August 26, 2013
Situation going from bad to worse, more so in metropolitan cities, says the apex court
The huge spurt in rape incidents across the country, including the Mumbai photo-journalist gangrape, today drew strong concerns from the Supreme Court which said that the situation is "going from bad to worse".
August 26, 2013
CHENNAI: Non-resident Indians are being wooed with higher rates of interest by several banks after the Reserve Bank of India allowed lenders to offer NRIs a better return than local depositors and relaxed reserve requirements on these deposits.
August 26, 2013
CANBERRA: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has outlined Australia's blueprint for future engagement with India.
"Australia's relationship with India has perhaps the greatest potential to grow out of all of Australia's significant bilateral relationships in Asia," Xinhua quoted Rudd as saying.
August 26, 2013
BANGALORE/NEW DELHI: Wipro chairman Azim Premji has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to seek the intervention of US President Barack Obama to remove provisions in a proposed immigration bill that are discriminatory towards Indian IT firms.
August 25, 2013
Washington — Indians have emerged as the third-largest immigrant group in the US behind Mexicans and the Chinese with their number touching nearly 1.9 million in 2011, according to a US think tank.
The share of Indian immigrants among all foreign born in the US has grown to almost 5 percent of the country's 40.4 million immigrants in 2011, noted an article published in the Migration Policy Institute's online journal, the Migration Information Source.
August 25, 2013
Jayalalithaa says there are some outstanding issues which need to be addressed before the food security bill truly assures food security to the nation and in particular to Tamil Nadu
August 25, 2013
Washington — An 11-volume Encyclopedia of Hinduism, outlining the beliefs and traditions of one of the world's major religions, is set to be unveiled at a conference of Indian scholars at the University of South Carolina (USC) Monday.
Culmination of a 25-year academic effort, the definitive guide is conceived, compiled and produced by the India Heritage Research Foundation and published by Mandala Publishing, according to the University.
August 25, 2013
Mumbai: Three days after the brutal Shakti mills gang rape in Mumbai, the police have managed to arrest all five accused. The remaining two culprits were picked up on Sunday.
August 25, 2013
CHENNAI: The year-long campaign of 'Bring back auto meters' has clocked a success with the Tamil Nadu government announcing revised autorickshaw fares and mandatory meters. Autorickshaw drivers in Chennai and other TN cities have been infamous for fleecing passengers after discarding the meters about 15 years ago.
August 25, 2013
AYODHYA: Former BJP MP Ram Vilas Vedanti and sitting MLA Ram Chandra Yadav were arrested early on Sunday morning, even as a defiant VHP plans to go ahead with its proposed yatra in this temple town.
Vedanti was arrested around 7am this morning when he had left his house here for the parikrama, police said.
