October 22, 2011
By Geeta Goindi

Children at the Star Heritage India Festival
May 10, 2013
NEW YORK/BOSTON: In one of the biggest ever bank heists, a global cyber crime ring stole $45 million from two Middle Eastern banks by hacking into their credit card processing firms and withdrawing money from ATMs in 27 countries, US prosecutors said on Thursday.

May 9, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Kolkata Knight Riders 152 for 6 (Gambhir 50, Bhuvneshwar 3-25) beat Pune Warriors 106 (Mathews 40, Balaji 3-19) by 46 runs

Gautam Gambhir and L Balaji celebrate the last wicket, Pune Warriors v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2013, Pune, May 9, 2013
May 9, 2013
For all other window and aisle seats which are pre-booked, a passenger will be charged Rs 200 for a domestic flight and Rs 300 for an international flight,

May 9, 2013
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider Gilani was on Thursday kidnapped in Pakistan's Punjab province by unidentified gunmen who shot dead his personal secretary and a bodyguard.

Former Pak PM Gilani's son kidnapped
May 9, 2013
DURBAN: The Indian-origin mayor of a South African town has said that he would claim damages from an officer for subjecting him to a racism slur.

The mayor said that he would claim damages from an officer for subjecting him to a racism slur.
IT slowdown & consumption: Fewer jobs and smaller pay hikes force techies to cut back spends
May 9, 2013
In the past six months, 30-year-old Rajesh Prabhu has gone from considering buying a new flat to mulling the idea of moving back in with his retired parents. In that time, the software engineer by training has seen his testing job, which paid him nearly Rs 25 lakh annually, disappear, replaced by a BPO job that pays him Rs 15 lakh a year.

May 8, 2013
Washington — The California-based subsidiary of State Bank of India (SBI) has agreed to take a series of steps to improve its banking practices related to bad loans following a review by US regulators.
The largest Indian bank consented March 6 to the orders of the federal and state regulators "without admitting or denying any charges of unsafe or unsound banking practices relating to the June 18, 2012, examination".
Washington’s Premier South Asian Seventh-Day Adventist Church Celebrating 25th Anniversary
May 8, 2013
By Special Correspondent & Columnist, Sam Prasad Jillella

The Southern Asia Seventh-Day Adventist Church (SASDAC), on 2001 East Randolph Road, Silver Spring, MD, was built at an expense of $10 million.
May 8, 2013
That the govt will still play second fiddle in Pak's policy-making establishment raises questions about how far Pak's young democracy has come and suggests that future coups cannot be ruled out








































































































