August 19, 2013
China bound batches of dairy products were brought to a halt because of excessive levels of nitrate
August 19, 2013
ISLAMABAD: Describing Kashmir as the "jugular vein" of his country, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said India and Pakistan should join hands to tackle poverty and disease instead of wasting their resources on wars.
August 19, 2013
Mumbai's Tata Memorial Hospital draws tens of thousands of cancer patients thanks to its heavily subsidized medical care. But the Mumbai's steep hotel prices force scores to sleep on the pavements near the hospital.
August 19, 2013
SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organization called off the much-awaited launch of GSLV-D5 after scientists detected a leak in the second stage liquid propellant tank.
ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan (Right) addressing the media after calling off GSLV-D5 launch.
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.
