June 5, 2012
Narendra Modi has the ability to expand BJP’s vote base like Atal Bihari Vajpayee did in the 1990s, according to the latest issue of the RSS' mouthpiece ‘Organiser’.
June 5, 2012
NEW DELHI: Here's some good news for Yuvraj Singh fans. The 2011 World Cup's 'player of the tournament' is likely to return to the cricket field very soon as the latest CT scan of his chest has revealed that the 'scarring tissue' close to his lungs is almost gone.
June 5, 2012
Amid his pitch for a 25 percent cut in taxes levied on petrol by states, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said he has written to chief ministers to reduce taxes by states and put in place a mechanism to contain it if petroleum prices continue to rise.
June 5, 2012
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta flies to India on Tuesday for talks focusing on Washington's strategic shift towards Asia, as US officials eye New Delhi as a potentially pivotal partner.
June 5, 2012
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha. He took the oath in the chamber of the Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari. He became the first active sportsperson of the country to be nominated as the Rajya Sabha member.
June 5, 2012
By Geeta Goindi
WASHINGTON – Acclaimed Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala was in town to attend the first-ever DC South Asian Film Festival where the premiere of her movie, ‘Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish’, was being held in the national capital region.
June 4, 3012
CHICAGO: A pair of experimental treatments that fight cancer by boosting the immune system have shown promise in early studies and deserve testing in larger patient groups, said US research released Saturday.
June 4, 2012
WASHINGTON: Supporting the rights of the people of India to protest peacefully over corruption, the United States has said that the country is a functioning and a strong democracy.
June 4, 2012
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned jailed YSR Congress Party leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy in the illegal wealth case Sunday, the first day of the five-day custody.
The questioning was on at the officer's mess in the office of director general of prisons, adjoining Chanchalguda Central Jail, where Jagan is lodged since May 28.
June 4, 2012
Describing the petrol price hike as 'not acceptable but inevitable', home minister P Chidambaram has justified the increase saying supply of petrol and diesel could be affected if oil companies did not increase the price in line with international crude rates.
