By Bharat Sharma New Delhi, (IANS) After two successful editions of the Indian Grand Prix, it is probably the best time to raise the question: Has the arrival of Formula One helped the country?s motor sports? The glitz, glamour and the adrenaline rush associated with F1 has surely grabbed the attention of sports fans in [...]

New Delhi, (IANS) Pakistan may allow a team of Indian investigators a visit to examine evidence collected by Pakistan against November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, but the dates are yet to be decided, an official said Monday. “Pakistan has in principle agreed to allow the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team a visit,” a home ministry [...]

Washington, Oct 29 (IANS) As a ferocious Hurricane Sandy roared up the US East Coast, both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney changed their campaign plans in their final sprint before the Nov 6 election. With just eight days to go before what by all accounts would be one of the tightest contests [...]

Sarajevo, (IANS/RIA Novosti) Bosnian Muslim Senad Hadzic’s spiritual journey to perform the Haj took him 10 months as walked 5,650 km before reaching Mecca in Saudi Arabia, Bosnian media reported. ?There was not a day which was easy. Every day was difficult,? Hadzic, 47, who reached Saudi Arabia several days ago, told journalists. Hadzic left [...]

By Arun Kumar Washington, (IANS) A ferocious Hurricane Sandy barreled down towards the US East Coast early Monday, threatening over 50 million people, bringing some of America’s busiest cities to a standstill and disrupting the presidential election campaign. As of 5 a.m. (2.30 p.m. India time) Monday, the storm dubbed “Frankenstorm” was centred about 385 [...]

By Arun Kumar Washington, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney changed their campaign plans as millions of Americans along US East Coast Sunday braced themselves for possibly the worst “superstorm” in 100 years. Local and state officials across the Eastern Seaboard have warned people to prepare for Hurricane Sandy that is expected to [...]

Greater Noida, Cricketer Harbhajan Singh said that he was proud of the fact that a Formula One race was being held in the country and hoped a win for Ferrari would see him being gifted a road car from the Italian team. The off-spinner is a Ferrari guest and spent most of his time at [...]

Islamabad, (IANS) Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has described it a government’s success that no terrorism related incidents occurred in the country on Eid-ul-Aza festival Saturday. Malik told media that the closure of mobile services on this occasion helped in preventing terrorists from carrying out attacks, Dawn reported Sunday. The minister apologised to the public [...]

Islamabad, (IANS) A major fire broke out at a chemical factory in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi late Saturday night and was yet to be brought under control till Sunday afternoon, Geo News reported. Smoke billowing from the fire was visible from miles away. Over 15 fire tenders were pressed into service after the inferno [...]

By Arun Kumar Washington, As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney remained locked in a neck and neck race, poll watchers raised the possibility of Republican challenger winning the popular vote, but the president keeping the White House. Even as ten new national polls showed a tied race, FiveThirtyEight, an influential poll forecasting blog on the [...]