May 3, 2013
Washington — The US-India Business Council (USIBC) has welcomed President Barack Obama's nomination of a "friend of India", Michael Froman, to the position of US Trade Representative (USTR).
"There is no individual better qualified to fill this important position at this crucial time than Mike Froman," said Ron Somers, President of the business advocacy association comprising nearly 400 of America's and India's top companies.
May 3, 2013
A Pakistani prisoner was beaten by another inmate in a jail in Kashmir, following the death of a convicted Indian spy who was also bludgeoned by fellow inmates in a Pakistani prison. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry called the Kashmir jail attack an "obvious retaliation" for the killing of the Indian prisoner.
May 3, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Bangladesh 269 for 8 (Nasir 68, S Masakadza 4-51) beat Zimbabwe 148 (H Masakadza 38, Ziaur 5-30) by 121 runs
Nasir Hossain hits down the ground, Zimbabwe v Bangladesh, 1st ODI, Bulawayo, May 3, 2013
May 3, 2013
KARACHI: A candidate running for Pakistan's national assembly at polls next week was shot dead on Friday along with his three-year-old son in Karachi, police said.
May 3, 2013
WASHINGTON: Challenging the assertion of several American lawmakers that H-1B visas grabbed by Indian IT professionals eat into their employment market, a new study by an eminent US thinktank has said that contrary to such perception, Indian techies create jobs in the country.
May 3, 2013
Pakistan has 254 Indian prisoners, most of them fishermen; China has 157 Indians lodged in its prisons, over charges like drugs or human trafficking, robbery and forgery,
May 3, 2013
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday cut key policy rates by 0.25 percent, a move that will make auto, housing and other loans cheaper and help accelerate economic growth.
May 3, 2013
Asian Development Bank in its advisory has asked women to avoid short skirts as it 'could hurt Indian sensibilities and may lead to sexual harassment'
May 3, 2013
WASHINGTON: The FBI on Thursday released the photographs of three men it said were at the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, when it was attacked last September.
These images released by the FBI on May 1, 2013 show three unknown individuals sought in the Benghazi, Libya, attack on the US Consulate on September 1, 2012.
May 2, 2013
KOLKATA: Former skipper Rahul Dravid was modesty personified as he said that he was lucky to have possessed enough talent to play cricket for India and "couldn't have asked for more".
