleared. "I really hope that good sense will prevail. I am

Chennai, July 14: Complaining about the “woefully inadequate” allotment of Haj quota, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa today sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to enhance the number of Haj quota to the State. In a letter to Dr Singh, she said the State Haj Committee had received 12,000 applications this year, but the central Haj Committee had allotted only 2,863

Mumbai, July 14: A section of debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines' pilots Saturday went on strike over non-payment of salaries and other dues for the past five months, leading to the cancellation of 40 flights across its network, an airline official said. Twelve flights from New Delhi, six from Mumbai and three flights from Bangalore have been cancelled apart from many other flights from Chennai

New Delhi, July 14: The Central government on Friday asked the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) not to facilitate Suresh Kalmadi’s visit to London to attend the Olympic Games. A letter from the Sports Ministry was dispatched to IOA Secretary-General Randhir Singh. This followed a Delhi court ruling earlier in the day that Mr. Kalmadi could go to London. Special CBI judge Talwant Singh allowed his