Public apathy blamed as India crash victim ignored
April 15, 2013
India is being accused of “shameful apathy” after video footage was released showing a man being ignored for 40 minutes after a road accident that killed his wife and child. The husband cried out for help as vehicles sped past the family until finally a city worker came to his aid.
Finch, Smith sizzle as Pune Warriors India stun Chennai Super Kings...
April 15, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Pune Warriors 159 for 5 (Finch 67, Smith 39*, Morris 2-25) beat Chennai Super Kings 135 for 8 (Badrinath 34, Bhuvneshwar 2-12) by 24 runs
Petrol price cut by Re 1 per litre
April 15, 2013
NEW DELHI: Petrol price was today cut by Re 1 per litre, effective midnight tonight -- the third reduction in rates in one month.
The price cut, which was made possible because of fall in international oil prices, excludes local sales tax or VAT.
Everyone has a fix for ‘broken’ US immigration system
April 15, 2013
Washington — With an estimated 11.5 million foreigners, including some 260,000 Indians, living in the country illegally, everyone is agreed that the US immigration system is broken and everyone has their own fix.
A so-called Gang of Eight Senators - four Democrats and four Republicans - is said to have worked out a deal offering undocumented workers a path to citizenship in 13 years. Another bipartisan Gang of Eight in the House is also working out its own separate scheme.
Dead falcon sparks spying fears on India border
April 15, 2013
A dead falcon fitted with a small camera found near the border with Pakistan has India's security forces on alert. Officials in the Indian state of Punjab state said the bird had a ring around its foot and a Pakistani phone number and address stamped on its body in red ink.
H-1B visas: Indian ambassador backs IT companies’ demand
April 15, 2013
WASHINGTON: Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao has sought a generous American visa policy for high-skilled workers from India saying it would help both countries to come out winners.
Golf: Australia’s Adam Scott wins the Masters
April 15, 2013
AUGUSTA: Adam Scott sank a 10-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole on Sunday to beat Angel Cabrera and win the 77th Masters, becoming the first Australian golfer to capture the green jacket.
Chidambaram to woo investors in North America
April 15, 2013
As Chidambaram kicks off a week-long North America trip, his officials are working on a series of steps to attract at least $20 billion in new investment to fund the deficit without depleting India's $300 billion in foreign exchange reserves
It is for Sachin to decide if it is time to...
April 14, 2013
Steve Waugh believes Sachin is not playing upto his standards, yet the decision should be solely his
New Saudi labour law won’t affect genuine workers: Salman Khurshid
April 14, 2013
New Delhi/Berlin — Saudi Arabia's new labour policy will affect only illegal immigrants and not genuine workers employed in the Kingdom, India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said.
"Genuine workers don't need to worry. It will impact only those who don't have proper work permit," Khurshid told IANS in the course of a brief chat in Berlin where this correspondent who had travelled with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week.
