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Dubai, Feb 10: A Dubai-based Indian businessman, whose company's networth is USD 7.2 billion, has topped the Indian rich list for 2015 in the Gulf region. Sunil Vaswani is the chairman of Stallion Group, a Nigeria based multinational conglomerate operating in 18 countries, including the UAE. The second position in Arabian Business GCC Indian Rich List has been bagged by last year's top-placed

Washington, Feb 7: A US Congress-established commission on international religious freedom has commended President Barack Obama for deepening relations with India while recognising religious freedom concerns during his trip to the country. "President Obama's timely comments underscore the importance of India getting religious freedom right," said Katrina Lantos Swett, Chairwoman of the US

Taipei, Feb 6: One of the engines on TransAsia Airways Flight 235 went idle 37 seconds after takeoff, and the pilots may have shut off the remaining engine before attempting to restart them, but the plane crashed before that could happen, Taiwan's top aviation safety official said on Friday. The details were presented at a news conference in Taipei by Aviation Safety Council Executive Director

Taipei, Feb 5: Rescuers were searching for 12 people on Thursday morning after using a crane to hoist the fuselage of a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river in Taiwan's capital following a crash that killed at least 31 others. Flight 235 with 58 people aboard - many of them travelers from China - banked sharply on its side Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Taipei, clipped a

Islamabad: Feb 3: Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to be the chief guest at an annual military parade that Pakistan will hold after seven years on its national day, March 23, officials said. A security official said the venue of the parade has not been decided yet, but it is expected to be held near Islamabad. The joint military parade of the three branches of the armed forces - that was

Amman (Jordan), Feb 1: The ISIL claims to have beheaded Japanese freelance journalist Kenji Goto held captive by the Takfiri group. The group released a video on Saturday purportedly showing Goto's decapitation. The footage shows Goto kneeling, dressed in an orange outfit. A masked man standing beside him with a knife blames the Japanese government for his "slaughter." It ends with a still photo

Karachi, Jan 30: At least 40people, including children, were killed and over 55 injured when a powerful blast ripped through a packed minority Shia mosque in Pakistan's Sindh province during the Friday prayers, in the deadliest sectarian attack to hit the country in recent times. The roof of a central Shia Muslim Imambargah came down after an explosion in Lakhi Dar area of Shikarpur - around 470

Washington, Jan 24: US President Barack Obama today embarked on his highly anticipated three-day landmark trip to India during which the two countries will strive to make progress on climate change, defense and economic cooperation. Obama left by Air Force One, the presidential aircraft, from the Andrews Air Force Base. The President is accompanied by a sizeable delegation that will include

Jan 24: A U.S. microbrewery said on Friday it will stop using the name and image of the late Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi on one of its beers after complaints it was offensive to the Indian community. New England Brewing Company of Connecticut had been marketing its India pale ale under the name “Gandhi-Bot,” with a label and cartoon image depicting a robot version of Gandhi. Gandhi, known as

Washington, Jan 21: U.S. President Barack Obama said a growing economy, shrinking deficits and booming energy production have raised the U.S. out of the recession. Taking credit for the recovery during his State of the Union address on Tuesday, Mr. Obama said “The verdict is clear. Middle-class economics works.” Mr. Obama said the U.S.' economy's upward trajectory should not only help a few do