The ‘desi’ boys of Punjab’s kabaddi world cup
byChandigarh : Mangu Mithapuria, Jagjit Singh Jagga, Jatinder Bittu, Baljit Panjgarian, Sandeep Gurdaspuria and Maula Kandhala Jatta may not be Western sounding names, especially…
November, 2011
Half of Americans give Obama thumbs down
byWashington : Exactly a year before the presidential polls, half of Americans say President Barack Obama does not deserve to be re-elected versus 40…
MiG crash pilot’s wife still hoping for safe return
byShimla : Nine long years after the crash of an Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-21 in which her husband had gone missing, she still…
China has 49,000 centenarians
byBeijing : China has around 49,000 people over 100 years of age, says a new survey. The survey by the China Gerontological Society said…
Hitler’s paintings to be auctioned in Sweden
byMoscow : Seven paintings thought to have been painted by Adolf Hitler will be auctioned in Sweden, triggering cries of outrage among members of…
Michael Jackson doctor found guilty of death
byWashington : A court jury in Los Angeles Monday found pop superstar Michael Jackson’s personal physician Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the…
Mamata was in cabinet when petrol decontrolled: CPM
byKolkata : Terming the Trinamool Congress protests against the petrol price hike as “doublespeak”, West Bengal’s Left Front major Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)…
Chinese brothers, father get death sentence for fraud
byHangzhou (China) : Two brothers and their father were sentenced to death on Monday for cheating 15,000 investors out of over $1.1 billion in…
George Bush is in Mumbai
byMumbai : Former US president George W. Bush arrived here late Monday on a private visit, a police officer said. “We have provided the…
I want to reach country’s youth through ‘Bigg Boss’: Swami Agnivesh
byNew Delhi : What would a saffron-clad, social activist, Arya Samaj leader do in the big, bad world of “Bigg Boss”? “Relax,” says Swami…