January 19, 2013
India’s ruling Congress began a series of meetings Friday to develop a strategy ahead of the 2014 elections. Party leaders worry rival groups have infiltrated the party’s traditional support base.
January 18, 2013
India has officially banned gay couples and single people from using surrogate mothers in the country following a boom in "surrogacy tourism.” In addition to being straight, the couples must be married for at least two years. The changes have been denounced as discriminatory by fertility clinics and gay rights activists.
January 18, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 6 for 75 (K Perera 22*, Johnson 3-11) beat Australia 74 (Starc 22*, Kulasekara 5-22, Malinga 3-14) by 4 wickets
Nuwan Kulasekara destroyed Australia with lethal inswing
January 18, 2013
Shops, businesses and schools shut on Friday across Karachi, as the city braced for further unrest after the murder of a politician and a night of sporadic shootings. Overnight violence, linked to ethnic and politically linked tensions in Karachi, left five people dead and around 30 wounded according to police.
January 18, 2013
Hyderabad — President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday called upon private sector to join hands with government in fighting blindness and visual impairment.
National Programme For Control Of Blindness
January 18, 2013
Pakistan recently announced the release of 26 prisoners to kick start peace talks ahead of the withdrawal of US-led NATO troops from Afghanistan; however, no one knows what happened to the prisoners. According to the US ambassador to Afghanistan, a real peace process has yet not begun.
January 18, 2013
A magistrate in India has ordered the trial of five men accused in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a moving bus to be shifted to a special fast-track court in New Delhi. The government has set up five fast-track courts in the capital in recent weeks to deal swiftly with crimes against women.
January 17, 2013
Pakistan's political crisis seemed to easing as a group of ruling ministers held talks with a cleric leading a mass protest in Islamabad. The adjournment by the Supreme Court of an alleged corruption case against the prime minister, after officials claimed not to have enough evidence to arrest him, also seemed to give the government breathing space.
January 17, 2013
Melbourne — India's doubles specialists Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna won their first round matches with different partners while Somdev Devvarman lost a marathon battle against fancied Jerzy Janowicz of Poland in the men's singles second round at the Australian Open here on Wednesday.
January 17, 2013
New Delhi — Asserting that universal healthcare was a "matter of faith" for the government, President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said the country needed "out of the box" reforms to take medical services closer to people's homes.
