After Salman Rushdie Was Attacked

Salman Rushdie, one of the world's best-known novelists, was stabbed on stage before his scheduled speech at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York state, August 12, 2022.  ......

UN chief Antonio Guterres appalled to learn of attack on Salman Rushdie

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is "appalled" to learn about the attack on author Salman Rushdie, saying that in no case is violence a response to words spoken or written by others in their......

After 80 km chase, gunman kills Indian-origin pharma CEO for US$ 10k

An Indian-origin top executive of a pharmaceutical company in the US state of New Jersey was shot dead by a gunman who followed him home from a casino for robbery, media reports said on Saturday.......

9/11 stark reminder of continuing threat of terrorism: Amb Sandhu

September 11 is a "stark reminder" of the continuing threat of terrorism and the world must unite against this menace, India's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said, as he paid homage......

US economy is getting stronger

The US economy, which is hit by one of the worst crisis after the Great Depression, is coming back stronger and faster than predicted, the US Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, has said. "The......

Column: Tax reforms for higher growth

The year 2009 should be something of a landmark for the Indian economy. It marks three completed decades of renunciation from the Hindu growth rate. In the 1980s and the 1990s, the Indian economy......

Can new laws stop another Madoff?

After a disastrous year that spelled the demise of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers and the end of Merrill Lynch's independence, Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion swindle has added new urgency......

Recession: Some US cities will be safer

Oct. 13's 937-point surge in the Dow notwithstanding, the economic crisis has left Americans -- even those with no obvious connection to Wall Street -- wondering about their own future. The 401(k)s......

Sports Shorts: Man jailed for racially charged attack on Man City's Sterling

IMAGE: Raheem Sterling. Photograph: Jason O'Brien/Action Images via Reuters A man arrested for an attack on Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling has been jailed for 16 weeks after he pleaded......