March 12, 2014
NEW DELHI: Around 150 trees have reportedly been felled in the densely forested parts of Mangar, off the Gurgaon-Faridabad highway, which is one of the few pristine spots left in the Aravalis in Haryana. Villages say the timber is being transported out in trucks.
March 11, 2014
MUMBAI: The rupee posted its first fall against the dollar in six sessions on Tuesday, retreating from a seven-month high hit early in the session, after Reuters reported the government has put on hold plans to list domestic debt on global bond indexes.
March 11, 2014
HYDERABAD: India's states will see more intense unpredictable freak weather in the coming days, warned climate change scientists, days after huge chunks of hail killed at least 10 people and wounded scores in Andhra Pradesh and hail storms this week destroyed cropland across Karnataka and Maharashtra.
March 11, 2014
PATTAYA, THAILAND: There was still no trace of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane on Tuesday, a day after authorities questioned travel agents at a beach resort in Thailand about two men who boarded the flight with stolen passports, part of a growing international investigation.
March 11, 2014
WASHINGTON: The new Indian ambassador to the US, S Jaishankar, Monday formally presented his credentials to President Barack Obama at his oval office at the White House.
March 10, 2014
BEIJING: As the unprecedented mystery over a missing Malaysia Airlines plane deepens, China on Monday pressed 10 high-resolution satellites to scurry South China Sea to find leads that could help locate the flight with 239 people on board.
March 10, 2014
NEW DELHI: Former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Monday lashed out at chief coach Duncan Fletcher and called for his immediate ouster while suggesting the name of Rahul Dravid as the next coach of the Indian cricket team.
Former Indian Cricket Legend: Sunil Gavaskar
March 10, 2014
PURNEA: (Bihar) Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's ambition to become prime minister led to the break-up of the alliance between the Janata Dal(U) and the Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said on Monday.
March 10, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR/PHU QUOC ISLAND, VIETNAM: The disappearance of a Malaysian jetliner is an "unprecedented mystery", the country's civil aviation chief said on Monday, as a massive air and sea search now in its third day failed to find any trace of the plane or 239 people on board.
March 10, 2014
NEW DELHI: Literacy is still a distant dream for vulnerable young women. Going at the present pace of development, India will take at least another 56 years to achieve female youth literacy.
The Unesco Education for All Global Monitoring Report says India will take at least another 56 years to achieve female youth literacy.
