Cricket: Thirimanne guides Sri Lanka to resounding win to level series
January 13, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 2 for 172 (Thirimanne 102*, Dilshan 51) beat Australia 170 (Haddin 50, Malinga 3-32) by 8 wickets
Lahiru Thirimanne scored his maiden hundred in Sri Lanka's series-equalling win in Adelaide
Six arrested in new India bus gang-rape case: police
January 13, 2013
Police have arrested six men in Punjab over the rape of a passenger on a coach in India. The incident reportedly occurred near Amritsar, nearly a month after the gang-rape and murder of a student on a bus in New Delhi sparked nationwide protests.
India, Pak to hold flag meeting in Poonch tomorrow
January 13, 2013
Pakistan has agreed to a flag meeting in Poonch area of Jammu region along the Line of Control, in a bid to defuse the week-long tension between the two neighbors that gripped Mendhar sector after skirmishes between the Pakistani and Indian troops left four soldiers dead.
Hockey: Jaypee Punjab Warriors to shift base next season
January 12, 2013
New Delhi — Jaypee Punjab Warriors will be shifting their base from Jalandhar to Mohali from the next season of the Hockey Indian League (HIL) for logistical reasons.
World Bank art exhibit aims to bring South Asia together
January 12, 2013
Washington — "Imagining our Future Together", an art exhibition organized by the World Bank, is aimed at taking forward the vision that art has the potential to connect people and countries in South Asia.
India sees 57 percent dip in new HIV cases in a...
January 12, 2013
New Delhi — The number of new annual HIV/AIDS cases in India have dropped by 57 percent in the last decade as against 20 percent globally, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Saturday.
World’s second largest Muslim gathering begins in Bangladesh
January 12, 2013
Over one million Muslims came together Friday at Bangladesh’s River Turag for the Biswa Ijtema, or World Muslim Congregation. The three-day event is only second in size to the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
BJP demands recall of Indian envoy; will not go for revenge,...
January 12, 2013
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Salman Khurshid said on Saturday the government will not buckle to "wild calls for revenge and reaction" over the killing and beheading of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops.
In an interview to a news channel, Khurshid said the heightened border tensions "demands very responsible and sensible and moderate behaviour".
Indian President greets nation on Lohri, Pongal
January 12, 2013
New Delhi — President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday greeted the nation on Lohri, Makar Sankranti and Pongal, expressing hope that the festivals would bring prosperity and happiness.
UN decries Saudi beheading of Sri Lankan maid
January 12, 2013
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights denounced Friday the beheading of Sri Lanakan Rizana Nafeek in Saudi Arabia this week. Nafeek was charged with murder in 2005 over the death of an infant; however, there are many concerns about the fairness of her trial.
