Monthly Archives: October 2014
Haryana Assembly elections: BJP scripts history with absolute majority, all eyes now on CM
October 19, 2014
New Delhi: In a historic shift in power in Haryana, the Bharatiya Janata Party won Assembly elections with absolute majority for the first time. The BJP, which only had four MLAs in Haryana till the morning of October 19, easily crossed the halfway mark of 45 in the 90-member Assembly winning 47 seats.
ODI Series: West Indies crash to defeat before flight home
October 17, 2014
Brief Scorecard: India 330 for 6 (Kohli 127, Raina 71, Rahane 68) beat West Indies 271 (Samuels 112, Bhuvneshwar 2-25, Akshar 2-26) by 59 runs
Darren Bravo is disappointed after missing one from Akshar Patel, India v West Indies, 4th ODI, Dharamsala, October 17, 2014
Tamil Nadu CM O Panneerselvam to personally go to Bangalore to welcome Jayalalithaa out...
October 17, 2014
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam will personally go to Bangalore to welcome former chief minister J Jayalalithaa out of jail, after the Supreme Court granted her bail in the disproportionate assets case on Friday.
Senator Warner: Prime Minister Modi’s US Visit, “A Home Run”
October 15, 2014
By Geeta Goindi
Chantilly, VA – Reflecting on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent US visit to New York and Washington, a powerful US lawmaker has called it “a home run”.
Texas dept.: 2nd person tests positive for Ebola
October 15, 2014
DALLAS, TEXAS — A second Dallas hospital worker who provided care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has tested positive for the disease, pointing to lapses beyond how one individual may have donned and removed personal protective garb.
Mangalyaan sends pictures of Mars moon Phobos
October 15, 2014
Almost 20 days after it successfully entered the orbit of the Red Planet, ISRO’s Mars Orbiter on Tuesday sent pictures of Phobos — the largest of the two natural satellites that orbit around Mars.
USA: Gas prices will fall another 15-20 cents a gallon
October 14, 2014
NEW YORK — Gas prices have fallen below $3 a gallon at 43,000 U.S. gas stations, according to GasBuddy.com, or one-third of the stations it tracks.
And prices at the pump, already the lowest in four years, should continue to fall, said Tom Kloza, GasBuddy’s chief oil analyst. On Tuesday, he cut his forecast for the national average price this fall to between $2.95 and $3.10, from his previous call of $3.10 to $3.25.
India to be missile-import free by 2022: DRDO to PMO
October 14, 2014
New Delhi: The defence research and development organisation (DRDO) plans to make the country “missile import free” by 2022, the defence research agency has told the Prime Minister’s Office.
10,000 new Ebola cases per week could be seen: WHO
October 14, 2014
If the response to the Ebola crisis isn’t stepped up within 60 days, a lot more people will die, he says
Bruce Aylward, World Health Organization assistant Director General in charge of the operational response on Ebola gestures during a news briefing at the WHO headquarters in Geneva on Tuesday.
‘Brahma Kamalam’ in full bloom at Tirupati
October 14, 2014
TIRUPATI, ANDHRA PRADESH: ‘Brahma Kamalam’ made a surprising appearance in the Bonsai garden of Lakshmi Bharathi, a resident of Varadaraja Nagar in Tirupati on Saturday night.
‘Brahma Kamalam’ at a home in Varadaraja Nagar in Tirupati. —Photo: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar
