March 3, 2013
NEW DELHI: India is heading straight for economic failure post-Chidambaram's budget as a direct result of the lack of meaningful economic reform, says Heritage Foundation, an important conservative think-tank in the US.
March 3, 2013
New Delhi — Syrian President Bashar-Al-Asad is sending his top aide Buthaina Shabaan to India to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and brief him about the ongoing conflict in the country.
Buthaina, who is Asad's political and information advisor, is expected to meet Manmohan Singh Tuesday when she will deliver a special message.
March 3, 2013
Suspected militants in Indian Kashmir shot dead two paramilitary policemen Saturday. The region has been experiencing bouts of unrest since the execution of Kashmiri separatist Mohammed Afzal Guru in February.
March 2, 2013
Brief Scorecard: India 5 for 0 trail Australia 237 for 9 dec (Clarke 91, Wade 62, Jadeja 3-33, Bhuvneshar 3-53) by 232 runs
Bhuvneshwar Kumar struck three times in his opening spell
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.
