Senior US military officials said an Afghan teenager had killed an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan by stabbing him in the neck. Two officials said on Monday that Seargent Michael Cable, 26, was guarding a meeting of Afghan and US officials in Nangarhar province when the stabbing occurred. ...
07:33 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Shares of the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis fell about 4.5 per cent on Monday after the Supreme Court of India dismissed its plea for a patent on its cancer drug, Gelvic. Shares of select Indian pharmaceutical companies rallied as the industry is set to receive a boost following the verdict. ...
11:48 AM, Apr 01, 2013
President Hamid Karzai held talks with Qatari leaders on Sunday, official media reported, on a visit the Kabul government has said would seek to explore the possibility of talks with Taliban insurgents on ending Afghanistan's war. ...
06:30 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Borja Oubina scored Celta's leveler two minutes from time after Messi scored in the 19th straight game this season. ...
12:32 AM, Mar 31, 2013
Congress on Saturday maintained silence over Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma's renewed attack on outside ally Samajwadi Party, which is hopeful that he will be removed during a minor Cabinet reshuffle being talked about soon. ...
08:48 PM, Mar 30, 2013
The Cabinet Committee on Investments, which was set up in January for clearing major infrastructure projects, is expected to give its nod for a number of projects within the next three weeks, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said. "My hope is that the Cabinet Committee on Investment in the course of next two to three weeks, will demonstrate that a number of (infrastructure) projects can get cleared,"...
01:14 PM, Mar 30, 2013
At least 18 people were killed and over 100 injured in five car bombing incidents in Iraq Friday, Xinhua reported. ...
12:09 PM, Mar 30, 2013
The number of victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima has climbed up a notch to 557,478. According to a new report, the number is 15,000 more than the previously recorded figure. The total number of the explosion-affected people or "hibakusha" from the Second World War atomic bombing by the US is more than 15,000 people recorded in the previous file, according to research conducted...
05:48 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Robin van Persie scored twice and set up a third goal to lead the Netherlands to an easy 4-0 win over Romania in a World Cup qualifier. ...
07:54 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Tamil film 'Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah' (TEN) directed by Anis stars Jai and debutante Nazriya Nazim in the lead pair. ...
11:30 PM, Mar 25, 2013
A young Manipuri, serving as a Lieutenant in the British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service, Khwairakpam Robin Singh, will receive the Star of Gallantry and the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross from the United Kingdom, for his exceptional bravery in week long fierce battle against the Al Qaeda in interior Afghanistan in 2011. The 27-year-old lead scout was part of a 47 member special force team, including 40 commandos, called in as a...
07:58 AM, Mar 25, 2013
uzlon Energy, which recast its loans in January, is hitting the overseas bond markets to raise USD 650 million to prepay its forex debts, making it the first domestic company under CDR to do so, according to company and merchant banking sources. ...
12:44 PM, Mar 24, 2013
The director has earlier won the National award for his Tamil comedy film 'Pasanga'. ...
12:42 PM, Mar 23, 2013
The breakthrough in the 1993 serial blasts investigation was achieved with the recovery of an RDX-laden Maruti van registered in the name of Tiger Memon's sister-in-law, police said on Thursday. Till March 14, two days after the 1993 blasts, the investigation team consisting of 162 men and led by Rakesh Maria, who is now Maharashtra ATS chief, was clueless. ...
01:30 AM, Mar 22, 2013
Pandiraj's forthcoming romantic comedy 'Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga' (KBKR) passes the censor with a U certificate. ...
11:35 PM, Mar 21, 2013
Pakistan on Thursday rejected involvement of its government or any of its official agencies in incidents like the 1993 Mumbai bomb attacks, saying it was committed to engaging India in a "sustained and result-oriented dialogue". Responding to media reports regarding the Indian Supreme Court's judgment implicating Pakistani government agencies in the 1993 Mumbai bombings, Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry "categorically rejected any insinuations pointing to the involvement of the...
08:50 PM, Mar 21, 2013
The proposed anti-rape bill which seeks to hand down stringent punishment for crimes against women, including rape and acid attack will be tabled in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. ...
07:29 AM, Mar 19, 2013
The Cabinet is all set to meet again to consider and possibly clear United Progressive Alliance's ambitious Food Bill. No decision could be passed on Monday since two Cabinet ministers P Chidambaram and AK Antony were not present. ...
09:24 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The Cabinet on Monday decided to raise the age of consensual sex back to 18 years, after various political parties spoke against the move of reducing it. It has also diluted the clauses on voyeurism and stalking in the Bill, which is now expected to be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. ...
08:38 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The Cabinet at its meeting in the evening on Monday agreed to raise the age of consent to 18. The new legislation was cleared after the Cabinet failed to achieve consensus on the anti-rape bill at the two all-party meetings held on Monday. Emerging from the meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister said that the Cabinet had agreed to raise the age of consent and also made some changes to the Bill,...
07:26 PM, Mar 18, 2013
