December 10, 2013
JOHANNESBURG: Nearly 90 leaders from across the world, some of them locked in enmity, are flying to South Africa for memorials to Nelson Mandela that will hail one of humanity's great peacemakers.
Mourners in South Africa flock to Mandela memorial
December 10, 2013
CHENNAI: In yet another cabinet reshuffle, chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday dropped sports and youth welfare minister K V Ramalingam and inducted former minister R B Udhaya Kumar, representing the Sattur assembly constituency. Udhaya Kumar was minister for information and technology for nearly four months in 2011 before being dropped.
December 10, 2013
By Columnist, Sam Prasad Jillella
The Academy of Indian Music and Fine Arts (AIMFA), partnered with UMBC, and built one of the largest competitions of its kind, outside of India. It has promoted the growth and appreciation of Indian music and dance, and fostered diversity and friendship in the United States.
December 9, 2013
WASHINGTON: The US establishment appears to be gearing up for the eclipse of the Congress Party-led UPA government, going by various pronouncements in the administration, in the Congress, and in the media.
December 9, 2013
MELBOURNE: A group of Sydney-based Indian-Australian professionals have come together to form a venture which would invest in feature films, documentaries and TV shows with Indian themes.
The Australia India Film Fund (AIFF) would be led by two Sydney-based professionals of Indian origin — Devendra Gupta and Yateendra Gupta.
The AIFF was launched on Friday and has also managed to rope in perhaps the best known Indian film personality Down Under, Anupam Sharma, as its head of films.
December 9, 2013
NEW DELHI: Sonia Gandhi on Sunday acknowledged that the drubbing had come as a shocker and identified price rise as the culprit, while Rahul Gandhi responded to the setback by vowing to aggressively follow the AAP model to bring the common man into the party and transform it.
December 8, 2013
Washington – President Barack Obama warned Saturday that Israel's vision of an "ideal" nuclear agreement with Iran was unrealistic and put the chance of any acceptable final deal emerging at no more than 50/50.
December 8, 2013
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 280 for 6 (De Kock 106, Amla 100, Shami 3-48) v India 146 (Tsotsobe 4-25, Steyn 3-17) by 134 runs
Quinton de Kock scored his second hundred in as many games in this series
December 8, 2013
NEW DELHI: After 15 long years in power the Congress was headed for a rout in Delhi, with the BJP on the winning track, but it was debutante Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) that put up a spectacular show in the battle for the 70-member assembly.
December 7, 2013
NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan on Saturday said recently-retired Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar was lucky to have never faced the ferocious West Indies pace attack of '70 and '80s.
