September 11, 2012
Pakistani cricketer Zaka Ashraf will receive his own special award, after he was excluded from a list of best Test players by the International Cricket Council. The Pakistan Cricket board calls Ajmal the “world’s best bowler.”
September 11, 2012
WASHINGTON: Ponisseril Somasundaran, an Indian American member of the faculty of Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been chosen as the sole foreign fellow of the prestigious Royal Society of Canada.
September 11, 2012
Traditional and contemporary performances of Cambodian music and dance, Southeast Asian ethnic cuisine, arts and handicrafts, and a handmade scale model of the Angkor Wat temple, the structure that graces the Cambodian flag, provided visitors with a glimpse of the country's culture and architecture
By Sam Prasad Jillella - Special to MYDOSTI.COM
September 10, 2012
In the last few years, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been focusing heavily on tracking offshore accounts of its residents and citizens. Today, there are several forms to be filed with the US treasury department declaring one's offshore account information and compliance is becoming more and more stringent.
September 10, 2012
New Delhi — Accused in the 2G spectrum case and former telecom minister A. Raja Monday began the cross-examination of key witness and former official A.K. Srivastava in a special court here.
Raja's counsel and senior advocate Sushil Kumar asked former department of telecommunications (DoT) official Srivastava various question related to his work and the spectrum allocation during his tenure.
September 10 2012
A total impasse in India's parliament is not only undermining the world's biggest democracy but also deepening its economic woes as long-awaited reforms fall by the wayside.
A now familiar chorus of recriminations echoed around the grandiose circular chamber on Friday as the second of the three annual sessions ended in paralysis.
September 10, 2012
Serena Williams was staring defeat in the face, just two poitns away from a loss, but rebounded in electrifying fashion to win the last four games and the US Open crown.
Serena Williams hugs the U.S. Open trophy after vanquishing Victoria Azarenka Sunday.
September 9, 2012
Samsung Electronics may become a surprise factor in the battle for dominance of the smartphone software market, Lowell McAdam, chief executive of Verizon Communications, said on Friday.
Google Inc's Android and Apple Inc's iOS operating systems currently dominate the smartphone market.
September 9, 2012
t is not just petrol or diesel prices but also milk prices that will be hiked. Mother Dairy Milk will increase the price by Rs.2 per litre in the NCR effective Saturday.
September 9, 2012
MUMBAI -- Had this interview been conducted face-to-face, action superstar Akshay Kumar in all likelihood would have retorted, "Don't angry me!" to certain questions. But since it was on email (he was in Muscat for a shoot), he merely excused himself from queries regarding his friends Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.
