April 21, 2014
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa wound up her 51-day campaign in the Chennai saying, “The lady in Tamil Nadu is better than Modi in Gujarat in governance”
April 21, 2014
NEW DELHI: Each time you board an aircraft to fly in India — or even overfly the country — you are journeying back in time. An iron curtain prohibits flyers in Indian airspace from enjoying Wi-Fi connectivity. While international flyers can log on to the net as soon as they are out of Indian airspace, desi ones can do so only before takeoff and after landing.
April 21, 2014
Leaders of various political parties greeted Christians on the occasion
Shillong: Christians in Meghalaya Sunday joined their brethren the world over in celebrating Easter.
Believers throngeed Cathedrals and other churches in the Christian-majority state for the special mass and other celebratory events.
April 21, 2014
India has always been known as a land of diversity — it is home to a host of different cultures, traditions, religions, languages and customs. Ira Trivedi, however, has found one of the threads that unifies its billion-strong (and growing) population — the sexual homogenisation of its urban youth.
April 21, 2014
Badaiwani Wala (Pakistan) – For years Pakistanis have sweated and cursed through summer power cuts, but now the government plans to harness the sun's ferocious heat to help tackle the country's chronic energy crisis.
Workers prepare solar energy light panels on a road divider in Islamabad, on February 2, 2014.
April 20, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Kings XI Punjab 193 for 3 (Maxwell 89, Miller 51*, Pujara 40*) beat Rajasthan Royals 191 for 5 (Samson 52, Watson 50) by 7 wickets
Glenn Maxwell of the Kings XI Punjab plays a shot during an IPL 7 match against Rajasthan Royals in Sharjah on Sunday.
April 20, 2014
KABUL: Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah's lead in the Afghan presidential race has widened, the latest official tally of votes released on Sunday showed, although half of the votes have yet to be counted.
"We are still hoping the elections will be completed in the first round," Abdullah said.
April 20, 2014
WASHINGTON: For the second year in a row, applications to US graduate schools from India skyrocketed in 2014, while those from prospective Chinese students fell, according to a new report.
Applications to US graduate schools from India skyrocketed in 2014,
April 20, 2014
Scientists are warning that wheat is facing a serious threat from a fungal disease that could wipe out the world's crop if not quickly contained.
April 20, 2014
The air, surface and underwater search is now focused on footage taken by a U.S. Navy deep sea drone, which has narrowed its target range to a tight 10-km circle of sea floor
Bluefin-21 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)
