December 19, 2014
A day after Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif said his government was committed to fighting terrorism, 26/11 accused Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was granted bail by a Pakistan anti-terror court.
26/11 Mumbai Attack accused Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi speaking to reporters on receiving bail.
December 19, 2014
Jack Ma, the founder and executive chairman of Chinese e-commerce major Alibaba, is 2014's biggest financial gainer as the billionaire entrepreneur's fortune has swelled by a whopping US $18.5 billion to US $29.2 billion, a report says.
Alibaba Founder and CEO Jack Ma
December 19, 2014
Ruling that their conversions were not valid because it was done with “the sole purpose of marriage”, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday refused to grant any relief to five couples who had got married after the girls who were Hindu converted to Islam.
December 18, 2014
NEW DELHI: India's cabinet approved a constitutional amendment bill on Wednesday to rationalize state and central indirect taxes into a harmonized goods and services tax (GST), a government official told reporters.
December 17, 2014
Amid a raging controversy on issues of religious conversions and inflammatory speeches by BJP MPs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday cautioned his party parliamentarians not to allow “negative things” to divert attention from the “positive works” done by the government.
December 17, 2014
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned an appeal filed by the CBI against a Madras High Court judgment quashing the proceedings in the ‘gift case’ against the former Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, after one of the judges on the Bench recused himself.
December 16, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 302 for 6 (Dilshan 101, Chandimal 55*, T Perera 54) beat England 215 (Root 80, Prasanna 3-35, Dilshan 3-37) by 87 runs
Tillakaratne Dilshan struck nine fours and a six in his 18th ODI century
December 16, 2014
He is youngest person and first person of Indian-origin to hold the post.
Thirty seven-year-old Indian-American physician Vivek Hallegere Murthy has been confirmed as the 19th Surgeon General of America by U.S. Senate.
Decemebr 16, 2014
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Tuesday took his most definitive step yet toward running for president, announcing plans to "actively explore" a campaign and form a new political operation allowing him to raise money for like-minded Republicans.
December 16, 2014
Peshawar: Terming today's terror attack on an army-run school here as an "act of cowardice", Pakistan Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif has said the horrific incident will not stop his government from carrying out military operations against Taliban.
