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Nevada, Nov 9: Hindus are upset over having images of their deities Ganesh and Lakshmi pasted on beer bottles by an Australian brewery, calling it highly inappropriate. Hindu leader Rajan Zed said in a statement here Saturday that inappropriate usage of Hindu deities or concepts or symbols for commercial use was not acceptable because it hurt the sentiments of the devotees. "Lord Ganesh and

Chennai, Nov 9: The third of the total of five orbit raising manoeuvres of the Mars Orbiter spacecraft was performed early this morning, raising its apogee, the farthest point from Earth, to over 71,000 km. The manoeuvre started at 2:10 AM today and raised the spacecraft's apogee from 40,186 km to 71,636 km with a burn time of 707 seconds, ISRO said. The space agency had performed the first two

New Delhi, Nov 9: Global investment banker Goldman Sachs on Friday came under attack from government and the Congress over upgrading Indian markets on a likely Narendra Modi's election win but the US-based firm stood by its report. In its justification, Goldman Sachs said the report was prepared on the basis of investor sentiments and does not reflect political bias. Irked by the report, which

New Delhi, Nov 8: Former Telecom Minister A Raja and other accused in the 2G scam today pushed for a stay on the proceedings of the case in a Delhi court in the wake of the ruling of the Gauhati High Court holding as "unconstitutional" the setting up of the CBI. In a related development, Congress leader Sajjan Kumar wanted the court to declare as "illegal" the probe and charge sheets filed by the

Rajnandgaon/Chhattisgarh, Nov 8: Making a strong emotional pitch over the Maoist ambush on Congress leaders in May, Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that former PCC chief Nand Kumar Patel was killed to stop him from becoming the chief minister and to silence the voice of the poor and the tribals here. Slamming the Raman Singh government over the May 25 dastardly Maoist attack in Bastar which had wiped

New Delhi, Nov 8: A day after the Gauhati High Court order held as unconstitutional the setting up of CBI, Government today said it will appeal against the verdict. "...The DoPT intends to file an appeal. So an appeal will be filed against the order (in the Supreme Court)," Law Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters here. DoPT is the administrative ministry for CBI. Sibal said DoPT has discussed the

Washington, Nov 8: The US would be willing to work with BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, if the party is voted to power in the next general elections, senior Obama administration officials here have said asserting that the enduring bilateral relationship is to continue irrespective of the poll results. "We will work with the leader of the world's largest democracy. There is no

New Delhi, Nov 8: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday said he is a supporter of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. "I am a supporter of Omar, absolutely. We have a government here together," Rahul Gandhi said in reply to a question whether he would campaign for Abdullah ahead of the general elections. The Congress leader was speaking on the sidelines of a function for a

New Delhi, Nov 7: Etihad Airways is owned by the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government. The Jet Airways-Etihad deal was first announced in April. The Home Ministry has conveyed to the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) that it has not given security clearance to the Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways' proposal to buy a 24 per cent stake in Jet Airways. Weeks after the the Cabinet Committee on

Panaji, Nov 7: 'It's my mistake to make such statement. I apologise,' Mandrekar (in pic) told reporters. Image Courtesy: goaassembly.gov.in Goa's Art and Culture Minister Dayanand Mandrekar today apologised for his description of Nigerians as a "cancer". "It's my mistake to make such statement. I apologise," Mandrekar told reporters here. However, the minister said what Nigerians did in Goa is