Washington: A nine-month-old baby in Philadelphia died after his two sitters, aged 24 and 27, injected his feet and hands with heroin and cocaine, a media report said Friday. Oscar Sanchez-Rivera and girlfriend Viameri Santana-Berrios were babysitting Milton Rojas when he died from a drug overdose. Doctors found needle marks on the baby’s hands [...]
New Delhi: While the world economy was facing challenging times, India’s growth story was still intact, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said while promising action on several fronts to restore investor confidence, including clarity on tax matters. In an exclusive e-mail interview to the Hindustan Times newspaper Friday, the prime minister also listed five areas [...]
New Delhi: A 25 member business delegation led by Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia is visiting South American countries of Colombia and Venezuela, as also Cuba, in a bid to strengthen the economic engagement with them. The delegation organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has participation from prominent Indian [...]
New Delhi: Finnish handsets manufacturer Nokia Friday launched Lumia 610 priced at Rs.12,999 in the Indian market. The company has already launched Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 priced at Rs.24,999 and Rs.15,999 respectively. “The smartphone will introduce Windows Phone to a new generation of smartphone users,” Vipul Mehrotra, director-smart devices, Nokia India, said, adding, “It [...]
New Delhi: Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has said he has no plans to retire from One-day Internationals and that he opted out of the upcoming Sri Lanka tour to spend time with his family. Sachin said he would continue playing as long as he enjoyed the sport. “It’s not what xyz thinks. As long as [...]
Islamabad: At least 18 people were killed Friday night when unidentified motorcycle-borne gunmen rained bullets at a bus carrying Shia pilgrims in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, media reports said. The attack took place near Turbet while the bus was on its way from Balochistan capital Quetta to Iran, Xinhua reported citing Urdu TV channel Dunya. [...]
New Delhi: The Election Commission received a staggering 766 complaints of paid news during the January-March assembly elections, of which 253 were found to be true, the poll panel’s former head S.Y. Quraishi said here Friday. Speaking at a seminar on “Challenges Facing the Media” at the India International Centre here, Quraishi said notice [...]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the central government to conduct an inquiry against presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee for canvassing even before resigning as the union finance minister. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice H.L. Gokhale dismissed the PIL by advocate [...]
