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.
March 10, 2013
A 'mortality index' that consists of a 12-item list of health questions can help predict chances for dying within 10 years for patients aged 50 and older.
March 10, 2013
NEW DELHI: India has attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) of $22.78 billion in 2012, a decline of 34 per cent over the previous year due to global economic uncertainties.
The country had attracted FDI of $34.62 billion in 2011, according to the department of industrial policy and promotion data.
"The dip in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows is mainly due to uncertainties in the global economy," an official said.
March 10, 2013
BEIJING: China unveiled a government restructuring plan on Sunday, cutting cabinet-level entities by two and dissolving its powerful railways ministry, as the country's new leaders look to boost efficiency and combat corruption.
