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'I could see hundreds of Pakistanis advancing towards us'

'The Battle of Jamalpur was a turning point in the 1971 War because a small battalion of 700 men broke the back of the Pakistanis.' IMAGE: Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh Brar (retd). All......

National Geographic unveils contenders for best nature photographs of the year

'I see trees of green, red roses too… I see skies of blue and clouds of white…And I think to myself what a wonderful world…' sang Louis Armstrong. These remarkable......

Indian American quits Bush administration

The George W Bush presidency has a year to go, but the exodus of administration officials continues. A week that saw senior Department of State officialNicholas Burns walk away to private pastures......

Int'l Kashmir meet underway

The fourth International Kashmir Peace Conference began in New York on Thursday.Speakingat the conference, former US ambassador Dennis Kux and Pakistan Senator Mushahid Hussain hailed the recent......

Barclays investment bank in firing line despite change at top

Any investment bankers hoping for an easier ride at British bank Barclays after Chief Executive Antony Jenkins was ousted last week may be in for a surprise. Retail banker Jenkins spent three years......

World's markets brace for Wednesday's leap second

The majority of global equity trading and a significant proportion of trading in bonds, currencies, commodities and derivatives, is done on electronic platforms Financial markets around the world......

India to pick up stakes in Australian coal firms

The Australian government has supported a proposal from Indian steel companies for acquiring equity stakes in coking coal companies and coking coal properties in the country. Australian Federal......

Aussie bank may move 300 jobs to India

Australian bank Westpac has said it was contemplating moving 300 jobs to India and denied it was offshoring call centres to Bangalore.Westpac may move 300 positions from its personal loans division......

Anil Kapoor to star in Family Guy

Anil Kapoor has been roped in for a guest appearance in Seth McFarlane-created hit American shot Family Guy.The 58-year-old Bollywood veteran, who we last saw in the Hindi adaptation of......

Review: A Million Ways to Die in the West is a Vanity Project

A Million Ways To Die In The West could have done better with more editing and less Seth McFarlane, says Paloma Sharma.'From the guy who brought you Ted,' reads the top of the poster.That's just......

Race row: 1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games were on brink of cancellation

Secret papers have revealed that senior officials in the Thatcher government were not worried about a boycott by African and Caribbean nations that made the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh......

Honduras frustrate Canada

Canada and Jamaica were both in danger of an early exit from the 2006 Football World Cup qualifiers on Saturday after the Canucks were held 1-1 by Honduras and the Reggae Boyz were stunned 2-1 by......

World Athletics Final - Day 2

Men's Triple Jump Men's 200m Men's High Jump Men's 400m Hurdles Men's 1500m Men's 5000m Men's Javelin Throw Men's 3000m SteeplechaseWomen's 100m Hurdles Women's Pole Vault Women's 800m Women's......

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