26 August 2013

India seem to have an inexhaustible wealth of talent at the moment in the cricket world. At a time when most other nations are struggling to find players for the future, India have been fielding age-group teams that are way ahead of others.

26 August 2013

NEW DELHI: In a major step towards making marriage laws more women-friendly, Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the bill to amend the Hindu Marriage Act (1955) and the Special Marriage Act (1954) that provides for "irretrievable breakdown on marriage" as a ground for divorce as well as grants women the right to a share in the property of their husbands.

25 August 2013

NEW HAVEN: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza notched up her third title of the season and 17th overall as she lifted the women's doubles trophy at the WTA New Haven Open along with new partner Jie Zheng.

26 August 2013

WASHINGTON: Loss of Arctic sea ice is leading to the greening of the Arctic, researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, have found.

25 August 2013

Along with raising corporate donations for providing subsidised treatments to cancer patients Tata Medical Centre here is planning to come up with a bio-bank that will store tissues of cancer patients for furthering research in the discipline, authorities of the cancer hospital said here on Saturday.

25 August 2013

CHENNAI: The Times of India's year-long campaign 'Bring back auto meters' has clocked a success with the Tamil Nadu government announcing revised autorickshaw fares and mandatory meters. Autorickshaw drivers in Chennai and other TN cities have been infamous for fleecing passengers after discarding the meters about 15 years ago.

24 August 2013

The ruling Congress in Karnataka won both Mandya and Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha seats, which went into bypolls on August 21, with impressive margins.

24 August 2013 

The Jammu and Kashmir government has appointed a one-man Commission of Inquiry by Justice (retired) R C Gandhi to probe the Kishtwar communal clashes on August 9 in which three persons died and dozens others were injured.

24 August 2013

India has bypassed Japan to become the world’s third largest Internet user after China and the United States, and its users are significantly younger than those of other emerging economies, global digital measurement and analytics firm comScore has said in a report.

Damascus 24 August 2013

A top UN official was to visit Syria Saturday for talks as demands grew for a prompt probe into opposition claims the regime unleashed a chemical attack that killed hundreds. US President Barack Obama said the alleged use of chemical weapons was "a big event of grave concern," while Russia hit out at calls for force against its ally Syria.

24 August 2013

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday penalised six banks for violation of know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) norms.

22 August 2013

NEW DELHI: Nokia has launched its biggest-ever smartphone Lumia 625 as well as the new flagship handset Lumia 925 in India. Nokia, which is lagging behind rivals like Apple and Samsung in the smartphone market, has priced the Lumia 625 at Rs 19,999, while the Lumia 925 bears a price tag of Rs 33,499.

21 August 2013

In a bid to make Internet available to two-third population of the world who are not online yet, social networking major Facebook today announced the launch ofInternet.org -- a global partnership with six other technology giants, namely Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm and Samsung.

21 August 2013

NEW DELHI: Nishi Vasudeva was today selected to head Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL), the first woman ever to head a Navranta PSU.

22 August 2013

NEW DELHI: More than a month after the transport department said that it would introduce colour coding in autorickshaws to ensure that drivers don't refuse passengers, especially at night, the department is yet to formulate a plan.