Young Indian American wins school board election primaries
April, 2012
WASHINGTON: A young Indian American has created history of sorts after winning the primaries in a school board election in the State of Maryland.
Raheela Ahmed, 18, finished first in the Prince George's County (Maryland) Board of Education elections, while the incumbent School Board Chairwoman, Jeana Jacob, received about 1,000 votes less than her.
IPL T20 Cricket: Pietersen slams ton for Delhi Daredevils
April 20, 2012
Scorecard: Delhi Daredevils 162 for 5 (Pietersen 103*, Steyn 2-19) beat Deccan Chargers 157 for 8 (Parthiv 45*, Nadeem 3-16) by five wickets
Dale Steyn congratulates Kevin Pietersen, Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers, IPL, Delhi, April 19, 2012
Clinton urges tougher UN pressure on Syria
April 20, 2012
PARIS: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on Thursday for the UN Security Council to adopt an arms embargo and other tough measures against Syria to try to halt 13 months of bloodshed, but she acknowledged such diplomatic actions would likely be vetoed.
Shun TV channels, listen to music: Mamata
April 20, 2012
After banning certain English dailies and high circulation Bengali newspapers from the state-funded and state-aided libraries, Mamata Banerjee has advised people not to watch some TV channels, alleging that they are spreading false propoganda against the Trinamool government.
Two out of 10 spam mails come from India
April 20, 2012
Twenty percent of the spam mails that were sent out worldwide in the quarter ended March 31, 2012, originated in India, according to a study by security software firm Trend Micro. "The quarter's top spam-sending countries included India at 20 percent, Indonesia at 13 percent, South Korea at 12 percent and Russia at 10 percent," the report said.
Separate Tamil nation will come into existence: Karunanidhi
April 20, 2012
Two days after welcoming the idea of a referendum for a separate 'Eelam', DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Thursday said the "blood spilt and the sacrifices made by Tamils" in Sri Lanka would not go waste and a separate nation will come into existence some day.
Taxi operators halt work demanding fare hike in West Bengal
April 19, 2012
Close to 30,000 taxis will remain off the roads in Kolkata city demanding a fare hike. The associations of taxi operators are demanding for more than 35 percent hike in fares.
Bimal Guha, the president of Bengal Taxi Association says, “The minimum fare should be raised to Rs 30 from the current Rs 22. The West Bengal government has last enhanced taxi-fare in August 2009.”
Bollywood Actress Preity Zinta: ‘I am dating somebody and it’s a...
April 19, 2012
Dimple beauty Preity Zinta has got her share of reservations on few things with media recently when she spoke about her relationship status and her love life.
India test-fires ‘China killer’ missile capable of reaching Beijing, Europe
April 19, 2012
India test-fired a nuclear-capable, long-range missile capable of reaching deep inside China and Europe Thursday, television stations showed, putting the emerging Asian power into an elite club of nations with intercontinental nuclear defense capabilities.
USACA: No victory for democracy
April 18, 2012
The news that Gladstone Dainty has won a landslide in the USA Cricket Association elections is about as surprising as Robert Mugabe emerging victorious in this year's presidential elections in Zimbabwe.
Gladstone Dainty has at times appeared to run USACA as something akin to a personal fiefdom
