February 25, 2013
A nationwide blackout left Pakistan without electricity for almost two hours on Sunday night. Officials blamed technical problems for the breakdown, and insisted it was not caused by sabotage.
A Pakistani shopkeeper uses a battery-powered light during a blackout in Karachi on March 6, 2008
February 25, 2013
CHENNAI: Celebrations to mark Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's 65th birthday began on Sunday across the state amidst much pomp and fanfare with posters everywhere declaring that 'Amma' would be victorious in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
February 25, 2013
SEOUL: Park Geun-Hye was sworn in as South Korea's first female president Monday, vowing zero tolerance with provocation from North Korea and demanding Pyongyang "abandon its nuclear ambitions" immediately.
February 25, 2013
AHMEDABAD -- With just one temporary protection officer (PO) to handle as many as 875 complaints of domestic violence (DV) in Ahmedabad district, the Gujarat High Court has pulled up the Narendra Modi government and given it eight weeks' time to appoint an adequate number of these officers and staff members.
February 25, 2013
Myanmar has become the new hotspot for global oil and gas companies, despite lack of proof on the country’s potentially vast energy reserves. French company Total bought a 40 percent stake in an offshore exploration venture last year.
February 24, 2013
Chennai — The fuelling of the second stage of the Indian rocket that would sling seven satellites into space Feb 25 evening is expected to be done by Monday morning while the countdown for the launch is progressing smoothly, said officials of the Indian space agency.
February 24, 2013
Scientists have found evidence of a micro continent that formed 61-83 million years ago after Madagascar split from India. The Indian Ocean could be littered with hidden land fragments that broke off millions of years ago.
February 24, 2013
'Higher taxes on super-rich will affect business'
The government should focus more on high growth as the higher levy on super rich could affect the investors' sentiment, a survey has said.
February 24, 2013
VATICAN CITY: As cardinals from around the world begin arriving in Rome for a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI, new shadows have fallen over the delicate transition, which the Vatican fears might influence the vote and with it the direction of the Roman Catholic Church.
February 24, 2013
New Delhi — In order to intensify awareness about routine and polio immunisation and to emphasise need for vaccination of every child, Unicef Sunday launched a year-long plantation programme "Nurturing Trees, Nurturing Lives".
