March 3, 2012
Kabul: A series of mistakes led to the burning of Qurans at a US military base in Afghanistan and at least five American military personnel involved may face a disciplinary review over the issue, a Western official said on Saturday.
March 3, 2012
US special forces are based in India and four other South Asian countries, a Pentagon commander has said. India quickly denied hosting American troops on its soil. The US and India are working together to contain Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba, blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attack, US Pacific Commander Admiral Robert Willard told a Congressional hearing Thursday.
March 3, 2012
Ending the long suspense, the Andhra Pradesh Assembly speaker on Friday disqualified 16 rebel lawmakers belonging to the ruling Congress party who were loyal to YS Jaganmohan Reddy. The speaker has also accepted the resignation of another Jagan loyalist Shoba Nagi Reddy of Praja Rajyam Party (PRP).
March 3, 2012
The crisis at Kingfisher Airlines escalated further with the Service Tax department here freezing as many as 40 bank accounts of the already crippled airline for non-payment of dues to the tune of Rs 40 crore.
CONTINUING WOES: Kingfisher airlines owes Rs. 40 crore as service tax dues.
March, 2012
After announcing on September 23 last year that neutrinos travelled 60 nanoseconds faster than light, the OPERA (Oscillation project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus) team has recently identified certain flaws.
March 2, 2012
Scorecard: Sri Lanka 238 (Chandimal 75, Sangakkara 64, Thirimanne 51, Christian 5-31, Pattinson 4-51) beat Australia 229 (D Hussey 74, Watson 65, Malinga 4-49) by nine runs
Sri Lanka beat Australia by nine runs despite Dan Christian's hat-trick in a dramatic one-day international on Friday to book their place in the final of the Commonwelath Bank Tri-series against the hosts and send India home.
March 2, 2012
The Siang (Brahmaputra) river originating from Tibet was suddenly found to have almost dried up at a town in Arunachal Pradesh, a state government spokesman said on Thursday night.
March 2, 2012
Taking exception to the clubbing of Microsoft India with other social networking websites in a suit for action against them for allegedly hosting offensive contents, a Delhi court today dropped the software giant's name out of the suit calling it an "odd man out".
The court also imposed a cost of Rs 5,000 on plaintiff Mufti Aijas Arshad Quasmi for impleading Microsoft as a party without disclosing any cause of action against it.
March 2, 2012
WASHINGTON: TransCanada has been asked by yet another top US Senator not to use steel made in other countries, including India, in the construction of the controversial, multi-billion Keystone XL pipeline.
"In the past, TransCanada has chosen to buy their steel from India. When it comes to the Keystone Pipeline, the steel should be stamped with 'made in America," Senator Tom Casey said.
March 1, 2012
A wealthy New York woman is facing criminal charges after being accused of keeping an illegal immigrant as an indentured servant and forcing her to live in a closet for nearly six years.
