SRK detention `need not have happened`: Rao
April 16, 2012
India has taken up with the US the issue of Shahrukh Khan`s detention at a New York airport, conveying its "deep concern" over the incident that "need not have happened". "We have taken it up with the State Department," Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao told reporters here.
US Secret Service scandal mars Obama’s Latin American Trip
April 15, 2012
CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA: A prostitution scandal involving US security personnel in Colombia and an unprecedented regional push to end the isolation of Cuba threatened on Saturday to eclipse President Barack Obama's charm offensive to Latin America.
Pakistan: ‘PM son being framed in narcotics case’
April 15, 2012
MULTAN: President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday said the Prime Minister's son was being wrongfully implicated in narcotics case.
T20 Cricket: England jealous of IPL: Kevin Pietersen
April 15, 2012
Delhi Daredevils star batsman Kevin Pietersen thinks jealousy could be the reason for the negative publicity and the lack of interest towards the Indian Premier League (IPL) in England.
Cartoons are integral part of democracy: Trivedi
April 15, 2012
Reacting to the arrest of a Jadavpur University professor in Kolkata for posting a cartoon of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the Internet, former railways minister Dinesh Trivedi on Saturday said cartoons are integral to democracy.
Reporter’s job fifth worst; software engineer’s best
April 14, 2012
A reporter's job figures among the ten worst professions, alongside the likes of butchers, waiters and dishwashers, as per a new study by the US-based consultancy CareerCast, which has named a software engineer's occupation as the best for the year 2012.
70,000 newborns in Nigeria are HIV positive
April 14, 2012
About 70,000 newborns in Nigeria are HIV positive, a top government official of the West African nation has revealed.
Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) John Idoko disclosed this in Nigeria`s southwestern state of Ogun Thursday.
India one of top performing clean energy economies
April 14, 2012
With Indian receiving USD 10.2 billion investments in clean energy, the country has emerged as one of the top performing clean energy economies in the 21st century, an eminent American non-profit organisation said in a report.
The Pew Charitable Trust, in its report, said India's clean energy sector continued to flourish in 2011, with private investment increasing 54 percent to USD 10.2 billion, placing the country at number 6 spot among the G-20 nations.
Dhoni not an intelligent Test captain: Azhar
April 14, 2012
Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin feels that current skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni lacks "a bit of intelligence" when it comes to leading the side in Test cricket and there should be different captains for three formats of the game.
Registration of marriage made compulsory
April 13, 2012
In a significant move, government will bring in a bill in Parliament's Budget Session for registration of marriages under a law for recording of births and deaths, notwithstanding one's religious affiliation, thereby providing legal protection especially in cases of inter-religious matrimony.
