June 23, 2012
Pakistan's parliament elected a new prime minister - Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, ending days of uncertainty. But the election of Ashraf is unlikely to end the tensions between the current government and the country's judiciary.
June 22, 2012
Earlier this month, Adobe updated its Flash Player to version 11.3, but the upgrade has been a bit of a problem for Firefox users.
According to Mozilla's support page, Flash-based videos "may appear black, white or grey and never play" in Firefox since the update.
June 22, 2012
The matinee idol of the 70s and 80s Rajesh Khanna who has been going through a bout of illness is reportedly in a worse condition than before. But then, he is being showered with all love and support from family.
Bollywood's beloved 'Kaka' Rajesh Khanna, who has not been keeping well, is now more than fine, his family said
June 22, 2012
A Chicago-based Indian American who was involved in the Rod Blagojevich scandal and was once a fundraiser for Jesse Jackson Jr. has been arrested on bribery charges. Raghuveer Nayak was charged with bribing doctors to send patients to his surgery centers.
June 22, 2012
Washington — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has praised Indian social activist Ela Bhatt as one of her "heroines" for her work for empowerment of women.
"I have a lot of heroes and heroines around the world," she said speaking at the National Partnership for Women and Families here Thursday. One of them was Ela Bhatt, Clinton said, recalling her role in starting the Self-Employed Women's Association in India.
June 22, 2012
Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi said he would review his ODI future after the series loss to Sri Lanka. Afridi stated that he would continue to play Twenty20 if he decides to leave one-day.
June 22, 2012
LeBron James won his first National Basketball Association championship, scoring 26 points as the Miami Heat won the title with a 121-106 victory tonight against the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder.
June 22, 2012
LONDON.- Rossi & Rossi presents Stargazing – an exhibition bringing to London a discriminating selection of works by four prolific contemporary Indian women artists: Chitra Ganesh, Mithu Sen, Anita Dube, and Jaishri Abichandani, and an exciting new Muslim American artist, Nida Abida.
Chitra Ganesh, How We Do at the End of the World, 2011
June 21, 2012
Joining the likes of N R Narayana Murthy and Azim Premji to blame the Indian government for policy inaction, UK-based NRI billionaire L N Mittal has said the country is potentially condemning millions to remain in poverty by not helping industrialisation.
June 21, 2012
Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has pipped the likes of `Sprint King` Usain Bolt, tennis ace Novak Djokovic and teammate Sachin Tendulkar in the latest list of world`s 100 richest sportspersons, released by the Forbes magazine.
