December 30, 2013
GHAZIABAD: Fulfilling its poll promise, the Aam Aadmi Party government on Monday announced 667 litres of free water daily for each household having metered connection in Delhi.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Delhi jal board chaired by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal at his residence here in Kausambi, Ghaziabad.
December 30, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK: For investors in internet stocks, it was a banner year: shares of many companies doubled as revenue climbed and on forecasts for rip-roaring growth in earnings. But the gains haven't been anxiety-free, thanks to uncomfortable memories of the 1999 Internet bubble and subsequent bust.
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.
