December 27, 2012
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa created a flutter when she walked out of the National Development Council (NDC) meeting held in New Delhi on Thursday morning, protesting the "shabby treatment" meted out to her by the Centre in "stifling the voices of chief ministers".
December 27, 2012
More than 200,00 people gathered on Thursday to mark the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto. The crowd also came to hear hear Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of Benazir and of President Asif Ali Zardari, make his first major public speech and thereby launch his political career.
December 27, 2012
New Delhi — Civil aviation in India hit further turbulence in 2012 as the stubbornly high jet fuel prices, interest costs and strikes troubled the financially-stretched industry. The grounding of Kingfisher Airlines exemplified matters.
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh's efforts to pull the industry out of the crisis and allow foreign airlines to pick stakes in Indian carriers also proved too little too late as taxes on fuel, airport charges and an economic slowdown made the measure ineffective.
December 26, 2012
HONOLULU: President Barack Obama is cutting short his Hawaiian holiday to leave for Washington on Wednesday to address the unfinished "fiscal cliff" negotiations with Congress, the White House said on Tuesday.
December 26, 2012
India's government ordered a special inquiry into the gang-rape of a student which has sparked mass protests in Delhi and in other cities. Meanwhile police announced the arrest of 10 men on a Christmas Eve gang-rape related charges in rural Tamil Nadu, shining the spotlight on the frightening levels of violence against women.
December 26, 2012
BEIJING: China started service on Wednesday on the world's longest high-speed rail route, the latest milestone in the country's rapid and -- sometimes troubled -- super fast rail network.
World's longest bullet train service begins in China
December 26, 2012
Animal rights groups in Nepal are pleading for the life of a lovelorn elephant is being hunted down by an army execution squad. The male tusker, named Dhrube by locals, has been targeting humans on a killing spree in southern Nepal after being kept from potential mates and is suspected of killing up to 15 people over four years.
December 26, 2012
In 2002 a program aimed at digitizing nearly 20 million land records was introduced in Karnataka, India’s southern state. It was hailed as a landmark use of computers to combat bureaucracy and corruption; however, 10 years later the experiment shows that technology can only be part of the solution.
December 25, 2012
Hundreds gathered to watch the festive scene in Manger Square, outside the Church of Nativity, where choral groups sang and children ran around in holiday costumes.
December 25, 2012
New Delhi — Cricket and Bollywood Tuesday joined hands against gender discrimination as Unicef brand ambassadors Irfan Pathan and Priyanka Chopra launched a website to support adolescent girls.
The website - The Cheer-O-Meter (www.d2c.in) comes as an extension of IPL team Delhi Daredevil's "Dare to Care" campaign for adolescent girls.
Championing the cause of reducing discrimination against women, the campaign is meant to promote education and equal opportunities for girls.
