September 21, 2013
JAFFNA: Ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka's war-ravaged north voted on Saturday to form their first functioning provincial government, hoping it is the first step toward wider regional autonomy and a cornerstone to prevent another cycle of violence.
September 21, 2013
WASHINGTON: The House of Representatives on Friday passed legislation to fund federal agencies from October 1 to December 15 while also derailing the healthcare law known as "Obamacare," ignoring warnings from Democrats that they will kill the Republican initiative.
September 20, 2013
The new Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan surprised markets with a bold decision to hike interest rates on fears of rising inflation. Rajan increased the benchmark interest lending rate to 7.50 percent from 7.25 and in reaction the Bombay Stock Exchange's index of leading shares fell by 2.88 percent.
September 20, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Faisalabad Wolves 146 for 6 (Misbah 93*, Lokuhettige 3-21) beat Kandurata Maroons 136 for 7 (Sangakkara 44, Adil 3-26) by 10 runs
Misbah-ul-Haq scored 195 runs during Faisalabad's CLT20 campaign; his team-mates scored 190 in all
September 20, 2013
WASHINGTON: No life on Mars? Hopes of finding alien life on Mars may have been dashed after new data from Nasa's Curiosity rover revealed that the Red Planet lacks methane gas, researchers, including one of Indian origin, say.
September 20, 2013
NEW DELHI: India and the US are in discussions over a liberalized visa regime, national security adviser Shivshankar Menon said on Friday.
Asked if India and the US favor visa on arrival, Menon merely said that both sides were looking at a liberalized visa regime.
"Negotiations are going on ... We are trying to find ways to do it," he said during a talk organised by the Aspen Institute India here.
September 20, 2013
Contestants of the Muslimah World pageant rehearse for the grand final of the contest in Jakarta on September 18, 2013
September 20, 2013
Washington D.C. — The US central Bank's surprise decision to keep its economic stimulus in place came as a great relief to India as it's the most vulnerable of emerging economies impacted by US economic policies, analysts say.
US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announcement Wednesday that it would continue its programme of buying up $85 billion in bonds every month for the foreseeable future sent emerging market currencies and stocks rising, Foreign Policy magazine noted.
September 19, 2013
BANGALORE: Jnanpith awardee and acclaimed Kannada writer Dr UR Ananthamurthy has said he will not live in a country with Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister, triggering angry reactions from BJP which said he was free to leave India.
September 19, 2013
NEW DELHI: In the first conviction after the Supreme Court struck down a law that provided immunity to MPs and MLAs from immediate disqualification, a special CBI court on Thursday held Congress Rajya Sabha member Rasheed Masood guilty in a case of corruption and other offences and he is set to lose his seat.
