September 8, 2013
Washington — On September 7th the local Indian American community was in shock as a vigil was held outside Saleh's Market in Elkhart, Indiana, where two Sikh men, Jagtar Bhatti and Pawan Preet Singh, running a grocery store were shot and killed during an attempted robbery. Both were natives of Punjab.
September 8, 2013
Asif Ali Zardari steps down as Pakistan's president on Sunday having defied expectations by holding onto power for a record five years. Six years after his wife was murdered, he retires having presided over the only civilian government in Pakistan history to complete a full term in office.
September 8, 2013
NEW DELHI: Leander Paes, 40, won his third US Open doubles title and the eighth major of his career when he combined with Radek Stepanek to win the men's doubles final in New York on Sunday.
The Indo-Czech pair comprehensively beat the Austria-Brazil pair 6-1, 6-3 to wrap up the match and lift the prestigious trophy.
September 8, 2013
BERLIN: The US National Security Agency is able to crack protective measures on iPhones, BlackBerry and Android devices, giving it access to users' data on all major smartphones, according to a report on Sunday in German news weekly Der Spiegel.
September 8, 2013
Brief Scorecard: India A 261 for 4 (Uthappa 103, Chand 94, Milne 3-43) beat New Zealand A 257 (Mitchell 51, Kulkarni 3-38, Menaria 3-43, Rahul Sharma 3-45) by six wickets
Robin Uthappa and Unmukt Chand put on 178 for the opening wicket in 30 overs
September 8, 2013
BERLIN: Syrian government forces may have carried out a chemical weapons attack close to Damascus without the personal permission of President Bashar al-Assad, Germany's Bild am Sonntag paper reported on Sunday, citing German intelligence.
September 8, 2013
MELBOURNE: Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott today got "down to business" with a pledge to work for all Australians, a day after disillusioned voters punished the outgoing Premier Kevin Rudd's Labor Party for its six years of turbulent rule and bitter in-fighting.
September 8, 2013
BUENOS AIRES: Tokyo on Saturday won the right to host the Olympic Games for the second time, overcoming fears about radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant to land the 2020 edition of the world's biggest sporting event.
September 7, 2013
SRINAGAR: Celebrated conductor Zubin Mehta led the Bavarian State Orchestra in a classical music concert Saturday in disputed Indian Kashmir despite strong objections from separatist leaders.
Indian born conductor, Zubin Mehta (C), stands after a performance during the ehaas-Kashmir music concert in Srinagar on September 7, 2013
September 7, 2013
NEW DELHI: The government plans to take some "hard decisions" to trim wasteful expenditure and curb the import of inessential items to deal with the stressed economic situation, although there will be no hasty increase in petrol and diesel prices.
