December 6, 2013
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 358 for 4 (Amla 65, de Kock 135, de Villiers 77, Duminy 59*, Shami 3-68) beat India 217 (Dhoni 65, Steyn 3-25, McLaren 3-49) by 141 runs
Pink wasn't pretty for India: Quinton de Kock punished the Indian bowlers
December 5, 2013
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet gave the go-ahead for the creation of a 10-district Telangana on Thursday evening and outlined the blueprint for carving out the country's 29th state from the current Andhra Pradesh.
Shinde assured the PM that adequate forces have been deployed in Seemandhra region.
December 5, 2013
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet approved a $182 billion package on Thursday to pull the economy out of deflation, but doubts remain about the impact.
December 5, 2013
NEW YORK: India has been ranked 98th in the Forbes list of world's best countries for doing business that has cited poverty, corruption and discrimination against girls among the challenges facing the country.
December 4, 2013
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said there was no possibility of Pakistan winning any war against India in his "lifetime".
"There is no scope of Pakistan winning any such war in my lifetime," he told reporters.
December 4, 2013
LONDON: Nasa has reported that "faint signatures of water" have been found in the atmospheres of five planets outside our solar system, marking a further development in the search for planets capable of supporting alien life.
December 4, 2013
LAGOS, NIGERIA: Entombed at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in an upended tugboat for three days, Harrison Odjegba Okene begged God for a miracle.
The Nigerian cook survived by breathing an ever-dwindling supply of oxygen in an air pocket.
December 4, 2013
BEIJING – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that relations between Washington and Beijing had to be based on trust, amid a dispute over a new Chinese air defense zone which has rattled nerves regionally.
December 4, 2013
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama urged Americans not to be discouraged by the rocky rollout of HealthCare.gov on Tuesday and vowed to fix whatever glitches remain as he sought to restore confidence in his leadership.
Obama defends rocky healthcare rollout
December 4, 2013
BALI: India is under pressure, including from allies like China and Indonesia, to agree to the four-year "peace clause" at the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting, but is sticking to its tough stand, at least for now.
