June 21, 2012
The Trinamool Congress accused UPA’s Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee of attempting to split the party, after the latter earlier in the day called up dissident TMC MP Kabir Suman seeking support.
MP Derek O'Brien
June 21, 2012
Australia has assured India that it has taken steps to ensure that Indian students do not face any problems while studying in Australia.
June 21, 2012
By Geeta Goindi
WASHINGTON D.C. - Completely cognizant of India’s rise on the world scene, a top Obama official has underlined that the US has “an enormous stake in India’s emergence as a global power”.
June 20, 2012
Washington, June 20 — Indian Americans are the highest-income and best-educated people in the United States and the third largest among Asian Americans who have surpassed Latinos as the fastest-growing racial group, according to a new survey.
Asians as a whole too are better educated and earn more than the general US population, according to the Pew Research Centre report on "The rose of Asian Americans" released Tuesday.
June 20, 2012
Pakistan's parliament is to meet on Friday to elect the country's new prime minister. Reports indicate that Makhdoom Shahabuddin, the outgoing textile minister, is the likely candidate.
Pakistan's president summoned parliament to meet on Friday to elect a new prime minister, with the outgoing textile minister emerging as the likely candidate for the job.
June 20, 2012
For the first time, the Asia-Pacific is home to more millionaires than North America. However, losses in markets such as Hong Kong and India meant that wealth decreased in Asia-Pacific overall.
The number of millionaires in Asia-Pacific has overtaken North America for the first time, a survey found.
June 20, 2012
Pakistani pop singer Ghazala Javed has been shot dead in an apparent honor killing. The 24-year-old was forced to flee northwestern Pakistan in 2009 after being threatened by the Taliban.
A popular Pakistani singer who fled the Taliban to pursue her music career away from their repressive dictates was shot dead in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said Tuesday.
June 20, 2012
Yuvraj Singh, India's all-rounder cricketer hopes to play in the World Twenty20 tournament in September. Singh is back in light training after undergoing chemotherapy in the US for a rare tumor.
June 20, 2012
Laughing yoga clubs are supposed reduce stress and improve well-being, but a court in India has banned one such club after a 78-year old man filed a complaint. The man suggested that the club was causing him "mental agony."
June 20, 2012
Washington, June 20 — A US report accusing India of being a source, destination, and transit country for forced labour and sex trafficking, has asked New Delhi to develop a comprehensive anti-trafficking law.
The annual Trafficking in Persons Report released by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday places India for the second year among Tier 2 countries whose governments do not fully comply with minimum standards but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance.
