Obamas’ host glittering gala with their distinctive touch
WASHINGTON - At their first state dinner on Tuesday night, US President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, made sure to infuse the glittering gala with their distinctive touch.
WASHINGTON - At their first state dinner on Tuesday night, US President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, made sure to infuse the glittering gala with their distinctive touch.
DIMAPUR - Dimapur in Nagaland hosted a two-day cultural festival to mark the 60 years of the Naga Council, which saw an enthusiastic participation of all the Naga tribal communities.
LUCKNOW - The Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC), a Muslim forum that opposes the construction of the Ram temple at the spot of the demolished Babri mosque in Ayodhya, has welcomed the tabling of the Liberhan Commission Report.
MURADABAD - Artists in Muradabad city of Uttar Pradesh have mastered the unique art of making wealth from waste.
WASHINGTON - A herb called Hyptis crenata - otherwise known as Brazilian mint, can reduce pain as effectively as leading drugs, a new study suggests.
LONDON - A collaborative study has shown that high salt intake is linked to significantly greater risk of both stroke and cardiovascular disease.
CHANDIGARH - Two more students of Punjab Engineering College (PEC), the region's oldest and biggest engineering college, tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) virus, an official said Wednesday.
At the moment Salman is not happy with life at all.
Actress Priyanka, who was on a break for a while, has returned to films.
WASHINGTON - Angelina Jolie hates US President Barack Obama because she thinks he is a 'socialist in disguise', according to reports.
WASHINGTON - Miley Cyrus and her brother Trace are set to mark their bodies with matching tattoos.
BEIJING - Chinese Internet users would no longer be able to access Facebook, as the web browser Opera has upgraded its Chinese version closing a loophole that allowed users to access websites banned by the government.
ALVISO, Calif. - TiVo Inc. posted a loss in the latest quarter as sales dropped 12 percent.
Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, Nov.
NEW YORK - Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company.
WASHINGTON - The annual carbon dioxide emission rate has more than tripled this decade, compared to the nineties, according to an international consortium of scientists.
LONDON - The escort who claims to have slept with Silvio Berlusconi has said the Italian Prime Minister could get into Guinness Book of Records for his performance in bed.
AGARTALA - A youth Congress leader was shot dead late Tuesday in this Tripura capital, police said Wednesday.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A wedding was called off because international troops killed the groom.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - Voters in the Caribbean nation of St.
PHNOM PENH - The prosecution at Cambodia's war crimes tribunal called Wednesday for judges to hand down a 40-year jail term to Comrade Duch, the former commander of the Khmer Rouge's most notorious prison known as S-21.
MUMBAI - Pune-headquartered wind power major Suzlon Energy Wednesday signed an agreement with Australia's Infigen Energy to provide 20 units of wind power generators with a capacity to generate 42 MW.
LONDON - England cricketer Kevin Pietersen and his wife Jessica Taylor are expecting their first child.
KEYLONG - The hop flower - used to add a bitter flavour to beer - may bring in sweet business for Lahaul and Spiti district as the government plans to revive its cultivation in a big way.
BEIJING - The number of dead in China's worst mining accident in two years rose to 107 Wednesday after three more bodies were pulled out of the coal mine, state media said.
TOKYO - Tokyo stocks inched up Wednesday after a day of choppy trading as investors snapped up bargains following the previous day's losses.
SINGAPORE - Oil prices hovered near $76 a barrel Wednesday in Asia as investors mulled whether signs of a sluggish U.S.
LONDON - Former England batsman Marcus Trescothick has revealed that he was on the verge of harming himself at one stage because of the depressions that curtailed his international cricket career.
ISLAMABAD - Young Pakistan middle order batsman Shahzaib Hasan Khan, who was part of the World T20 winning team, credits his satisfactory show in the tournament to Shahid Afridi and Younus Khan.
BRISBANE - Australian captain Ricky Ponting has confirmed that off-spinner Nathan Hauritz will be a part of the first Test squad taking on the West Indies at the Gabba in Brisbane on Thursday.
KANPUR - Rahul Dravid compiled his 28th century and became Test cricket's fourth highest scorer, surpassing Allan Border, while guiding India to 535 for four at lunch on the second day of the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka at Green Park here Wednesday.