Septemebr 15, 2015
In a striking example of the law of unintended consequences, a popular automotive convenience feature, push-button start, can lead to accidental death from carbon-monoxide poisoning. A simple technical fix—an attention-grabbing warning audible from outside the car—could head off the problem before it happens.
September 14, 2015
Pakistan is insisting that India extend an invitation for a meeting between Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this month.
September 14, 2015
MUMBAI – Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Anurag Thakur has taken his fight against N Srinivasan to a new level by questioning the audacity of the former president's valuation of Indian Premier League (IPL) team Chennai Super Kings.
September 14, 2015
Tamil Nadu – The ongoing probe into a multi-crore illegal mining scam in Tamil Nadu took a bizarre twist after M Sevakodiyan, a driver who worked with PRP Granites in Madurai district’s Keelavalavu village, reported witnessing a human sacrifice by the company officials ahead of major business decisions between 1999 to 2003.
September 14, 2015
NEW YORK – Thrilled to win a point in the US Open final, and bent on proving a point, Novak Djokovic leaped and roared and threw an uppercut, then glared at some of the thousands of spectators pulling for Roger Federer.
September 14, 2015
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – A zoo in the US is letting animals explore their creative side by auctioning paintings produced by snakes, elephants, lemurs and bats among many others. Thirty-two paintings produced by animals at the Oakland Zoo in California are up for auction. Bids for the paintings started at around $200 on eBay.
September 14, 2015
MUMBAI, INDIA – Bulge-bracket property deals by the rich and the famous are not new to the land-starved mega polis, but the weekend sale of the iconic Lincoln House here to the Pune-based industrialist Cyrus Poonawalla for Rs 750 crore is nothing but mind-boggling.
September 13, 2015
NEW YORK – Top seeds Sania Mirza of India and Martina Hingis of Switzerland beat fourth-seeded pair of Casey Dellacqua of Australia and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-3 to win the US Open women's doubles title in New York on Sunday.
September 13, 2015
CHENNAI, INDIA – Days after a leading Kannada producer said he planned to make a movie on Tipu Sultan and rope in Tamil actor Rajinikanth to star in; the BJP and hardline outfits in Tamil Nadu warned the actor against accepting the offer.
September 12, 2015
KARACHI, PAKISTAN – Encouraged by a recent ICC statement on the importance of Indo-Pak cricket ties, the PCB has now sought the assistance of the ICC President Zaheer Abbas to convince India to play in December.
