Silver Bullion rallied from a drop below $34 per ounce, the fifth daily plunge running and some 31% below last Thursday's new three-decade high. Dollar prices to Buy Gold whipped in a $10 range Friday morning in London, trading up to $1488 per ounce - some 5.5% below Monday's record-high spike- as European equities and global commodities stemmed their losses.
IBT Staff Reporter
May 06, 2011
A Bangladesh court has sentenced 11 men to life imprisonment for gang-raping a female high school student during the violent unrest following elections in 2001.
Palash Ghosh
May 06, 2011
Pakistan’s principal Islamist parties have called for massive anti-U.S. demonstrations to protest the “unauthorized” killing of Osama bin Laden by American commando units.
Palash Ghosh
May 05, 2011
Commodity prices fell once again, and Silver Bullion sank for the fourth day in succession, losing 22.5% against the Dollar since Thursday last week - the sharpest plunge since April 1987.
IBT Staff Reporter
May 05, 2011
As the impact of the death of feared terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden is slowly sinking in across the world, Pakistan is bracing for unwelcome repercussions. On the one hand, the country could lose allies now that there is near-certain evidence that Islamabad was making a mockery of the hunt for Bin Laden. On the other, there would certainly be massive, violent revenge attacks from various terror outfits active in the country.
Jijo Jacob
May 05, 2011
Abbottabad was named after a British army officer named Major James Abbott who founded the city (and the outlying district) in 1853 when British India annexed the vast Punjab region.
Palash Ghosh
May 04, 2011
Gold prices hit new all-time Dollar highs at the AM London Fix on Tuesday, but silver traded near a two-week low as world stock markets slipped and commodity prices fell hard.
IBT Staff Reporter
May 03, 2011
The hurried burial of Osama bin Laden's body at sea, which U.S. officials claim was done in accordance with Muslim rituals and practice, has angered some Islamic scholars even as others said the Americans did the right thing.O
IBT Staff Reporter
May 02, 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama has issued a security alert in the country and travel alert worldwide for Americans, expecting retaliatory attacks from terrorist organizations worldwide, especially Al Qaeda, after news spread that dreaded terrorist leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a targeted U.S. operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
IBT Staff Reporter
May 02, 2011
Amidst a growing chorus accusations by India that the Pakistani authorities had been harboring Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in their country for years, the former chief of Pakistani intelligence vehemently has denied the allegations.
However, he also warned that Al Qaeda may take revenge in retaliation for the killing of Osama.
Palash Ghosh
May 02, 2011
Al Qaeda ideologue and mastermind of Sept. 2011 Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. special forces on Sunday in a town two hours from Pakistan capital Islamabad raising questions about the U.S.-Pakistan ties.
IBT Staff Reporter
May 02, 2011
The killing of Al-Qaeda chieftain Osama Bin Laden “deep inside” Pakistan has raised grave concerns in India about its neighbor’s harboring of terrorists and militants.
Palash Ghosh
May 02, 2011
Al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US forces, President Barack Obama announced.
Nagesh Narayana
May 01, 2011
Who are these Romani people who have lived in Europe for centuries and seem to always exist on the fringes of society; and who have inspired much literature, music, legends and misconceptions?
Palash Ghosh
May 01, 2011
Savitri Devi is largely an unknown (or forgotten) figure from 20th century history; but she is well worth remembering because she lived one of the strangest, most incomprehensible lives that one could imagine.
Palash Ghosh
Apr 30, 2011
Every year thousands of Hindus from Pakistan and India gather to attend a four-day ritual at the Hinglaj Mata Temple in Balochistan.
IBT Staff Reporter
Apr 28, 2011
High and mighty of India turn up for the funeral of Sathya Sai Baba, who was laid to rest with state honors at his ashram in Puttaparthi on Wednesday. Scroll down to see photos of the spiritual leader's departure:
IBT Staff Reporter
Apr 27, 2011
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: USA Technologies, Rediff.com India, Mindspeed Technologies, Sify Technologies, Calamos Asset Management, and Veeco Instruments. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Wilshire Bancorp, Lawson Software, ZST Digital Networks, Tellabs, Netflix, and Express Scripts.
Balasubramanyam Seshan
Apr 26, 2011
As spring sets in, snow-clad Himalyan peaks have started peeping out in the sunshine. Spring-summer is the best time for a holiday in Kashmir when the valley exhibts beauty at its best.
Sanskrity Sinha
Apr 26, 2011
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Polycom, OmniVision Technologies, Changyou.com, Sohu.com, and Avanir Pharmaceuticals. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Orexigen Therapeutics, SanDisk, Micron Technology, and Huntington Bancshares.
Balasubramanyam Seshan
Apr 25, 2011
Thousands of devotees gathered in Puttaparti to to pay last respects to Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba amid reports of 'miracles' and hopes of reincarnation.
IBT Staff Reporter
Apr 25, 2011
Gold prices shot up to a new record of $1,512.50 an ounce in New York late on Friday, posting a record weekly gain and maintaining a six-week winning streak. What the gold rally means to the dollar and the American people is obvious from the rush pawn shops see across the United States.
Jijo Jacob
Apr 24, 2011