The reigning world champions, could muster only 162/8 as they faced a stiff bowling attack of New Zealand. New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori won the toss and elected to bat. Virender Sehwag exploded in the very first over, scoring 19 runs with 3 consecutive sixes of Tim Southee’s bowling. But India kept loosing wickets at […]
Obama’s financial plan irresponsible: Republican party
Republican leaders continued their attacks on President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy on Tuesday, calling it irresponsible and certain to increase taxes and federal debt. Top Republicans said the president relies too heavily on spending, and not enough on tax cuts, to try to revive the gasping economy. They said they want to work […]
Two Shiva devotees jump into fire
It was blind ‘bhakti’ bordering on absurdity that drove two devotees of Lord Siva to jump into a ritual fire lighted during Maha Sivaratri in a remote village in Jainoor mandal of Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh state in the early hours of Tuesday. The two devotees of Shivnoor village in Gondguda gram panchayat, resorted […]
NASA set to launch CO2 tracking satellite
Scientists hope to get a clearer picture of how the Earth reacts to carbon dioxide with the launch of a new spacecraft designed to collect data on the climate-changing gas. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory is set for launch early Tuesday from California and will take about eight million measurements every 16 days for the next […]
Rushdie slams “Slumdog Millionaire”
India-born "Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie is not impressed by the triumph of "Slumdog Millionaire" at the 81st Academy Awards and says the movie "piles impossibility on impossibility". In a speech at Atlanta’s Emory University, Rushdie called the book and movie nothing more than "feel-good". He also complained about various portions of the narrative, from […]
Taliban Declares Indefinite Ceasefire in Swat, Releasing Prisoners
Pro-Taliban militants on Tuesday declared an indefinite ceasefire in Pakistan’s Swat valley, where they have been fighting for nearly two years to enforce Sharia law. The announcement came after militant leader Maulana Fazlullah convened a consultative council in Swat’s Matta district. The hardliners had been observing a temporary, 10-day ceasefire since last Monday, when the […]