August 19, 2012
Islamabad — Pakistan has no plans to conduct a joint military operation with the US against the Taliban in the country, the army announced Friday.
Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has "dispelled" the speculative reporting in the US media that a joint military operation is on the cards, Xinhua quoted the army as saying.
The US media had reported that Islamabad and Washington agreed to launch a joint anti-terror operation in North Waziristan, bordering Afghanistan.
August 19, 2012
Mumbai, — Popular singer Sonu Nigam, who has sung several hit tracks in Bollywood, says he has become choosy with the kind of songs he wants to sing and doesn't like giving voice to every other song.
August 19, 2012
Kolkata — Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly Saturday saluted V.V.S. Laxman for his contribution to the game and said he has given a "strong and clear" message to the selectors by quitting international cricket with immediate effect.
August 18, 2012
Washington — Software giant Oracle has agreed to pay $2 million to settle US regulators' charges that its Indian subsidiary violated foreign anti-bribery laws by secretly setting aside money to make unauthorized payments to phony vendors.
In a complaint filed with the federal court in San Francisco, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Thursday alleged that during a period between 2005 and 2007, employees at Oracle India had distributors keep some funds off the books.
August 18, 2012
NEW DELHI – Popular anti-corruption activist and Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev was lying low Thursday after an eventful week as all sides tried to assess whether widespread public anger over graft will be channeled into a new political party, resurface in another mass demonstration or dissipate, allowing the flow of dirty money to continue uninterrupted.
August 18, 2012
Bangalore: India Test batsman VVS Laxman is likely to announce his retirement from international cricket, according to media reports emerging from Hyderabad on Friday.
It is understood that VVS Laxman was pondering which moment in the New Zealand series would be right for his exit
August 17, 2012
NEW DELHI: Smoking is eight times more prevalent among Indian men than women. However, an average Indian female smoker puffs more cigarettes a day (7) than male (6.1).
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NEW YORK - All is forgiven for Time magazine writer and CNN host Fareed Zakaria, who last week was suspended by both outlets for apparent plagiarism.
CNN said Thursday that Zakaria's weekly "GPS" public affairs program returns to the air Aug. 26. Time said in a separate statement that Zakaria's column would resume with the magazine's Sept. 7 issue.
August 17, 2012
Microsoft, Apple, Dell and HP among tech companies steering clear of ‘conflict materials’ from Congo in their high priced toys. But others, like Nintendo, Canon and Sharp, are getting a failing grade, says report.
August 17, 2012
Master Bill Clinton Kaligani, who was so named after he was born on the same day that President Clinton arrived in Uganda in 1998, first met his famous namesake when he was just a newborn.
