October 11, 2013
JAMMU: Violating the ceasefire for the third time in less than 24 hours, Pakistani troops on Friday shelled mortars and fired on forward areas along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
October 11, 2013
NEW DELHI: Around 20 years from now, Mumbai and Chennai could routinely start witnessing temperatures hotter than the two cities have experienced in 150 years, an alarming new University of Hawaii study predicting the climate 'tipping points' of various cities around the world has warned.
October 10, 2013
WASHINGTON: Noting that India's slowdown has significant spillover effects on the rest of South Asia, the World Bank has said South Asian countries need to work hard on reforms.
October 10, 2013
New Delhi – India's record-breaking batsman Sachin Tendulkar announced Thursday that he will retire after his 200th Test next month, calling time on an extraordinary career that lasted nearly a quarter of a century.
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar to bid adieu after 200th Test
October 10, 2013
MIRANSHAH (Pakistan): The Pakistani Taliban today said teenage activist Malala Yousafzai had done "nothing" to deserve a prestigious EU rights award and vowed to try again to kill her.
October 9, 2013
India has experienced several instances of market glitches that have rattled confidence in the trading systems of the country's exchanges
October 9, 2013
Mumbai: Srihari went from being a stunt master to comedian, villain, lead actor and eventually one of the finest character actors of the Telugu industry.
Telugu Actor "Srihari" passes away at age 49
October 9, 2013
By Geeta Goindi
The 19th annual Diwali Mela was held at the FedEx Field in Landover, MD
October 9, 2013
Washington — The survivors of a cholera outbreak in Haiti are suing the United Nations in a US court for compensation claim, media reported.
The victims of the 2010 cholera outbreak are demanding billions of dollars in damages to be paid to survivors and the relatives of those killed, the Guardian reported Wednesday.
The UN, however, said it has legal immunity from such compensation claims and has formally rejected it.
October 9, 2013
MUMBAI: The number of millionaires in the country is expected to jump over 66% at 3.02 lakh by 2018, even as 94% of India's population has wealth below $10,000, according to a global wealth report.
At present, the country has 1.82 lakh millionaires, Credit Suisse Research Institute said in its fourth Annual Global Wealth Report 2013 released here today.
