June 11, 2013
WASHINGTON: Immigration is a driving force in American economy, President Barack Obama said as he called on the Congress to pass the immigration reform bill which would provide pathway to citizenship to millions of undocumented workers from countries like India.
June 11, 2013
Five people were killed when part of a four-story building collapsed during heavy monsoon rain in Mumbai. Building collapses are common in India as builders try to cut corners by using substandard materials, and as multistory structures are built with inadequate supervision.
June 11, 2013
Police in Mumbai have arrested Suraj Pancholi, Jiah Khan's boyfriend on charges of abetting her suicide. A letter she wrote alleges that Pancholi cheated on her, physically abused her and forced her to have an abortion.
Bollywood actress Jiah Khan committed suicide in Mumbai, India
June 11, 2013
JIUQUAN, China: China's latest manned spacecraft successfully blasted off on Tuesday on a 15-day mission to dock with a space lab and educate young people about science.
The Shenzhou 10 capsule carrying three astronauts lifted off as scheduled at 5:38pm (0938 GMT) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert.
June 10, 2013
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 234 for 9 (Amla 81) beat Pakistan 167 (Misbah 55, McLaren 4-19) by 67 runs
South Africa's Francois du Plessis (right) celebrates with teammates after catching Pakistan's Kamran Akmal during the ICC Champions Trophy at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
June 10, 2013
NEW DELHI: The BJP was thrown into disarray on Monday, barely a day after it named Narendra Modi to lead it in the next Lok Sabha election, with the veteran LK Advani declaring he was quitting all major party posts and accusing most BJP leaders of pursuing "personal agendas".
June 10, 2013
MUMBAI: The rupee today sank by a staggering 110 paise to life-time low of 58.16 against dollar, making the struggling economy further vulnerable as imports become costlier, inflation risks rise and record high CAD worsens.
The dollar gained broadly following weak Chinese data and reasonably healthy US jobs data.
June 10, 2013
NEW DELHI: In a major setback to Delhi Police, a court on Monday indicted them for slapping the stringent provisions of MCOCA on cricketers S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and 17 others and granted the accused bail in the IPL spot-fixing case.
June 10, 2013
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa slammed the Centre again, for what she termed its "astounding insensitivity" regarding providing training to Sri Lankan defence personnel on Tamil Nadu soil.
June 10, 2013
LONDON: A former CIA employee working as a contractor at the US National Security Agency said he was the man who had leaked details of a top secret US surveillance programme, acting out of conscience to protect "basic liberties for people around the world."
