Yearly Archives: 2015
2015 ICC World Cup: Ashwin leads India to easy win
February 28, 2015
Brief Scorecard: India 104 for 1 (Rohit 57*) beat UAE 102 (Anwar 35, Ashwin 4-25) by 9 wickets
India gave their fans at the WACA plenty of reason to cheer, India vs United Arab Emirates, World Cup 2015, Group B, Perth, February 28, 2015 © Getty Images
Budget 2015: Mr Jaitley, if you can cut corporate taxes, why not bring down...
February 28, 2015
NEW DELHI – As far as goodies for the common man are concerned, there was nothing much in the budget presented by the finance minister Arun Jaitley today.
No Passenger Fare Hike, But Here’s How Rail Budget Could Pinch You
February 27, 2015
NEW DELHI – Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu did not hike passenger fares in his first Railway Budget, providing relief to millions of passengers, for whom railways continues to be the preferred mode of transport. However, freight charges were hiked for several commodities.
2015 ICC World Cup: South Africa crush West Indies after AB blitz
February 27, 2015
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 408 for 5 (De Villiers 162*, Amla 65, du Plessis 62, Rossouw 61, Holder 1-104) beat West Indies 151 (Holder 56, Tahir 5-45) by 257 runs
India bans Islamic State under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
February 26, 2015
New Delhi: Dreaded terror group ISIS and all its affiliate organizations, responsible for series of savage attacks and killings in Iraq and Syria, have been banned in India under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Pak Army Chief Raheel Sharif warns India ahead of Jaishankar’s visit
February 26, 2015
Islamabad: Pakistan's powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif on Thursday warned India of a "befitting response" to alleged provocation along the Line of Control (LoC), just days before the arrival of Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar in Islamabad.
Indian Foreign Secretary - Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Land Acquisition Bill: The main points of debate and controversy
February 26, 2015
New Delhi: It has been a stormy start to Parliament Budget session as the united opposition has vociferously taken on the Narendra Modi government on Land Acquisition Bill. The opposition parties are against the Bill accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government of bulldozing its way through in Parliament.
2015 ICC World Cup: Shenwari scripts historic Afghanistan win
February 26, 2015
Brief Scorecard: Afghanistan 211 for 9 (Shenwari 96, Ahmadi 51, Berrington 4-40) beat Scotland 210 (Shapoor 4-38, Dawlat 3-29) by one wicket
Land Acquisition Bill: The farmers are mad as hell and won’t back down
February 25, 2015
Gurgaon, Haryana – Despite having a total landholding of 12 acres in Gurgaon, farmer Harpal Singh (60) is not a happy man today. It has nothing to do with the Centre's ordinance to amend the Land Acquisition Act 2013, but he's worried; once it comes into effect, his situation might worsen.
How Stephen Hawking has beaten ALS for so long
February 24, 2015
On April 20, 2009, a moment arrived that doctors had foretold for decades. Stephen Hawking, a scientist who overcame debilitating disease to become the world’s most renowned living physicist, was on the cusp of death.
