Yearly Archives: 2014

January 10. 2014

New York: Senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade was on Friday indicted for visa fraud and making false statements but can leave the US as she has been accorded diplomatic immunity.

Charges against 39-year-old Khobragade will remain and she will have to face trial, if she returns to the US without diplomatic immunity.

January 9, 2014

New Delhi: A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, while inaugurating the 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, assured that the country is “heading towards better times”, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Thursday used the same platform to promise “better days” in “four-six months”.

January 9, 2014

Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 318 for 4 (Mahela 106*, Silva 95) lead Pakistan 165 (Manzoor 73, Pradeep 3-62, Herath 3-26) by 153 runs

Mahela Jayawardene had last scored a Test hundred in April 2012 against England at home

January 9, 2014

WASHINGTON: India has been ranked among countries with the weakest nuclear security in the world, in a US study released on Thursday.

Fewer countries hold nuclear materials at risk to terrorists, report says

January 9, 2014

India stepped up offensive against the US following the arrest of Indian Diplomat Devyani Khobragade.

January 8, 2014

SOCHI, RUSSAI: The Olympics are never free from political influence and associations, but in India, political infighting has literally cost the nation's athletes the chance to compete under their own flag.

India in the 2012 Olympics

January 8, 2014

NEW YORK: Over 20 Indian-origin youths are among Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's "brightest young stars" under the age of 30 from diverse fields like finance, media, sports and education, described by the publication as "prodigies reinventing the world right now."

January 8, 2014

LONDON: England cricketers Matt Prior and Stuart Broad helped rescue a man preparing to jump off a bridge near the team hotel in Sydney.

Britain's Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday that wicketkeeper Prior helped pull the man away from the edge of the bridge in Darling Harbour

January 8, 2014

Kejriwal announces that anyone who is asked to pay a bribe by any official in New Delhi should seek help on 27357169

January 8, 2014

NEW YORK/NEW DELHI: India-born US prosecutor Preet Bharara has told a judge in New York that his office is opposed to the one-month extension of the deadline for charging Devyani Khobragade in the visa fraud case as sought by her, saying plea discussions can continue even after she is charged.