Yearly Archives: 2015
Indian Cricket: More down under than ever before
January 30, 2015
PERTH, AUSTRALIA: England’s three-wicket win in Perth on Friday (January 30) not only knocked India out of the triangular series, but also rounded off India’s worst full tour to Australia.
Though India gained a lot during the Australia tour, they failed to register a single win in eight games.
Pilots Disabled Critical Computers Just Before AirAsia Crash
January 30, 2015
Jakarta, Indonesia – The pilots of AirAsia Bhd. Flight 8501 cut power to a critical computer system that normally prevents planes from going out of control shortly before it plunged into the Java Sea, two people with knowledge of the investigation said.
New Saudi king announces major government shake-up
January 30, 2015
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia's new King Salman further cemented his hold on power, with a sweeping shakeup that saw two sons of the late King Abdullah fired, and the heads of intelligence and other key agencies replaced alongside a cabinet shuffle
US considers Taliban ‘an armed insurgency’ not ‘terrorist’ outfit
January 30, 2015
Washington: The US does not consider the Afghan Taliban as a terrorist outfit, describing it as 'an armed insurgency'.
It called the Islamic State as a 'terrorist' group, drawing a controversial distinction between the two outfits.
Arrest lifts the veil on the secret life of Islamic State leader’s ex-wife
January 29, 2015
BEIRUT — For months, the ex-wife of perhaps the most wanted man in the world used Lebanon as a base to secretly transfer cash to Islamist militants, according to Lebanese military officials.
Over 60 human skeletons found in police campus in Unnao, UP
January 29, 2015
Unnao: Some 60 skeletons have been found in a locked room at a police campus in Unnao in Uttar Pradesh.
The police say the skeletons are body parts that were used for crime investigation and left in that room, which was once the store of a police hospital but has been unused and locked up for years.
Isis threatens to behead Barack Obama and ‘transform America into a Muslim province’
January 29, 2015
An Isis fighter has threatened to behead Barack Obama “in the White House and transform America into a Muslim province” before murdering a Kurdish soldier in a gruesome propaganda video.
US President Barack Obama walks alongside Saudi's newly appointed King Salman at Erga Palace in Riyadh on Tuesday.
‘Not interested in Kiran Bedi or Arvind Kejriwal,’ says Anna Hazare
January 28, 2015
Ralegan Siddhi: Anna Hazare today scathingly said he had no interest in his former associates, Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal, and did not want to be dragged into "dirty politics."
‘Indian employees may get 11.3 per cent salary hike this year’
January 28, 2015
New Delhi: Employees in India are likely to see their salary rise by an average 11.3 per cent this year with FMCG and chemical industry expected to lead the market, according to global management consultancy Hay Group.
Pakistan Opposes India’s Security Council Bid, Rakes up Kashmir
January 28, 2015
Islamabad: Peeved about US President Barack Obama's visit to India, Pakistan today said US support for India's permanent seat in the UN Security Council will "undermine the peace and stability in south-east Asia".
Advisor to Pakistan Prime Minister on foreign affairs, Sartaj Aziz
