February 22, 2013
Washington — India Thursday suggested greater cooperation with the US in seven key areas ranging from terrorism, defence and enhanced trade to support in multilateral fora as they take their strategic partnership forward.
"From our perspective, closer and more effective cooperation between us on terrorism is critical," said Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai as he began consultations with his American counterparts on a range of bilateral and regional issues.
February 22, 2013
President Obama handily defeated Mitt Romney in last November’s presidential election. Jimmy Carter said Romney’s ‘47 percent’ comment about Americans was ‘the major factor’ that sealed his fate.
February 21, 2013
Washington — One solution may not fit all, but challenges to agriculture and food security are similar in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa requiring action by governments to grassroots, experts said here Thursday.
An outcome of intensive research by 41 experts across 10 countries in the two regions including India, the outcome papers revealed similar problems in all the five areas looked into -- farm produce pricing, irrigation, fertilizer use, marketing and sustainability of rural livelihoods.
February 21, 2013
New Delhi — Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting will lead Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League's sixth edition beginning April 3.
Sachin Tendulkar was expected to lead the side following Harbhajan Singh's resignation but the team management has gone ahead with Ponting.
February 21, 2013
At least five people were killed in a pair of explosions in crowded areas of Hyderabad, outside a movie theater and a bus station. The CNN-IBN television news channel said 11 people were feared dead.
A relative reacts at the Omini hospital Kothapet following bomb blasts in Hyderabad on February 21, 2013.
February 21, 2013
WASHINGTON: Boasting of having the highest per capita income among all the major ethnic groups, more than eight per cent of the nearly three million Indian Americans are living below the poverty line in the US, a latest Census report revealed on Wednesday.
February 21, 2013
NEW DELHI: "Now everyone can fly". Malaysian low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia makes this bold proclamation on each of its aircraft and the airline's JV in India could well signify the same for flyers here.
February 20, 2013
Ahead of the first Test in Chennai the big question in front of Team India is regarding Sehwag's opening partner
February 20, 2013
NEW DELHI: India and Britain on Wednesday signed two MoUs for strengthening educational ties between the two countries.
February 20, 2013
Images released to promote a new documentary on Sri Lanka show that government soldiers executed the 12-year-old son of the Tamils separatist leader, its director claimed. The pictures "tell a chilling story," Macrae wrote in an article published in The Hindu.
