December 5, 2012
WASHINGTON — Native American tribal leaders are concerned that steady progress on their issues might be undermined if President Barack Obama and Congress make deep spending cuts to avoid the "fiscal cliff."
December 5, 2012
Australian great Shane Warne said he would consider coming out of retirement to play in next year’s Ashes series against England if asked by national team captain Michael Clarke, but Warne later tweeted that the suggestion might have been taken out of context.
December 5, 2012
Hundreds if Tamils protested in Jaffna for the first time since the civil war ended, denouncing security forces and the government. The Tamil National Alliance has accused security forces of causing unrest after they stopped a commemoration for Tamil Tiger guerrillas.
December 5, 2012
New Delhi — Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday accused Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of giving undue favours to some corporate companies and said the impression of him being honest was wrong.
Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal
December 5, 2012
A veritable encyclopedia on Lord Muruga
Book Title: Sri Muruga, Author: Rahul Kabade, Language: English, Publications (Britain), Pages: 194, Price: not stated
Lord Muruga
December 5, 2012
India has lifted the restriction of a two-month gap on re-entry to the country for most foreign tourists, which was implemented after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The 60-day gap rule will still be applied to nationals from Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Sudan and Bangladesh.
Tourists attend the Indian Camel Fair
December 4, 2012
New Delhi — Animal rights group PETA joined hands with some cosmetic companies and animal welfare organisations in urging union health ministry to ban painful and deadly tests for cosmetics on animals.
December 4, 2012
New Delhi (India)/Lausanne (Switzerland): In a huge embarrassment for India, the International Olympic Committee today suspended the Indian Olympic Association because of government interference, a development which puts a bar on the country's Olympic participation.
December 4, 2012
To understand why the saffron hordes demolished the Babri Masjid 20 years ago on December 6, 1992, it is necessary to go back to 1984. In that year, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which was then only four years old, reached the lowest point of its brief political life since it could win only two Lok Sabha seats.
December 4, 2012
Washington — Louisiana's Indian American governor Bobby Jindal may well be making a bid for the White House in 2016, a leading US news site suggested citing a meeting with a wealthy Republican fund raiser.
