Politics

After Obama's Charlotte acceptance speech in September 2012, both parties had their nominees: the race was essentially tied, Gallup showing Obama 47, Romney 46.

In 2012, Indian-Americans backed Obama by lopsided margins — up to 84% in exit polls. Immigration policy, more than economics, explains why.

On September 6, 2012, Union Minister Sachin Pilot became the first serving minister commissioned as a regular officer in the Territorial Army.

Alleged MNS workers vandalized a Maharashtra theatre screening a Bhojpuri film — part of a 2012 campaign against north Indians in the state.

In August 2012 Paul Ryan told a radio host he'd run a marathon in under three hours. The record said 4:01:25. A small fib with a long shadow.

The eve-teasing debate keeps blaming what women wear. The evidence — and plain logic — says the jeans were never the problem.

Seventeen civilians, including two women, were beheaded in Helmand after a late-night music and dance party — in a Taliban-controlled district.

Pakistan won zero medals at London 2012 — and its own media joked the country could only sweep the medals if corruption were an Olympic sport.

Tropical Storm Isaac barreled toward the Gulf Coast on August 27, 2012 — forcing the GOP to delay its convention and reviving Katrina memories.

On the eve of her 2012 RNC speech, Ann Romney recalled Mitt curling up beside her through depression and MS — the campaign's humanizing mission.

India raised its panic-era SMS cap from 5 to 20 a day in August 2012 - but with WhatsApp and BBM in vogue, did the restriction matter at all?

A 2012 book by Rich Miniter claimed Obama scrapped three bin Laden missions before Hillary Clinton pushed the raid through — claims the White House denied.

During the August 2012 panic exodus, India blocked 250+ web pages accused of spreading morphed images — and pointed a finger at Pakistan.

An August 2012 report claimed one of Hitler's senior aides secretly urged British contacts to help topple the Fuhrer — warning peace was otherwise impossible.

A 25-year-old mechanic in Bangalore district was arrested after his 20-day-old daughter died of poisoned milk — allegedly because he wanted a son.

What India's leaders said during the August 2012 panic exodus — from the Prime Minister's assurance to the Home Secretary's charge of a foreign hand.

In August 2012, rumor-driven panic sent tens of thousands of Northeasterners fleeing southern cities on packed trains — India's first great social-media scare.

In August 2012, the government widened financial scrutiny of Baba Ramdev's trusts — service tax, foreign funding, and income tax probes he called political

For a third day, Northeasterners fled southern Indian cities over feared reprisals for Assam's ethnic violence — despite leaders' appeals for calm.

After the August 2012 panic exodus, the first special trains from Bangalore reached Guwahati — and many Northeasterners said they would return.