March 2, 2013
Federal budget cuts began Friday evening with President Barack Obama ordering $85 billion in federal spending reductions.
March 2, 2013
CASTEL GANDOLFO, ITALY: As bells tolled and the clock struck 8, the brass-studded wooden doors swung shut on Thursday at this palace in the Italian hills, marking an end to Benedict XVI's papacy and the start of his final journey as a "simple pilgrim."
March 2, 2013
LONDON: A study conducted by Canadian researchers has called Mother Teresa "anything but a saint", a creation of an orchestrated and effective media campaign who was generous with her prayers but miserly with her foundation's millions when it came to humanity's suffering.
March 2, 2013
The seven books of Jagat Singh's Ramayana have been separated for over 150 years; five books are maintained by the British Library while two others are in Mumbai and Udaipur. Digitizing the texts and uniting them online will preserve the ancient story for generations to come.
The British Library
March 1, 2013
Gunmen killed a reporter Friday in southwest Pakistan. Two days ago Geo News reporter Malik Mumtaz was also killed in the North Waziristan tribal region.
Baluchistan Journalists threatened: Death or jail
March 1, 2013
VATICAN CITY: With Pope Benedict XVI now officially in retirement, Catholic cardinals from around the world begin on Friday the complex, cryptic and uncertain process of picking the next leader of the world's largest church.
March 1, 2013
WASHINGTON: A day before sweeping budget cuts begin, the White House and Republicans blamed each other on Thursday for failure to prevent a fiscal crisis which the International Monetary Fund warned could slow the US and world economies.
Absent a highly unlikely last-ditch deal, the $85 billion in cuts across federal government agencies start on Friday.
March 1, 2013
Budget 2013: 'Nirbhaya Fund' of Rs 1,000 crore to be set up for safety and empowerment of women
FM announces Nirbhaya fund for women
March 1, 2013
A British court blocked the deportation of nearly 40 Tamil asylum seekers Thursday over fears of torture. Some of the asylum seekers had links to the Tamil Tiger rebels, who were defeated by Sri Lankan government forces in 2009 after more than three decades of civil war.
February 28, 2013
Washington — Eight Indian women, including media baroness Shobhana Bharti, hotelier Priya Paul and banker Chhanda Kochchar, figure among Forbes Asia's list of 50 businesswomen in Asia who are performing at the centrestage in the world's most dynamic region.
