September 5, 2013
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia: US President Barack Obama is heading into the lion's den of Russia, confronting Syria's key patron as well as foreign leaders skeptical of his call for an international military strike against Bashar Assad's government.
September 5, 2013
MUMBAI: The rupee on Thursday strengthened by hefty 138 paise to trade at 65.69 against the dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market after fresh measures by the RBI to stem the currency's slide.
Blue chip shares, especially banks, jumped with NSE bank index surging as much as 9.4 per cent.
September 5, 2013
CAPE CANAVERAL: More than 40 years after the last Apollo astronauts left the moon, NASA is preparing to launch a small robotic spacecraft to investigate one of their most bizarre discoveries.
September 4, 2013
BRUSSELS: Usain Bolt plans to retire after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
"I'll go there and do what I have to do. I think it will be a good time to retire, on top," said Usain Bolt.
September 4, 2013
Rabbi Schonfeld from NY, Imam Majid from VA, Cardinal Wuerl, Dr. Rajwant Singh and Pastor Wanrock from Atlanta during an interfaith service marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington on Wednesday at Shiloh Baptist Church in the nation's capital. (Pic by CNS/Matthew Barrick)
September 4, 2013
MUMBAI: The rupee recovered sharply on Wednesday as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) aggressively sold dollars to prevent the currency from falling to a record low amid volatility in global markets over the US push for limited US strikes on Syria.
September 4, 2013
NEW YORK: Veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek advanced to the US Open men's doubles' semifinals after a hard-fought win in the last-eight stage.
September 3, 2013
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani today visited the line of control (LoC) to assess the security situation in the wake of violations of a ceasefire in the region over the past few weeks.
Kayani visited Kotli sector of the Line of Control, an area that has witnessed heavy exchanges of fire between Indian and Pakistani troops.
September 3, 2013
MUMBAI: A birth certificate, passport or even an Aadhaar card may not be enough to prove that you are an Indian citizen if you were born after July 1, 1987. Citizenship laws say a person born in India after July 1, 1987 cannot claim automatic citizenship unless at least one of the parents is an Indian.
September 3, 2013
HELSINKI: Microsoft on Tuesday said it would buy Nokia's mobile phone business for 5.44 billion euros, and the Finnish firm said its CEO, Stephen Elop, would join Microsoft when the transaction closed.
Finland's Nokia, once the undisputed leader in mobile phones, has been struggling to respond to the challenge from smartphone makers such as Apple and Samsung.
