May 22, 2012
Emboldened by Amma J Jayalalithaa’s blessings, former Lok Sabha speaker P A Sangma reasserted his candidature in the race to Raisina Hill on Monday. More interestingly, Sangma feels that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is overqualified for the President’s job.
May 21, 2012
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The former Rutgers University student convicted of bias intimidation for using a webcam to see his roommate and another man kissing days before the roommate committed suicide is getting a 30-day jail term and then probation.
May 21, 2012
KABUL: As NATO discusses its exit from Afghanistan at a summit in Chicago, Afghans fear that a meltdown in their corruption-plagued economy could follow the consequent drop in foreign funding.
May 21, 2012
CHICAGO: President Obama was struggling to balance the United States’ relationship with two crucial but difficult allies on Sunday, after a deal to reopen supply lines through Pakistan to Afghanistan fell apart just as Mr. Obama began talks on ending the NATO alliance’s combat role in the Afghan war.
May 21, 2012
LONDON: Some 12,500 officers will be deployed daily during the Olympic Games in the country's largest ever pre-planned policing operation, according to the Metropolitan force.
May 21, 2012
Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray said he is not in favour of banning the controversy-ridden Indian Premier League (IPL). IPL is a good entertainment for sports lovers cutting across age groups, Uddhav told reporters.
"Just get rid of the evils like fixing, bookies and incidents like the Shah Rukh-MCA officials brawl. Otherwise, IPL is good," he added.
May 21, 2012
Dismissing the perception of policy paralysis surrounding the union government, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia feels the government should raise petroleum prices as part of tough decisions and to attract international investment.
He feels people must be educated on the importance of raising fuel prices so that petroleum sector does not go bankrupt.
May 21, 2012
The monthly pension of Rs. 200 given to the elderly is "an insult to the dignity of an individual", rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has said, requesting the Prime Minister to immediately review the scheme.
May 20, 2012
Scorecard: Mumbai Indians 163 for 0 (Smith 87*, Tendulkar 58*) beat Rajasthan Royals (Watson 45, Kulkarni 3-18) by ten wickets
Dwayne Smith and Sachin Tendulkar set up a ten-wicket victory
May 20, 2012
Pakistan has blocked Twitter over "blasphemous content" on the microblogging website, according to a senior government official.
The site had reportedly refused to remove tweets promoting a Facebook competition involving caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.
Islam strictly prohibits the depiction of any prophet as blasphemous.
