Sunday, May 20, 2012

12-year-old 'boy wonder' cracks IIT-JEE

12-year-old 'boy wonder' cracks IIT-JEE


12-year-old 'boy wonder' cracks IIT-JEE

Posted: 20 May 2012 12:31 PM PDT

Dressed in a bright T-shirt and shorts, at first glance, Satyam Kumar looks like any other ordinary 12-year-old, but his achievement of cracking the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) entrance exam ...


IPL 5: Mumbai tear Rajasthan apart with a 10-wicket win

Posted: 20 May 2012 12:01 PM PDT

It was the last match in the league phase of Indian Premier League 2012 and the first one without any bearing on the final standings. Although inconsequential, Mumbai Indians' 10-wicket win over Rajas...


Pakistan restores Twitter after brief ban over blasphemous content

Posted: 20 May 2012 11:22 AM PDT

Pakistani authorities today briefly blocked access to Twitter on the ground that it was being used to promote a contest on Facebook for blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammed before Prime Ministe...


Mumbai police bust rave party; around 100 people detained

Posted: 20 May 2012 11:11 AM PDT

IPL molestation case: US woman's fiance corroborates her version

Posted: 20 May 2012 10:52 AM PDT

Delhi Police on Sunday recorded the statement of Mumbai businessman Sahil Peerzada who corroborated the version provided by his fiancee, an American citizen who was allegedly molested by Australian cr...

Concerned about steep rupee fall: Pranab Mukherjee

Posted: 20 May 2012 10:02 AM PDT

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the Centre is concerned about the steep fall of the rupee.


Fourth NATO protester faces terror charges

Posted: 20 May 2012 08:50 AM PDT

A fourth man faces terrorism charges in a separate plot to toss Molotov cocktails during protests against the NATO summit in Chicago, police said on Sunday.


Monthly old age pension of Rs 200 an insult: Jairam Ramesh

Posted: 20 May 2012 08:43 AM PDT

The monthly pension of Rs 200 given to the elderly is "an insult to the dignity of an individual", Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said, requesting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immedi...


IPL 5: Deccan shatter Bangalore's play-off dreams

Posted: 20 May 2012 08:18 AM PDT

Royal Challengers Bangalore played the ultimate price for making a meal of a regulation run chase, crashing out at the league stage of IPL V. Chasing Deccan Chargers' modest 132 for seven, and a place...


India to miss 'Ring of Fire' during Monday's solar eclipse

Posted: 20 May 2012 07:11 AM PDT

As sky gazers in various parts of the world gear up to watch Monday's annular solar eclipse - a rare event in which the sun will appear as a thin ring behind the moon - people in India will miss the '...

This vegetarian shark prefers celery to fish

Posted: 20 May 2012 06:21 AM PDT

US not to pay USD 5,000 per truck to Pak: Panetta

Posted: 20 May 2012 06:19 AM PDT

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has ruled out paying Pakistan USD 5,000 per truck carrying vital supplies across its territory for NATO troops in Afghanistan, citing financial challenges faced by Am...

Pakistan blocks Twitter over Prophet Mohammed cartoons: Officials

Posted: 20 May 2012 05:55 AM PDT

Saudi beheads two Pakistanis over murders

Posted: 20 May 2012 05:29 AM PDT

Saudi authorities on Sunday beheaded two Pakistanis in the holy city of Mecca after finding them guilty of two murders, the interior ministry said.


On one year of Mamata Banerjee's government, Kolkata treated to 'Ma Mati Manush' song at traffic signals

Posted: 20 May 2012 04:09 AM PDT

In addition to Rabindranath Tagore songs, pedestrians and motorists in the city are now being treated to a song glorifying the theme "Ma Mati Manush" at traffic intersections to commemorate the comple...


Karnataka official SP Mahantesh dead after assault

Posted: 20 May 2012 03:50 AM PDT

Five days after he was allegedly attacked, a Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) officer, who was also reportedly a whistle-blower in a controversial land allotment case, died at a private hospital...


Couple's prank backfires, son gets trapped in washing machine

Posted: 20 May 2012 03:25 AM PDT

A US couple's prank went horribly wrong after they placed their child inside a washing machine in a public Laundromat. The machine then started to whir into action with the child stuck inside.


At least six dead, 50 injured in northern Italy quake

Posted: 20 May 2012 03:18 AM PDT

Former cricketer Kirti Azad on dharna against IPL

Posted: 20 May 2012 02:41 AM PDT

Mamata Banerjee completes one year in office

Posted: 20 May 2012 02:03 AM PDT

It's been a year since Mamata Banerjee stormed to power in West Bengal after ending the Left Front's 34-year rule. And the state government is celebrating the occasion by highlighting its achievements...


Presidential polls: Jayalalithaa seeks support for PA Sangma

Posted: 20 May 2012 01:54 AM PDT

Swraj Paul hints at racism behind his suspension from House of Lords

Posted: 20 May 2012 01:11 AM PDT

Hitting back at those behind his brief suspension from the House of Lords in 2010, prominent Indian-origin industrialist Swraj Paul has insisted that he did not do anything wrong, and believes that ra...


UK visa curbs putting off Indian students?

Posted: 20 May 2012 12:56 AM PDT

Amidst renewed calls to the David Cameron government to review recent curbs on student visas, the British universities have reported a significant fall in applications for courses from India for the f...

One year rural posting mandatory for medical students

Posted: 20 May 2012 12:44 AM PDT

Aspiring doctors will have to spend a year working in rural areas before getting their MBBS degrees, as the government has decided to make rural posting compulsory for them.

Sri Lankan President orders Sarath Fonseka's release

Posted: 20 May 2012 12:29 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered the early release from jail of his highest-profile political rival Sarath Fonseka, the president's spokesman said on Sunday, in an apparent bid to q...


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