June 26, 2013
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a central portion of a federal law that restricted the definition of marriage to opposite-sex couples in a major victory for the gay rights movement.
June 26, 2013
MUMBAI: The rupee on Wednesday tanked by a massive 106 paise to close at all-time low of 60.72 against dollar on heavy capital outflows and month-end dollar demand from importers, even as RBI intervened to stem the currency slide.
June 26, 2013
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama declared the debate over climate change and its causes obsolete on Tuesday as he announced a wide-ranging plan to tackle pollution and prepare communities for global warming.
June 26, 2013
NEW YORK: US stocks rose by the most in nearly two weeks on Tuesday after data showed business investment and the housing recovery continued apace, reassuring investors worried about the Federal Reserve's plans to reduce its massive monetary stimulus.
June 25, 2013
An Indian journalist is defending his decision to report on massive flooding atop of a frail survivor’s shoulders, claiming the man hoisted him up as a sign of respect. The journalist says his cameraman sabotaged him by posting the video of his full body when the footage was supposed to be from the chest up.
June 25, 2013
WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court on Tuesday gutted a key part of the landmark Voting Rights Act, passed in 1965 to end a century of attempts by former slaveholding states to block blacks from voting.
June 25, 2013
Washington: In a milestone in the educational partnership between India and the United States, the Department of State is pleased to announce the eight institutional partnership projects below for the first Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative awards.
June 25, 2013
MOSCOW: Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden arrived in Moscow from Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon and was due to depart for Havana the following day, but did not use the ticket, a Moscow airport source said on Tuesday.
June 24, 2013
NEW DELHI: India will not get fresh access to Mumbai terror attack mastermind David Headley, who is currently in American jail, for questioning, the US indicated on Monday.
June 24, 2013
JOHANNESBURG: South Africans adopted a mood of sombre resignation on Monday to the inevitability of saying goodbye to former president Nelson Mandela after the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader's condition in hospital deteriorated to critical.
