February 23, 2014
NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi-led NDA could be within touching distance of power, winning 236 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, leaving it just 36 seats short of the majority mark, according to an opinion poll conducted for a TV channel. BJP alone, the ABP News-AC Nielsen poll projected, would win 217 seats, comfortably its highest tally ever.
February 23, 2014
MUMBAI: That the world flies to China and India to entice the young to their colleges is common knowledge. What is not so well known is that China has now become the third most favored nation of international students after the US and UK.
February 23, 2014
DHAKA: India and Pakistan get a rare chance to score brownie points when they renew their intense, but intermittent, cricket rivalry in the Asia Cup one-day tournament which opens in Bangladesh on Tuesday.
Virat Kohli will lead India in the absence of MS Dhoni.
February 23, 2014
HYDERABAD: The successful test-firing of the indigenous Akash surface-to-air missile (SAM) in Odisha on Friday has the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) brimming with confidence that it would be quickly inducted into the Army.
February 22, 2014
The end of the world is almost upon us if Norse mythology is to be believed, which predicts the Earth will split open and release the inhabitants of the underworld on 22 February.
February 22, 2014
NEW DELHI: The government is set to ask all its officials to stay away from any interaction with a delegation from the US International Trade Commission (USITC), a quasi-judicial agency, probing the impact of India's trade and investment regime on the American economy in what is seen as the latest sore point in economic ties between the two countries.
February 22, 2014
SINGAPORE: The El Nino weather pattern that can trigger drought in India and some parts of the world while causing flooding in other regions is increasingly likely to return this year, hitting production of key foods such as rice, wheat and sugar.
February 21, 2014
NEW DELHI: The passage of Telangana bill indicated that this country can take "difficult" decisions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
Last day of 15th Lok Sabha a productive day
February 21, 2014
The Home Ministry has told the BCCI that it would be able to provide adequate security for the tournament only after the general elections which are expected to be over by mid-May
February 21, 2014
NEW DELHI: Ailing Air India, which was recently hit by LTC scam, has stumbled upon another case of fraud involving crores of rupees in a scheme meant for family members of the employees of the state-run airline.
