December 27, 2014
Brief Scorecard: India 1 for 108 (Vijay 55*) trail Australia 530 (Smith 192, Harris 74, Rogers 57, Haddin 55, Watson 52) by 422 runs
Steve Smith’s golden run with the bat continued as he struck 192 before Australia were bowled out for a commanding 530.
December 27, 2014
North Korea compared President Barack Obama to a monkey, and blamed him today for internet blackouts as well as the US release of “The Interview” film this week, that depicts an assassination of Dictator Kim Jong Un.
Though it denies responsibility for the Sony hack, Pyongyang has called it a 'righteous deed'
December 26, 2014
New Delhi: Global IT giant Microsoft's chief executive officer Satya Nadella on Friday said the company is looking forward to partner with the Digital India and Make in India programmes of the government.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella met with Indian PM Narendra Modi
December 25, 2014
Corporates and business houses provided 90 percent donations to national political parties in 2013-14 while BJP was the only party not to furnish details of financial assistance to the Election Commission, advocacy group Association for Democratic Reforms said today.
December 25, 2014
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that his government did not wish to privatize the railways.
"Those who are spreading lies that railways is being privatized... this is not our thought or intention," he said at a function here.
December 24, 2014
For the people of Lucknow the news of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee being conferred the Bharat Ratna has come as an assertion of a special bond the city has with its most loved politician.
Former Indian Prime Minister - Atal Behari Vajpayee
December 23, 2014
Perhaps it's only the beginning of his long term plan for Tamil Nadu, but BJP president Amit Shah's visit to the state to energize the party didn't produce any breakthrough other than the entry of three new faces who at best can be described as small fry.
BJP president Amit Shah
December 23, 2014
While the Narendra Modi government’s push to incentivize manufacturing in the country -- with its Make in India initiative -- is yet to roll out in any meaningful manner and show its benefit, one industry is already reaping its dividend: the mutual fund business.
According to an article in the Economic Times, three asset management companies have launched or are in the process of launching schemes that are expected to benefit from the proposed initiative.
December 23, 2014
CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU: Eminent filmmaker and Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner K Balachander died here today at a private hospital after prolonged illness.
Hailed as “Iyakunar Sigaram” (Peak among directors) in Tamil film industry Balachander, 84, was hospitalised following age related ailments on December 3. He breathed his last at 7.02 pm today, Hospital authorities said.
December 23, 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party made big electoral gains in the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir and captured power in Jharkhand on Tuesday, underscoring the Hindu nationalist's dominance of the political landscape.
