March, 2012
Lata Mageshkar is jubilant about Sachin Tendulkar scoring his 100th international ton but is unhappy about suggestions that he retire from the game. "Why do we do this to the best of our artistes and sportspersons," Lata asked angrily.
March 24, 2012
New Delhi: India will continue to import crude oil from Iran as long as doing so does not violate any international laws, Indian Oil Minister Jaipal Reddy said Friday. "We are expecting no cut in Iranian supplies next financial year,"
Reddy told reporters on the sidelines of an industry conference, referring to the 2012-13 financial year starting April 1.
March 24, 2012
"My critics haven`t taught me my cricket," Sachin Tendulkar has said in a rebuttal to those who were calling for him to retire. The day he feels "a little less passion" when walking out to bat for India, "I will give up the game", the master batsman said, adding, "critics didn`t need to tell me to do so."
March 24, 2012
After the government faced flak over the Planning Commission's latest poverty estimates, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday said a government panel would devise new methods to assess poverty in the country as the issue needs a multi-layered approach.
March 24, 2012
DMK MP Kanimozhi moved the Delhi High Court seeking that charges against her in 2G spectrum allocation case be quashed.
Kanimozhi’s counsel pleaded before the court that his client was not involved in granting of 2G licenses and there was no evidence to charge her in the 2G scam.
March 24, 2012
GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia (AFP) - Kieron Pollard smashed a blistering century as West Indies defeated Australia by 42 runs in the fourth one-day international on Friday to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
March 23, 2012
Cross-cultural comedy "The Infidel", about a British Muslim caught in an identity crisis is set to get a desi twist. India-based marketing company Trigno Media has acquired the rights for a Hindi remake of the film.
March 23, 2012
The South Asian community failed to muster enough support for Raja Krishnamoorthi to win the Democratic Primary March 20 in the 8thCongressional District in Illinois.
Krishnamoorthi lost to his opponent and party favorite, Tammy Duckworth, a wounded Iraq War veteran.
March 23, 2012
Back in July, all of the Nikki Haley haters were all twitterpated over a story at FITSNews that the good guv had indicated that her race was white on her voter registration card. The P&C jumped on it and the S.C. Democratic Party head Dick Harpootlian followed suit.
March 23, 2012
WASHINGTON: Indian Americans numbering 3.2 million is the third largest Asian American community in US after Chinese Americans (3.8 million) and Filipinos (3. 4 million).
As per the details released by US Census Bureau for the year 2010, Asian American communities have emerged as the fastest growing ethnic communities in the last one decade.
The total US population grew by 9.7%, from 281.4 million in 2000 to 308.7 million in 2010.
