BASIC countries favours Kyoto Protocol to remain effective post Copenhagen:India

By : John Thomas | Sat, 19-Dec-2009

Copenhagen: India on Friday said that BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) favours remaining in the parameters of the UN framework convention on the climate change and it also wants the Kyoto Protocol, a legally valid instrument, m... Read Story

'Copenhagen Accord' gets green signal from US & the BASIC bloc of nations

By : Nichole Temper | Sat, 19-Dec-2009

Copenhagen: Finally a big breakthrough came when US-BASIC nation that includes India and China have given green signal to the 'Copenhagen Accord'- a two-page political declaration with further actions and negotiations scheduled for 2010.on ... Read Story

MP Rajagopal continues fast in hospital, supporters hold rasta rokos

By : Tulika Mohan | Sat, 19-Dec-2009

Vijayawada:  Vijayawada Congress Lok Sabha Member Lagadapati Rajagopal, who was shifted to Government General Hospital here this morning after a huge contingent of Armed Greyhound Police broke his fast-unto-death, continued his fast in the hospi... Read Story

We did not get a good start: Dhoni

By : Neel Mishra | Sat, 19-Dec-2009

Nagpur: After losing the second ODI against Sri Lanka by three wickets here, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said a poor start from the batsmen and the failure to get early wickets by the bowlers cost India the match. Sri Lanka leveled the five-match O... Read Story

Unprotected sex leads to paralysis, costs $200,000 claim

By : Gurmukh Singh | Sat, 19-Dec-2009

Toronto:Unprotected sex led to paralysis and cost a Canadian man his $200,000 medical insurance claim.Throwing out his hefty medical claim Friday, the Canadian Supreme Court said unprotected sex that leads to disabling diseases is not an "accident" e... Read Story

Response to Auro is miraculous: Amitabh Bachchan

By : Subhash K. Jha | Sat, 19-Dec-2009

Mumbai: The poignant story of 13-year-old Auro who suffers from progeria in "Paa" has touched many hearts and megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he never expected people to so "warmly embrace" his premature ageing character. "No, I never ever imagined t... Read Story

India-Russia deliberate on cooperation in broadcasting

By : Tom Date | Sat, 19-Dec-2009

New Delhi: India and Russia deliberated on cooperation in the field of broadcasting in fourth All India Conference of Listeners' Clubs of Voice of Russia, which concluded here recently. Chief Guest Alexander M Kadakin, Ambassador of Russian Fed... Read Story

Another Sikh youth attacked in Texas

By : Bill Edwards | Sat, 19-Dec-2009

Washington: A Sikh graduate student, working as a part-time pizza delivery person, was thrown into a swimming pool and brutally assaulted in West Texas, according to the Sikh Coalition, a community advocacy group. When the young man, whose identity h... Read Story

Indian Captain Dhoni gets two match ban for slow over-rate

By : Lalit Katara | Sat, 19-Dec-2009

Nagpur: Nagpur ODI was a bad day for cricket fans as after losing the match both fans and team India got another setback when Indian skipper MS Dhoni was slammed two match ban for slow over rate in the 2nd ODI on Saturday. The BCCI, however, has not... Read Story

PM leaves for home after preparing Copenhagen accord

By : Joydeep Gupta | Sat, 19-Dec-2009

Copenhagen: After extending his stay to prepare a Copenhagen accord in consort with the US, China, Brazil and South Africa, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for home in the early hours of Saturday.An Indian official said the prime minister had stay... Read Story