November 9, 2012
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Congress chief Arjun Modhwadia has compared chief minister Narendra Modi to a monkey, prompting the ruling BJP to file a complaint against him with the Election Commission.
November 8, 2012
Hyderabad: Twelve years after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) imposed a ban for life-time on former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin, the Andhra Pradesh High Court Thursday struck it down as "illegal".
November 8, 2012
Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi wants to shoot his film on Prophet Mohammad in Rajasthan, but will the government clear it, given the sensitivity of the subject?
Iranian Filmmaker: Majid Majidi
November 8, 2012
The family of planets circling a relatively close dwarf star has grown to six, including a potential rocky world at least seven times more massive than Earth that is properly located for liquid water to exist on its surface, a condition believed to be necessary for life.
'Super-Earth' Alien Planet May Be Habitable for Life
November 8, 2012
By Geeta Goindi
Leesburg, VA – If there is one thing that stood out in the Diwali celebrations at the Holiday Inn at historic Carradoc Hall, on Sunday, November 4, it was the coming together of the Indian and Pakistani communities to herald this auspicious festival which marks the triumph of good over evil, light over darkness!
November 8, 2012
India needs to "reboot" its economy by reducing endemic corruption and slashing red tape to get back on a high growth path and reduce poverty, delegates said at a high-profile economic forum on Wednesday.
The call at the India World Economic Forum came as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Congress-led government struggles to revive the economy it forecasts could grow by as little 5.5 percent this year -- the lowest rate in a decade.
November 7, 2012
Barack Obama's re-election was celebrated world over, but many people seemed cautious about the US president's second term.
US President Barack Obama delivers his acceptance speech in Chicago.
November 7, 2012
Kolkata — Industry lobby FICCI said the attitude of the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal, which has drawn flak for its handling of the Haldia port problem, towards industry is "very positive".
Emerging from a 45-minute meeting with the chief minister at the state secretariat, FICCI president R.V. Kanoria termed the talks as "excellent".
November 7, 2012
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a congratulatory note to President Obama after his re-election Tuesday, his spokesman said. The Kremlin says it will make the text public after the Americans have received it.
Putin is also expected to call Obama personally "in the near future."
November 7, 2012
Romney lost his native Michigan and current home state of Massachusetts. Combined with his loss in Wisconsin, the birthplace of his running mate Paul Ryan, the GOP ticket became the first national ticket to lose both candidates’ home states since Democrats George McGovern and Sargent Shriver did in 1972.
