Number of polio cases reach 82 in Pakistan this year
December 29, 2013
ISLAMABAD: The number of polio cases in Pakistan reached 82 this year with five new cases reported in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas as the crippling disease remained endemic in the country.
‘RBI neither regulates nor supports bitcoins’
December 29, 2013
Coimbatore: The Reserve Bank of India neither regulates nor supports bitcoins, said K. C. Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor, RBI.
Devyani Khobragade case: New Indian envoy S Jaishankar meets top US...
December 28, 2013
WASHINGTON: The new Indian Ambassador to the US, S Jaishankar today met top officials of the State Department to convey India's strong protest over the arrest of its senior diplomat in New York over visa fraud charges, even though she had diplomatic immunity.
The new Indian Ambassador to the US, S Jaishankar
Hindu married to non-Hindu can’t get divorce under Hindu Marriage Act:...
December 28, 2013
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has held that a Hindu married to a non-Hindu in accordance with Hindu rituals cannot seek divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act.
The Bombay high court observed that the appellant herself has stated that the respondent was not a Hindu at the time of marriage or thereafter.
India may lose economic edge as China ends one-child policy
December 28, 2013
BEIJING: China appeared to be gearing up for a baby boom as the government put an end to the 34-year-old one-child policy. The law change will enable couples to opt for a second child if one of the parents was a single child with no brothers and sisters.
4th Ashes Test: Australia chase 201 runs to win against England
December 28, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Australia 204 (Haddin 65, Rogers 61, Anderson 4-67) and 0 for 30 (Warner 12*, Rogers 18*) need 201 to beat England 251 and 179 (Cook 51, Lyon 5-50)
Nathan Lyon claimed a five-wicket haul, Australia v England, 4th Test, Melbourne, 3rd day, December 28, 2013
‘Aam Admi’ Arvind Kejriwal takes oath as Delhi CM, vows change...
December 28, 2013
NEW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal, whose AAP has rewritten the grammar of politics in Delhi and may possibly do so elsewhere, on Saturday took oath as Delhi chief minister promising a corruption-free government and new style of governance without arrogance of power.
Indians easy pickings for ‘trafficking’ visas by US
December 28, 2013
NEW DELHI: The US government's decision to give a rare "trafficking" visa to the family of Sangeeta Richard, diplomat Devyani Khobragade's domestic help, opens an interesting can of worms.
Hospice firms draining billions from Medicare
December 27, 2013
Washington DC: Hospice patients are expected to die: The treatment focuses on providing comfort to the terminally ill, not finding a cure. To enroll a patient, two doctors certify a life expectancy of six months or less.
Zakia loses plea against Modi
December 27, 2013
Gujarat: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi got crucial legal relief when a city court on Thursday rejected the petition of Zakia Jafri against the closure report of the Special Investigation Team giving a clean chit to the Gujarat Chief Minister in a case relating to the 2002 communal riots.
