October 17, 2013
WASHINGTON: At the end of the 16th day of the government shutdown, the Senate and House passed a bill that would reopen the government and avert a potentially cataclysmic default on U.S. debt payments by raising the federal government's debt limit.
The Senate voted 81-18 to pass the measure, and the House voted 285-144.
October 16, 2013
AHMEDABAD: Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Wednesday said, "I will be happy if Narendra Modi becomes Prime Minister," indicating that hostilities with the Gujarat CM had been put to rest.
October 16, 2013
Brief Scorecard: India 362 for 1 (Rohit 141*, Kohli 100*, Dhawan 95) beat Australia 359 for 5 (Bailey 92*, Hughes 83) by nine wickets
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli struck centuries as India overhauled a target of 360 by nine wickets against Australia in the second ODI
October 16, 2013
NEW DELHI: While looking to reduce border tensions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will seek to prioritize investment and business by easing norms for business and tourist visas during his visit to China next week.
October 16, 2013
The White House soundly rejected a House plan to avoid default. In the Senate, Democrats and Republicans continued working on their own plan.
President Barack Obama calls a House debt limit bill too "partisan."
October 15, 2013
In a striking irony, the number of hungry people in the world was estimated at 842 million in 2011-13 by the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report released on Monday even as world cereal production was estimated at a near record level of 2,489 million metric tons a few days ago. About a quarter of the world's hungry, or 210 million, are in India alone.
October 15, 2013
WASHINGTON: US senators said they were closing in on a deal Monday that would reopen the government and push back a possible default for several months, though many hurdles remained as a Thursday deadline drew near.
Senate majority leader Harry Reid surrounded by reporters.
October 14, 2013
AHMEDABAD: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Monday told an audience in the US that it would be a mistake to consider India as merely a market.
October 14, 2013
Cyclone Phailin, India's fiercest storm in 14 years, smashed into the coastline of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha states over the weekend
October 14, 2013
LONDON: India, the world's child marriage capital, has once again failed its under-age brides.
The country has refused to sign the first-ever global resolution on early and forced marriage of children led by the UN.
