IPL T20: Australian Ricky Ponting named Mumbai Indians skipper
February 21, 2013
New Delhi — Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting will lead Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League's sixth edition beginning April 3.
Sachin Tendulkar was expected to lead the side following Harbhajan Singh's resignation but the team management has gone ahead with Ponting.
5 killed in explosions in southern Indian city
February 21, 2013
At least five people were killed in a pair of explosions in crowded areas of Hyderabad, outside a movie theater and a bus station. The CNN-IBN television news channel said 11 people were feared dead.
A relative reacts at the Omini hospital Kothapet following bomb blasts in Hyderabad on February 21, 2013.
8.2% of Indian Americans live below poverty line, reveals US survey
February 21, 2013
WASHINGTON: Boasting of having the highest per capita income among all the major ethnic groups, more than eight per cent of the nearly three million Indian Americans are living below the poverty line in the US, a latest Census report revealed on Wednesday.
More options, low prices for flyers
February 21, 2013
NEW DELHI: "Now everyone can fly". Malaysian low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia makes this bold proclamation on each of its aircraft and the airline's JV in India could well signify the same for flyers here.
Cricket: Who will partner Virender Sehwag in the first Test against...
February 20, 2013
Ahead of the first Test in Chennai the big question in front of Team India is regarding Sehwag's opening partner
India and Britain sign MoUs on education
February 20, 2013
NEW DELHI: India and Britain on Wednesday signed two MoUs for strengthening educational ties between the two countries.
Photos show Sri Lanka executed militant’s child: director
February 20, 2013
Images released to promote a new documentary on Sri Lanka show that government soldiers executed the 12-year-old son of the Tamils separatist leader, its director claimed. The pictures "tell a chilling story," Macrae wrote in an article published in The Hindu.
Three young sisters raped and murdered in rural India
February 20, 2013
According to police in a rural western India three sisters aged between six and 11 were raped and murdered before their bodies were dumped down a village well. The incident led to protests by villagers, echoing angry rallies in New Delhi after the brutal gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a bus.
‘God Particle’ May Spell Doom For universe
February 20, 2013
BOSTON — A subatomic particle discovered last year that may be the long-sought Higgs boson might doom our universe to an unfortunate end, researchers say.
‘Not enough women in cabinet’: Disturbing trend the world over
February 19, 2013
LONDON: British PM David Cameron's confession in Mumbai that he hasn't "appointed enough women to cabinet" has thrown open a global trend — the number of women ministers across countries are abysmally low.
While only four out of Cameron government's 27 cabinet ministers are women, globally too, the percentage of women ministers improved but by just over 2% in eight years time — from 14.2% in 2005 to 16.7% in 2012.
