Black smoke from chapel chimney: No pope yet
March 13, 2013
VATICAN CITY: Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics and their troubled church.
India aborts testing of domestically developed cruise missile
March 12, 2013
India aborted a test of its first domestically developed long-range missile after it veered off course. Less than a year ago India successfully launched a nuclear-capable missile with a range of more than 5,000 kilometers.
Missile Agni V is displayed during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 26, 2013
US says it ‘fervently’ supports India’s rise
March 12, 2013
Washington — Describing forging deeper partnerships with emerging powers as a key pillar of US strategy for the Asia-Pacific, a top aide of President Barack Obama says Washington not just accepts, but fervently supports India's rise.
"US and Indian interests powerfully converge in the Asia-Pacific, where India has much to give and much to gain," Obama's National Security Advisor Thomas Donilon said discussing US policy in the Asia-Pacific region at Asia Society in New York Monday.
India face arch-rivals Pakistan in a must-win match
March 12, 2013
IPOH (Malaysia): India will have to put behind the disappointment of their back-to-back defeats and come out all guns blazing against arch-rivals Pakistan in their next round-robin match on Tuesday, to keep their chances alive in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
Cricket: Bangladesh’s Rahim makes history with double ton
March 11, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 570 for 4 dec and 116 for 1 (Sangakkara 49*, Dilshan 63*) lead Bangladesh 638 (Mushfiqur 200, Ashraful 190, Nasir 100) by 48 runs
India will grow by 6% next year: World Bank president Jim...
March 11, 2013
NEW DELHI: Expressing disappointment over 5 per cent growth, World Bank today said the Indian economy will soon get back to high growth path of 6 per cent next year and more thereafter.
"India is going to grow by 6 per cent next year and we hope for even more increase in future," World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said.
Kim, who is on a three-day visit to India, was talking to reporters after meeting Finance Minister P Chidambaram here.
Revolt in Australian team? Four players sacked, Shane Watson flies home
March 11, 2013
MOHALI: Australia's hapless tour of India took an extraordinary turn on Monday with a miffed vice-captain Shane Watson leaving for home hours after being sensationally dropped from the team for the third Test along with three other key players, raising intense speculation of a revolt within the squad.
Bobby Jindal incredibly funny, terrific, says Obama
March 11, 2013
WASHINGTON: Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal has received rare praise from US President Barack Obama, for his sense of humour.
Jindal, the first-ever Indian American governor of a US state, has been a vocal critic of Obama and is seen as a potential 2016 presidential candidate from the Republican party.
South Korea, US begin drills amid North Korean nuclear threat
March 11, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea and the United States are staging annual military drills that North Korea says it will respond to by scrapping the armistice that ended the Korean War and launching a nuclear attack on the US.
After Monday's start of the drills involving 10,000 South Korean and 3,500 American troops, Pyongyang reportedly followed through on an earlier vow to cut off a hotline with the South.
Delhi gangrape prime accused Ram Singh commits suicide
March 11, 2013
NEW DELHI: Delhi gangrape prime accused Ram Singh on Monday committed suicide by hanging himself in Tihar Jail. Ram Singh was to be produced in the court later today for a hearing in the case.
According to Times Now, the incident took place at 5am in jail number 3 of Tihar. His body has been sent to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital for postmortem.
