April 21, 2013
NEW DELHI: A celestial treat is in store for stargazers who can look forward to see fireworks in the form of meteor showers after midnight tonight.
The shooting stars will start at 12.30 AM and peak between 3 AM to 5 AM. Commonly known as Lyrids meteor showers, they will be visible from the entire northern hemisphere in the constellation of Lyra.
April 21, 2013
BEIJING: A US tycoon on Sunday pledged to donate $300 million to an elite Chinese university to fund a scholarship program that will recruit students from countries around the world to study in China.
April 21, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Delhi Daredevils 165 for 1 (Sehwag 95*, Jayawardene 59) beat Mumbai Indians 161 for 4 (Rohit Sharma 73, Tendulkar 54) by 9 wickets
Virender Sehwag and Mahela Jayawardene added 151 for the first wicket, Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians, IPL, Delhi, April 21, 2013
April 21, 2013
Having gone through the harrowing experience of having their dear one being named in some media and online as a “person of interest” in connection with the Boston blast case, the parents of Sunil Tripathi took to social media to express their feelings.
April 21, 2013
The court, in its judgment of February 2, 2012 cancelling the 122 licences, castigated the TRAI on the same grounds that the JPC uses to defend the UPA.
April 20, 2013
LONDON: A 40-year-old woman, said to be an "illiterate" Indian, was beaten, raped and given out-of-date food and passed between three middle-class families as a slave for many years in Britain, a daily reported.
April 20, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Zimbabwe 389 (Taylor 171, Waller 55) and 227 for 7 dec (Taylor 102*, Robiul 6-71) beat Bangladesh 134 (Jahurul 43, Jarvis 4-40, S Masakadza 4-32) and 147 (Cremer 4-4, Jarvis 3-75) by 335 runs
April 20, 2013
YA'AN (CHINA): More than 150 people were killed and 5,700 injured when a strong earthquake hit a mountainous part of southwestern China on Saturday, destroying thousands of homes and triggering landslides.
April 20, 2013
CHENNAI: Nearly 11 years ago, DMK president M Karunanidhi reportedly made a controversial statement that the term 'Hindu' meant 'thief'. A criminal case filed against him for hurting the sentiments of Hindus by making the statement has now returned to haunt him.
