Amar Chitra Katha launches collection of all 300 titles
byMumbai, May 17 (IANS) Amar Chitra Katha, which has depicted India’s rich culture for generations of Indians through its comics, has launched a complete…
May, 2013
Cricket bookies raided in Chennai
byChennai, May 17 (IANS) Police in Tamil Nadu took into custody four cricket bookies here Friday, a day after three Rajasthan Royals players were…
Clear, hot day in store for Delhi
byNew Delhi, May 17 (IANS) It was a warm morning in the capital Friday with the minimum temperature settling at 26 degrees Celsius, average…
US consumer prices dip
byWashington, May 17 (IANS/EFE) The US consumer price index dropped 0.4 percent in April, bring the 12-month inflation rate down to 1.1 percent, the…
Understanding Pakistani politics, the chicken way
byIslamabad, May 17 (IANS) High chicken prices in the run-up to Pakistan’s May 11 elections are proof of the resourcefulness of contestants keen to…
Juan Luis Guerra says joy the key to his success
byMiami, May 17 (IANS/EFE) Singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra, a veteran of 29 years in the music industry, calls joy the key to his success…
First edition of `The Great Gatsby’ auctioned
byLondon, May 17 (IANS/EFE) A first edition of legendary American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” sold for 1,875 pounds ($2,872), or nearly…
Chandigarh-born poised to make history as US judge
byWashington: Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan has moved a step closer to making history as the first South Asian judge on the US…
Asia’s sex imbalance is going to have huge consequences
byAsia will one day be filled with ‘millions of men desperate for women’, researchers warned last week. You mean it isn’t now? These guys…