October 19, 2015
BIHAR – It is an irony the BJP leaders can't but grimace at. No longer under the compulsion of having to dilute their agenda, because of the party winning a majority in the Lok Sabha last year, they now find the continuous cycle of state elections complicating the implementation of hot-button Hindutva issues.
October 19, 2015
Chennai: The defence relationship between India and US "stands on its own" and the impact of this association from a strategic point of view besides others is to "increase peace and stability and prosperity," a top envoy of that country said on Sunday.
October 18, 2015
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 270 for 7 (de Kock 103, Mohit 2-62) beat India 252 for 6 (Kohli 77, Rohit 65, Morkel 4-39) by 18 runs
Morne Morkel exults after picking up a wicket, India v South Africa, 3rd ODI, Rajkot, October 18, 2015 © BCCI
October 18, 2015
Airplane interior
You already know what not to do on a plane if you don't want to be a giant jerk.
October 18, 2015
Raigarh (Chhattisgarh): In a unique example of communal harmony, a Muslim man has been presiding over Durga Puja celebrations in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district for the past 23 years.
Sheikh Salim Niyariya, a 50-year-old Congress Corporator, has been managing 'Handi Chowk Durga Committee' at Handi Chowk area in Raigarh since 1992.
October 18, 2015
New Delhi: Just hours before the Agni missile was to be tested in 1989, its pioneer APJ Abdul Kalam received a hotline phone call from a top government official indicating tremendous pressure by the US and NATO to delay the launch.
The man on the other end was none other than TN Seshan, the then cabinet secretary to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
October 17, 2015
Scientists have spotted strange changes in light deep in space — which some claim might be a huge alien power station.
October 17, 2015
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden is sending out an unmistakable "forget-me-not" plea for 2016, brushing past signs of a Hillary Rodham Clinton resurgence with fresh and direct suggestions he could be on the verge of entering the presidential race.
October 17, 2015
By Geeta Goindi
Top -- Mrs. Angela Anand, Chairwomen of NFIA's annual Empowering Women and Girls conference is flanked by youth leaders, from left to right, Shreya Bhatia, Swetha Prabakaran, Medha Reddy and Sareana Kimia. Below left, Sareana Kimia receiving an endowment from generous members of NFIA
October 16, 2015
In late May 2014, President Barack Obama laid out his timetable for withdrawal. Nearly all American troops were scheduled to pull out of Afghanistan by the time he left the White House at the end of 2016. Fewer than 1,000 US service members would remain in the country to staff a security liaison office in Kabul.
