Test Cricket: Sri Lanka 5 for 2 after Dhawan Kohli centuries...
August 13, 2015
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 183 and 5 for 2 (Ashwin 1-0, Mishra 1-1) trail India 375 (Dhawan 134, Kohli 103, Kaushal 5-134) by 187 runs
Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli posted India's highest third-wicket stand (227) against Sri Lanka © AP
Eid Celebrated at Indian Embassy Residence
August 13, 2015
By Geeta Goindi
Envoy Urges Diaspora to actively participate in PM Modi’s upcoming US visit
Indian Ambassador Arun K. Singh addressing the gathering at the Eid-ul-Fitr celebration which he hosted at his residence
Lenovo plans to layoff about 3,000 employees as sales decline
August 13, 2015
Lenovo Group Ltd missed quarterly revenue expectations on Thursday and said it plans to lay off about 10 percent of its global non-manufacturing workforce, after posting a steep sales decline in its mobile division.
New complaint against Radhe Maa, this time for ‘promoting superstition’
August 13, 2015
Mumbai: A new complaint was on Wednesday filed at the suburban Borivali police station in Mumbai against 'godwoman' Radhe Maa alleging her involvement in promoting superstition.
Sachin Tendulkar made me star, Dravid was my biggest nightmare: Shoaib...
August 13, 2015
Shoaib Akhtar is 40 years old. Wait a minute, that came out sounding wrong. Not Shoaib Akhtar? Not the big four-oh?
2016 US Elections: The myth of Trump’s angry legions
August 13, 2015
Voters of America: Get ahold of yourselves, please.
Trumpmania may be telling us a lot less about the dominant mood in the electorate at large than we think. (Photo: Dominick Reuter/Reuters)
Twitter finally drops the 140-character limit from direct messages
August 12, 2015
Twitter's 140-character limit is going away, at least for the private messages you send on the service. As promised, the company said today that it will now allow messages of up to 10,000 characters in its mobile apps, desktop apps, and the web.
Muslims in Nepal demand a Hindu state
August 12, 2015
Kathmandu: In an unusual move, Muslims in Nepal have backed the ongoing campaign for reinstating the country's erstwhile Hindu identity, saying they are more "secure" under a Hindu state than under a secular Constitution.
More than just Pichai and Nadella: Indians are now the biggest...
August 12, 2015
Ever since Indian graduates poured into Silicon Valley in the 1970s and 1980s, talented Indians have broken glass ceilings for immigrants, pushed boundaries of innovation and secured highly visible positions of power.
Today, this rise of Indians and Indian-Americans in the US tech world appears to be at its peak with as many as 15% of startups in Silicon Valley being founded by Indians, according to a 2014 study by Professor Vivek Wadhwa.
Pakistan foils terror plot to bomb Independence Day celebrations in Karachi:...
August 12, 2015
Islamabad: Pakistani security forces said Wednesday they had foiled a plot to bomb Independence Day celebrations in Karachi after arresting a Taliban gang in the city.
Militants had been planning to detonate a van loaded with explosives in the country's largest city during Friday's celebrations marking independence from Britain in 1947, a statement from the military said.
