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.
July 7, 2013
The blasts did not cause any casualty or damage to the temple and the Bodhi tree, under which Buddha attained enlightenment
July 7, 2013
LONDON: The serve that kissed the chalk and kicked into the stands, pronounced Marion Bartoli, aged 28 and making her 47th Grand Slam appearance, as the 2013 Wimbledon champion.
Marion Bartoli poses with the trophy after beating Sabine Lisicki in their final match at Wimbledon.
July 6, 2013
The Dalai Lama's 78th birthday was celebrated by thousands of Tibetans who waved banners and danced, while schoolchildren sang prayers at a Tibetan university in southern India. The Dalai Lama has lived in exile in India since 1959.
July 5, 2013
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Friday cleared Pope John Paul II for sainthood, approving a miracle attributed to his intercession and setting up a remarkable dual canonization along with another beloved pope, John XXIII.
July 5, 2013
BEIJING: Seeking to maintain peace and stability on the line of actual control in the backdrop of the PLA incursion in Ladakh, India and China on Friday agreed that "strategic communication" is required for building mutual trust even as they agreed to resume joint army exercises.
July 5, 2013
Bolivian President Evo Morales, who has suggested the United States pressured European nations to deny him their airspace, warned he would “study, if necessary, closing the US embassy in Bolivia”
July 5, 2013
Sharif came to know that the ISI and the FC were never asked about their operations in Balochistan for 16 years now nor had any government taken any ownership for their actions
July 5, 2013
NEW YORK: The Statue of Liberty finally reopened on America's Independence Day months after Superstorm Sandy swamped its little island as Americans across the country celebrated freedom and President Barack Obama urged citizens to live up to the words of the Declaration of Independence.
