January 15, 2013
Somdev Devvarman, who refuses to play in the Indian Davis Cup, excelled into the second round of the Australia open. Devvarman, along with ten other athletes will not play unless the All India Tennis Association meets specific demands.
January 14, 2013
A government spokesperson has lashed out at the international reaction to Saudi Arabia’s beheading of a Sri Lankan maid convicted of killing a baby. It has been claimed that the girl was only 17 when charged with murdering the child.
January 14, 2013
Millions of devout Hindus plunged into the Ganges River in a festival ritual to wash away their sins. The event marks the Kumbh Mela, which is one of the biggest religious gatherings and lasts 55 days.
January 14, 2013
New Delhi — In a move to boost investor sentiment, the Indian government Monday deferred the implementation of the controversial General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR), meant to prevent tax avoidance through foreign investments, by two years to April 1, and exempted non-resident Indians in foreign institutional investors (FIIs) from its purview.
January 14, 2013
Bus driver Ram Singh, accused of a gang rape and murder of an Indian student, confessed that he attempted to kill the victim to prevent her from identifying her attackers. He also revealed that the six men cleaned the blood from the bus with the victim’s clothes before burning it.
January 14, 2013
NASA has signed a $17.8 million deal to attach an inflatable private module to the International Space Station (ISS).
File photo shows space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Cananveral, Florida.
January 14, 2013
Suspended particulate matter found above permissible limit at 15 monitored locations
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board officials attributed the high levels of pollution to high humidity, low wind velocity and low temperatures.
January 13, 2013
WHO had removed India from the list of polio endemic countries in February 2012 and if no new polio case is reported by 2014, India will be officially declared polio free
January 13, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 2 for 172 (Thirimanne 102*, Dilshan 51) beat Australia 170 (Haddin 50, Malinga 3-32) by 8 wickets
Lahiru Thirimanne scored his maiden hundred in Sri Lanka's series-equalling win in Adelaide
January 13, 2013
Police have arrested six men in Punjab over the rape of a passenger on a coach in India. The incident reportedly occurred near Amritsar, nearly a month after the gang-rape and murder of a student on a bus in New Delhi sparked nationwide protests.
