February 8, 2014
KATRA, J&K: Asserting that establishing a truly representative democracy in a country of 1.2 billion people was a major task that could not be left only to the government, Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Saturday said this task needs to begin at the school level.
February 8, 2014
Nasa's Curiosity rover has taken a photograph of Earth from the surface of Mars, showing what our planet looks like from 100 million miles away.
(Curiosity rover posted the photo on Twitter during its 529th Martian day)
February 8, 2014
Brief Scorecard: New Zealand 503 and 105 (Taylor 41, Ishant 3-28, Shami 3-37) lead India 202 (Rohit 72, Wagner 4-64, Southee 3-38, Boult 3-38) and 87/1 (Dhawan 49*) by 320 runs
Zaheer Khan is ecstatic after a wicket, New Zealand v India, 1st Test, Auckland, 3rd day, February 8, 2014
February 8, 2014
NEW DELHI: Complaints against autorickshaw drivers will now only lead to challans. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a slew of measures for auto drivers on Friday, including curtailing the powers of the Delhi traffic police. Police can suspend licences or impound vehicles only if the permit, drivers' licence or fitness certificate is missing. The usual fine or challan is just Rs 100.
February 7, 2014
LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron made an emotional appeal on Friday for Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom, warning Scots a vote for independence would undermine Britain's global clout and imperil its financial and political stability.
February 7, 2014
SOCHI (Russia): India will face the ignominy of witnessing three of its athletes march without the national flag during the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics on Friday night.
February 7, 2014
LONDON: Footprints left by ancient humans 800,000 years ago have been found in Britain, the earliest evidence of such markings outside Africa, scientists said on Friday.
Researchers discovered the footprints, which were left by both adults and children, in ancient estuary mud at Happisburgh in Norfolk, eastern England.
The only older footprints found so far are at Laetoli in Tanzania, at about 3.5 million years old, and at Ileret and Koobi Fora in Kenya at about 1.5 million years, they added.
February 7, 2014
NEW YORK: An Indian-origin hedge fund portfolio manager has been found guilty by a federal jury here on charges that he participated in one of the "most lucrative" insider trading schemes totaling USD 276 million involving information about clinical trials for an Alzheimer's drug.
February 6, 2014
SEATTLE: The last time Bill Gates played an active role at Microsoft, as chief software architect, he witnessed the company muffing its earliest efforts to become a major player in search, smartphones and tablet computers.
Bill Gates is returning to Microsoft as a product and technology adviser to new CEO Satya Nadella.
February 6, 2014
NEW YORK: US stocks on Thursday opened higher ahead of Friday's much-watched US labor market report but shares of social networking high-flyer Twitter plummeted on disappointing user growth.
Investors dump Twitter stock as results divide Wall Street
