"The president has been quite frustrated, and in some cases even angry, about congressional inaction," he said.
Striker Sunil Chhetri and Clifford Miranda scored two goals each as a rampaging India drubbed Bhutan 5-0 in their second league match to keep their semi-finals hopes in the SAFF Championships alive, in Delhi, on Monday. Chhetri scored in the 69th and 84th minutes while Miranda struck in the 44th and 58th, after Syed Rahim Nabi (29th) had given India the lead.
An Australian court on Friday sentenced two teenagers for terrorising and robbing six Indian men over four days last year, in a racist rampage they codenamed 'Punji hunting'.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the attack was linked to terror.
Thousands of prisoners escaped from jails across Egypt as anti-regime riots entered the sixth day on Sunday, with looters rampaging through malls and luxury shops and a number of army-men doffing uniforms to join the unprecedented protests. Embattled President Hosni Mubarak, 82, clung to power despite mounting pressure to quit as the situation in the world's most populous Arab nation deteriorated.
Madhya Pradesh lad Sourabh again led the charge, continuing his giant-killing spree with a 21-19, 18-21, 21-11 upset win over seventh seed Kenichi Tago, while Gurusai sent Yuhan Tan of Belgium packing with a 21-13, 14-21, 21-13 defeat.
World No.13 Sindhu, who had lost to Yihan -- a 2011 World Champion and silver medallist at 2012 London Olympics - four times in the past, dished out a 21-18, 21-19 win over the sixth seed in 45-minute encounter.
A United States Congresswoman was 'gravely wounded' after she was shot in the head by a gunman, who went on a shooting rampage at a public event in Tucson in Arizona, killing at least six people, including a 9-year-old girl and a federal judge, and injuring 12 others. Democratic lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords, 40, a House Representative, was in a critical condition following a surgery late on Saturday night for a single gunshot wound to the head.
Before he killed at least four people in Britain's deadliest attack since the 2005 London bombings, Khalid Masood was considered by intelligence officers to be a criminal who posed little serious threat.
Battered into submission in the first Test despite Sachin Tendulkar's batting heroics, world number one India will aim to reclaim their bruised pride and level the series against a rampaging South Africa in the second Test starting in Durban on Saturday.
"It is a great win and a fantastic start to the season for me. I have been playing well and I was confident of winning ahead of the final," said PV Sindhu.
Curfew was on Tuesday clamped in Mayyar village and its surrounding areas in Hisar district in Haryana after In view of the volatile situation, district authorities have sought the help of the Army, officials said, adding that additional police forces have been deployed in the violence-hit areas. Hisar's Deputy Commissioner Yudhvir Khaliya said curfew had been clamped in Mayyar and other sensitive villages to maintain law and order and help restore peace.
One person was killed and several others injured as police opened fire on protesters demanding quota for Jat community under OBC category who later went on a rampage, damaging vehicles and rail track and vandalising public property at Mayyar village in Haryana on Monday.
Police blamed activists of hard line faction of Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Muslim league headed by underground separatist leader Masrat Alam Bhat for carrying out the incidents of arson as part of a pre-planned conspiracy to disrupt Eid celebrations.
The US election campaign has provided plenty of ammunition for the CCP to make its case that its political system is superior.
He dismissed social media reports that Muslim youths were detained or arrested, and urged people to not pay attention to rumours, but follow the district administration's guidelines.
The environmentalists are doing genuinely good work to promote more favourable situation for the earth to survive the rampaging attack on ecology. But in the process one has to look for the correct method. The environmentalists advocate eco-tax and eco-subsidy to cope with pollution.
'A star hijacking a film and running down the hard work of crew member/s is the worst form of hara-kiri there is.'
Ironically, it was Twitter that did Shashi Tharoor in. Though the former minister of state external affairs has maintained a stoic silence on the micro-blogging site ever since his unceremonious exit, his followers are on the rampage
At least four persons were killed and over 50 injured when police opened fire to control a mob of protestors led by All Assam Minority Students' Union that went on a rampage in Barpeta town and inside the deputy commissioner's office beating people, damaging and burning down vehicles on Wednesday.
The toughness and guile that made Diego Simeone a great player has been there for all to see in his time as manager of Atletico Madrid, and the Argentinian marks his 300th game at the club with a major challenge on Sunday against Barcelona.
As the Australian contingent left for home after the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games, allegations have surfaced that their athletes at the Games Village indulged in hooliganism and damaged some property.
A rampaging Rafael Nadal roared through the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday when Brazil's Marcos Daniel retired with the world number one on a tear at 6-0, 5-0.
Our Correspondent Harish Kotian takes a look at the players purchased by the ten franchises on day one of the auction.
Kalinga Lancers displayed rampaging form as they decimated Punjab Warriors 7-0 to seal a semi-final berth in the fifth edition of the Hockey India League, in Chandigarh, on Saturday.
Who's the real Abu Jindal aka Zabiuddin Ansari? This is one of the most disturbing questions that the residents of Beed and Gevrai towns, in the dusty cotton bowl of Beed district in Maharashtra, are trying to come to terms with ever since news broke out that intelligence agencies have identified one of the handlers from Pakistan, who spoke to the 26/11 terrorists at the Chabad House, as Syed Zabiuddin Syed Zakiuddin aka Abu Jindal.
The London Olympics bronze medallist was trailing 4-10 in the opening game when Marin decided to withdraw from the contest.
'The person who carried out the London attack... was a fighter from the Islamic State, and did so in response to calls to target citizens of coalition countries,' the ISIS statement read.
Five persons were killed and 20 others wounded in daylong violence across Jammu and Kashmir as mobs yet again defied curfew in the Valley on Wednesday.
Five persons were killed and 20 others wounded in daylong violence across Jammu and Kashmir as mobs yet again defied curfew in the Valley on Wednesday.
The Indian won 21-7 21-7 in the summit clash that lasted just 38 minutes.
The Indian women's football team continued its rampaging form to thrash Sri Lanka 7-0 and book a berth in the semi-finals of the SAFF Women's championship in Cox Bazar, Bangladesh.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan believes that Andrew Strauss-led side's crushing win over Australia in the second Ashes Test is the testimony of the fact that the team could well go on to replace India as the number one Test side in the world.
Pune police have warned youngsters not to indulge in any overt Valentine's Day celebrations in the city.
Facing the challenge of avoiding a series whitewash, New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has asked the top-order batsmen to respond to the tough situation as they face a rampaging India in the fourth ODI on Tuesday.
An unassailable lead in hand, the rampaging Indian team will now push for a series whitewash when it takes on a grossly mismatched New Zealand in the inconsequential fourth cricket One-dayer of the five-match rubber in Bangalore on Tuesday.
ATK now have 33 points as they remained firm in contention for the top-spot.
On Tuesday, Taliban terrorists barged into Army Public School in Peshawar and began firing on all present there. They took no hostages, did not discriminate between the young and old and killed as many as they could. They killed 132 children and nine others during their eight-hour rampage. Some students who were lucky enough to escape recount their horror and the massacre that unfolded right in front of them. These are some their tales:
Manika Batra and Mouma Das made history by becoming the first Indian pair to reach the quarter-finals of the World Table Tennis Championships in Dusseldorf, on Thursday.
P Balakrishna Reddy was sentenced Reddy to three years rigorous imprisonment in a two-decade old riot case related to a protest against illicit liquor in Hosur.
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