The Coal India board has sought clarifications on draft agreement with the Limpopo government in South Africa on responsibilities to be shared between them while acquiring mines through a JV, a move that may delay the company's acquisition plans. The government of Limpopo, the northernmost province of South Africa, had approached Coal India Ltd (CIL) requesting it to form a joint venture with one of its public sector firms for...
10:55 AM, Mar 24, 2013
The two men in white embraced and showed one another the deference owed a pope in ways that surely turned Vatican protocol upside down: A reigning pope telling a retired one, "We are brothers," and insisting that they pray side-by-side during a date to discuss the future of the Catholic Church. ...
08:38 AM, Mar 24, 2013
Pope Francis urged the West on Friday to intensify dialogue with Islam and appealed to the world to do more to combat poverty and protect the environment. Speaking in Italian, the new pontiff said richer countries should fight what he called "the spiritual poverty of our times" by re-forging links with God. ...
04:55 AM, Mar 23, 2013
An artist from Milwaukee, Niki Johnson, has come up with a unique portrait of the former Pope Benedict XVI. ...
10:46 AM, Mar 21, 2013
Tigmanshu Dhulia's 'Paan Singh Tomar', that narrates the gritty story of a national athlete forced to live the life of an out-law, was announced the best picture at the 60th National Film awards as its lead protagonist Irrfan Khan shared the best actor trophy with Vikram Gokhale for his Marathi film 'Anumati'. ...
06:29 PM, Mar 18, 2013
An ecstatic Shoojit Sircar did what he described as a 'sperm dance' in his room in Hyderabad after he heard his film Vicky Donor has shared the Best Popular Film for providing wholesome entertainment with Ustad Hotel (Malayalam). ...
04:44 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Thousands of Catholics waving flags from around the world packed St Peter's Square on Sunday to hear Pope Francis deliver his inaugural Angelus. ...
10:00 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien will lead the Indian delegation to the inaugural pontifical mass of Pope Francis I in Vatican City on Tuesday, official sources said on Sunday. According to the sources, besides Kurien, the four-member delegation includes his wife Susan, his secretary PJ Antony and Kerala Congress Lok Sabha MP Jose K Mani. ...
03:50 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Walking up to crowds, shaking hands with surprised bystanders in the street, mixing his formal speeches with off-the-cuff remarks, Pope Francis stamped his own style on the papacy Sunday. ...
01:27 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Newly elected Pope Francis made an appearance for the first Angelus in St Peter's Square. The first Pope from Latin America appeared before scores of people and asked the faithful to pray for him. ...
08:32 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Pope Francis, speaking to an overflow crowd of more than 150,000 in St Peter's Square, urged the world on Sunday to be more forgiving and merciful and not so quick to condemn other people's failures. "A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just," he told the cheering crowd from the window of the papal apartments overlooking the square. ...
07:33 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Pope Francis will bless crowds at St Peter's Square on his first Sunday today. ...
12:15 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Also on the show, Cyrus Broacha takes on the Australian cricket team and Pope Francis. ...
11:24 AM, Mar 17, 2013
Cardinal George Alencherry said the Church was already open to the reality of electing a pope that was outside Europe. ...
10:25 AM, Mar 17, 2013
A South African cardinal who helped elect Pope Francis this week has told the BBC paedophilia is an illness and not a crime. Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, the Catholic Archbishop of Durban, told BBC Radio 5 on Saturday that paedophilia was a "disorder" that needed to be treated. ...
10:34 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Pope Francis, giving his clearest indication yet that he wants a more austere Catholic Church, said on Saturday that it should be poor and remember that its mission is to serve the poor. The pope made his comments in an audience with journalists, explaining why he chose to take the name Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi, a symbol of peace, austerity and poverty. ...
08:47 PM, Mar 16, 2013
The Vatican has come out in strong defence of Pope Francis after activists condemned the pope for not speaking out against human rights violations during military rule in Argentina. ...
08:51 AM, Mar 16, 2013
The honeymoon that Pope Francis has enjoyed since his remarkable election hit a bump on Friday, with the Vatican lashing out at what it called a defamatory and "anti-clerical left-wing" media campaign questioning his actions during Argentina's murderous military dictatorship. ...
06:58 AM, Mar 16, 2013
Over a million people are expected in Rome for the enthronement of Pope Francis next week, the Italian capital's top government representative said. "We are taking measures to accommodate over a million people next Tuesday (March 19) for Pope Francis's enthronement," said Giuseppe Pecoraro, the prefect of Rome. ...
06:07 AM, Mar 16, 2013
Beyonce says the most important part of losing the baby weight was understanding what worked best for her body. ...
11:33 AM, Mar 15, 2013
