The US has welcomed the Syrian Opposition leaders' decision to attend the Rome Summit, as it insisted that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must go. Syrian National Coalition chief Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib has said that the opposition groups will attend the Friends of Syria conference in Rome on February 28. ...
11:40 AM, Feb 26, 2013
The second round of 2G spectrum sale is virtually set to be a flop show as there is no applicant for GSM band of radiowaves while Sistema Shyam is the only firm for CDMA band at close of deadline on Monday for applying to take part in the auction. While no application was received for the GSM band spectrum at the close of deadline, Russian Sistema's Indian joint venture, Sistema...
07:29 PM, Feb 25, 2013
The 33-year-old left back had the transplant in April 2012 and last featured in a 2-1 win at Atletico just under a year ago. He returned to training in December. ...
08:42 PM, Feb 21, 2013
Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resigned on Tuesday after failing to replace a government pulled apart by acrimony between his Islamist allies and their secular opponents. Jebali had threatened to quit if his plan for a non-partisan cabinet of technocrats to lead the north African country into early elections foundered. ...
11:54 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the most popular US politician, surpassing fellow Democrats President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as well as leading Republicans, a national poll found. ...
04:28 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Hvaing a six year background in film making, Naveen is expecting a lot from 'Lakshmi Bar'. ...
06:17 PM, Feb 05, 2013
US Vice President Joe Biden on January 23 said he is still undecided about running for the 2016 presidential elections, a prospect that may entail a clash with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic party nomination. "There are a whole lot of reasons why I wouldn't run. I haven't made that decision and I don't have to make that decision for a while," Biden told CNN in an interview. ...
12:47 PM, Jan 23, 2013
We will bring you realtime coverage in words, photos, sounds, video, interactives and graphics of the 57th US presidential inauguration. ...
01:47 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Joe Biden, who was on Sunday sworn in as the US Vice President for a second term, made a gaffe hours ahead of his oath ceremony by calling himself "proud president of the United States". "I'm proud to be president of the United States," Biden told his supporters at the Iowa State Society inauguration ball on Saturday. ...
09:59 PM, Jan 20, 2013
US Vice President Joe Biden was on Sunday officially sworn for his second term, hours before President Barack Obama takes his second oath of office at the White House. 70-year old Biden was administered the oath of office on his family bible by the Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor at a private ceremony at his official residence here, following a private mass. ...
09:03 PM, Jan 20, 2013
The Cabinet on Thursday approved the Petroleum Ministry's proposal to increase the number of subsidised LPG cylinders available to households to nine a year from the current cap of six. ...
01:03 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Relatives and neighbors of children killed in the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, one month ago launched an initiative on Monday to help curb gun violence in America. "On Friday, December 14th, I put two children on the bus and only one came home. I pray that no mother, father, grandparent or caregiver of children ever have to go through this pain," said Nelba Marquez-Greene, whose six-year-old daughter Ana...
09:52 AM, Jan 15, 2013
US President Barack Obama has said that he would outline the gun control measures by the end of this week. In his last press conference of his first term, Obama told reporters on Monday that from the Vice President Joe Biden he has received a list of "sensible, common steps" that could be taken through executive or legislative action, but did not give the details of it. ...
09:31 AM, Jan 15, 2013
Despite fresh opposition from the National Rifle Association, the Obama administration is assembling proposals to curb gun violence that would include a ban on sales of assault weapons, limits on high-capacity ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun buyers. Sketching out details of the plan on January 10, Vice President Joe Biden said he would give President Barack Obama a set of recommendations by January 15. The NRA, one...
01:02 PM, Jan 11, 2013
A 19-year-old Indian student in Britain has been missing since New Year's Eve, prompting his father to issue an impassioned appeal to trace his son. ...
07:26 AM, Jan 09, 2013
President Barack Obama and lawmakers are launching a last-chance round of budget talks days before a New Year's deadline to reach a deal or watch the economy go off a "fiscal cliff." Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will meet congressional leaders from both parties at the White House on December 28 at 3 pm EST to try to revive negotiations to avoid tax hikes and spending cuts - together...
12:02 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Madrid: Spanish football giants Barcelona said defender Eric Abidal returned to training with his teammates for the first time since undergoing a liver transplant in April. The operation was conducted on April 10, just over a year after having a tumour removed from his liver in March 2011, reports Xinhua. "This Wednesday, the defender returned to training with the rest of his teammates," Barcelona said in a statement. ...
12:53 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Bidar: A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Bidar district in Karnataka on Tuesday night. The accused, who was known to the victim and her family, has been arrested. The girl has been admitted to a hospital. The shocking incident came at a time when the nation is already angered with the bus gangrape case in Delhi. A 23-year-old paramedical student from Dehradun was gangraped, brutally beaten, stripped and thrown...
01:34 PM, Dec 19, 2012
On this episode of India Positive, watch stories of people and organisations which are trying to bring a change in the society. ...
11:46 PM, Dec 15, 2012
