MPs’ letters to Obama on Modi visa ‘original and authentic’, claims...
July 28, 2013
WASHINGTON: The controversy over Indian MPs' letters to President Barack Obama for denying visa to Narendra Modi has taken a new turn with a California-based forensic document examiner certifying that the signatures of the lawmakers are "original and authentic" and not a cut and paste job as claimed.
Pakistani troops violate ceasefire again, fire at Indian post in Poonch
July 27, 2013
JAMMU: Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by targeting Indian posts along the Line of Control in Poonch district with RPGs and heavy machine guns on Saturday morning leading to heavy exchange of fire.
Dollar dips against euro as traders await Fed meeting
July 26, 2013
NEW YORK CITY: The dollar weakened slightly against the euro on Friday as traders awaited next week's Federal Reserve meeting hoping for clearer guidance on stimulus policy.
Gujarat Ranji player is now US national team skipper
July 26, 2013
AHMEDABAD: Former Gujarat Ranji player Timil Patel has been appointed captain of US's national cricket team for a series against Canada for the Auty Cup. The tour started on Thursday.
The 29-year-old Amdavadi leg-spinner emigrated to the US with his family in 2010 after playing 38 first class games for Gujarat. He made his international debut for the US on November 14, 2012, against Canada in the previous edition of the Auty Cup played in Florida.
Russians, Ukrainian charged in largest US hacking and data breach scheme
July 26, 2013
NEWARK (New Jersey): Four Russian nationals and a Ukrainian have been charged in what's being called the largest hacking and data breach scheme ever prosecuted in the United States.
Biden for liberalized trade regime, sets $500bn trade target with India
July 24, 2013
MUMBAI: US Vice-President Joe Biden on Wednesday said New Delhi should take fresh initiatives to help remove trade barriers and inconsistencies in tax regime and this could propel annual bilateral trade to $500 billion.
Afghan, Myanmar women win Magsaysay awards for work amid conflict
July 24, 2013
MANILA: Afghanistan's first woman governor and a Myanmar civil society organizer, who both helped families displaced by conflict in their home nations, are among five winners of Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize this year.
The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation on Wednesday singled out Afghanistan's Habiba Sarabi, a 57-year-old doctor, for her "bold exercise of leadership to build up a functioning provincial government against great odds."
Baby boy for Prince William and wife Kate, celebrations across Britain
July 23, 2013
LONDON: The world was awaiting the first glimpse of Britain's new prince on Tuesday with camera crews poised to photograph Prince William and his wife, Kate, leaving a London hospital with their baby son.
Prince William's wife Kate gives birth to royal baby boy.
65 MPs write to Barack Obama: Don’t give visa to Narendra...
July 23, 2013
WASHINGTON: As BJP president Rajnath Singh is here batting for visa for Narendra Modi, 65 Members of Parliament have written letters to President Barack Obama, urging the US administration to maintain the current policy of denying visa to him.
Al-Qaida says it freed 500 inmates in Iraq prison raids
July 23, 2013
BAGHDAD: Al-Qaida claimed responsibility on Tuesday for simultaneous raids on two Iraqi prisons and said more than 500 inmates had been set free in the operation, one of its most brazen in Iraq.
Mourners pray at the coffin of a victim killed during an attack on a prison in Taj
