July 21, 2013
BEIJING: A man dubbed as "sex offender" in China was sentenced to death on Sunday for raping and molesting minor girls between 2008 and 2012.
Zhang Qinghai, a coal mine worker, was found guilty of raping two girls, aged seven and nine, a court in east China's Anhui province said while pronouncing the sentence with a two-year reprieve.
July 21, 2013
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday acknowledged that the embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has strengthened his position in recent months.
The Syrian civil war between President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels have claimed nearly 100,000 lives in the country.
July 21, 2013
NEW DELHI: Riding on horses and ponies, around 50 Chinese soldiers intruded into the Indian territory of Chumar in Ladakh on July 16 staking their claim over the area.
The Chinese troops started their incursion in the Chumar area on the evening of July 16 and they remained in the Indian area till the morning of July 17, sources said.
July 20, 2013
KABUL/DEH SALAH: One of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's main religious advisers will not overturn a decree issued by clerics in the north reimposing Taliban-style curbs on women, in another sign of returning conservatism as Nato forces leave the country.
July 20, 2013
NEW DELHI: A heavy downpour caused flooding and brought parts of the capital to a virtual standstill for hours on Saturday as several roads got submerged under rainwater, stranding vehicles. Two Metro stations were shut due to flooding.
Heavy showers throw traffic out of gear in Delhi
July 20, 2013
DETROIT: Detroit, the cradle of America's automobile industry and once the nation's fourth-most-populous city, filed for bankruptcy Thursday, the largest U.S. city ever to take such a course.
Detroit expanded at a stunning rate with the arrival of the automobile industry, and then shrank away in recent decades.
July 20, 2013
Microsoft shares fell more than 11% on Friday, their biggest plunge in more than four years, a day after the software company posted dismal quarterly results due to weak demand for its latest Windows system and poor sales of its Surface tablet.
July 19, 2013
NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi's stamp was written all over as BJP on Friday announced its election campaign committee for 2014 polls including top leaders Murli Manohar Joshi, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley who will work under him.
July 19, 2013
WASHINGTON: In a striking development, President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Nisha Desai Biswal, an accomplished Indian-American administrator, to head the South Asia bureau in the US state department.
July 18, 2013
MUMBAI: The rupee extended losses for the second day, dropping 33 paise to 59.67 against dollar, after Fed's comments strengthened the US currency and RBI drained only a fifth of its target in an auction to curb liquidity.
