Facebook, Twitter barred for Indian government employees for official communication
March 27, 2014
NEW DELHI: The central government told the Delhi High Court that it will issue an advisory prohibiting government employees from accessing social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter through officials systems and networks.
Japanese city bars kids from using cellphones after 9pm
March 27, 2014
TOKYO: In an unusual move to curb smartphone addiction in kids, a Japanese city is banning schoolchildren from using cellphones after 9 pm. The ban, however, will not be binding and whether to follow the rule will be left to each family.
City Introduces Smartphone Ban For School Children After 9pm
US cuts Pakistan aid by $10 million to help Ukraine
March 27, 2014
WASHINGTON: A key congressional committee passed a legislation of new financial assistance to Ukraine, by reducing a small portion of US aid given to Pakistan under the Kerry-Lugar-Berman bill.
The $10 million taken from the annual $1.5 billion to Pakistan would be used to carry out programming in the Ukrainian, Balkan, Russian, and Tatar language services of radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty and Voice of America, the house bill said.
Arab summit refuses to recognize Israel as ‘Jewish state’
March 26, 2014
KUWAIT CITY: Arab leaders fully back a Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, a flashpoint issue which is threatening to derail the US-led peace talks, a final Arab summit statement said on Wednesday.
Dignitaries attend the closing session of the Arab League Summit at Bayan Palace, Kuwait on Wednesday, March 26, 2014.
Quit before you take Indian cricket to gutters: Ex-BCCI chief Bindra...
March 26, 2014
NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricket board president Inderjit Singh Bindra Wednesday launched a scathing attack on board chief Narayanaswami Srinivasan, saying he should resign immediately before he takes Indian cricket to the gutter along with himself.
US jury convicts bin Laden son-in-law on terrorism charges
March 26, 2014
NEW YORK: Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, was found guilty of terrorism-related charges on Wednesday following a three-week trial that offered an unusually intimate portrait of al Qaida's former leader in the days after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Suleiman Abu Ghaith, 48, faces life in prison.
US Secret Service pulls 3 agents from Obama Netherlands trip
March 26, 2014
WASHINGTON — A Secret Service agent found drunk by staff at a Dutch hotel was recalled to the U.S. along with two of his colleagues, the day before President Barack Obama was set to arrive in the Netherlands.
Australia resumes search for crashed Malaysian jet
March 26, 2014
PERTH, AUSTRALIA: As frustration was setting in, calmer seas returned on Wednesday and the search for the remains of flight MH370 began anew in remote waters of the Indian Ocean off Western Australia.
Indian Congress Party’s defeat never more certain: Advani
March 26, 2014
Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must be thanked for ensuring that the BJP returns to power in 2014, says the BJP patriarch
Bharatiya Janata Party patriarch L.K. Advani
Indian-American in immigration scam settles with US body
March 26, 2014
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American businessman and two Chicago based organizations will pay $15 million to settle charges of raising $158 million dollars from close to 300 investors as part of immigration scam.
