Yearly Archives: 2015
U.S. gas prices rise but appear to be peaking: survey
June 14, 2015
The average price of regular grade gasoline rose by 3 cents over the last two weeks, the smallest gain in more than two months of steady increases, according to the Lundberg survey released on Sunday.
Pakistan Cricket paid Zimbabwe players $12,000 each
June 14, 2015
Pakistan fans thank Zimbabwe cricketers for touring their country.
The PCB had initially offered Zimbabwe's players US$ 10,000 each, which was later raised to $ 12,500
Angry US republicans tell Pope Francis to ‘stick with his job and we’ll stick...
June 13, 2015
WASHINGTON – Leading figures on the American right are launching a series of pre-emptive attacks on the pope before this week’s encyclical, hoping to prevent a mass conversion of the climate change deniers who have powered the corps of the conservative movement for more than a decade.
US asks India, Pakistan to cool down after Myanmar strike
June 13, 2015
Washington: While declining comment on India's surgical strike on militants in Myanmar, the US has asked India and Pakistan to take steps to reduce tensions and move toward resuming dialogue.
"I don't have a comment on that specific operation," US State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke told reporters Friday when asked if the US supported or was concerned over India's cross border strike in Myanmar, a move that has raised hackles in Pakistan.
Hitler not dead? British historian claims massive cover up, says Nazi leader escaped Germany
June 12, 2015
London: Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide at the end of the second world war but was spirited out of Germany by the Nazis in a massive cover up to make the world fall a victim to "duplicitous deception," a noted British historian has claimed.
US ‘spends $9m a day’ fighting IS
June 12, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC: The US spends more than $9m (£5.7m) a day on the war against Islamic State, and has poured $2.7bn (£1.7bn) into the bombing campaign since the start.
The US-led coalition has carried out more than 4,100 air strikes in Iraq and Syria.
Want salary? Show country your shakti: Rahul’s advice for Delhi’s striking sanitation workers
June 12, 2015
NEW DELHI – In a dramatic speech, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday addressed the sanitation workers of the East Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) who are still on strike and told them to show their 'shakti (power)' to the state and central government.
Myanmar operation: Blindly following the Doval doctrine can make India the most dangerous place...
June 11, 2015
NEW DELHI – The use of force or military intervention -held in abeyance since the end of the Second Gulf War-is back in interstate relations. This is demonstrated eloquently by the resort to what can be termed as 'hot pursuit' by the elite corps of the Indian Army.
Land acquisition a hurdle to Chinese investors inclined to invest in India: Le Yucheng
June 11, 2015
BEIJING – In the last 15 years, Chinese investments in India have amounted to a mere $600 million, according to figures from the Indian ministry of commerce and industry. This, despite efforts to increase the numbers and attract Chinese businesses to boost India’s manufacturing base as well as narrow the trade deficit estimated at $45 billion in 2014-15.
