Ukiah celebrates its name backward for Haiku festival, draws hundreds of poems from 10 nationsUKIAH, Calif. — Rugged Ukiah. Heroic Indian-origin manager gunned down while saving staff, customers in DurbanDURBAN - An Indian-origin store manager, Krish Pillay, was killed in Durban while heroically saving his staff and customers from gunmen, who had stormed into the Shoprite supermarket. Pakistani national staying in India for 44 years heldGHAZIABAD - A Pakistani national who had been staying here since 1965 after she married a Indian national was arrested for trying to obtain an Indian passport on forged documents, police said Friday. Tulip festival begins in KashmirSRINAGAR - Seven-day long tulip festival being held here has given a boost to tourism in Kashmir. Bollywood stars as icing on IPL cake get S Africans excitedJOHANNESBURG - Cricket fans here are not the only ones excited because the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament will be played in South Africa this year. Fans of Bollywood and Tamil film stars are thrilled too, as they know their idols will descend across the country with one team or the other. Kayani meets PM as confrontation looms over sacked judgesISLAMABAD - Pakistan Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Wednesday met Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani against the backdrop of a confrontation looming over restoring Supreme Court judges sacked two years ago, with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif bent on leading a countrywide ‘Long March’ of lawyers to force the issue. Chandni Chowk to China creates bad blood among Asians on YouTubeKATHMANDU - Bollywood’s much-awaited first Kungfu comedy Chandni Chowk to China has created a rift on YouTube with Indian, Chinese and Nepali members trading insults. Raju likely to head NIASRINAGAR - Radha Vinod Raju, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre, is likely to head the National Investigation Agency (NIA) tasked to investigate terrorist crimes in the country, official sources said Wednesday. |