March 12, 2013
Washington — Describing forging deeper partnerships with emerging powers as a key pillar of US strategy for the Asia-Pacific, a top aide of President Barack Obama says Washington not just accepts, but fervently supports India's rise.
"US and Indian interests powerfully converge in the Asia-Pacific, where India has much to give and much to gain," Obama's National Security Advisor Thomas Donilon said discussing US policy in the Asia-Pacific region at Asia Society in New York Monday.
March 12, 2013
IPOH (Malaysia): India will have to put behind the disappointment of their back-to-back defeats and come out all guns blazing against arch-rivals Pakistan in their next round-robin match on Tuesday, to keep their chances alive in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
March 11, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 570 for 4 dec and 116 for 1 (Sangakkara 49*, Dilshan 63*) lead Bangladesh 638 (Mushfiqur 200, Ashraful 190, Nasir 100) by 48 runs
March 11, 2013
NEW DELHI: Expressing disappointment over 5 per cent growth, World Bank today said the Indian economy will soon get back to high growth path of 6 per cent next year and more thereafter.
"India is going to grow by 6 per cent next year and we hope for even more increase in future," World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said.
Kim, who is on a three-day visit to India, was talking to reporters after meeting Finance Minister P Chidambaram here.
March 11, 2013
MOHALI: Australia's hapless tour of India took an extraordinary turn on Monday with a miffed vice-captain Shane Watson leaving for home hours after being sensationally dropped from the team for the third Test along with three other key players, raising intense speculation of a revolt within the squad.
March 11, 2013
WASHINGTON: Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal has received rare praise from US President Barack Obama, for his sense of humour.
Jindal, the first-ever Indian American governor of a US state, has been a vocal critic of Obama and is seen as a potential 2016 presidential candidate from the Republican party.
March 11, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea and the United States are staging annual military drills that North Korea says it will respond to by scrapping the armistice that ended the Korean War and launching a nuclear attack on the US.
After Monday's start of the drills involving 10,000 South Korean and 3,500 American troops, Pyongyang reportedly followed through on an earlier vow to cut off a hotline with the South.
March 11, 2013
NEW DELHI: Delhi gangrape prime accused Ram Singh on Monday committed suicide by hanging himself in Tihar Jail. Ram Singh was to be produced in the court later today for a hearing in the case.
According to Times Now, the incident took place at 5am in jail number 3 of Tihar. His body has been sent to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital for postmortem.
March 10, 2013
Karzai took aim at the U.S. and the Taliban on Sunday, referencing recent bombings in the country he believes are meant to convince Afghans to support U.S.-led forces remaining in Afghanistan past next year's planned withdrawal. His remarks underscore the tensions between Afghanistan and the United States.
March 10, 2013
PATIALA/CHANDIGARH: Olympic bronze-medallist Vijender Singh's roommate and sparring partner Ram Singh was expelled from the National Institute of Sports on Sunday after admitting that he consumed drugs with the star boxer, who may soon be questioned by the police.
