April 11, 2013
WASHINGTON: Sri Srinivasan's confirmation hearing that could make him the first ever Indian-American to serve as a federal judge began on Wednesday, but he is already being talked up to the United States Supreme Court.
April 11, 2013
NEW DELHI: Gold prices plunged to over ten months low by losing Rs 505 to Rs 29,470 per ten gram in the national capital today on frantic selling by stockists amid restricted buying, driven by a steep fall in overseas markets.
April 11, 2013
SEOUL: South Korea and the United States were on high alert for a North Korean missile launch on Thursday as the hermit kingdom turned its attention to celebrating its ruling Kim dynasty and appeared to tone down rhetoric of impending war.
April 11, 2013
Washington — Describing foreign students, nearly four in ten of whom come from India or China, as a "potential asset" to the US economy, a leading think tank wants Congress to ease their way to stay and work.
The number of all international students studying at US higher educational institutions has grown exponentially in the past 60 years, according to new research from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Programme, Immigration Facts on Foreign Students.
April 11, 2013
The son of multimillionaire politician Deepak Bhardwaj is being accused of paying $1 million to have his late father assassinated. Nitesh Bhardwaj was fearful that his father would write him out of his will and divorce his mother for his 29-year-old ex girlfriend.
April 10, 2013
A film festival in the United Kingdom is recognizing 100 years of Bollywood cinema with screening of such legendary classics like Mughal-e-Azam and Raja Harishchandra. Mughal-e-Azam was the most expensive film ever made.
April 10, 2013
LONDON: Robert Edwards, a British Nobel prize-winning scientist known as the father of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) for pioneering the development of "test tube babies", died on Wednesday aged 87 after a long illness, his university said.
April 10, 2013
WASHINGTON: As desperate as unemployed Americans are to find work, there are still some jobs that many would never consider applying for because they are seen as too dirty, too demanding or just plain unappealing.
April 10, 2013
WASHINGTON:A top US commander has pushed for a strong strategic partnership with New Delhi, arguing that this is not only in America's national interest, but also good for regional and global peace and stability.
April 10, 2013
PESHAWAR: For politicians in most countries, switching parties is a once-in-a-career move made only after careful thought. But in Pakistan, changing sides to gain advantage is standard practice.
