Judge Srinivasan One Of Three Holding Fate Of Internet In His Hand
Next week, a federal appeals court in Washington will hear one of its biggest cases of the year, one whose outcome will directly affect how Internet providers can alter your experience online. At...
View ArticleBlood pressure reading of 120/80 still works best for Indians: Experts
At a time when researchers and health care providers globally are debating over an ideal blood pressure (BP) level for you – with changing lifestyles and stress being a major part of everyday life –...
View ArticleBaby steps for India art market, best yet to come
As Christie’s gets ready to hold its third art auction in Mumbai in December, the growing international appeal of Indian artworks is fuelling optimism about the country’s fledgling art market. Here’s...
View Article269 dead, millions suffer, Chennai under water
Millions in Tamil Nadu grappled with lack of water and other basic essentials on Thursday as the heaviest rains in a century and floods left 269 people dead, thousands homeless and turned Chennai into...
View ArticlePakistani American couple sows panic in California
On Wednesday morning, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, dropped off their six-month-old baby with Farook’s mother, saying they were going to a doctor’s appointment. By noon, the couple...
View ArticleAuthorities pick through suspects’ path: Marriage, baby and then bloodshed
Syed Rizwan Farook was looking for a wife. On at least two online sites, he posted details for prospective brides. “Religious but modern” he apparently wrote on one. He made a point of noting his...
View ArticleReligious leaders in India – home to half world’s slaves – vow to end slavery
Indian religious leaders vowed on Thursday to use their influence to end modern slavery, saying the exploitation, abuse and confinement of millions of men, women and children around the world was a...
View ArticleShalom meets namaste: The Hanukkah yoga class
For most people, the word “Hanukkah” evokes images of candles burning on a menorah, Adam Sandler’s song or a pile of enough presents to cover eight nights. Images of yoga? Not so much. But tying...
View ArticleINOC Hails Appointment Of New Party Chief In Punjab
Congress party supporters in New York distributed sweets last week as they celebrated the appointment of Capt. Amarinder Singh as the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief by party president Sonia...
View ArticlePakistani origin couple did commando-style planning for San Bernardino shooting
Investigators on Thursday hunted for motives why a heavily armed US-born county health worker and his Pakistan-born wife killed 14 people and injured 17 others during a holiday party in California....
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A spent cartridge lies on the ground as police officers secure the area after at least one person opened fire at a social services agency in San Bernardino, California, Dec. 2. The post appeared first...
View Article‘Where’s Syed?’: How the San Bernardino shooting unfolded
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Another morning stuck in a conference room, another requisite all-staff meeting, and Patrick Baccari arrived to find his co-worker Syed Farook sitting at a table by himself....
View Article‘Slumdog’ Patel Primed For Film On Math Genius Ramanujan
It’s been seven years since Dev Patel burst into the limelight as the gangly actor in the Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire” and the 25-year-old has had his pick of acting roles in television and...
View ArticleRuckus in Rajya Sabha over V.K. Singh, Bhagwat’s remarks
The opposition on Friday created ruckus in the Rajya Sabha for the second consecutive day demanding sacking of union minister Gen. V.K. Singh (retd) for his comments over the killing of two Dalit...
View ArticleRains in Chennai again, 325 dead as waters recede
Heavy rains battered Chennai again on Friday evening just as life began to limp to normalcy amid persisting power cuts and food shortages here and three other Tamil Nadu districts where floods and...
View ArticleAccused California shooter lived in Saudi Arabia for years – Pakistani sources
Tashfeen Malik, one of the two accused shooters in the massacre in San Bernardino, California, moved with her family 25 years ago from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia, where her father became “conservative...
View ArticleAngry Indian Goddesses: A chick flick in denial
Pan Nalin’s “Angry Indian Goddesses” is a chick flick in denial – superficial and skin-deep as most other films, but fools itself into thinking that it is about woman power and women’s rights by...
View ArticleJihadi Bonnie & Clyde: Muslim Community In The Wake Of San Bernardino Massacre
It may be coincidental that presidential hopeful Donald Trumps’ invective against Muslims in the United States sparking strong reaction in the community, occurred less than two weeks before the...
View ArticleMuslims Feel Backlash After Attacks In Paris and California
Rabia Chaudry kept her 7-year-old daughter home from her private Islamic school in Maryland on Thursday, fearing anti-Muslim backlash from Wednesday’s massacre nearly 3,000 miles away in San...
View ArticleSonia, Rahul Gandhi ordered to appear in court
The Delhi High Court ordered the torchbearers of the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty to appear in court over alleged misuse of party funds, in a new blow for the family that lost power to Prime...
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