May 20, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO: The technology industry got much of what it wanted in a bill that overhauls federal immigration law.
Critics of Silicon Valley counter that its demands could imperil the overhaul as a whole, including the fate of millions of migrants who stand to gain legal papers.
May 20, 2013
New Delhi — India and China scripted a new chapter in their ties Monday as Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh candidly discussed their recent border row and decided to take steps for an early resolution of a dispute that triggered a war in 1962.
Li, making New Delhi his first halt in his foreign trip after assuming power in March, and Manmohan Singh also agreed that the world's two most populous nations and biggest economies had a lot in common despite some known differences.
May 20, 2013
Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon just weeks away. The country's Rakhine state is pockmarked with makeshift settlements for up to 140,000 people – mainly Rohingya Muslims – displaced by sectarian unrest last year.
May 20, 2013
Imran Khan has blamed the death of a political activist on Altaf Hussain, head of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. The party has been accused of having an illegal armed wing involved in extortion, land theft and the drug trade.
Supporters of Imran Khan
May 20, 2013
EDMOND, OKLAHOMA: A powerful storm system rumbled through the plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged roofs and structures near Oklahoma City and kicked up debris in Wichita, Kansas.
May 20, 2013
DUBAI: India on Monday started verification and issuance of emergency certificates allowing its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia following concerns over a new labour policy in the Gulf Kingdom.
May 20, 2013
Jean-Michel Casanova, known for his high-flying stunts, scales the Bailong Elevator. Also known as the 'Hundred Dragons' elevator, the attraction is set in a mountain range near Zhangjiajie in China's Hunan Province.
May 19, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Sunrisers Hyderabad 132 for 5 (Parthiv 47, Dhawan 42, Abdulla 3-29) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 130 for 7 (Yusuf 49*, Steyn 2-24) by five wickets
Darren Sammy finished the game off with two consecutive sixes, but there was much tension before that
May 19, 2013
LONDON: NRI steel baron Lakshmi Mittal on Sunday said he was able to prove his principal wrong when he topped Saint Xavier's College in Calcutta even though he was earlier denied admission for not being fluent in English.
May 19, 2013
NEW DELHI: In the wake of controversy over spot-fixing in IPL matches, the sports ministry has started holding consultations with the law ministry to draft a new law to deal with betting in sports.
"Yes, I talked to (sports minister) Jitendra Singh.... We will soon draft a new law to deal with the malice of betting," Law minister Kapil Sibal said on Sunday.
