May 12, 2012
In Europe, where more than 200,000 people thronged a Berlin rally in 2008 to hear Barack Obama speak, there's disappointment that he hasn't kept his promise to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, and perceptions that he's shunting blame for the financial crisis across the Atlantic.
May 12, 2012
JODHPUR: US teenager Jon Carlo Patten, who was sentenced for the murder of his mother Cynthia Iannarelli at Jodhpur, has been acquitted by the Rajasthan high court. Jon was in the custody of a juvenile home at Jodhpur since May 2011.
May 12, 2012
NEW DELHI: A cartoon on Jawaharlal Nehru and B R Ambedkar, first published in 1949 and reproduced in a school text book, set off a storm in Parliament on Friday forcing HRD minister Kapil Sibal to apologize after parties alleged the depiction insulted Ambedkar.
May 12, 2012
Scorecard: 20 overs Royal Challengers Bangalore 173 for 3 (Gayle 57, Dilshan 53) beat Pune Warriors 138 for 9 (Vinay 3-32, Zaheer 2-21, Murali 2-16) by 35 runs
Vinay Kumar took three wickets to help Royal Challengers Bangalore to a comprehensive win against Pune Warriors
May 12, 2012
New Delhi: The chief ministers of Odisha and Tamil Nadu met on Friday amidst talks of a third front but both of them refused to divulge anything on the same. Nonetheless, both of them did profess an emotional connect with each other.
May 11, 2012
Lately a lot of buzz has been happening across the web world that a film is being made on former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly and it has been titled as “Ganguly - The Movie”.
Apparently, a teaser has begun to make crazy rounds on the internet and many fans of Dada have gone crazy over it. However, it appears that the teaser is not actually for a movie but something else.
May 11, 2012
India is not under any pressure from the US on import of oil from Iran, the Government assured the Lok Sabha and insisted that only sanctions imposed by the UN - and not from any nation - were heeded by the country.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister S Jaipal Reddy said during Question Hour that there was no pressure from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her recent visit here that India should not import oil from Iran.
May 11, 2012
The Supreme Court-appointed SIT has said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi took all possible steps to control the 2002 post-Godhra riots and questioned the motive behind filing a complaint against him by a riot victim four years after the communal violence.
May 11, 2011
New Delhi: A majority of young married working women in Indian metropolises are choosing career over family as they are in no mood to raise kids, a survey released here Thursday said.
About 1,200 married, working women without children in the age group of 24-30 in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and other major cities were interviewed by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) during March and April.
While Mumbai topped the survey, Bangalore came in second followed by Delhi.
May 10, 2012
Scorecard: Chennai Super Kings 127 for 6 (Raina 23, Morkel 18*, Anirudha 18*) beat Rajasthan Royals 126 for 6 (Hodge 33, Hilfenhaus 2-8) by four wickets
Ben Hilfenhaus' economical spell gave Chennai Super Kings the early advantage
