February 11, 2014
New Delhi: U.S. Ambassador to India Nancy Powell plans to meet Narendra Modi, signaling a shift in America’s stand towards the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate in connection with 2002 Gujarat riots.
February 11, 2014
MUMBAI: The rupee gained 10 paise to 62.33 against the dollar in early trade on Tuesday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on selling of the U.S. currency by exporters and banks amid a higher opening in the domestic equity market.
February 11, 2014
LONDON: Scientists have finally come up with an explanation for a visual illusion that was first identified in the 16 Century by Galileo Galilei who noticed how large the planet Venus appears to the naked eye when compared to Jupiter — which is quite the reverse when seen through a telescope.
February 10, 2014
LONDON: Thousands of homes in southeast England were braced for flooding on Monday after the River Thames burst its banks, as a political row over the handling of devastating winter storms erupted into the open.
Flood water flows down the driveway of a house in Wraybury, Berkshire, on Monday.
February 10, 2014
WASHINGTON: Do you know the way to San Jose? Quite a few airline pilots in the United States apparently don't.
Southwest Airlines Flight 4013 sits at the M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport in Hollister, Mo.
February 10, 2014
Italy on Monday warned it would “react” to India’s “unacceptable” move to invoke a severe anti-piracy law against two of its marines facing trial there since 2012 over the killings of two Indian fishermen.
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta
February 10, 2014
In a major embarrassment to BCCI president N. Srinivasan and raising questions over the status of Chennai Super Kings, his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan’s role in CSK as the team official and his involvement in betting during the IPL matches stands proved, a Supreme Court-appointed Committee has found.
February 10, 2014
WASHINGTON: The US trade representative on Monday will announce a trade enforcement action tied to India, his office said, a move that could further rile relations after an incident last year involving the arrest and strip-search of an Indian consul.
US trade representative Michael Froman
February 10, 2014
As N Srinivasan paved his way to the chairmanship of the revamped ICC, his elder brother was elected as the new president of the Indian Olympic Association
India's suspended Olympic body elected world squash chief N Ramachandran as its president on Sunday, raising hopes of the country's return to the Olympic fold after a 14-month absence.
February 10, 2014
NEW DELHI: India and the US still seem locked in a battle for righteousness over the Khobragade issue as the strategic partners pick up the pieces after the bitter standoff, bringing the bilateral engagement back on track by scheduling the energy dialogue next month.
