Yearly Archives: 2015
Jung vs Kejriwal: Centre says home ministry notification to remove confusion
May 22, 2015
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday said the home ministry’s notification on allocation of powers in Delhi would “remove” all confusion regarding governance in the national capital and help the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government run the city efficiently. Notification will remove confusion, help AAP govt run Delhi well.
Yacht party, mystery women: BCCI anti-graft unit warned teams last IPL
May 22, 2015
A party hosted by Preity Zinta for KXIP on a yacht owned by individuals on the ICC’s anti-corruption scanner, a woman who spent the night in the room of a CSK player, a dinner hosted for KKR by Shah Rukh Khan’s friend without permission.
US woman sentenced to 24 years for pushing Indian man to death in NY...
May 21, 2015
New York: A 33-year-old American woman has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for pushing an Indian man to death in front of a subway train in an attack apparently motivated by religious animus.
White House Summit on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs)
May 21, 2015
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy To Co-Chair White House Initiative on AAPIs
By Geeta Goindi
In Osama bin Laden’s diary, an ‘Indian brother’
May 21, 2015
The organizations listed include the Haqqani network — it has been described by former United States military chief Mike Mullen as “a veritable arm of the ISI” — along with the central committee of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, and jihadists allied to slain warlord Hakimullah Mehsud.
IPL 8: De Villiers, Mandeep lead RCB to easy win in IPL Eliminator
May 20, 2015
Brief Scorecard: Royal Challengers Bangalore 180 for 4 (De Villiers 66, Mandeep 54*, Kulkarni 2-28) beat Rajasthan Royals 109 (Rahane 42, Harshal 2-15, Aravind 2-20, Chahal 2-20) by 71 runs
Cancer charities bilked donors out of $187M, government says
May 20, 2015
WASHINGTON DC – The Federal Trade Commission, along with officials from every state in the country and the District of Columbia, announced on Tuesday that they were filing charges alleging that four cancer charities misled donors and stole nearly $200 million.
Court Ruling on Immigration Could Rock Obama, 2016 Race
May 20, 2015
WASHINGTON DC – Thanks to a little-watched court case in California, the Obama administration’s immigration policy faces a shake-up next week—and the court’s ruling could reverberate in the 2016 presidential campaign.
President Obama gets his own account on Twitter: ‘It’s Barack. Really!’
May 19, 2015
WASHINGTON DC – President Barack Obama sent his first tweet from his very own account on Twitter on Monday, quickly amassing tens of thousands of followers in the latest of many White House efforts to amplify his message with social media.
Barack Obama now has his own Twitter account @POTUS
What happened to Modi asking Bangladeshi infiltrators to pack up, asks AASU
May 19, 2015
NEW DELHI – Even as the BJP-led government at the Centre completed one year in office, the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) has reminded Prime Minister Narendra Modi of an announcement that he had made during the 2014 Lok Sabha election campaign – that Bangladeshi infiltrators would have to pack up after May 16 2014 – and asked him what happened to that.
