December 14, 2013
NEW DELHI: BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, should not be barred from the job because of deadly anti-Muslim riots under his watch, one of India's most respected business tycoons says.
December 14, 2013
JOHANNESBURG: Preparations for Nelson Mandela's funeral have been marred by a public spat between the South African government and retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the most prominent survivors in the long anti-apartheid struggle.
December 14, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO: Google has removed an experimental privacy feature from its Android mobile software that had allowed users to block apps from collecting personal information such as address book data and a user's location.
December 13, 2013
CENTENNIAL (Colorado): A student shot at least one other student at a Colorado high school Friday before he apparently turned the gun on himself, authorities said.
The student was wounded when he confronted the gunman at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, a Denver suburb, said Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson.
December 13, 2013
RALEGAN SIDDHI: Simmering differences between Team Anna and Aam Aadmi Party burst out into the open on Friday when Anna Hazare ordered a frontline AAP leader out of his fast venue and village after he had a public spat with former Army chief General V K Singh.
December 13, 2013
The protests have certainly been grabbing attention: ”Fast-food workers strike, protest for higher pay,” screams one national newspaper’s headline. “Public backs $10.10 minimum wage, not $15,” states another.
December 13, 2013
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron came in for some drubbing from a court judge in London for calling himself a fan of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson who is in the middle of a fraud trial in which she is a main prosecution witness.
December 13, 2013
NEW DELHI: Deploring the arrest of deputy consul general in New York, foreign secretary Sujatha Singh on Friday summoned US ambassador Nancy Powell to convey India's "shock" over "absolutely unacceptable" treatment meted out to the senior Indian diplomat.
December 13, 2013
NEW DELHI: In a sudden twist to politics over government formation in Delhi, both the Congress and the BJP on Friday offered support to Aam Aadmi Party.
Both the Congress and the BJP have offered support to Arvind Kejriwal's party to form govt in Delhi.
December 12, 2013
KUALA LUMPUR: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal faced the prospect of an early exit after suffering a second consecutive defeat, going down to Olympic champion Li Xuerui of China in a Group B match of the BWF World Super Series Finals on Thursday.
