January 5, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Australia 326 (Smith 115, Haddin 75, Stokes 6-99) and 276 (Rogers 119, Borthwick 3-33) beat England 155 (Stokes 47, Siddle 3-23, Johnson 3-33, Harris 3-36) and 166 (Carberry 43, Harris 5-25, Johnson 3-40) by 281 runs
January 5, 2014
NEW DELHI: Those who speak English fluently earn up to 34% more than those who don't speak the language, a recent report has found, confirming the link between an education in English and the scope of employment opportunities.
January 4, 2014
NEW DELHI: BJP questioned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday on his claim that a resolution of the Kashmir issue was "almost arrived at" between India and Pakistan, and asked him to divulge details of the failed solution.
What was the possible Kashmir resolution? BJP asks PM
January 4, 2014
Brief Scorecard: India Under-19 314 for 8 (Zol 100, Samson 100) beat Pakistan Under-19 274 for 9 (Ghulam 102, Aslam 87*) by 40 runs
Future is bright: Sanju Samson with Vijay Zol.
January 4, 2014
LONDON: The general view that obesity is a problem associated with relatively richer Western countries has been turned on its head by a new report which states that middle-income countries like India are now at the heart of a "fat explosion".
January 4, 2014
WASHINGTON: The US has dismissed as a hoax a video purportedly showing CCTV footage of senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade's strip search after her arrest, saying it is a "dangerous and provocative fabrication".
January 4, 2014
WASHINGTON: A secretive US spy court has ruled again that the National Security Agency can keep collecting every American's telephone records every day, in the midst of dueling decisions in two other federal courts about whether the surveillance program is constitutional.
January 3, 2014
Rumors that currency notes with scribbles on them have been made invalid from January 1 have left many concerned, despite a clarification by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that no instructions have been issued on non-acceptance of such notes.
Scribbled Currency Notes
January 3, 2014
Brief Scorecard: England 1 for 8 (Cook 7*, Anderson 1*) trail Australia 326 (Smith 115, Haddin 75, Stokes 6-99) by 318 runs
Australian batsman Steve Smith (R) plays a cut shot on the first day of the fifth Ashes cricket Test against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
January 3, 2014
Even after the 12th price hike since last January oil companies are incurring Rs. 9.24 per litre loss on sale of the fuel, Indian Oil, the nation’s largest fuel retailer, said.
