February 6, 2013
MUMBAI: The credit card industry in the country has been hit by a series of frauds over the past couple of months, a scam which could potentially impact a large number of credit card users in days to come.
February 6, 2013
While refusing to draw parallel between Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachhan and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, former cricketer turned BJP MP from Amritsar parliamentary constituency Navjot Singh Sidhu observed that Bachchan was not the best in the world and there were several like him but no one in the world was like Sachin Tendulkar.
February 6, 2013
WASHINGTON: It does not matter if it is Republican President George Bush or Democratic President Barack Obama in the White House; Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's daughter Amrit Singh's canvassing for human rights and campaign against secret rendition and torture cuts across party lines — and across countries.
February 6, 2013
Reported abuses in microfinancing industry in India has led to a decline in the number of the world's poor people who benefited from small loans. Microfinance seeks to reduce poverty by offering small loans to low-income but entrepreneurial people, especially women, usually shunned by traditional banks.
February 5, 2013
Kolkata — West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday alleged that the Congress-led central government was talking about the food security bill to hoodwink people before next year's general elections.
The chief minister flayed the Congress-led central government for repeatedly raising diesel, petrol and fertilizer prices and ridiculed union ministers for claiming that the state government was only implementing central government schemes.
February 5, 2013
Pakistan's former cricket legend-turned politician Imran Khan addresses an anti-corruption rally in Islamabad on Monday, June 18, 2012
February 5, 2013
Suresh Kalmadi, India's former Olympics chief has pleaded not guilty to an array of corruption charges related to his handling of the chaotic Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010. Kalmadi faces charges of criminal conspiracy, forgery, abuse of office and intimidation over a contract awarded to Swiss Timing.
February 5, 2013
New Delhi — To detect birth defects and development delays including disability early, the government will Wednesday launch a national programme for universal screening of children.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will launch the 'Child Health Screening and Early Intervention Services' in Palghar, a tribal block in Thane district in Maharashtra, a health ministry official said Tuesday.
February 5, 2013
The companion of the young woman who died after being gang-raped in Delhi bus, on Tuesday identified the bus on which the attack took place.
February 4, 2013
USA Cricket Association president Gladstone Dainty has cited insufficient investment to cover initial operational costs and a lack of turf wicket venues in key markets for another delay to the proposed domestic Twenty20 league.
USACA Chief: Gladstone Dainty
