Home » Politics and Latest New You are browsing entries filed in “Politics and Latest New”

Boston Marathon bombing suspect caught after manhunt

Boston Marathon bombing suspect caught after manhunt

1 of 7. People cheer as police drive down Arlington street in Watertown, Massachusetts April 19, 2013. WATERTOWN, Massachusetts | Sat Apr 20, 2013 3:30pm IST WATERTOWN, Massachusetts (Reuters) – A 19-year-old suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings with his older brother was captured by police after a day-long manhunt on Friday that [...]

April 20th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

Prince Harry to join expedition to the South Pole

Prince Harry to join expedition to the South Pole

Britain’s Prince Harry (L) tries on a team jacket during the launch of the Walking with the Wounded South Pole Allied Challenge 2013, in London April 19, 2013. Three teams of wounded ex-servicemen and women from the UK, the U.S. and the Commonwealth will undertake the charitable expedition to the South Pole in November and [...]

April 20th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

Strong quake hits China; 102 dead, more than 2,200 injured

Strong quake hits China; 102 dead, more than 2,200 injured

1 of 6. An aerial view shows houses damaged after a strong earthquake in Lushan county, Ya’an, Sichuan province, April 20, 2013. BEIJING | Sat Apr 20, 2013 2:32pm IST BEIJING (Reuters) – A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit a remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of southwestern China’s Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at [...]

April 20th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

Suspect arrested for rape of 5-year-old; protests build up

Suspect arrested for rape of 5-year-old; protests build up

1 of 7. Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest outside police headquarters in New Delhi April 20, 2013. Hundreds of angry protesters gathered outside the headquarters of Delhi police on Saturday after a five year-old girl was allegedly raped and tortured, reviving memories of a brutal December assault on a woman that shook the country. [...]

April 20th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

TIMELINE – Boston Marathon bombing suspect captured

TIMELINE – Boston Marathon bombing suspect captured

1 of 4. Members of the public cheer as police officers leave the scene where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, was taken into custody in Watertown, Massachusetts April 19, 2013. BOSTON | Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:01am IST BOSTON (Reuters) – Police captured the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon [...]

April 20th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

U.S. aims to expand India arms trade by “billions of dollars”

U.S. aims to expand India arms trade by “billions of dollars”

An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier patrols near the fenced border with Pakistan in Suchetgarh, southwest of Jammu January 11, 2013. WASHINGTON | Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:40am IST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has already made “tremendous progress” in expanding weapons sales to India since 2008, and U.S. companies could see “billions [...]

April 20th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

Chidambaram says current account deficit could be halved in 1-2 years

Chidambaram says current account deficit could be halved in 1-2 years

India’s Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram waits for the arrival of Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before their meeting at Abe’s official residence in Tokyo April 1, 2013. NEW YORK | Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:53am IST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Wednesday he expected India’s current account deficit for the [...]

April 18th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

FBI arrests Mississippi man in ricin letter case

FBI arrests Mississippi man in ricin letter case

1 of 2. U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks on measures to reduce gun violence at the University of Hartford in Connecticut, April 8, 2013. WASHINGTON | Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:06am IST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI arrested a Mississippi man on Wednesday in connection with letters sent to President Barack Obama and two [...]

April 18th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

Obama to visit Boston amid search for suspect seen on video

Obama to visit Boston amid search for suspect seen on video

Flowers for Boston Marathon bombing victim Lu Lingzi, a Boston University graduate student and Chinese citizen, are placed outside the Boston University Marsh Chapel before her memorial in Boston, Massachusetts April 17, 2013. BOSTON | Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:44pm IST BOSTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama was due to visit Boston on Thursday to [...]

April 18th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

SC allows 9 more Karnataka iron ore mines to resume

SC allows 9 more Karnataka iron ore mines to resume

A view of the Indian Supreme Court building is seen in New Delhi December 7, 2010. NEW DELHI | Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:06am IST NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Supreme Court has allowed nine more iron ore mines to resume production in Karnataka, a small fraction of the total, but exports from the country’s [...]

April 18th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

Supreme Court keeps bauxite mining ban, eases some iron ore curbs

Supreme Court keeps bauxite mining ban, eases some iron ore curbs

A villager stands in front of his home, next to the Vedanta Aluminium factory in Lanjigarh, in Orissa state February 23, 2010. NEW DELHI/MUMBAI | Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:53pm IST NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Supreme Court has kept a ban on bauxite mining in hills in Odisha considered sacred by residents, whose opinion [...]

April 18th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

Blast outside BJP office in Bangalore; 16 injured

Blast outside BJP office in Bangalore; 16 injured

1 of 2. Police and forensic officials inspect the scene of a blast near the office of opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bangalore April 17, 2013. NEW DELHI | Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:56pm IST NEW DELHI (Reuters) – At least 16 people were injured after a blast near the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) [...]

April 17th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

Chinese victim of Boston attack posted photo of final breakfast

Chinese victim of Boston attack posted photo of final breakfast

People set up candles and flowers as they pray for victims of Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings, in Beijing April 16, 2013. The third fatal victim of the attack was a Chinese citizen whose identity was not being made public at the request of the victim’s family, the Chinese Consulate in New York said in a [...]

April 17th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

Funeral of Iron Lady Thatcher starts after London procession

Funeral of Iron Lady Thatcher starts after London procession

1 of 3. The coffin of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is carried by the Bearer Party as it arrives for her funeral service at St Paul’s Cathedral, in London April 17, 2013. LONDON | Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:21pm IST LONDON (Reuters) – Borne aloft on the shoulders of eight military servicemen, the [...]

April 17th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

Obama calls Boston bombing ‘act of terror,’ police plea for help

Obama calls Boston bombing ‘act of terror,’ police plea for help

A man wearing a Boston Marathon runner’s jacket is seen near the finish line of the race in Boston, Massachusetts April 16, 2013. BOSTON | Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:28pm IST BOSTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama called the Boston Marathon bombings an “act of terror” on Tuesday and investigators said no additional explosive devices [...]

April 17th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

Supreme Court gives Sanjay Dutt four weeks to surrender

Supreme Court gives Sanjay Dutt four weeks to surrender

1 of 2. Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt (R) embraces his sister Priya Dutt after breaking down during a news conference outside his residence in Mumbai March 28, 2013. NEW DELHI | Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:27pm IST NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt four more weeks of [...]

April 17th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

Thatcher opponents turn their back, boo at funeral procession

Thatcher opponents turn their back, boo at funeral procession

LONDON | Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:33pm IST LONDON (Reuters) – About two dozen opponents of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher turned their backs on her funeral procession and some others booed as her coffin passed through central London on a gun carriage on Wednesday. One man held up a placard “Boo!” and some [...]

April 17th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

China, India, Singapore could join new Arctic Circle forum

China, India, Singapore could join new Arctic Circle forum

Snow-covered mountains look over the Isfjord in Svalbard, June 1, 2012. WASHINGTON | Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:33am IST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China, India, Singapore and other countries far from the Arctic Circle could be part of a new global forum to widen the discussion about the fate of the planet’s Far North, Iceland President [...]

April 16th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

Florida’s Sun Sentinel wins Pulitzer for Public Service

Florida’s Sun Sentinel wins Pulitzer for Public Service

1 of 3. David Barboza of The New York Times, who won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, for his exposure of corruption at high levels of the Chinese government, including billions in secret wealth owned by relatives of the prime minister, is pictured during the announcement of Pulitzer Prize winners at the New [...]

April 16th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »

Latest tax target: companies selling below cost

Latest tax target: companies selling below cost

1 of 6. A man walks past a Fiat logo at a showroom in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi April 3, 2013. MUMBAI | Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:47pm IST MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian tax officials have opened up a new front in their battle to increase revenue collected from companies, targeting manufacturing [...]

April 16th, 2013 | Posted in Politics and Latest New | Read More »