September 10 2012
A total impasse in India's parliament is not only undermining the world's biggest democracy but also deepening its economic woes as long-awaited reforms fall by the wayside.
A now familiar chorus of recriminations echoed around the grandiose circular chamber on Friday as the second of the three annual sessions ended in paralysis.
September 10, 2012
Serena Williams was staring defeat in the face, just two poitns away from a loss, but rebounded in electrifying fashion to win the last four games and the US Open crown.
Serena Williams hugs the U.S. Open trophy after vanquishing Victoria Azarenka Sunday.
September 9, 2012
Samsung Electronics may become a surprise factor in the battle for dominance of the smartphone software market, Lowell McAdam, chief executive of Verizon Communications, said on Friday.
Google Inc's Android and Apple Inc's iOS operating systems currently dominate the smartphone market.
September 9, 2012
t is not just petrol or diesel prices but also milk prices that will be hiked. Mother Dairy Milk will increase the price by Rs.2 per litre in the NCR effective Saturday.
September 9, 2012
MUMBAI -- Had this interview been conducted face-to-face, action superstar Akshay Kumar in all likelihood would have retorted, "Don't angry me!" to certain questions. But since it was on email (he was in Muscat for a shoot), he merely excused himself from queries regarding his friends Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.
September 8, 2012
Indian Premier Manmohan Singh warned Saturday over the use of social media to inflame ethnic tensions after online threats and text messages sparked a mass exodus of migrants from southern cities.
The use of "social media to aggravate the communal situation is a new challenge", Singh told a conference of senior police officials in New Delhi.
September 8, 2012
New Delhi — Remittances to India surged to $66.13 billion in 2011-12 as compared to $55.62 billion in the previous year, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said Friday.
September 8, 2012
Scorecard: Pakistan 151 for 4 (Hafeez 45, Jamshed 45) beat Australia 151 for 8 (Bailey 42, Ajmal 2-20) through Super Over
Pakistan's top order provided the platform for a big score
September 7, 2012
India was committed to rebuilding its relations with South Asian nuclear-armed rival Pakistan through dialogue, Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna said Friday.
Last year Pakistan and India resumed their tentative peace process, which collapsed after Islamist gunmen from Pakistan killed 166 people in Mumbai in November 2008.
September 7, 2012
Washington, Sep 7 — Five Indian companies including Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Unilever and Infosys are ranked on Forbes magazine's list of "The World's Most Innovative Companies" topped by four US companies.
Larsen & Toubro with an annual sales growth of 19 percent is ranked ninth in the world followed by Hindustan Unilever (12) with 11.4 percent. Infosys (19) comes third with 12.7 percent growth thanks to what the US business magazine called a lower "innovation premium."
