China deploys 10 satellites as ‘unprecedented mystery’ over missing Malaysian jet...
March 10, 2014
BEIJING: As the unprecedented mystery over a missing Malaysia Airlines plane deepens, China on Monday pressed 10 high-resolution satellites to scurry South China Sea to find leads that could help locate the flight with 239 people on board.
Indian Cricket: Fletcher is a 1.5/10, appoint Dravid as chief coach:...
March 10, 2014
NEW DELHI: Former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Monday lashed out at chief coach Duncan Fletcher and called for his immediate ouster while suggesting the name of Rahul Dravid as the next coach of the Indian cricket team.
Former Indian Cricket Legend: Sunil Gavaskar
Nitish’s PM ambitions led to alliance break-up, Narendra Modi says
March 10, 2014
PURNEA: (Bihar) Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's ambition to become prime minister led to the break-up of the alliance between the Janata Dal(U) and the Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said on Monday.
Ten countries scour sea for Malaysia Airlines plane lost in ‘unprecedented...
March 10, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR/PHU QUOC ISLAND, VIETNAM: The disappearance of a Malaysian jetliner is an "unprecedented mystery", the country's civil aviation chief said on Monday, as a massive air and sea search now in its third day failed to find any trace of the plane or 239 people on board.
India will take around 56 years to achieve female youth literacy:...
March 10, 2014
NEW DELHI: Literacy is still a distant dream for vulnerable young women. Going at the present pace of development, India will take at least another 56 years to achieve female youth literacy.
The Unesco Education for All Global Monitoring Report says India will take at least another 56 years to achieve female youth literacy.
India set to challenge US for election-spending record
March 9, 2014
NEW DELHI: Indian politicians are expected to spend around $5 billion on campaigning for elections next month — a sum second only to the most expensive US presidential campaign of all time — in a splurge that could give India's floundering economy a temporary boost.
Inspired by AAP, party with same name launched in Pakistan
March 9, 2014
The success of Aam Admi Party in India seems to have crossed boundaries and inspired people in Pakistan, where a party has been launched with the same name.
A group led by Arslan ul Mulk, a rights activist from Gujranwala, has registered the name “Aam Admi Party” with the Election Commission of Pakistan.
The Pakistan AAP chairman said his party will strive to make Pakistan a country as dreamt by its founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
Malaysia launches terror probe over vanished jet
March 9, 2014
US media reported that the FBI was sending agents and technical experts to assist the probe
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia on Sunday launched a terror probe into the disappearance of a passenger jet carrying 239 people and the United States sent the FBI to investigate, as anguished relatives begged for news of their loved ones.
75 p.c. of working women have health problems: survey
March 9, 2014
Striking the right balance between work and home has always been a challenge for working women.
A survey now finds that this daily “multi-tasking” is taking a toll on their health. The worst part is most of the affected women are in the 32 to 58 age group.
‘Claim flawed, Australian gallery is keeping stolen idol’
March 9, 2014
The Tamil Nadu police have rubbished the National Gallery of Australia’s claim that the 1000-year-old Nataraja idol in its possession is not a stolen one. The NGA has refused to return the idol for this reason.
