August 19, 2013
Indian rupee plunged to a new low of 62.70 and shares tumbled two percent on Monday. But Kaushik Basu, a former advisor to the Indian government and currently a chief economist at the World Bank said India was not in danger of a full-blown economic crisis.
A man counts Indian rupee notes at a bank in Mumbai
August 18, 2013
NEW DELHI: BJP Parliamentary Party chief LK Advani on Sunday surprised many at a party conclave when he praised Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, against whom he had taken jibes on Independence Day for criticizing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
August 18, 2013
NEW DELHI: For former President A P J Abdul Kalam, becoming a fighter pilot was a "dearest dream" but he failed to realize it by a whisker as he bagged the ninth position when only eight slots were available in the IAF.
August 18, 2013
DUBAI: An American al-Qaida militant has called for more attacks on Western diplomats in the Arab world, praising the killers of the US ambassador to Libya on September 11 last year, a US-based monitoring group said on Sunday.
August 18, 2013
MUMBAI: Nearly 1,800 Indians want to settle down on the Red Planet permanently and several of them are from Bangalore, according to Aashima Dogra, spokesperson of the Netherlands-based Mars One, which is planning a one-way human mission to Mars in 2022.
August 17, 2013
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have arrested Abdul Karim Tunda alias Abdul Quddooss, one of India's top 20 wanted terrorists, and mastermind of over 40 bombings in the country, from Indo-Nepal border.
August 17, 2013
MOSCOW: Usain Bolt underlined his amazing sprinting prowess on Saturday by powering to a third successive world 200m title at the World Athletics Championships for his seventh world gold medal.
August 16, 2013
Four bodies were recovered from inside a submarine damaged by twin explosions. The navy said it was doubtful that any of the other 14 sailors aboard survived.
August 16, 2013
By Geeta Goindi
Rockville, MD – Exactly a year after the devastating hate crime at the Gurudwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, devotees of various faiths gathered at the Guru Gobind Singh Foundation (GGSF) to remember, to heal, to reflect, to stand united and speak in unison.
August 16, 2013
WASHINGTON - Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden began downloading documents describing the U.S. government's electronic spying programs while he was working for Dell Inc in April 2012, almost a year earlier than previously reported, according to U.S. officials and other sources familiar with the matter.
