May 19, 2012
CHENNAI: China posed no threat to India despite border dispute but the country was equipping itself well and having a strong deterrence posture so that no adversary took it for granted, Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju said today.
May 19, 2012
Scorecard: Deccan Chargers 128 for 5 (Akshat Reddy 42, Trivedi 2-20) beat Rajasthan Royals 126 for 8 (Dravid 39, Mishra 2-20) by five wickets
Akshat Reddy top scored in Deccan Chargers' successful chase
May 19, 2012
Houston: After several months of consistent campaigning, Indian-American Himesh Gandhi has been elected to a city council in the US state of Texas.
35-year-old Gandhi, elected to an 'At Large' seat on the the Sugar Land City Council, received 2,468 votes (52.11%) while Naomi Fulan Lam, a real estate broker, was in second place with 1,525 votes (32.20%).
Houston Community College administration and Sugar Lands Building Standards commissioner Bill Cathey was third with 743 ballots (15.69%).
May 19, 2012
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former cricketer Kirti Azad on Friday compared the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament to a fantastic cinema script, where there are both heroes and villains providing full entertainment to the viewers.
Reacting to reports of Delhi Police arresting Australian player Luke Pomersbach for molesting an Indian-American woman and allegedly beating up her boyfriend at a the Maurya Sheraton Hotel in New Delhi, Azad said: “It’s a fantastic script of the IPL.
May 18, 2012
India can grow at between 8 or 9 percent for the next 20 years with a supportive global environment, its Planning Commission's Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said.
May 18, 2012
New York: Eight Indian-Americans are among the recipients of this year's Ellis Island Medal of Honor presented to more than 100 immigrants for their community service.
The eight, Peter Bheddah, Ravishankar Bhooplapur, Dr. Sanjiv Chopra, Dr. Leena N. Doshi, Dr. Surendra V. Jain, Hasu P. Shah, Rajendra Singh and Dr. John P. Thomas were presented the medal at a ceremony on the island in New York.
May 18, 2012
The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has banned Shah Rukh Khan, the Kolkata Knight Riders owner, from entering Wankhede Stadium for five years as a result of his scuffle with security guards after the game between Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians on May 16.
Shah Rukh Khan and security officials in an argument at the Wankhede Stadium
May 18, 2012
Washington: Paying rich tribute to late Dalip Singh Saund — the first Asian American United States Congressman, United States President Barack Obama described him as trailblazer for the entire immigrant community.
Dalip Singh Saund having a conversation with US President John f. Kennedy
May 18, 2012
Another controversy rocked the IPL. An Australian player with the Royal Challengers Bangalore was arrested, on Friday, on charges of molesting an Indian American woman and severely attacking her fiancée leaving him in hospital.
May 18, 2012
Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who is known to be fluent in Tamil and English, stunned the Lok Sabha Thursday when he addressed the house in Bhojpuri, receiving praise from Speaker Meira Kumar, who comes from Bihar, for his effort.
