72% of Americans view India favourably: Poll
February 20, 2014
WASHINGTON: Seventy-two per cent Americans view India favorably - a four per cent increase from last year - while North Korea has become the country least liked in the US, according to an annual Gallup poll.
The poll also found that only 17 per cent Americans view Pakistan favorably, while China fares better with 43 per cent Americans having a favorable opinion of the country.
Cricket: Ireland stun T20 champions West Indies
February 20, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Ireland 117 for 4 (Joyce 40*) beat West Indies 116 for 8 (Cusack 2-17, O'Brien 2-17) by six wickets
Ireland’s 6-wicket win over hosts Windies came at the same venue where they had defeated Pakistan in a St Patrick's Day 50-over World Cup match back in 2007
Italy summons Indian envoy in marines case
February 20, 2014
Rome showing signs of becoming increasingly angry with India’s Supreme Court, over repeated delays in trial of two Italian marines
FDI inflows remain unchanged at $1.1 bn in Dec 2013
February 19, 2014
For the April-December period, foreign investment inflows dipped 2 per cent to $16.56 billion from $16.94 billion during the corresponding period of the previous year
Islamabad declared ‘extremely dangerous’, alerts sent out to all embassies
February 19, 2014
The Pakistan capital is at high risk because of the presence of sleeper cells of banned organisations including including al-Qaida, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and Lashkar-e-Jahngvi
TN to free killers of Rajiv Gandhi: Congress calls it perverse,...
February 19, 2014
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's decision for early release of Rajiv Gandhi's killers invited sharp reaction from Congress, which termed it as "irresponsible, perverse and populist".
Upset Rahul condemns TN's decision to free Rajiv's killers
Star Wars to become reality as US Navy on course to...
February 19, 2014
BATH, Maine: Some of the US Navy's futuristic weapons sound like something out of " Star Wars," with lasers designed to shoot down aerial drones and electric guns that fire projectiles at hypersonic speeds.
That future is now.
Ukraine police charge protesters after nation’s bloodiest day
February 19, 2014
KIEV – Ukrainian riot police charged protesters occupying a central Kiev square early on Wednesday after the bloodiest day since the former Soviet republic, caught in a geopolitical struggle between Russia and the West, won its independence.
Telangana bill cleared amid din, mysterious TV blackout of Lok Sabha
February 19, 2014
NEW DELHI: Keen on the 17 seats in the region, a determined Congress managed to secure Lok Sabha's nod for the creation of Telangana amid din raised by a group of protesting MPs and an unprecedented TV blackout of the proceedings.
Osmania University students celebrate passing of Telangana bill in the Parliament on February 18, 2014.
Pak terrorist Maulana Masood Azhar resurfaces, ignites fears of attacks
February 18, 2014
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: Maulana Masood Azhar, the Pakistani Islamic hardliner blamed for an attack on India's Parliament that brought the nuclear rivals to the brink of war has resurfaced after years in seclusion, setting off alarm bells in New Delhi.
