December 20, 2012
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across India on Wednesday, calling on authorities to stem the rising tide of violent sexual attacks on women, after a 23-year-old medical student was raped and beaten by six men on a Delhi bus.
The incident on Sunday night has convulsed India, sparking fierce criticism of the police, rows in parliament, blanket coverage in the media and even a debate on the role of revealing outfits worn by stars of Bollywood films.
December 20, 2012
The statement came in response to a US affidavit which stated Pakistan's intelligence service and former chiefs enjoy immunity from the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The Indian government believes Pakistan's intelligence service was behind the attacks, which left 166 people dead.
December 20, 2012
NEW DELHI: Former skipper Kapil Dev came to the defence of underfire Indian captain MS Dhoni, saying that there was no one in the current Test team who could replace him at the helm, mostly because most of the claimants are out of form. Kapil also dismissed the talk of pitch-forking Virat Kohli into the job.
December 19, 2012
By Geeta Goindi
WASHINGTON – Senator Mark Warner (Democrat - Virginia), powerful co-chair of the Senate India Caucus, an erstwhile Governor of Virginia and a multimillionaire entrepreneur, has heaped praise on the Indian-American community, acknowledging its rise and prominence on the American stage.
December 19, 2012
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is at present in a worse situation than it was in 1971, said disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, warning that "the day will not be far off when we disintegrate again" if social evils are not rectified soon.
December 19, 2012
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama was named TIME's Person of the Year for 2012, citing his historic re-election last month as symbolic of the nation's changing demographics amid the backdrop of high unemployment and other challenges.
Brack Obama '2012 - Person of the Year'
December 19, 2012
NEW DELHI: Internet services and devices industry has potential to increase its contribution to up to 3.3 per cent to India's gross domestic product by 2015, a report by McKinsey & Company said.
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.
