December 13, 2013
The protests have certainly been grabbing attention: ”Fast-food workers strike, protest for higher pay,” screams one national newspaper’s headline. “Public backs $10.10 minimum wage, not $15,” states another.
December 13, 2013
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron came in for some drubbing from a court judge in London for calling himself a fan of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson who is in the middle of a fraud trial in which she is a main prosecution witness.
December 13, 2013
NEW DELHI: Deploring the arrest of deputy consul general in New York, foreign secretary Sujatha Singh on Friday summoned US ambassador Nancy Powell to convey India's "shock" over "absolutely unacceptable" treatment meted out to the senior Indian diplomat.
December 13, 2013
NEW DELHI: In a sudden twist to politics over government formation in Delhi, both the Congress and the BJP on Friday offered support to Aam Aadmi Party.
Both the Congress and the BJP have offered support to Arvind Kejriwal's party to form govt in Delhi.
December 12, 2013
KUALA LUMPUR: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal faced the prospect of an early exit after suffering a second consecutive defeat, going down to Olympic champion Li Xuerui of China in a Group B match of the BWF World Super Series Finals on Thursday.
December 12, 2013
NEW DELHI: In a double whammy for the government, retail inflation soared to a nine-month high of 11.24 per cent and factory output shrank 1.8 per cent, developments that may prompt the Reserve Bank to further increase a key interest rate next week.
December 12, 2013
NEW YORK: Ratan Tata has said he felt confused and humiliated during his first few weeks as a student at the elite Harvard University but those initial days turned out to be the "most important weeks" of his life.
December 12, 2013
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 301 for 8 (de Villiers 109, de Kock 101, Miller 56*, Ishant 4-40) v India - Match Rained Out
Quinton de Kock broke the record for the most runs in a three-match bilateral series
December 12, 2013
DENVER: The suspension of a 6-year-old boy for kissing a girl at school is raising questions about whether the peck should be considered sexual harassment.
December 11, 2013
WASHINGTON: Comet ISON, once optimistically called the comet of the century, is dead, the victim of a way-too-close brush with the sun. It was barely a year old.
This image provided by NASA and taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on November 28, 2013, shows the Sun, but no sign of comet ISON.
