January 17, 2013
A low-caste woman was beaten and gang-raped in front of her husband and child when seven robbers invaded their home. The husband had been bound and gagged, unable to protect his wife.
Women protest recent rapes
January 16, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has halted a new visa program with Pakistan and nine Pakistani field hockey players were asked to withdraw from the India team, as tensions between the two nuclear-armed countries continue to rise. Earlier this month Pakistani troops allegedly killed Indian troops in Kashmir, beheading one.
January 16, 2013
Washington — After a sharp slowdown pushing down its projected growth to 5.4 percent in the fiscal year ending March 2013, the World Bank expects India to grow at 6.4 percent this year, rising to 7.3 percent by 2015.
The slowdown in India, South Asia's largest economy, also weakened growth in the region to an estimated 5.4 percent in 2012 (7.4 percent in 2011), said the World Bank's latest Global Economic Prospects, issued Tuesday.
January 16, 2013
Saina Nehwal sailed into the second round of Malaysia Open after registering a straight set victory over Singapore’s Gu Juan in the women’s singles event on Wednesday.
However, India’s budding star P.V. Sindhu went down fighting to higher-ranked Tine Baun of Denmark in her first round match.
January 16, 2013
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar accused India of engaging in “war-mongering” in the aftermath of clashes and killing of two Indian soldiers at the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar. Photo: AP
Januaray 15, 2013
One in five women in both India and Egypt say that using the internet would be inappropriate and their families would likely disapprove. In developing countries, nearly 25 percent fewer women than men have access to the internet.
An Indian woman
January 15, 2013
MUMBAI: A settlement in Bhayander (W), named as 'Bangladesh zopadpatti' on government documents, has recently come to light. Interestingly, the slum has been carrying the name for over 35 years and is occupied mostly by people from the interiors of Maharashtra.
January 15, 2013
AUSTIN (Texas): Cyclist Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview on Monday that he used performance enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a person familiar with the situation said.
January 15, 2013
Saeed Ajmal won bowling honors at Pakistan’s cricket awards ceremony after not being included in any ICC shortlists. He won the highest honor of the year, best bowler.
January 15, 2013
President Barack Obama may fail to outlaw high-power assault weapons, he admitted, as he was accused by Michael Bloomberg of jeopardizing American lives by not confronting the gun lobby.
Mr. Obama confirmed that he would attempt to go round Congress and enact some by executive action
