April 15, 2012
Delhi Daredevils star batsman Kevin Pietersen thinks jealousy could be the reason for the negative publicity and the lack of interest towards the Indian Premier League (IPL) in England.
April 15, 2012
Reacting to the arrest of a Jadavpur University professor in Kolkata for posting a cartoon of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the Internet, former railways minister Dinesh Trivedi on Saturday said cartoons are integral to democracy.
April 14, 2012
A reporter's job figures among the ten worst professions, alongside the likes of butchers, waiters and dishwashers, as per a new study by the US-based consultancy CareerCast, which has named a software engineer's occupation as the best for the year 2012.
April 14, 2012
About 70,000 newborns in Nigeria are HIV positive, a top government official of the West African nation has revealed.
Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) John Idoko disclosed this in Nigeria`s southwestern state of Ogun Thursday.
April 14, 2012
With Indian receiving USD 10.2 billion investments in clean energy, the country has emerged as one of the top performing clean energy economies in the 21st century, an eminent American non-profit organisation said in a report.
The Pew Charitable Trust, in its report, said India's clean energy sector continued to flourish in 2011, with private investment increasing 54 percent to USD 10.2 billion, placing the country at number 6 spot among the G-20 nations.
April 14, 2012
Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin feels that current skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni lacks "a bit of intelligence" when it comes to leading the side in Test cricket and there should be different captains for three formats of the game.
April 13, 2012
In a significant move, government will bring in a bill in Parliament's Budget Session for registration of marriages under a law for recording of births and deaths, notwithstanding one's religious affiliation, thereby providing legal protection especially in cases of inter-religious matrimony.
April 12, 2012
After Ailika Thomas woke up from a snooze, her husband brought her coffee in bed. It was 7 p.m., and the 73-year-old was facing a long, moonlit drive from her rural Indiana home to Chicago; Dean wanted to make the journey as easy as possible for his wife.
April, 2012
Indian-Americans -- Bobby Jindal and Nikky Haley -- are emerging as possible vice-presidential running mate of Mitt Romney, who is expected to bag the Republican Party's nomination for presidential polls.
April 12, 2012
The US India Political Action Committee (USINPAC) condemns the remarks by Councilman Marion Barry on Asian-Americans. In his comment, Mr. Barry had said, “We got to do something about these Asians coming in and opening up businesses and dirty shops. They ought to go. I’m going to say that right now. But we need African-American businesspeople to be able to take their places, too.”
