March 6, 2014
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that slapping of sedition charges against Kashmiri students in Meerut by Uttar Pradesh government for cheering Pakistan team during a cricket match that India lost was "unacceptably harsh punishment" and should be reversed.
March 6, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO: A California businessman was convicted on Wednesday of stealing DuPont trade secrets to help a state-owned Chinese company develop a white pigment used in a wide range of products.
In a San Francisco federal court, a jury found Walter Liew guilty on over 20 criminal counts including conspiracy to commit economic espionage and trade secret theft. It also convicted another defendant, former DuPont engineer Robert Maegerle, on multiple counts as well.
March 6, 2014
NEW DELHI: Voters will, for the first time, be able to exercise the “None of the Above” (NOTA) option for candidates in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission said on Wednesday.
An Election Commission official explains the functioning of NOTA option in New Delhi.
March 6, 2014
WASHINGTON: Bipartisan Senate opposition blocked swift confirmation on Wednesday for President Barack Obama's choice to head the US justice department's civil rights division, the emotional residue of the long-ago murder of a policeman and the legal representation his killer received.
March 5. 2014
WASHINGTON: US First Lady Michelle Obama has felicitated Indian acid attack victim Laxmi after she won the International Women of Courage Award for successfully leading the campaign against acid attacks on women in India.
March 5, 2014
The service will be available free to Android and iOS users.
The service is available as part of Google Maps.
Technology giant Google has launched indoor maps in India that will help users browse through and locate specific locations inside venues like malls and museums.
March 5, 2014
LONDON: Indians are among the most enterprising of Britain's migrant communities, a new data analysis report here has found.
Around half a million people from 155 countries have launched businesses in the UK and these migrant-founded companies are responsible for creating 14 per cent of all jobs
March 5, 2014
Brief Scorecard: India 160 for 2 (Dhawan 60, Rahane 56) beat Afghanistan 159 (Shenwari 50, Jadeja 4-30, Ashwin 3-31) by eight wickets
Ravindra Jadeja set the tone with two wickets in his first over
March 5, 2014
The New York Times has printed a correction for misspelling 161 years ago the name of a free black man who was sold into slavery and whose memoirs were turned into the Oscar-winning movie 12 Years a Slave.
March 5, 2014
BEIJING: China on Tuesday targeted a modest 7.5 per cent GDP growth in 2014, unchanged from last year, as the government looks to steer the economy onto a more sustainable and balanced path.
