May 21 fateful day for Rajat Gupta, Dharun Ravi
May 16, 2012
May 21 promises to be a crucial day for the Indian-American community as one of corporate America's most prominent India-born executives is scheduled to go on trial here while miles away a New Jersey court is to decide the fate of a Chennai native convicted of a hate crime.
The trial of IIT and Harvard educated Rajat Gupta, 63, will begin in the US District Court Southern District of New York next Monday with jury selection.
‘Paa’ famed child artist Taruni killed in Nepal plane crash
May 16, 2012
Child artist Taruni Sachdev, 14, was among the 13 Indians who died on Monday when a plane owned by a private company crashed in Nepal.
IPL 2012: Mahela guides Delhi into playoffs
May 16, 2012
Scorecard: Delhi Daredevils 140 for 5 (Jayawardene 56*, Awana 3-22) beat Kings XI Punjab 136 for 8 (Hussey 40*, Yadav 3-21, Aaron 2-19) by five wickets
Mahela Jayawardene controlled Delhi Daredevils' chase with an unbeaten half-century
Did Bill Clinton Allegedly Call Obama “Incompetent,” “An Amateur”?
May 15, 2012
WASHINGTON: Former American president Bill Clinton maligned Barack Obama as an ‘amateur’ and urged his wife Hillary to run against him in this year’s US Presidential Election, a new book has claimed.
Pakistan succesfully tests Hatf III (Ghaznavi)
May, 2012
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan has successfully conducted the training launch of Short Range Ballistic Missile Hatf III (Ghaznavi).
Pranab calls for agri marketing reforms to check inflation
May 15, 2012
Expressing concern over rise in food inflation, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the prices could be kept under check through institutional reforms in agricultural marketing and he would discuss the issue with states.
TV report claims spot-fixing exists in IPL
May 15, 2012
Barely a couple of years after a ‘sting’ing operation in UK that revealed underhand dealings in spot fixing in Pakistan cricket, a TV sting operation in India claims to expose similar happening in IPL cricket.
Former Indian minister’s wife gets the ‘SRK treatment’ in NY
May 15 2012
In an incident reminiscent of what happened to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan [ Images ] recently, security officials at New York's JFK airport May 3 detained and questioned Usha Krishnakumar, the wife of former Indian minister S Krishnakumar.
IPL 2012 – CSK vs KKR: Last-ball Six Keeps Chennai Alive
May 15, 2012
Scorecard: Chennai Super Kings 160 for 5 (Hussey 56, Narine 2-14) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 158 for 6 (Gambhir 62, Jakati 2-26) by five wickets
Dwayne Bravo was mobbed by his team-mates after winning the match for Super Kings with a last-ball six
Sibal opposes cartoons on political class in textbook
May 15, 2012
Under attack over the cartoon row, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal acknowledged that cartoons on the political class should not find a place in textbooks as they influence the impressionable minds of students.
