May 30, 2012
Chennai: In a flip-flop, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today made a veiled threat of pulling out of the UPA government but shortly later made it clear that his party would not rock the government in view of the Presidential election.
DMK leader M Karunanidhi threatens to pull out of UPA in view of petrol price hike.
May 30, 2012
The slowdown in Europe and the US has not only walloped the stock markets and export-dependent sectors of the economy, it has also taken a toll on the number of students headed abroad for higher education.
The amount remitted abroad for education purposes has dropped by almost 57 per cent in two years, with data for the months of February and March 2012 yet to come. In the 10-month period of financial year 2012, the remittance stood at only $94.5 million, a steep fall from $150 mn in financial year 2010-11 and $217.8 mn in 2009-10.
May 30, 2012
Washington: Senior BJP leader and former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha has criticized India's recent peace dialogue with Pakistan, saying terrorism and talks can't go together.
Yashwant Sinha has criticised India's recent peace dialogue with Pakistan, saying terrorism and talks can't go together
May 30, 2012
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has denounced fresh allegations that he turned a blind eye to corruption within his government and has vowed to resign if any wrongdoing is proved against him.
May 30, 2012
Medical expert have said that iron deficiency anemia was a leading cause of maternal mortality and prenatal mortality as well as complications to fetus including risk of premature delivery and low birth weights.
May 30, 2012
Asian poster girl Sania Mirza says the women's game is in its best state ever in the region, with Chinese stars like Li Na leading the charge and a new generation waiting in the wings.
"I think we're probably at the healthiest best in Asian women's tennis," Mirza told in an interview on the sidelines of the French Open.
May 30, 2012
Lucknow: Microsoft founder Bill Gates will meet Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav here Wednesday to discuss healthcare in the state.
The 56-year-old Gates is likely to discuss a host of healthcare programmes that the Bill and Melinda Foundation plans to take up in the state.
May 29, 2012
NEW DELHI: India will pay $ 13 for buying natural gas through the much-celebrated TAPI gas pipeline and will take indirect responsibility for safe transit of the fuel through high security risk areas in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
India on May 23 signed agreement to buy natural gas from Turkmenistan at a rate equivalent to 55 per cent of crude oil price which, at $ 100 a barrel, translates into $ 9.17 per million British thermal unit, sources privy to the development said.
May 29, 2012
A book launch function was organized recently by the local community on Sunday, May 20 2012 at the Diya Restaurant in Tysons, Virginia, in which well-known poet Dr. Satyapal Anand released a collection of Hindi poems titled “RUBRU”, meaning Face to Face by Mrs. Daler Deol, who writes under the pen name "Aashna."
May 28, 2012
LONDON: Financial services firm Lehman Brothers Holdings, one of the promoters of Archstone, is buying 26.5 percent stake in the property company for USD 1.58 billion from Bank of America (BofA) and Barclays, a media report said.
Lehman' owns 73.5 percent of Archstone and has sought to buy the remaining 26.5 percent from BofA and Barclays.
