December 15, 2012
The new system will allow members of divided families, businesspeople, tourists and religious pilgrims to obtain visas quickly instead of waiting for months. The first phase of the project will go into effect Jan. 15.
December 15, 2012
Brief Scorecard: India 297 for 8 (Kohli 103, Dhoni 99) trail England 330 by 33 runs
Virat Kohli, who has had a poor series, made his third Test century on the third day in Nagpur
Nagpur — Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni led India's spirited
December 15, 2012
World Bank chief economist Kaushik Basu urged India to continue pressing forward with economic reforms at an economic forum in New Delhi Friday. Basu added that India is on track to get back to eight to nine percent growth.
December 15, 2012
Rehman Malik joined Sushilkumar Shinde in New Delhi for security talks and to formalize a new visa program for the two countries. India suspended peace talks with Islamabad after the Mumbai terror attacks four years ago.
December 14, 2012
NEW DELHI: Inflation declined marginally to 7.24 per cent in November from 9.46 per cent in the same month a year ago although prices of food items like potato, wheat, cereals, rice, pulses, edible oil and sugar went up during the period.
Inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), stood at 7.45 per cent in the previous month.
Food inflation, as a category, rose to 8.5 per cent during the month, from 8.32 per cent a year ago. Food articles have 14.3 per cent share in the WPI basket.
December 14, 2012
For India, Ketan Bhai Patel hit a hurricane 98, while Prakash Jayaramaiah contributed 42 and vice-captain Ajay Kumar Reddy 25, while for Pakistan Mohammed Jameel posted a breezy 47, Ali Murthaza 38 and Mohammed Akram 32.
December 14, 2012
Washington: President Barack Obama won the support of an estimated 2.3 million of Asian American voters to Republican challenger Mitt Romney's estimated 900,000 votes, or 71 percent to 28 percent, according to a new poll.
December 14, 2012
The director and screenwriter of Zero Dark Thirty, an upcoming film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, have denied that their movie condones torture. An interrogation scene is shown where an individual is waterboarded.
December 13, 2012
Brief Scorecard: England 199 for 5 (Pietersen 73, Prior 34*, Root 31*) v India
Kevin Pietersen was a model of decorum on a slow wicket
