January 3, 2014
New Delhi: Addressing his second press conference in the UPA’s second term, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the worry about inflation was legitimate but the income of most people increased faster than the rate of inflation. He added that there was need to increase supplies to keep food prices under control.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
January 3, 2014
PARIS: The family of Michael Schumacher described the Formula One legend as a fighter who "will not give up", as he turned 45 Friday while lying comatose in a French hospital.
January 3, 2014
Next on agenda is to pass Jan Lokpal Bill in 15-20 days
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with his Cabinet members addressing the media after proving the majority in Delhi Assembly, in New Delhi.
January 2, 2014
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT: The northeastern US, including New York City, prepared on Thursday for heavy snow, strong winds and frigid temperatures that threatened to slow the region's return to work after the holidays.
A small tractor clears remaining snow from a parking lot in Trenton, New Jersey on early Sunday.
January 2, 2014
Mr. Narasimhan said a performer must be deeply conscious of his strengths and weaknesses
Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, who presided over the ‘sadas’ of The Music Academy on Wednesday, conferred the title on Sudha Ragunathan. Also in the picture is president of The Music Academy
January 2, 2014
Mumbai: The rupee recovered marginally by five paise to 61.85 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on increased selling of the American currency by exporters amid sustained foreign capital inflows.
January 2, 2014
MUMBAI: If Mumbai is to replicate the Delhi model of a 50% power tariff cut for the majority of residential consumers, it would require an annual subsidy of at least Rs 1,600 crore, experts say.
January 1, 2014
BEIJING: Concerned over China's negative image abroad, President Xi Jinping has vowed to use its cultural soft power to project the Communist giant as a responsible nation.
"The stories of China should be well told, voices of China well-spread, and characteristics of China well explained," Xi said.
January 1, 2014
WASHINGTON: Security experts have discovered a new secret weapon to ensure your laptop and other devices are not tampered with – glitter nail polish.
Security researchers Eric Michaud and Ryan Lackey said glitter nail polish can help people know when their machines have been physically tampered with and potentially compromised.
January 1, 2014
A technicality in the government rules for posthumous Padma Awards has rendered India’s first individual Olympic medalist K.D. Jadhav ineligible for the coveted civilian honor and his son Ranjit is so aghast that he now wants to throw away the bronze his “forgotten” father won in 1952.
