August 8, 2015
New Delhi: Mysore has topped the Swachh Bharat rankings among 476 cities in the country with three more places from Karnataka figuring in the top 10.
Among urban local bodies in the national capital, Delhi Cantonment was ranked 15th in the list and New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) 16th, while Municipal Corporation of Delhi was at 398th position.
August 7, 2015
CLEVELAND, OHIO – Like a lot of you — OK, like four of you, anyway — I made time to tune into the warmup Republican debate yesterday afternoon, the one for the seven candidates who barely registered in the polls.
August 7, 2015
NEW DELHI – India will boycott a Commonwealth Parliamentary Union (CPU) meeting in Islamabad next month to protest against Pakistan's decision to not invite the speaker of Jammu and Kashmir assembly, in a move that came against the backdrop of tensions between the two neighbors over the recent terror attacks.
August 6, 2015
RESTON, VA: In no universe does a meal costing less than $30 warrant a $5,448 tip. Such a transaction is almost certainly a mistake, and that's the argument of a family that was charged $5,475 for two burgers and a wrap, plus tip. Still, months after the transaction went through, the family is still trying to get a refund, ABC7 in Washington, D.C., reports.
August 6, 2015
New Delhi: Over 4,400 students dropped out of IITs and NITs in the last three years due to various reasons including "academic stress", the government said on Thursday and assured that corrective actions have been initiated.
August 6, 2015
Challenger, Gray & Christmas has released its monthly job cuts for July, and it is ugly. The 105,696 job cuts was the highest number since 2011. To put this in perspective, the July job cuts total is a whopping 136% higher than the 44,842 job cuts reported in June, as well as 125% higher than the in same report a year ago.
August 6, 2015
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN – Tens of thousands of people gathered in Hiroshima Thursday to mark 70 years since the atomic bombing that helped end World War II but still divides opinion today over whether the total destruction it caused was justified.
August 5, 2015
MADHYA PRADESH – In a major tragedy in the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, 11071 LTT-Varanasi Kamayani Express and 13201/Rajendra Nagar Patna-Mumbai LTT Janata Express got derailed while they were crossing a bridge on the Machak river almost simultaneously.
August 5, 2015
KARACHI, PAKISTAN – Wasim Akram's car was attacked by unknown assailants in Karachi on Wednesday. The former Pakistan Test captain was on his way to the National Stadium when his car was fired upon. Akram escaped unhurt.
August 5, 2015
New York: The United States is committed to pursuing justice on behalf of the victims of the 2008 Mumbai attack no matter how "arduous" the task is, a top Indian-origin American diplomat has said.
