Patience need of the hour for Indian batsmen, feels Gavaskar
December 17, 2013
NEW DELHI: After a spineless show in the ODI series against South Africa, the famed Indian batting line-up will have to adopt a patient approach to make a contest out of the two-match Test series, which starts at Johannesburg on Wednesday, feels former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar.
Rajya Sabha passes Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare and supporters celebrate
December 17, 2013
NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, which provides for creation of an anti-corruption ombudsman.
Rajya Sabha passes Lokpal Bill
India retaliates, Delhi Police remove barricades from outside US embassy
December 17, 2013
NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday retaliated strongly to the arrest of its deputy consul general in New York by initiating series of steps to strip US diplomats and their families of privileges including withdrawing all airport passes and stopping import clearances for the embassy.
Amid Delhi stalemate, Congress replies to AAP’s 18 points
December 16, 2013
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday told AAP that 16 of the 18 points it has raised in a bid to form a government in Delhi needed no legislative backing. The AAP, under intense pressure to take power, said it would take a decision in 48 hours.
You don't need our support on 16 out of 18 demands, Congress tells AAP
India looks to expand strategic footprint in Indian Ocean
December 16, 2013
NEW DELHI: India is expanding its strategic footprint in the Indian Ocean. A trilateral security group of India, Maldives and Sri Lanka will be expanded to include Mauritius and Seychelles.
North Korea’s leader reckless and ruthless, John Kerry says
December 15, 2013
WASHINGTON: US secretary of state John Kerry described North Korea's Kim Jong-un as reckless and insecure after the execution of the leader's powerful uncle, and said Kim's actions underscored a need for a unified stand against Pyongyang's nuclear program.
Have read the Lokpal Bill properly, Anna responds to Kejriwal
December 15, 2013
RALEGAN SIDDHI: Rubbishing Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal's contention that the Lokpal bill under consideration in Parliament was weak, Anna Hazare on Sunday said "if anyone feels there are shortcomings in the bill after it is passed, they should fast for it."
China’s moon rover leaves marks on moon after 37 years
December 15, 2013
BEIJING: China's six-wheeled moon rover rolled over the moon surface leaving telltale marks on the lunar soil on Sunday. The operation began hours after the country's space probe vehicle, Chang'e 3, carried out a soft landing on a flat, earth facing side of the moon.
US may never know extent of Snowden’s leaks: Officials
December 15, 2013
WASHINGTON: US intelligence and law enforcement investigators have concluded that they may never know the entirety of what the former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden extracted from classified government computers before leaving the United States, according to senior government officials.
Homosexuality not natural, won’t back it: BJP chief
December 15, 2013
NEW DELHI: BJP has decided to oppose any move to nullify Supreme Court's order re-criminalizing consensual sex among consenting adults, dealing a huge setback to any move to scrap or dilute Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
