July 9, 2013
Brief Scorecard: India 119 for 3 (Rohit 48*) beat Sri Lanka 96 (Bhuvneshwar 4-8) by 81 runs (D/L method)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar broke Sri Lanka's top order with 4 for 8 as India won by 81 runs to secure a spot in the final in Port-of-Spain
July 9, 2013
LEH: In another incursion, Chinese troops intruded into the Chumar sector in Ladakh — the same area which had sparked off tensions in April — and smashed some bunkers besides cutting wires of cameras installed at the border post.
July 9, 2013
MUMBAI: The rupee fell to a new low of 61.21 on Monday, raising the spectre of high inflation and threatening to throw government finances into disarray. A jiittery Reserve Bank of India (RBI) sold dollars and cracked down on speculation to bring back the rupee to 60.62 at close—up from 60.26 on Friday.
July 9, 2013
ISLAMABAD: Osama bin Laden lived in plain sight for almost a decade and was once even pulled over for speeding but not apprehended, thanks to the incompetence of Pakistan's intelligence and security services, an official report into his killing said on Monday.
Osama was pulled up for speeding 8 years before death: Report
July 8, 2013
NEW DELHI: Teen sensation Shiva Thapa (56kg) reaffirmed his status as the rising star of Indian boxing as he became the youngest pugilist from the country to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Championships in Amman, Jordan on Monday.
July 8, 2013
The Bihar Chief Minister says the opposition is politicising the Bodh Gaya blasts and accused the BJP and RJD of ‘surreptitiously’ trying to reach a seat-sharing pact
July 8, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO: The Asiana Airlines jet that crashed at San Francisco airport was traveling much slower than recommended and a pilot asked to abort the landing moments before the plane smashed into the ground, US investigators said Sunday.
July 8, 2013
MUMBAI: After angadias emerged from anonymity following a recent raid on trucks filled with cash, gold and diamonds, people have been asking if a person carrying a lot of money and valuables can be pulled up for doing so, especially if one is flying. Can a flyer be refused security clearance for carrying cash and valuables above a limit? The rules are different for international and domestic travel.
July 8, 2013
MUMBAI: Wal-Mart's India expansion is stalled. When India announced last September that it would allow foreign supermarket chains to take majority ownership of their Indian operations, it marked a victory for Wal-Mart Stores Inc , which had spearheaded efforts to open the market and said its first retail store would open within two years.
July 7, 2013
WASHINGTON: Investment by Indian companies in the US has touched a record $11 billion and in the process has created more than 100,000 jobs, a study has revealed.
