Monthly Archives: October 2014

October 2, 2014

GENEVA - Islamic State insurgents in Iraq have carried out mass executions, abducted women and girls as sex slaves, and used child soldiers in what may amount to systematic war crimes that demand prosecution, the United Nations said on Thursday.

October 2, 2014

NEW DELHI: Pakistani troops on Wednesday violated ceasefire after over a month-long lull, and resorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling in three sub-sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, drawing retaliation from Indian forces.

October 1, 2014

Incheon,SOUTH KOREA: A huge controversy broke out on Wednesday at the Asian Games when India’s woman boxer Sarita Devi returned her bronze medal, protesting against her controversial loss to a South Korean, inviting a possible suspension for defiance.

October 1, 2014

By Geeta Goindi

Manhattan, NEW YORK – In a historic, memorable and massive community event on September 28, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was welcomed by the Indian Diaspora in the gladiatorial Madison Square Garden.

October 1, 2014

Rising temperatures are forcing a huge, untold number of species to move their homes northward or climb to higher altitudes, says an alarming study.

Global warming and changing rainfall patterns have resulted in shifts or extensions in species' range in every terrain, region and ecosystem in India, the findings showed.

October 1, 2014

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US visit was "disappointing" as there were "no major takeaways" from the trip.

"When you look at the outcome, it is definitely disappointing. There are no major takeaways of this much hyped visit," Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma told the media here.

September 30, 2014

Brief Scorecard: Perth Scorchers 130 for 7 (Marsh 63*, Hafeez 2-8, Iqbal 2-20) beat Lahore Lions 124 for 6 (Nasim 69*, Paris 3-22) by three wickets