Beijing: It was no time to "make waves" in the disputed South China Sea and dance behind a "Pied Piper", China's official news agency warned on Sunday, after the US said it would shift the bulk of its naval fleet to the Pacific Ocean by 2020. "It is advisable for some to refrain from muddying the waters and fishing therein and for some others to desist from dancing behind a...
10:14 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Dharamsala: Fifty-three years after he made India his second home, the Dalai Lama has developed a taste for 'dal-roti' and has imbibed the virtues of secularism. Recalling his stay here ever since fleeing his homeland in 1959, the Tibetan spiritual leader said the "biggest thing" that he had learnt after coming to India was "how not to be a hypocrite". The Nobel prize winner said he used to be an...
10:06 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Singapore: The United States will shift a majority of its warships to the Asia-Pacific region by 2020, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Saturday, giving the first details of a new US military strategy. Fleshing out details of a strategic shift to Asia announced in January, Panetta said the United States would maintain six aircraft carriers in the region over the long run and rebalance its fleet so that 60...
03:56 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Singapore: India on Saturday expressed concern about the hike in Chinese military spending, but said it does not perceive Beijing as a threat. "China has increased their military capabilities and spending more on defence," Defence Minister AK Antony said at a Security Forum in Singapore. "We are concerned over it," he said. The Defence Minister said "even though we don't believe in an arms race, but in our own way,...
02:57 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Defence Minister AK Antony has called for a need to revive the concept of open seas. ...
09:57 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Geneva: Syrian forces and pro-government militia accused of committing a massacre in Houla could face prosecution for crimes against humanity, the United Nations said on Friday and rights experts said Syrian authorities had directly ordered torture. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called again for the Security Council to refer Syria to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and for world powers to help implement Kofi...
09:48 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Beijing: A man in China has been sentenced to three years in jail for helping his paralysed mother kill herself by consuming pesticide, a court said. The 73-year-old woman was suffering from hemiplegia, total or partial paralysis of one side of the body, for 20 years. Deng Mingjian, 41, a migrant worker, was sentenced to three years in jail with a reprieve period of four years for intentional homicide, Xinhua...
02:23 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Bangalore: India's annual economic growth probably held steady in the January-March quarter at 6.1 per cent and the global economic slowdown, government policy paralysis and a record low currency suggest little chance of a pick up in the current quarter. A poll of 31 economists produced a median forecast of 6.1 per cent, unchanged from the growth of the October-December quarter. Forecasts ranged from 5.5 per cent to 7.3 per...
08:31 AM, May 31, 2012
Beijing: Social media sites and blogs have lit up after eagle-eyed viewers spotted a surprise cameo in a Chinese TV documentary about the country's police force: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his now-wife, Priscilla Chan. The documentary by CCTV was part of a series on Chinese police and high-tech crime-solving methods. A few seconds of footage showing Zuckerberg and Chan walking behind two police officers were shown included in a...
08:30 AM, May 29, 2012
Beijing: A former official in central China's Henan province has been detained for allegedly raping more than 10 underage girls, local authorities said on Sunday. Li Xingong, former deputy director of the general office of the Yongcheng city committee of the Communist Party of China, confessed to having raped more than 10 girls during police interrogation, the city's publicity department said in a statement. The local authorities have ordered swift...
01:35 PM, May 27, 2012
Beijing: China has successfully launched telecommunication satellite "ChinaSat 2A" to boost broadcasting and multimedia transmission. A Long March-3B carrier rocket sent the satellite into the orbit from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Centre yesterday. The satellite, developed by China Academy of Space Technology, will be used to meet the demands for China's radio and TV broadcasting and broadband multimedia transmissions, China Satellite Communications Co Ltd said. The launch marked the...
10:14 AM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is heading to Myanmar for the first visit by an Indian PM in 25 years. CNN-IBN has accessed secret military junta documents that shows Myanmar's keenness to develop relations with India to counterbalance China. The documents also say "friendly" Indian diplomats must be cultivated aAnd that the Indian diplomats' advice and help on influential US Congressmen must be sought. The documents clearly indicate Myanmar's...
08:20 AM, May 27, 2012
Chennai: Joshna Chinappa won her sixth title on the professional tour when she beat England's Sarah Jane Perry 9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 12-10, in the final of the Chennai Open squash tournament in Chennai on Saturday. On a comeback trail following knee injury, 25-year old Joshna displayed touches of her vintage form that had taken her to a high of 28 in World rankings two years ago as she overcame a...
06:05 PM, May 26, 2012
Beijing: A Chinese woman has been detained at the commodity hub of Yiwu for kidnapping an Indian trader last week over a debt dispute, after the latter was rescued and sent back home. The woman surnamed Wang and her boyfriend had illegally detained Muhammad Danish Qureshi at Wang's home since last Monday, state-run news agency Xinhua reported quoting local police as saying. Police freed Qureshi, a "purchaser working for an...
11:37 AM, May 26, 2012
The three-year-old in China cruised his toy motorbike right down a busy street but thankfully he was stopped before getting hurt. ...
09:40 AM, May 23, 2012
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