World’s biggest school gives Indian kids lessons for life
October 15, 2012
LUCKNOW: The first day in class for any new pupil can be an overwhelming experience, so imagine arriving for lessons as one of 40,000 pupils on the roll-call of the world's biggest school.
Vegas Casino Giants set their sites on India
October 15, 2012
The world’s largest casino company Caesars Entertainment is looking to site live entertainment events like concerts and musicals in Mumbai, Dehli and Goa. Gaming may follow.
Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Felix Baumgartner breaks the sound barrier during skydive from a record...
October 15, 2012
Skydiver Baumgartner breaks record for highest ever parachute jump
Not more than 6 months left for UPA-II: Mamata Banerjee
October 15, 2012
KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee has given the Congress-led UPA government "between two and six months" and wants the Trinamool Congress to become the nucleus of an anti-Congress front which, she thinks, will decimate the Grand Old Party in the next general elections.
A month on, Delhi yet to notify ban on plastic bags
October 15, 2012
NEW DELHI: Delhi government is yet to notify the ban on plastic bags due to "technical difficulties", an official said, even as the state cabinet approved it a month ago.
Have you ditched the plastic carrier bag?
Tennis: Paes, Stepanek win doubles title
October 15, 2012
Shanghai — Leander Paes of India and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek beat India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna for the doubles tennis title at the Shanghai Masters Sunday.
The fourth seeds claimed a 6-7(7-9), 6-3, 10-5 comeback victory over the Indian duo, seeded seventh.
CLT20: Henriques powers Sydney Sixers to win over CSK
October 14, 2012
Brief Scorecard: Sydney Sixers 185 for 5 (Henriques 49*, Watson 46) beat Chennai Super Kings 171 for 9 (Du Plessis 43, Raina 57, Henriques 3-23) by 14 runs
Space shuttle hits road for final voyage
October 14, 2012
LOS ANGELES: The US space shuttle Endeavour began its final journey Friday, at the less-than rocket-propelled speed of 2 mph (3.2 kmh), in a meticulously planned trip through the streets of Los Angeles.
With lung cancer, quitting smoking helps
October 14, 2012
NEW YORK: Younger people with advanced lung cancer who quit smoking more than a year before their diagnosis survive longer than those who continue smoking, according to a new study.
Obama admin doubling down on denial on Benghazi attack: Romney
October 14, 2012
WASHINGTON: Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has accused the Obama Administration of contradicting itself and "doubling down on denial" about the true origins of the assault on the US Consulate in Benghazi that killed American envoy to Libya.
