October 31, 2013
Congress president Sonia Gandhi was ranked 21st among the world's most powerful people by Forbes magazine on Wednesday, making her the third most influential of women leaders included in the list
October 31, 2013
The Olympic bronze medallist shuttler had slipped to world number six last week after failing to defend her title at Denmark Open
October 31, 2013
WASHINGTON: The National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centres around the world, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
October 31, 2013
RANCHI: Indian Mujahideen's Ranchi module was formed to assassinate Narendra Modi. In fact, IM operatives had given a code- 'Machhli 5'- to the plotters for the job, initial interrogation of arrested IM operative Imtiaz Ansari revealed.
October 31, 2013
By Geeta Goindi
Washington, DC – It was India day on Saturday, October 26, at the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries as the renowned Institution’s museums of Asian art celebrated the auspicious festival of Diwali featuring a full day of family activities.
October 31, 2013
WASHINGTON: For the first time in five years, the US government has run a budget deficit below $1 trillion.
The government said yesterday that the deficit for the 2013 budget year totaled $680.3 billion, down from $1.09 trillion in 2012. That's the smallest imbalance since 2008, when the government ran a $458.6 billion deficit. It's still the fifth-largest deficit of all time.
October 30, 2013
Brief Scorecard: 50 overs India 351 for 4 (Kohli 115*, Dhawan 100, Rohit 79) beat Australia 350 for 6 (Bailey 156, Watson 102) by six wickets
Virat Kohli celebrates century during their 6th ODI cricket match against Australia in Nagpur on Wednesday.
October 30, 2013
LONDON: Holy smoke arising from Hindu funeral pyres, Muslim cemeteries and Buddhist temples are responsible for almost a quarter of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming on the Indian subcontinent and the melting of the Himalayan glaciers, a new study has claimed.
October 30, 2013
WASHINGTON: America's top spymaster offered "the Casablanca defence" for the US spying on world leaders, including its close allies, saying everyone did it and trying to determine foreign leaders' intentions was a "fundamental given".
October 30, 2013
NEW DELHI: Defence minister A K Antony on Wednesday voiced concern over increasing ceasefire violations and infiltration attempts from across the border and said they cannot take place without the "tacit support" of the Pakistan Army.
