Why Dr Singh needs to change his media strategy

Under criticism for being mum on a number of issues plaguing the nation, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is setting in motion regular interactions with senior journalists, beginning on Wednesday.......

Jay to replace Gibbs as White House Press Secy

Jay Carney, former Washington bureau chief of Time magazine and currently the communication director for US Vice-President Joe Biden, would replace Robert Gibbs as White House Press Secretary.The......

Iranian missiles target Mossad headquarters, US sends F-16s

Iran late on Tuesday fired ballistic missiles targeting two military bases of Israel and the headquarters of Mossad, Israel's intelligence service, claimed Iranian state television, citing Mohammad......

White House bars CNN, NYT, LA Times, BuzzFeed from press briefing

The war between the media and American President Donald Trump has further intensified after the White House decided not to invite major media outlets for a press gaggle by White House Press......

US tech industry appeals to Obama to keep hands off encryption

Top US tech companies are warning the Obama administration against imposing new policies that the companies say would weaken increasingly sophisticated encryption systems designed to protect......

'Obama's India trip has created thousands of jobs'

President Barack Obama's India visit has been successful in creating thousands of jobs for Americans; which was one of the major factors for the shellacking received by his Democratic party in......

India asks refiners to cut Iran oil imports ahead of Obama visit

India has asked its refiners to slash oil buys from Iran in the next two months to keep the imports in line with the previous fiscal year's levels, sources with knowledge of the matter said, days......

Microchip pioneer Jack Kilby dies at 81

Nobel laureate Jack Kilby, whose 1958 invention of the integrated circuit ushered in the modern electronics age and made possible the microprocessor, has died after a battle with cancer.Kilby died......

News media relations with Obama hit low ebb over golf weekend

Relations between the White House and the correspondents who cover it, always edgy and adversarial, have hit a low ebb in a dispute over whether the press should have access to the president during......