June 18, 2013
Uttarakhand state authorities believe that at least 64 people have died because of flash floods and landslides as a result of heavy rain. Television footage showed bridges, houses and multi-story buildings crashing down and being washed away by swirling waters.
June 18, 2013
AHMEDABAD: In an apparent move to avoid stoking a fresh controversy as BJP comes to terms with a bitter separation from JD(U), Gujarat chief minister NarendraModi has declined an invitation to visit Ayodhya, his office said on Tuesday.
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has declined an invitation to visit Ayodhya.
June 18, 2013
SYDNEY: Australia secured their place at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil Tuesday with a late strike from Josh Kennedy firing them to a tense 1-0 win over an under-strength Iraq at Stadium Australia.
Josh Kennedy is embraced by Tommy Oar after scoring against Iraq to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
June 18, 2013
MUMBAI: The rupee fell 1.5 per cent to a record closing low on Tuesday as traders worried that the country's current account deficit made the currency especially vulnerable to any scaling back of the US Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus.
June 17, 2013
The Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh says Rahul Gandhi has the right qualities to lead the Congress party and would be happy to see him 'step into my shoes'
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday indicated readiness to make way for Rahul Gandhi if the UPA wins the Lok Sabha elections next year.
June 17, 2013
NEW YORK: US authorities today raided 14 popular convenience stores and arrested nine owners and managers, charging them with harboring and hiring illegal immigrants, including Pakistanis.
Federal authorities seized 14 7-Eleven stores on Long Island and in Virginia this morning, The New York Times reported.
Immigration and customs enforcement agents and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn were also investigating 40 other 7-Eleven franchises in New York City and elsewhere, the paper quoted sources as saying.
June 17, 2013
WASHINGTON: Japanese engineers have unveiled the prototype of a flexible, plasma television that can roll up like a window shade.
Japanese engineers unveiled the prototype of a flexible, plasma television
June 17, 2013
HYDERABAD: Home to Asia's first office of Facebook and Google's first in India, these companies have put Hyderabad right on top of the global map by providing zillions of solutions worldwide from the city, but when it comes to their own toilet waste, they apparently have no clue where it is heading.
June 17, 2013
WASHINGTON: The US government only searched for detailed information on calls involving fewer than 300 specific phone numbers among the millions of raw phone records collected by the National Security Agency in 2012, according to a government paper obtained by Reuters on Saturday.
