US rebalance to Asia-Pacific gaining steam, Pentagon chief says
June 1, 2013
SINGAPORE: The US military will devote more air power, ground troops and high-tech weaponry to the Asia-Pacific region as it moves ahead with a strategic rebalance, the US defense chief said on Saturday in a speech that accused China of cyber incursions.
Never imagined I would come back to Infosys: Narayana Murthy
June 1, 2013
BANGALORE: Something that he hasn't imagined in his "wildest dreams", N R Narayana Murthy on Saturday described his "second innings" at Infosys as an exciting yet "somewhat" a new challenge.
Jaitley on N Srinivasan: Wait for a day, you will hear...
June 1, 2013
NEW DELHI: A day after two of its senior functionaries called it quits, the crisis-hit BCCI's vice-president Arun Jaitley said the next 24 hours could bring about a "significant" development in the unfolding drama.
Major announcement soon, says Arun Jaitley
US economy starting to pick up steam: Barack Obama
May 31, 2013
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama today said the American economy is starting to pick up steam with the creation of some seven million jobs in the past 38 months.
British town gets its first Sikh mayor, Prabhjit Singh Dhillon
May 31, 2013
LONDON: A Sikh man has for the first time become the mayor of the town of Warwick in England's West Midlands region.
Prabhjit Singh Dhillon, who has been elected the 280th mayor of Warwick, described it as a "privilege", the Coventry Telegraph reported Friday.
"I have become the 280th mayor, a privilege for a local Warwick boy and first Sikh since that time," Dhillon, a former local schoolboy, was quoted as saying.
Top BCCI officials resign; Ankeet Chavan released from Tihar
May 31, 2013
NEW DELHI: Two top BCCI officials, secretary Sanjay Jagdale and treasurer Ajay Shirke, on Friday quit from their respective posts in a bid to put pressure on beleaguered cricket board president N Srinivasan in the wake of the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal.
Ajay Shirke stepped down as BCCI treasurer.
Asteroid approaching Earth tonight carries a baby moon: Scientists
May 31, 2013
NEW DELHI: The asteroid that is going to zip past the Earth at nearly 6 million kilometers away tonight is not travelling alone. NASA scientists tracking the asteroid with the giant Deep Space Network antenna in California have discovered that the asteroid has a small satellite or moon.
IPL Spot-fixing – Developments are shocking and disappointing: Sachin
May 31, 2013
The Little Master said he was shocked and angry over recent reports on the spot-fixing saga in IPL
Arvind Mahankali wins National Spelling Bee
May 31, 2013
Washington: Arvind Mahankali from New York has scripted history by winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the year 2013, becoming the sixth Indian-American to win the title in a row.
Astronauts face radiation threat on long Mars trip
May 31, 2013
LOS ANGELES: Astronauts traveling to and from Mars would be bombarded with as much cosmic radiation as they'd get from a full-body CT scan about once a week for a year, researchers reported on Thursday.
Handout NASA photograph shows a radiation assessment detector prior to installation on Nasa's Mars Curiosity rover.
