May 12, 2013
WASHINGTON: The police officer who risked his life to save victims of the Wisconsin Gurdwara shootout last year was honoured by US President Barack Obama at a White House award ceremony.
May 13, 2013
Imran electrified the campaign, addressing enormous crowds and galvanising young voters and an urban middle class fed up with the same old politicians who have ruled for decades
May 12, 2013
The concentration of carbon dioxide, a harmful greenhouse gas, in the atmosphere has reached a distressing number, the highest it’s been in millions of years. Scientists warn that this is the result of man-made climate change.
May 11, 2013
The Hindu nationalist opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, after two ministers were forced to leave their posts due to corruption scandals. Singh, who is accused of turning a blind eye to government graft, was called a "prime embarrassment” by the news magazine India Today.
May 11, 2013
MOSCOW: Nasa astronauts Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy on Saturday began an emergency spacewalk to try to stop ammonia from leaking from the International Space Station's power system, Nasa television showed.
May 11, 2013
DUBAI/NEW YORK: One of the credit card processing companies whose security was breached in a $45 million global cyber heist was India's ElectraCard Services, according to two people familiar with the situation.
May 11, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Mumbai Indians 116 for 5 (Rohit 37) beat Pune Warriors 112 for 9 (Yuvraj 33, Johnson 2-8) by 5 wickets
Harbhajan Singh does his version of the Gangnam, Pune Warriors v Mumbai Indians, IPL, Pune, May 11, 2013
May 11, 2013
CHENNAI: Changing sand patterns around India's lone missile test-firing range at Wheeler Island off Odisha coast is causing serious concern for Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and the agency is seeking assistance from Chennai-based National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) to control the erosion.
May 10, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Royal Challengers Bangalore 183 for 4 (Kohli 99, de Villiers 32*) beat Delhi Daredevils 179 for 7 (Chand 41, Unadkat 5-25) by 4 runs
Jaydev Unadkat celebrates after taking a wicket
May 10, 2013
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid hopes that Pakistan election results could create the atmospherics necessary to carry forward the dialogue between the two countries.
