June 17, 2014
U.P. Governor B.L. Joshi resigns a day after Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami calls up at least five Governors including K. Sankaranarayanan and M.K. Narayanan
June 16, 2014
Surging oil prices on concerns of disruption in supplies due to violence in Iraq has weighed on the domestic unit; Iraq being the second-largest oil and petroleum exporting country
June 16, 2014
Sunni militants captured the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar early on Monday, its mayor and residents said, the latest blow to the nation’s Shiite-led government a week after it lost a vast swath of territory in the country’s north.
June 16, 2014
Employee expenses are under companies’ lens as they seek to improve margins so as to invest in new technology and services
The IT sector, known for its generous pay-packets and perks, is tightening its purse strings. Employee expenses are under companies’ lens as they seek to improve margins so as to invest in new technology and services.
June 16, 2014
The Barcelona superstar led its team's campain with 2-1 win over Bosnia on Sunday
Argentina's Lionel Messi reacts after scoring his side's second goal during the group F World Cup soccer match against Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday.
June 14, 2014
US and Iranian diplomats are headed to Vienna next week to hold talks on the latter’s controversial nuclear programme, though Iraq is not on the agenda, says US
Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) celebrate on vehicles taken from Iraqi security forces in Mosul on Thursday
June 14, 2014
Retail inflation touched a three-month low of 8.28 per cent in May from 8.59 per cent in April due to subdued prices of vegetables, cereals and dairy products
June 13, 2014
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif, saying he looked forward to charting a “new course” in the bilateral relations in an atmosphere “free from confrontation and violence”.
June 12, 2014
Sixteen militants were killed in two US drone strikes within last 24 hours in Pakistan’s restive tribal region, ending a five-month hiatus.
Ten militants were killed in a US drone strike early on Thursday in a northwest tribal district which followed another strike in Dargah Mandi area of North Waziristan in which 6 militants perished, Dawn News reported.
The second strike took place hours after first drone strike killed at least six at the same location.
June 12, 2014
New Delhi: N. Srinivasan can go ahead with contesting the election for ICC president as the Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a plea by Cricket Association of Bihar to restrain him from joining the poll.
