December 29, 2013
Brief Scorecard: India 334 and 68 for 2 trail South Africa 500 (Kallis 115, Peterson 61, Jadeja 6-138) by 98 runs
Decemebr 29, 2013
NEW DELHI: Information technology, banking and agriculture-related businesses are going to be among the key job creating sectors in 2014, according to a study by industry body Assocham.
December 29, 2013
NEW DELHI: Claiming that it was "too late" for Narendra Modi to be saying that Gujarat riots had shaken him to the core, Union minister Kapil Sibal attacked the BJP prime ministerial candidate on Sunday saying his recent comments in a blog were only a belated reaction before Lok Sabha polls.
December 29, 2013
ISLAMABAD: The number of polio cases in Pakistan reached 82 this year with five new cases reported in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas as the crippling disease remained endemic in the country.
December 29, 2013
Coimbatore: The Reserve Bank of India neither regulates nor supports bitcoins, said K. C. Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor, RBI.
December 28, 2013
WASHINGTON: The new Indian Ambassador to the US, S Jaishankar today met top officials of the State Department to convey India's strong protest over the arrest of its senior diplomat in New York over visa fraud charges, even though she had diplomatic immunity.
The new Indian Ambassador to the US, S Jaishankar
December 28, 2013
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has held that a Hindu married to a non-Hindu in accordance with Hindu rituals cannot seek divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act.
The Bombay high court observed that the appellant herself has stated that the respondent was not a Hindu at the time of marriage or thereafter.
December 28, 2013
BEIJING: China appeared to be gearing up for a baby boom as the government put an end to the 34-year-old one-child policy. The law change will enable couples to opt for a second child if one of the parents was a single child with no brothers and sisters.
December 28, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Australia 204 (Haddin 65, Rogers 61, Anderson 4-67) and 0 for 30 (Warner 12*, Rogers 18*) need 201 to beat England 251 and 179 (Cook 51, Lyon 5-50)
Nathan Lyon claimed a five-wicket haul, Australia v England, 4th Test, Melbourne, 3rd day, December 28, 2013
December 28, 2013
NEW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal, whose AAP has rewritten the grammar of politics in Delhi and may possibly do so elsewhere, on Saturday took oath as Delhi chief minister promising a corruption-free government and new style of governance without arrogance of power.
