December 19, 2012
NEW DELHI: Ram Singh, 33, the prime accused in Sunday's gang rape, is a volatile man, known among friends as "Mental," a police source said on Tuesday. During investigation, he is learnt to have told police how he lost control and ended up brutalizing the woman and assaulting her friend.
December 18, 2012
Ireland will legalize abortions when the mother’s life is at risk, following the tragic death of Indian woman Savita Halappanavar. Savita died after being refused abortions while she was suffering a miscarriage.
A protest against the death of Savita Halappanavar
December 18, 2012
Sunny G believes Kohli is ready for captaincy
Nagpur: Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar feels young Virat Kohli is the future of Indian cricket and he is ready to take up the captaincy job from incumbent Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the aftermath of the series defeat against England.
December 18, 2012
During the recent hike, on November 19, the fuel prices were Rs 68,397 and the FSC charged was Rs 15
December 18, 2012
Washington — The Indian economy suffered $1.6 billion in illicit financial outflows in 2010, capping-off a decade in which it experienced black money losses of $123 billion, according to a new report.
India is ranked as the decade's 8th largest victim of illicit capital flight behind China, Mexico, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the Philippines, and Nigeria, respectively in the report by Global Financial Integrity, a Washington-based research and advocacy organization.
December 18, 2012
Pakistan’s interior minister has said that Malala Yousafzai will have to live under heavy security for the rest of her life. Malala was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls education and will remain threatened as long as terrorists are in Pakistan.
December 17, 2012
Brief Scorecard: England 330 (Pietersen 73, Root 73, Prior 57, Swann 56, Chawla 4-69) and 352 for 4 (Trott 143, Bell 116*) drew with India 326 for 9 dec (Kohli 103, Dhoni 99, Anderson 4-81)
December 17, 2012
Thousands of Pakistani Islamists rallied near Wagah border on Sunday denouncing peace moves between Pakistan and India without resolution of disputed Kashmir. The protestors also oppose recent moves to improve trade relations.
December 17, 2012
NEWTOWN, Conn. — President Obama vowed on Sunday to “use whatever power this office holds” to stop massacres like the slaughter at the school here that shocked the nation, hinting at a fresh effort to curb the spread of guns as he declared that there was no “excuse for inaction.”
December 17, 2012
DARJEELING, India — Among connoisseurs, few teas surpass a good Darjeeling. The smooth and mellow taste commands a premium price, and the name itself evokes a bygone era when the British first introduced Chinese tea plants here in the Indian foothills of the Himalayas.
