Pakistan students form human shield to protect Hindus celebrating Holi
March 6, 2015
KARACHI, PAKISTAN – A human shield was formed at the Holi celebrations at Swami Narayan Temple in Karachi to show solidarity with and protect Hindus in attendance.
Holi songs.: 'Rang barse...', 'Paan Benaraswaala...', 'Holi hai...' are still most popular Holi songs.
RBI eases norms for home loans of up to Rs 10...
March 6, 2015
Giving a boost to affordable housing, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today eased the norms for home loans for up to Rs 10 lakh by allowing banks to include stamp duty and registration charges to the cost of a unit.
RBI decision to cut interest rates to 5.5% will soothe the nerves of the middle class after a disappointing budget last week. (Thinkstock)
China’s new terrorism law provokes anger in U.S., concern at home
March 6, 2015
BEIJING — A new draft counterterrorism law here is provoking unusually strong condemnation, from multinational companies trying to do business in China to domestic dissidents trying to stay out of jail and from global human rights groups to foreign health workers.
India’s Daughter documentary: Indian govt slams legal notice on BBC
March 5, 2015
New Delhi: Government has served a legal notice on BBC, accusing it of violating the stipulated conditions to make a documentary with a controversial interview of one of the convicts of the 16 December, 2012 gangrape incident.
2015 ICC World Cup: Lion-hearted Bangladesh pull off Scotland heist
March 5, 2015
Brief Scorecard: Bangladesh 322 for 4 (Tamim 95, Mahmudullah 65, Mushfiqur 60, Shakib 52*) beat Scotland 318 for 8 (Coetzer 156, Taskin 3-41) by six wickets
Bangladesh players get together after their six-wicket win, Bangladesh v Scotland, World Cup 2015, Group A, Nelson, March 5, 2015
Rajnath Singh is wrong: It’s the ban not ‘India’s Daughter’ that...
March 5, 2015
By the time you read this, Leslee Udwin's India's Daughter will have had its British premiere.
Apple biggest 4G smartphone, tab vendor in India; beats HTC and...
March 4, 2015
iPhone maker Apple Inc has emerged as the largest 4G LTE device vendor in India with a market share of 45 per cent in October-December period, CyberMedia Research (CMR) today said.
2015 ICC World Cup: Amla, du Plessis end Irish run in...
March 3, 2015
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 411 for 4 (Amla 159, du Plessis 109, Rossouw 61*) beat Ireland 210 (Balbirnie 58, Abbott 4-21) by 201 runs
Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis helped South Africa surge to 411, Ireland v South Africa, World Cup 2015, Group B, Canberra, March 3, 2015
Pentagon’s mystery plane is secret, but its $55 billion cost isn’t
March 3, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The closest it’s come to a public debut was a prime-time tease during a Super Bowl ad that showed its svelte outline veiled beneath a sheet, but revealed not a glimpse of the Pentagon’s most mysterious plane.
Ram Temple will be built through other means: Union Minister
March 2, 2015
Ballia: Stressing that the ruling BJP has not gone back on the Ram temple issue, Union minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Hansraj Gangaram Ahir today said the temple would come up in Ayodhya and "it will be built through other means".
"BJP government has not gone back on the Ram Temple issue... Though it is not in our manifesto but it is the matter of our honour and dignity," Ahir who was here to take part in programme at Duha Bihra village told newspersons.
