November 21, 2013
Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai told a meeting of tribal elders and political leaders on Thursday they should support a vital security pact with the United States, but acknowledged there was little trust between the two nations.
November 20, 2013
PANAJI: Dismissing the public spat between social activist Anna Hazare and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal as a "guru-chela" affair, information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari on Wednesday said it was merely a "sideshow" in the greater electoral battle.
November 20, 2013
NEW DELHI: Rizvi-Springfield skipper Prithvi Shaw, who slammed world record 546 runs against St. Francis D'Assisi in the Harris Shield tournament match on Wednesday, has a reputation of being a run-machine and a gritty performer in high-pressure games.
November 20, 2013
MUMBAI: American presence at India's campus placements this year will be conspicuous by its absence. Apart from Facebook that isn't visiting any of the IITs, most US companies that do not have operations in India have not registered for placements at the country's tech schools.
November 20, 2013
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was selected for this year's prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace
November 19, 2013
PATNA: Amid growing demand for bestowing Bharat Ratna to veteran BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) did not support the demand saying no distinguished work has been done by him except becoming Prime Minister of the country.
NCP general secretary Tariq Anwar talking to reporters
November 19, 2013
BANGALORE: A 38-year-old woman was brutally attacked with a machete in an ATM in the heart of the city on Tuesday, leaving her severely injured, police said.
November 19, 2013
RAIPUR: More than 10 million votes were cast on Tuesday in the second and final phase of elections for the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly, in a peaceful exercise that was marred only by the death of one man in a trooper's gun fire.
November 19, 2013
NEW DELHI: The government has given its final go ahead to the Army for raising a corps along the China border which will include the deployment of 50,000 additional troops there at a cost of around Rs 65,000 crore.
November 18, 2013
LONDON: Comet ISON, the much anticipated "comet of the century", is finally beginning to live up to its reputation; dramatically increasing in brightness as it draws nearer to the Sun.
