Congress red-faced: Even after ‘snooping’ uproar, Rahul may have to tell...
May 29, 2015
NEW DELHI – Even though the alleged 'snooping' on Rahul Gandhi had created uproar in the Parliament in March, the Congress vice-president might still have to tell the colour of his eyes, gait, shoe size and other features to the Delhi police.
Feathered Suspect: ‘Pakistan pigeon’ sparks alert at border
May 29, 2015
NEW DELHI – When it comes to the India-Pakistan border, even an avian is not above suspicion
Illustration by Pradeep Yadav.
Security agencies are in a flutter over a pigeon with “Pakistani markings” that was “caught” on the border in Pathankot district of Punjab on Wednesday
National Spelling bee ends in tie for 2nd year in a...
May 29, 2015
OXON HILL, MARYLAND — They couldn't be rattled. They couldn't be denied. Gokul Venkatachalam and Vanya Shivashankar had worked too hard and come close too many times not to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
After gumbo and beer, customer leaves a $2,000 tip at a...
May 28, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – He is known as a regular who favors the gumbo and a beer at Blue 44, a restaurant in upper Northwest Washington. And he’s a good, generous tipper.
But the owner, bartender and chef at the restaurant on Connecticut Avenue said they were shocked when the patron left a really, really big tip — $2,000 on a $93 bill.
It’s not rats! Mystery of Swiss cheese holes finally cracked
May 28, 2015
Geneva: Eureka! After about a century of research, Swiss scientists have finally cracked the mystery of the holes in Swiss cheese.
Despite what you may have been told as a child, they are not caused by mice nibbling away inside cheese wheels.
World Cricket: The ICC has lost its mind and Tendulkar should...
May 28, 2015
Mumbai: In a not so distant future, two teams will walk down the stairs of their building and get all set to play a gully cricket match, probably 10 overs a side, if you break the window panes you are out, if the ball hits the wall on the full, it counts for a six. People will prepare for the game by bringing out the snacks and the perfect sledging vocabulary.
Ecommerce firms Snapdeal, Flipkart, others offering Rs 1 crore to Rs...
May 28, 2015
Mumbai: Ecommerce companies like Snapdeal, Flipkart and Zomato have recently hired senior-level talent from varied sectors ranging from FMCG to media for different managerial positions and the trend is growing.
Salman Khan’s hit-and-run case papers with govt lost in fire: RTI
May 28, 2015
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government does not have any “information” on Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s 2002 hit-and-run case as the files pertaining to it were gutted in a fire at the secretariat office, an RTI (right to information) query has revealed.
The Modi Interview: A year on, PM explains why populism would...
May 28, 2015
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he has consciously avoided choosing a "populist course" and had instead opted for a "more difficult path" of correcting the defective government machinery.
Hours after slamming NDA’s achche din, ex-PM Manmohan Singh meets Modi
May 27, 2015
New Delhi: Hours after slamming the NDA government, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Singh went to 7 Race Course Road residence of the Prime Minister to meet him.
