Pope Benedict stunned the Roman Catholic Church including his closest advisers on Monday when he announced he would stand down in the first papal abdication in 700 years, saying he no longer had the mental and physical strength to run the Church through a period of major crisis. ...
12:58 AM, Feb 12, 2013
In an unexpected move, Vatican on Monday announced that Pope Benedict XVI will resign on February 28. In an official communique, the Pope has cited "advanced age" as a reason for stepping down. ...
08:18 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI announced on Monday that he would resign on February 28 because he was simply too infirm to carry on - the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of March. The 85-year-old pope announced his decision in Latin during a meeting of Vatican cardinals on Monday morning. ...
04:51 PM, Feb 11, 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
West Brom defender Goran Popov has apologized after he was sent off for spitting toward an opponent during an EPL match against Tottenham. ...
11:03 PM, Feb 06, 2013
What we feared has come true. Pathological reports have confirmed that the four-year-old tiger that died in Nagarhole Tiger Reserve two weeks ago (January 13) was a victim of rat poison. According to R Gokul, Director, Nagarhole Tiger Reserve pathological reports have confirmed that zinc phosphide was found in the viscera of the tiger. ...
04:33 PM, Jan 29, 2013
Lady Gaga was the first person to pile up more than 25 million followers on Twitter. ...
10:39 AM, Jan 23, 2013
Archbishop Georg Ganswein, Pope Benedict's private secretary, who has been dubbed 'Gorgeous George' by the Italian media, is now a real-life cover boy. ...
12:04 PM, Jan 16, 2013
China has shot down speculations that country's new leadership may ease up on the controversial one-child policy, asserting that it would continue adhering to the coercive family planning measure. China's family planning policy should be unswervingly adhered to, Wang Xia, director of the National Population and Family Planning Committee, told a conference, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. ...
01:15 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Despite the Delhi High Court's order directing the government to build one shelter per one lakh population, the capital still has only 150 temporary and permanent shelters that can house a mere 7500 homeless people of the city. With over three lakh homeless people in Delhi, the existing shelters are not only inadequate, they are also in poor conditions. ...
09:28 AM, Jan 05, 2013
Public protests over Punjabi rapper Honey Singh for his lewd lyrics lead to the cancellation of his New Year eve show and an FIR. ...
10:43 PM, Jan 01, 2013
Public protests might have forced the cancellation of Punjabi rap singer Honey Singh's New Year's evening concert in Gurgaon, but the controversy has now sparked off a debate on the kind of language used in popular culture. ...
10:00 PM, Jan 01, 2013
Britney Spears has not signed up for any song in a Bollywood movie, the international pop star's spokesperson says. ...
02:21 PM, Jan 01, 2013
Tiger population in India has significantly increased in the wild, thanks to protection of additional habitat of the big cat and stringent anti-poaching patrols, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said. In southwestern India, where WCS research and conservation efforts began 25 years ago, a major rebound of tigers in the Western Ghats region of Karnataka has taken place. ...
04:59 PM, Dec 27, 2012
The pope made the comments in his Christmas address to the Vatican bureaucracy, one of his most important speeches. ...
01:35 PM, Dec 22, 2012
The Vatican newspaper said that as of noon Italian time on Thursday the pope had 2.1 million followers on Twitter, eight days after his first tweet was sent. ...
11:07 AM, Dec 21, 2012
Daniel Popovic recorded a wire-to-wire Australian PGA Championship victory by four strokes. ...
01:36 PM, Dec 16, 2012
