NAIROBI, Kenya: Greg Spencer, a 27-year-old from San Diego, was on holiday in Uganda with his dad four years ago when he found his calling. “I was just a year out of college and I wanted to be involved in a cool, challenging and innovative business,” he said. In Uganda he saw some of the [...]
A robbery suspect in Dallas climbed into a giant construction crane on the Southern Methodist University campus on Monday and threatened to shoot police. The man is wanted for an early morning carjacking. He climbed onto the crane being used to build campus housing and began hurling his shoes at police and threatened to jump [...]
Ahmedabad: In his bid to wean away Muslim voters from Congress’ fold in election year, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is making efforts that include experimenting social engineering and even shedding his saffron persona to woo the community towards BJP. In what appears to be a well thought out strategy, Modi is holding a meeting [...]
Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar: It’s another summer of peace for Jammu and Kashmir and tourists are flocking like never before to this picturesque land of meadows, streams and hills that was deserted just two years ago as tension reigned and bullets flew. Seeking to escape the searing heat of the plains for the serenity of the [...]
Rahul Dass Yangon: India-educated Aung San Suu Kyi, who didn’t leave Myanmar even when her husband was dying of cancer as she feared she may not be allowed to return, is to her country what Nelson Mandela was to South Africa — a powerful symbol of democracy. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday met Suu [...]
SAN FRANCISCO: Online retail powerhouse Amazon.com on Tuesday announced a collaboration with Microsoft to begin streaming films and television shows to Xbox 360 videogame consoles. An “app” was made available for free download to let people with subscriptions to Xbox Live Gold view Amazon Prime video using Microsoft’s popular videogame consoles linked to Internet. “Amazon [...]
NEW YORK: BlackBerry maker Research In Motion warned Tuesday it could report a loss in the current quarter and said it had hired investment firms to study its strategic options. The move comes with the BlackBerry, which pioneered the smartphone, rapidly losing market share to Apple’s iPhones and devices powered by Google’s Android operating system. [...]
NAME: Battlefield America DIRECTOR: Chris Stokes CAST: Marques Houston, Mekia Cox and Christopher Jones Battle of moves A steady look at the underbelly of the youth battle dance culture in Long Beach, California. Sean Lewis, a young, charismatic, successful businessman finds himself in the mix with a bunch of disheveled misfits Bad Boys, who have [...]
Faustina Johnson feedback@postnoon.com Something about an evil queen sounds more terrifying than an evil king. Snow White and the Huntsman lends yet another addition to the long line of female villains. We conduct an exploration into the elusive psyche of the evil queen There is no other character quite like her, the magnetic charm, the [...]
The new study found that children whose closest friends are active will likely also engage in sports or other activities The new study found that children whose closest friends are active will likely also engage in sports or other activities. “Peer groups matter,” said lead author Sabina Gesell, a research assistant professor in pediatrics at [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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A footage is doing the rounds on TV channels where apparently two constables in UP are sorting matters out between them the hard way, raining each other with blows, not verbal, but with their lathis. One look at the video will tell you there seems to be something seriously wrong with the discipline among the [...]
So the thief is in the ship after all. The Mumbai police revelation that Gurunath Melyappan, son-in-law of BCCI Chief Srinivasan, was in constant touch with Vindoo Dhara Singh, now in police custody over betting, leaves no scope for imagination. Little wonder such brazen betting prospered over IPL. It now raises the question: was the [...]
Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
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