North Korea can likely launch nuclear missiles, US spy agency says
April 12, 2013
WASHINGTON/SEOUL: A Pentagon spy agency has concluded with "moderate confidence" that North Korea has the ability to launch nuclear-armed ballistic missiles but the weapons would probably be unreliable, a US lawmaker said on Thursday.
Former athletes urge IOC to sort out India mess
April 12, 2013
Some major athletes from India have asked the International Olympic Committee to send a team to resolve the country's suspension. The IOC suspended the Indian Olympic Association on Dec. 5 for conducting illegal elections and the election of tainted officials.
Delhi gang-rape accused deny being in bus: PTI
April 11, 2013
Two men implicated in the New Delhi gang-rape and murder trial claimed Thursday that they were not aboard the bus at the time of the attack. Lawyers say they have photos and video proving that the men were at a music event.
Musharraf files appeal against rejection of his nomination
April 11, 2013
LAHORE: Former President Pervez Musharraf has filed an appeal against the rejection of his nomination papers for a parliamentary constituency in Pakistan's Punjab province.
The appeal against the rejection of the papers for the constituency in Kasur was filed in an election tribunal yesterday, the last day to challenge decisions made by returning officers.
IPL: Gayle-powered Royal Challengers Bangalore maul Kolkata Knight Riders
April 11, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Royal Challengers Bangalore 158 for 2 (Gayle 85*, Kohli 35) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 154 for 8 (Gambhir 59, RP 3-27) by eight wickets
An all too familiar sight in the IPL: Gayle's unbeaten 50-ball knock comprised of four 4s and nine 6s
Indian-American legal eagles Sri Srinivasan, Kamala Harris headed for US apex...
April 11, 2013
WASHINGTON: Sri Srinivasan's confirmation hearing that could make him the first ever Indian-American to serve as a federal judge began on Wednesday, but he is already being talked up to the United States Supreme Court.
Gold plunges to over 10 month low on steep global fall
April 11, 2013
NEW DELHI: Gold prices plunged to over ten months low by losing Rs 505 to Rs 29,470 per ten gram in the national capital today on frantic selling by stockists amid restricted buying, driven by a steep fall in overseas markets.
North Korea keeps world on edge over missile launch, praises Kim...
April 11, 2013
SEOUL: South Korea and the United States were on high alert for a North Korean missile launch on Thursday as the hermit kingdom turned its attention to celebrating its ruling Kim dynasty and appeared to tone down rhetoric of impending war.
India, China push growth of foreign students in US
April 11, 2013
Washington — Describing foreign students, nearly four in ten of whom come from India or China, as a "potential asset" to the US economy, a leading think tank wants Congress to ease their way to stay and work.
The number of all international students studying at US higher educational institutions has grown exponentially in the past 60 years, according to new research from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Programme, Immigration Facts on Foreign Students.
Son of Delhi politician ‘paid $1 million to have him assassinated...
April 11, 2013
The son of multimillionaire politician Deepak Bhardwaj is being accused of paying $1 million to have his late father assassinated. Nitesh Bhardwaj was fearful that his father would write him out of his will and divorce his mother for his 29-year-old ex girlfriend.
