February 21, 2015
As the numbers of western women travelling to join Isis in Syria and Iraq have grown – recent estimates suggest there are up to 550 from around the world – so has the understanding of their motivations and what analysts term the push and pull factors behind their actions.
February 21, 2015
NEW DELHI – The oil ministry espionage scandal got murkier today when former journalist and energy consultant Shantanu Saikia, who has been arrested by the Delhi police as an accused for stealing documents from the ministry and leaking them to corporate houses, claimed that the entire episode is a Rs 10,000 crore scam and that he was merely 'doing a cover up'.
February 20, 2015
RICHMOND, VA — Former Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell was sentenced Friday to one year and 1 day in prison for her role in a bribery scheme that destroyed her husband's political career.
February 20, 2015
NEW DELHI – An input on the National Gas Grid for the upcoming Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's budget speech is among the various "secret" documents Delhi Police has recovered from the accused in the corporate espionage case.
February 19, 2015
‘To raise some capital in HDFC Bank it took more time this time than earlier years to get approvals.’
HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh has said that impatience has begun creeping in among businessmen as nothing has changed on ground in first nine months of the Narendra Modi government.
February 19, 2015
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, USA: A New Orleans jury on Wednesday awarded $14 million to five Indian men who were lured to the United States and forced to work under inhumane conditions after Hurricane Katrina by a U.S. ship repair firm and its codefendants.
February 19, 2015
Brief Scorecard: Zimbabwe 286 for 6 (Williams 76, Taylor 47) beat UAE 285 for 7 (Anwar 67, Khurram 45, Chatara 3-42) by 4 wickets
Sean Williams exults after hitting the winning runs, United Arab Emirates v Zimbabwe, World Cup 2015, Group B, Nelson, February 19, 2015
February 19, 2015
FICCI has come up with an analysis titled 'Widening of tax base and tackling black money' for solving the vexing problem of black money and sent it to the PM Narendra Modi government. (Read Full Report)
Indian PM Narendra Modi. PTI
February 19, 2015
Islamabad: Armed with a new ammunition after the controversial claim of India's Coast Guard DIG BK Loshali that his force had blown up an intruding boat in December, Pakistan hit back accusing India of being "heinous in its face".
February 18, 2015
Brief Scorecard: Bangladesh 267 (Mushfiqur 71, Shakib 63, Shapoor 2-20) beat Afghanistan 162 (Nabi 44, Mashrafe 3-20) by 105 runs
Shakib and Mushfiqur's 114-run stand helped Bangladesh build a strong platform for the bowlers in their World Cup opener. © Getty Images
