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Hurricane Ike pounds Texas, thousands flee

Giant Hurricane Ike began lashing the Texas gulf coast on Saturday with its fierce category 3 winds threatening to shut down United States' oil industry and flood the big water front area which is......

US: Professor gets $575,000 grant for research

A North Dakota State University professor who is seeking to develop environmentally benign ways to synthesise chirals, molecules that cannot be superimposed in their mirror images, has received a......

Jindal faces challenges ahead as Louisiana guv

Bobby Jindal, the Oxford-educated son of Punjabi immigrants who scripted history by winning the Louisiana governor race, faces daunting challenges ahead when he takes over one of the poorest and......

Gopal Krishna to represent Iowa at National GOP convention

Gopal T K Krishna, 65, is undeniably the most influential and powerful Indian American Republican in the important caucus state of Iowa, which for centuries has traditionally held the first......

Who are the real Dalits of India?

When we hear that a resolution is to be tabled in the US Congress next month to address the problem of 'caste discrimination and untouchability' in India, one feels like asking Americans if they......

NRI firm among US's fastest-growing companies

Ram Guru came to the United States from Chennai to earn a masters in computer science but failed to make a mark in his preferred profession. However, it did not stop him from establishing one of......

Four-legged cure for recession blues

William Behnke bought a black male English Labrador retriever named Ghillie from Wildrose Kennels in Oxford, Miss. three years ago. A business developer at GCI, an Alaskan telecom company, Behnke......

Al Gore's amazing $100 million makeover!

Al Gore is a funny guy. And, for his $175,000 speaking fee, he tells this story: after leaving the White House and heading back to Tennessee sans motorcade -- "in a rented Ford Taurus," he sniffs......

The world of Chaitanya Tamhane's Disciple

'Tamhane's densely composed shots achieve what a vacuously whizzing camera seldom does.''Like those Renaissance Paintings in which a bewitching lady is shown posing for a portrait, and daily life......

Is Slumdog Millionaire worth the praise?

Sitting inside a crowded movie theatre in Nariman Point, South Mumbai, surrounded by other pasty-skinned foreigners and a few overtly wealthy Indians, I was forced to stifle an audible groan."What......

Star power fails at USBO

With a hat-trick of flops that lost about $200 million inone single year, Eddie Murphy, who gets $15million to $20 million per movie, became the costliest loser in Hollywood last year.Among the......

Ayush Shetty stuns former World Champ at Orleans Masters

India's Ayush Shetty produced a sensational straight-game victory over former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore, while HS Prannoy also advanced to the second round of the USD 240,000 Orleans......

Rajawat makes early exit from China Open

IMAGE: Priyanshu Rajawat lost in a contest that lasted just 36 minutes. Photograph: BAI Media/X Rising Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat suffered a straight-game defeat to Canada's Brian Yang as......

Orleans Masters: Rajawat stuns Nishimoto

IMAGE: Priyanshu Rajawat clinched a stunning win over top seed Kenta Nishimoto. Photograph: Twitter/BAI India's Priyanshu Rajawat notched up a stunning straight-game win over top seed Kenta......

Orleans Masters: Saina, Sameer crash out

IMAGE: Saina Nehwal's knee was heavily strapped during her opening round loss on Wednesday. Photograph: Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images London Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal crashed out of......

Rajawat clinches Orleans Masters BWF World Title

IMAGE: Priyanshu Rajawat celebrates. Photograph: SAI Media/Twitter India's Priyanshu Rajawat capped off an impressive week with a thrilling win in the final against Denmark's Magnus Johannesen to......

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