Nov 12 2010
The UN has appealed for nearly $164m (£102m) to fight a cholera outbreak in Haiti which has now claimed 724 lives.
Sep 22 2010
English athletes Phillips Idowu, Christine Ohuruogu and Lisa Dobriskey have all pulled out of the Commonwealth Games, which start on 3 October. World triple jump champion Idowu has concerns over security preparations for the Games, whereas Ohuruogu and...
Sep 21 2010
In interviews for “The India Way,” managers from Indian companies were asked about what they thought the company’s principal goals were. In contrast to the American school of thought on business, maximizing shareholder value was not the first...
Sep 18 2010
Pratibha Srikanthmurthy, a BPO employee in Bangalore was raped and killed while on her way for night-shift duty in December 2005. The prime accused: Shivu alias Shivakumar, substitute cab driver who picked her up from home. In July 2006, the case was...
Aug 28 2010
In move that blocks the information highway across Pakistan and comes as a rude shock to the people, Pakistan’s supreme court on Friday directed the electronic media regulatory authority to stop all cable operators from airing TV channels without...
Aug 16 2010
The Cabinet has deferred a decision on increasing the salary and allowances of MPs. The proposed increase is unlikely to be effected in the current session of Parliament.
Jul 23 2010
If my son, Aman Kachroo, was not ragged, he is likely to have been a happy kid today and, perhaps, a great doctor tomorrow. My wife and I and the parents of 12 other kids who died in the past one year did not deserve to suffer the pain of losing a...
Jul 16 2010
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday apologised to Muslims for aligning with former BJP leader Kalyan Singh, under whose watch the Babri mosque in Ayodhya was demolished on December 6, 1992. Yadav, in a press release, said, “As the...
Jun 21 2010
A Delhi Metro train chugged into Gurgaon today, bringing the satellite city a little closer to the national capital and fulfilling the desire of millions of its residents for an effective transport system. Without much fanfare, the 14.47 km link...
Jun 3 2010
As the 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards kick off in Colombo, for the first time in a decade it’s not the stars but venue that’s attracting attention. Conducting the IIFA in Sri Lanka has been seen as hurting the Tamil...