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.
December 1, 2012
Bhubaneswar — India can create adequate employment opportunities for its people and there is no need to invite foreign companies, social activist Anna Hazare said in Odisha Friday.
December 1, 2012
New Delhi — India's economy grew at a sluggish rate of 5.3 percent in the July-September quarter from a year earlier, government data on the gross domestic product (GDP) Friday showed.
The data, analysts said, underlined the need for financial reforms, speedier clearance of infrastructure projects among other steps to revive the economy.
December 1, 2012
It-'s election time in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Gujarat and the name of the game is money, not loyalty or popularity.
Gujarat poll panel gears up for assembly elections
December 1, 2012
When local police fail to protect eloping couples from honor killings, “Love Commandos” swoop to protect citizens. According to the group’s founder, Sanjoy Sachdev, nearly 10,000 “love marriage” murders occur each year in India.
November 30, 2012
SEPANG: The Sepang Municipal Council's (MPSP) demolition of a Hindu altar in a house in Taman Seroja in Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi last week has caused an uproar in the Indian community.
A MPSP officer demolishing the altar at Gopi's house in Sepang.
