December 17, 2012
Brief Scorecard: England 330 (Pietersen 73, Root 73, Prior 57, Swann 56, Chawla 4-69) and 352 for 4 (Trott 143, Bell 116*) drew with India 326 for 9 dec (Kohli 103, Dhoni 99, Anderson 4-81)
December 17, 2012
Thousands of Pakistani Islamists rallied near Wagah border on Sunday denouncing peace moves between Pakistan and India without resolution of disputed Kashmir. The protestors also oppose recent moves to improve trade relations.
December 17, 2012
NEWTOWN, Conn. — President Obama vowed on Sunday to “use whatever power this office holds” to stop massacres like the slaughter at the school here that shocked the nation, hinting at a fresh effort to curb the spread of guns as he declared that there was no “excuse for inaction.”
December 17, 2012
DARJEELING, India — Among connoisseurs, few teas surpass a good Darjeeling. The smooth and mellow taste commands a premium price, and the name itself evokes a bygone era when the British first introduced Chinese tea plants here in the Indian foothills of the Himalayas.
December 17, 2012
Ludhiana: Indian women Kabaddi team on Saturday defeated Malaysia by a huge margin of 72-12 to win the one-sided final of the world cup kabaddi played at Guru Nanak Stadium here.
India clinched the 2012 women's Kabaddi World Cup championship title, defeating Malaysia 72-12
December 17, 2012
The tech giants have asked a federal judge to keep confidential certain details of their recent technology patent trial.
December 17, 2012
Raghunathpur (West Bengal) — Congress leader and union Minister of State for Urban Development Deepa Dasmunsi on Sunday alleged that the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government's land policy was driving away investors.
"The so-called land policy in the state is not clear on several grounds and has resulted in confusion among industrialists. As a result, people are wary of investing here," she said here.
December 16, 2012
India is home to the world's largest tiger population, with 1,706 living in the wild across 41 tiger reserves but the figure is almost a tenth of what it was 50 years ago
December 16, 2012
Increased internet access in Pakistan is helping tear down the taboo of online dating; however, for some couples, marrying against family will means risking everything.
December 16, 2012
India will see another ‘harsh’ year in terms of economic growth in 2013 as the European situation “will remain very difficult up to end of 2014,” World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu said here on Friday.
World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu.
