August 27, 2012
Bangalore — India Inc is in favour of investments in equities and mutual funds than in gold to improve the balance of payments (BoP) and reduce the country's high current account deficit, a top industry representative said Monday.
August 27, 2012
In a rare conciliatory gesture Pakistan's prime minister appeared before the country's supreme count after months of conflict. The court gave the prime minister another three weeks to reopen an old corruption case against the country's president.
August 27, 2012
Bollywood mourned the death of actor A.K. Hangal, who passed after dealing with a prolonged illness. He was 97.
Bollywood Actor: A.K. Hangal
Bollywood Sunday mourned the death of the veteran A.K. Hangal, with Shabana Azmi saying that his passing away marked the end of an era.
August 27, 2012
A farmer in Nepal was so enraged when a cobra snake bit him that he sank his teeth in the reptile and killed it. The farmer was treated at a local clinic and is now recovering at home.
A Nepalese farmer who was bitten by a venomous snake took revenge by sinking his teeth into the reptile and killing it, police said on Thursday.
August 26, 2012
Islamabad, — The relationship between Pakistan and the US has again turned rocky and the divorce option is on the table, a Pakistani daily said Friday.
"Our relationship with the US is still going through an extremely difficult phase," said an editorial in the News International Friday.
"Were this a marriage in the real sense of the word a divorce might have been considered - and now it may be."
August 26, 2012
India 227 for 4 (Chand 111*, Patel 62*) beat Australia 225 for 8 (Bosisto 87*, Sandeep 4-54) by six wickets
India Under-19s celebrate their World Cup triumph
August 25, 2012
The Navy SEAL who wrote the unauthorized account of the bin Laden raid could face legal trouble and threats. Matt Bissonnette, who wrote ‘No Easy Day’ under a pseudonym, also changed the names of his fellow SEALS in the book.
FILE PHOTS: Osama Bin Laden
August 25, 2012
Desperate since 1995 to re-capture power in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Gujarat, the opposition Congress has finally hit the bull--s eye and the Lady Luck has smiled on it just in time for the December assembly elections.
Earlier this week, the state unit of Sonia Gandhi's party resorted to crass populism by promising to offer dream homes at affordable prices to urban poor and lower middle-class women in 168 cities and towns if it emerged victorious at the hustings.
August 25, 2012
India's cabinet has approved a proposal by US media giant Disney to invest 10 billion rupees ($181 million) in the country, a government statement said on Thursday.
Disney's proposal was cleared based on recommendations by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board, a press release from the Finance Ministry said.
August 24, 2012
War-torn Afghanistan will play its second one-day cricket match when it meets former world champion Australian team on Saturday. A top official is now asking for more technical support from the cricket world.
