May 18, 2013
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of an 88-pound (40 kg) rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, NASA scientists said on Friday.
May 18, 2013
NEW DELHI: Indian cricketer and Rajasthan Royals player S Sreesanth on Friday confessed to spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), police said.
"Sreesanth has confessed to spot-fixing. He was teary eyed during interrogation," a Delhi Police official said.
May 18, 2013
CHENNAI: Charging the Centre with not showing the “necessary alacrity” in constituting the Cauvery Management Board and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Friday said the formation of the machinery would be the only lasting solution to the travails of farmers in the Cauvery delta.
May 17, 2013
LOS ANGELES – In California, Asian and Hispanic immigrants pay nearly $30 billion in federal taxes, $5.2 billion in state income taxes, and $4.6 billion in sales taxes each year.
May 17, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Sunrisers Hyderabad 136 for 9 (Samantray 55, Faulkner 5-16) beat Rajasthan Royals 113 for 9 (Mishra 2-8, Steyn 2-17) by 23 runs
Hyderabad's bowlers, once again, rose to the occasion and made life difficult for Rajasthan who ended up at 113/9.
May 17, 2013
MELBOURNE: A 21-year-old Australian man was sentenced to 45 years in jail with a minimum non-parole period of 30 years for the "planned and premeditated" rape and murder of Indian student Tosha Thakkar, who he strangled to death, stuffed into a suitcase and dumped in a canal.
May 17, 2013
Washington — India and the US will further expand cooperation in the knowledge sector, Human Resource Development Minister Pallam Raju said here during a round table discussion on the US-India Academic Partnership.
The round table was organized by the International Institute of Education to discuss issues such as collaboration in the field of community colleges and promoting online courses and technology enabled education.
May 17, 2013
CHENNAI: Mother is a magical word in any language. In what could be a candid admission, AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday said she was proud to be addressed as 'Amma' by the people of the state.
May 16, 2013
In Bangalore, India’s technology capital, tattoo artists have reported an uptick in men asking for brand tattoos to celebrate jobs at the world’s top technology companies, including Microsoft and IBM.
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May 16, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Kings XI Punjab 171 for 4 (Marsh 45, Miller 44*, Gilchrist 42) beat Delhi Daredevils 164 for 7 (Rohrer 49, Sandeep 3-23) by seven runs
David Miller's 44 off 26 helped Kings XI Punjab put up a strong total
