Indian PM Narendra Modi to Meet Chief Ministers in Delhi Today,...
December 7, 2014
KOLKATTA – Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of Chief Ministers in the national capital today to discuss the structure, scope and role of the new body that will replace the Planning Commission.
India Prime Minister - Narendra Modi
Delhi woman raped, allegedly by Uber taxi driver, he’s missing
December 6, 2014
New Delhi: A 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a cab driver when she was returning home in Delhi after completing her shift at a Gurgaon-based finance company, police said Saturday.
The incident took place Friday night after the woman boarded the cab around 9.30 pm from Vasant Vihar area in south Delhi.
India to press G20 for deadline to cut remittance costs –...
December 5, 2014
India will press the Group of 20 economies to set a two-year deadline to reduce the cost of international money transfers, two government sources said, potentially saving more than $20 billion for developing countries.
U.S. one-hundred dollar bills are seen in this photo illustration at a bank in Seoul August 2, 2013.
Major gunbattle near Kashmir border kills 17
December 5, 2014
Uri: Militants in Kashmir attacked an Indian army camp Friday, triggering a fierce gun battle that left 11 Indian soldiers and six suspected assailants dead, officials said.
Delhi on high alert for LeT strike before Obama’s India visit
Decemebr 5, 2014
A high alert has been sounded in the Capital after credible intelligence inputs suggested that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba jihadis were planning a “sensational terror attack” in the run-up to US President Barack Obama’s two-day visit during the Republic Day next month. The alert has been communicated to the highest levels of the Modi government.
Scamsters pose as RBI chief Raghuram Rajan, lure people to deposit...
December 5, 2014
New Delhi: Taking bank lottery scam to a new level, scamsters are using the name and picture of RBI chief Raghuram Rajan to lure gullible people into making a cash deposit of Rs 15,500 to get a winning amount of Rs 5.50 crore.
RBI Chief - Raghuram Rajan
Cyber attacks, drones increase threats to plane safety: insurer
December 4, 2014
Cyber attacks and commercial drones pose a growing risk of commercial aeroplane crashes, a major insurer said, running counter to a long-term decline in fatal accidents and insurance premiums.
A magnifying glass is held in front of a computer screen in this picture illustration taken in Berlin May 21, 2013.
Global Economy: It’s official: America is now No. 2
December 4, 2014
Hang on to your hats, America.
And throw away that big, fat styrofoam finger while you’re about it.
Experts demand action to prevent asteroid strike
December 4, 2014
TV physicist Professor Brian Cox is backing the campaign, as is Queen guitarist Brian May, who has a doctorate in astrophysics.
He said: "The more we learn about asteroid impacts, the clearer it becomes that the human race has been living on borrowed time.”
India now has a Minister of Yoga — and he wants...
December 4, 2014
New Delhi: Shripad Yesso Naik, India's new Yoga Minister, dreams of a day when sun salutations and downward-facing dog pose will be as popular in their homeland as they are around the world.
