April 24, 2013
The UN has warned of a troubling rise in violence in Afghanistan. NATO forces killed 13 insurgents in the country’s east where the Taliban has allegedly kidnapped a group of foreigners.
April 24, 2013
Secretary of State John Kerry hosted top Afghan and Pakistani officials at security talks in Brussels. Kerry claims everyone feels they made progress in the dialogue.
April 24, 2013
Police arrested a man in India who plotted to sell his newborn grandson via Facebook. The man sought help from two hospital employees where his daughter gave birth, who contacted the buyer on Facebook and arranged the deal for $830.
April 24, 2013
NEW DELHI: Faced with a serious risk of the rejection of the JPC report on spectrum scam which gave a clean chit to the prime minister and the finance minister, Congress on Tuesday aggressively lobbied SP to prevent it from joining parties determined to change the draft prepared by Congress's P C Chacko.
April 24, 2013
Proposed changes in the U.S. immigration law will close loopholes that allow Indian and American outsourcing companies to pay guest workers in the U.S. rates that are below wages for equivalently skilled Americans.
April 23, 2013
Tendulkar, who turns 40 this week, claims he has no plans to retire. He has played 198 Tests and 463 ODIs, scoring an unbeaten 100 international centuries.
April 23, 2013
WASHINGTON: The vulnerability of the internet to hacking and the runaway dangers of instant social media were on display for a few brief seconds on Tuesday when the Twitter account of an international news agency flashed a message that said there had been an explosion in the White House and President Barack Obama had been injured.
April 23, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Kings XI Punjab 121 for 5 (Miller 34*) beat Delhi Daredevils 120 for 7 (Warner 40, Harmeet 3-24) by five wickets
Harmeet Singh (right) made an impact in his first game of 2013
April 23, 2013
NEW DELHI: Stating that the economic slowdown has bottomed out, Prime Minister's economic advisory panel has pegged the growth rate for the current fiscal at 6.4 per cent, up from 5 per cent in 2012-13.
April 23, 2013
NEW DELHI: With Chinese forces intruding nearly 10km inside Indian Territory in Ladakh, India is likely to send an Army contingent to the area to be on guard even though it wants to avoid a confrontation.
