June 23, 2013
BEIJING: Edward Snowden, a former private contractor with the CIA who leaked the controversial US secret surveillance programme, today made fresh claims about America's cyber espionage against China, including intensive hacking attacks on a top university here.
June 23, 2013
PATNA: Trashing JD(U)'s allegations that Narendra Modi was an "autocratic" and "divisive" leader, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Sunday asked what "sin had he committed that provoked" the erstwhile ally to walk away after remaining together for 17 long years.
June 23, 2013
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton has fed speculation that she might run for the White House in 2016 by telling an audience in Canada that she would like to see a woman president in the United States in her lifetime.
June 22, 2013
The new US Trade Representative is expected to raise concerns about investing in India at a US-India CEO Summit, and later at the US-India Trade Policy Forum.
June 22, 2013
Dr. Mathew Varghese, an orthopedic surgeon who runs India’s only polio ward, sees about 150 patients a year – most of whom contracted polio in their infancy. Varghese has been trying to increase the resources for polio patients in India by educating surgeons around the country on how to address club foot and polio-related conditions.
June 22, 2013
KEDARNATH/DEHRADUN/CHENNAI: Hellish rains have turned Kedarnath into a ghost town. Though the outer structure of the temple seems intact, there are bodies piled up outside its gate.
According to reports, rain water gushed into the town from the summit behind the shrine carrying rocks and boulders, destroying everything on its path.
June 21, 2013
MOSCOW: World champion Viswanathan Anand put an end to two straight losses and settled for an easy draw with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the seventh round of Tal Memorial chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand had an easy game as black giving nothing away and comfortably split the point.
June 21, 2013
The meeting was the first between Advani and Bhagwat since the BJP veteran resented Modi's elevation as the campaign committee chief for the next Lok Sabha polls, and slammed his party's leaders for "pursuing personal agenda"
June 20, 2013
The US military has destroyed more than 77,000 metric tons of military equipment worth more than $7 billion as it prepares to withdraw from Afghanistan in late 2014. The items being shredded by contract workers from Nepal and other countries will be sold as scrap metal.
June 20, 2013
Brief Scorecard: India 182 for 2 (Dhawan 68, Kohli 58*) beat Sri Lanka 181 for 8 (Mathews 51, Ishant 3-33, Ashwin 3-48) by 8 wickets
Ishant Sharma exploited the steep bounce and seam movement well
