December 3, 2012
London: A British-born Sikh soldier, who will become the first to stand guard outside the Buckingham Palace wearing a turban, than the traditional bearskin, is reported to have suffered abuse from his colleagues who objected to his “breaking hundreds of years of tradition.”
December 3, 2012
The Congress and the BJP on Monday traded barbs over the government’s direct cash transfer scheme after the Election Commission sought a reply from the Centre on the timing of the announcement.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said the government would provide information to the EC and asked the BJP to make clear its stance on the scheme.
“The BJP should make its position clear on cash transfers. Are they for cash transfers or are they against it.
December 3, 2012
Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo told National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon here on Monday that China was looking to forge stronger ties with its neighbors following the leadership transition.
December 2, 2012
Hindus living in Karachi are demanding retribution after one of their temples was destroyed on Sunday. The members of the Hindu community said a builder with a police escort razed the small temple and some surrounding buildings.
December 2, 2012
New Delhi: Big data market is expected to grow more than two-fold to $ 153.1 million (around Rs 840 crore) by 2014, over the last year, on the back of huge growth in volumes and diversity of data, a survey has said.
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December 2, 2012
Washington: US President Barack Obama has accused Republicans of putting Americans at risk of a “Scrooge Christmas” if tax breaks are not renewed for middle class families in a deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff.
December 2, 2012
United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praised India as a "super-power" in the field of information technology as he unveiled the country's first indigenously created low-cost Aakash 2 tablet here.
The tablet was showcased at the UN headquarters yesterday on the occasion of the India's current Presidency of the UN Security Council.
December 2, 2012
New Delhi: The reduction in poverty will be slower if the economic growth is not brought back on high growth track, said Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
"If we don't bring the GDP growth back (on track) up, the rate of poverty reduction will go down," Ahluwalia said during panel discussion here.
December 2, 2012
The National Archives released once secret Watergate documents Friday, but some records still remain off limits.
December 1, 2012
WASHINGTON: Cutting across party lines, top Democratic and Republican lawmakers have pledged to work together to deepen the US ties with its "natural ally" India, amid the Obama administration's focus on the Asia-Pacific.
