February 15, 2013
Bangladesh has banned a Japanese cartoon over fears that children who are hooked on the Hindi-dubbed version and are struggling to learn native Bengali. The cartoon, Doraemon, is about a robotic cat who travels from the 22nd century to help pre-teen boy.
February 15, 2013
Indian troops shot a Pakistani soldier Friday near the boarder of disputed Kashmir. It was the first deadly exchange since a ceasefire was enacted on January 16.
February 15, 2013
A close encounter of the rocky kind is set for Friday when an office building-size asteroid will speed past the Earth faster than a bullet and closer than some communications and GPS satellites.
It will be the nearest recorded brush with a space rock so large, NASA scientists said last week.
February 15, 2013
New Delhi — India and the United States have begun exploring an agreement in the area of training of United Nations peacekeepers.
At a meeting of India-US Joint Working Group on UN Peacekeeping in Washington Wednesday, the two countries advanced a number of goals laid out in the Declaration of Principles the Joint Working Group agreed upon in 2011.
February 14, 2013
Conservatives have come out against the holiday, calling it a "western-inspired event that's spreading vulgarity."
Romance is not dead in Pakistan, but it's under attack.
February 14, 2013
LONDON: Online retailer Amazon has beaten Apple and Google to become the most respected company in the US, a report has said.
Online retailer Amazon has beaten Apple and Google to become the most respected company in the US, a report has said.
February 14, 2013
KOLKATA: A vast majority of salaried class people employed in a host of trade and industry sectors want the Finance Minister Mr. P Chidambaram to raise the exemption limit of income tax to at least Rs 3 lakhs and increase deductions such as medical and educational allowances in the Union Budget so that they are left with more purchasing power, a comprehensive Assocham survey across major cities, has indicated.
February 14, 2013
LONDON: Months after the landmark discovery of a potential Higgs boson particle, CERN scientists will shut down its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to upgrade the machine for advance experiments.
February 14, 2013
JAMMU: In a fresh ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops fired at Indian posts along the line of control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir late on Thursday, but there was no casualty on the Indian side.
February 14, 2013
SALINAS, CA – Obama’s State of the Union address did not focus on immigration reform – one that would have taken a good chunk of his speech. Instead, he devoted roughly two minutes and 10 seconds (clapping included) to the issue, which induced expressions of disappointment from many of my friends who had gathered to watch him on television.
