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Apple unveils mobile-inspired Macs

Apple unveiled a new line of Macs on Wednesday, upgrading the notebooks and laptops with features inspired by its popular mobile devices, the iPhone and iPad. "We asked ourselves: What would happen if a MacBook and an iPad hooked up?" CEO Steve Jobs said in unveiling the new devices at an event in

Huge U.S.-Saudi arms deal

WASHINGTON - The United States has announced one of the largest weapons sales in its history, worth nearly $60 billion, to Saudi Arabia. Announcing the deal, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro said the U.S. planned to sell the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a "significant de

Orders reserved on MLAs' plea

BANGALORE - The Karnataka High Court on Thursday reserved orders on the petition by 11 Bharatiya Janata Party legislators who had challenged their disqualification from the Assembly. Justice V.G. Sabhahit, the third judge hearing their plea against disqualification, heard arguments for two days befo

Sachin Tendulkar: favoured by all

Great sportsmen straddle many worlds. They leave behind the merely good very quickly as they enter rarefied areas defined as much by their mastery as by the elements that do not even enter the debate when others are discussed. Part of Don Bradman's greatness lay in his Test average of 99.94, but pa

Women's equality still a dream

UNITED NATIONS - According to the United Nation's report "The World's Women 2010," the gender gap is gradually reducing globally but clearly lots more needs to be done Women's equality is still a dream in a world where there are currently 57 million more men, according to a U.N. report released her

Judge rejects BJP MLAs' plea for records

BANGALORE - The rebel BJP legislators in Karnataka, who have challenged their disqualification from the Assembly, suffered a setback on Wednesday, with the Karnataka High Court rejecting their request to summon the records of their disqualification proceedings from the office of Speaker K.G. Bopaia

India to restrict job visas to highly skilled foreigners

New Delhi -In an attempt to prevent foreigners from getting non-technical jobs, the government has made it clear that citizens of other countries will be taken only for highly-skilled assignments in India and should draw an annual salary of over USD 25,000. In an order, the Home Ministry nullified

MLA quits, Congress alleges poaching

Bangalore -An opposition Congress MLA in Karnataka today resigned from the House, after which the party's top leaders staged a sit-in protest in front of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa's house here accusing the ruling BJP of engineering poaching. The police broke up the sit-in by taking into custod

Britain to cut 500,000 public sector jobs

London : Nearly half a million public sector workers in Britain are to lose their jobs as the government plans to reduce more than 80 billion pounds in public spending in the next four years, the biggest cut since the Second World War. Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, unwittingly d

Canada gets its first Muslim mayor

Naheed Nenshi, a Harvard-educated Ismaili Muslim, defeated two white candidates to become the mayor of Calgary Monday night. A Conservative (right-wing) stronghold in Canada, Calgary is also the hometown of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Interestingly, the 38-year-old Nenshi defeated one of the can

Government approves amendments to enemy property law

New Delhi : The government Wednesday approved amendments to an over 40-year-old legislation to ensure the protection of interests of those Indian Muslims who have inherited the properties of relatives who migrated to Pakistan in 1947. The amendments to the Enemy Property Act, 1968, which got the no

Now, Shiv Sena objects to mosque loudspeakers

Mumbai : Stung by the proceedings initiated for violating decibel limits during the Shiv Sena Dussehra rally here Sunday, the party Wednesday hit back asking why action was not being taken against noise pollution created daily by loudspeakers in mosques. The party mouthpiece Saamna editorially said

The New Centres of AMU: A Beginning of Resurgence

The mission of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, a symbol of Muslim renaissance in India was not only to establish an educational institution at Aligarh but his vision was that this institution gains the central position among Muslims by providing them leadership in educational matters and all Muslim institutio

Rising Rupee Is Bad News for NRIs

Indian rupee's spectacular rise has profound effect on exports, IT and NRIs BANGALORE: The Indian rupee which soared to 43.09 against the dollar on Oct. 15, notching its highest level since August 2008, has become a cause for worry for exporters, the country's much-talked about IT industry in parti

Over 7,000 poets in UAE poetry competition

Abu Dhabi: Over 7000 poets from 30 countries including India took part in a competition for classical Arabic poetry organised by Abu Dhabi authorities. Sultan Al Amimi, director of the Poetry Academy and member of the organising committee for the "Prince of Poets", announced that all works entered

Shiv Sena demands ban on burqa

Mumbai : The Shiv Sena Tuesday demanded a ban on burqa, calling the Muslim veil a threat to security interests. In an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamna, the party said Turkey had once banned the burqa and now France had followed suit. It said criminals were using the burqa to commit crimes. It ci

Ayodhya verdict focus at AFMI convention in Michigan

Detroit,Michigan:Inthewake of Allahabad High Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute, the 20th Annual Convention of the American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin (AFMI) became significant as for the first time various Indian Muslim leaders and intelligentsia spoke on the Babri Masjid issue at any

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