November 28, 2013
United Nations (United States) – A UN General Assembly committee has agreed a landmark first resolution on women's rights defenders such as Malala Yousafzai, despite a hard fought campaign by an alliance including the Vatican to weaken the measure.
November 28, 2013
LONDON: The Indian-origin head of an extremist Maoist sect, accused of enslaving three women in his home here for 30 years, tried to convince his British followers he was Jesus Christ, a former activist has claimed.
November 28, 2013
BEIJING: China on Thursday ruled out establishing an air defence zone along the India-China border like it recently did over the disputed islands in the East China Sea, saying such zones are created only in coastal areas beyond territorial airspace.
November 28, 2013
Retired engineer videotapes event he describes as 'an amazing wonder'; disc measured 50 feet in diameter
North Dakota’s giant spinning ice circle; photo is a screen shot
Just about everyone has heard of crop circles, but ice circles?
November 28, 2013
By Special Correspondent & Columnist, Sam Prasad Jillella
12 winners were recognized with the 2013 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award for effectively developing learning and life skills in young people by engaging them in the arts or humanities.
November 28, 2013
Brief Scorecard: India 266 for 5 (Dhawan 119, Yuvraj 55) beat West Indies 263 for 5 (Samuels 71, Powell 70, Darren Bravo 51*) by five wickets
Shikhar Dhawan made his fifth ODI century of the year to guide India's chase
November 27, 2013
New York: A deadly wintry storm system is threatening plans for millions of Americans who will fly or drive somewhere for Thanksgiving — with some of the worst weather expected on Wednesday, the busiest travel day of the year.
Storms have already heaped up to a foot of snow on the mountains of Utah and Colorado and claimed 13 lives, including a 4-year-old girl who was killed in a rollover crash on an icy road in New Mexico.
November 27, 2013
HYDERABAD: The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) passed by its penultimate perigee early this morning.
"With this, the final orbit of MOM around Earth begins!" excited scientists of Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) informed on Wednesday.
November 27, 2013
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday named Lieutenant General Raheel Sharif as its new army chief, taking over from the retiring General Ashfaq Kayani.
November 26, 2013
GHAZIABAD: Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were on Tuesday sentenced to life term by a CBI court after they were convicted of killing their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj five-and-a-half years ago.
