G-20 pledges to raise global cooperation to combat corruption

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 20:06

The G-20 Summit on Friday pledged to share information and increase international cooperation to combat the menace of corruption.

Curbs on professional mobility could stifle global growth: PM

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 18:07

India on Friday made a strong case for avoiding new measures to restrict international mobility of professionals, arguing it could stifle global growth in the coming years.

India has adequate forex reserves: Montek

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 17:36

Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia also said the rupee's fall this year has clearly overshot limits.

India not in favour of armed action in Syria: PM

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 11:40

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday condemned the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime in Syria.

BSF defuses 20-kg explosive device in Odisha

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 23:36

Border Security Force personnel found and defused a 20-kg improvised explosive (IED) device in Odisha`s Maoist-affected Koraput district, an official release said.

Obama seeks support for Syria strike at G-20

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 21:31

President Barack Obama this week plans to urge reluctant world leaders to back an American-led strike against Syria as he attends a global summit in Russia and makes a stop in Sweden.

Australia beat England in first T20 international

Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 09:37

Australia beat England by 39 runs in the first of two Twenty20 internationals on Thursday.

Bailey says results top priority for Oz to end 200-day winless drought

Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 12:36

Australian Twenty20 captain George Bailey has said that results are top priority for the team as they are without an international victory in any cricket format for more than 200 days.

China rules out dialogue with `empty talking` Japan over disputed islands

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 13:33

China has accused Japan of `empty talks` over the disputed islands in the East China Sea, while ruling out chances of top-level talks at the forthcoming G-20 summit.

`US-Russia ties poisonous, Putin acting like schoo

Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 08:46

Charles Schumer, the US Senate`s third ranking Democrat and a close Obama ally, accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of trying to antagonize the United States by granting American fugitive Edward Snowden asylum for one year.

`US-Russia ties poisonous, Putin acting like schoolyard bully`

Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 08:46

Charles Schumer, the US Senate`s third ranking Democrat and a close Obama ally, accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of trying to antagonize the United States by granting American fugitive Edward Snowden asylum for one year.