New Delhi: US citizen of Indian origin Pradeep K Khosla, the dean of Carnegie Mellon University's engineering college, has been named as the 8th chancellor of the University of California, San Diego. Khosla, an alumnus of IIT-Kharagpur's electrical engineering department, will replace Marye Anne Fox in August 2012. "UC San Diego has a bright future ahead, especially with Pradeep Khosla at the helm as the eighth chancellor of this extraordinary...
12:30 PM, May 11, 2012
Washington: A 20-year-old Indian-American has been shot dead in Fremont, California, sending shock waves in the community. Rohit Sharma, who migrated to the US from Jalandhar along with his parents some seven year ago, was shot in the head while standing in a driveway of his apartment complex in Fremont, California on April 5, police said. He was pronounced dead at Regional Medical Center of San Jose. The reason for...
05:49 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Washington: An Indian American student was among the seven killed by a disgruntled college student who carried out an execution type killing spree in a religious college in California that also left an Indian American girl injured. Tshering Rinzing Bhutia, 38, of San Francisco, was killed when the gunman stole his car outside the school on Tuesday morning. Bhutia was born in Sikkim and lived alone in San Francisco's North...
06:05 AM, Apr 04, 2012
Oakland: A gunman opened fire at a private Christian college in California on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding three others after telling former classmates to "get in line ... I'm going to kill you all." A suspect in what was the deadliest US school shooting in five years was later arrested at a shopping mall several miles away from the scene of the shooting at Oakland's Oikos...
06:27 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Islamabad: A former Pakistani beauty queen has been accused of duping scores of Californians in an elaborate loan scam before fleeing the US. Saman Hasnain, who won the 2008 Mrs Pakistan World beauty pageant, and her husband Jawad, have been accused of duping South Bay, California, homeowners into giving them money for a loan-modification scam which they operated from 2008 until October 2010. Saman is being described by the American...
01:32 PM, Mar 31, 2012
Indian Wells: Roger Federer overcame Rafael Nadal and the rain for a 6-3, 6-4 semi-final victory in the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday night, acing Nadal on a match point that was delayed a couple minutes by rain drops. Federer handled the cold, windy conditions better than Nadal, whose grumpy expression matched his out-of-sorts body language. The match got started nearly three hours late because of rain. Wind whipped the...
10:34 AM, Mar 18, 2012
Indian Wells, California: Rafael Nadal outlasted David Nalbandian 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the BNP Paribas Open on Friday, setting up a semi-final against Roger Federer that will be a rematch of their Australian Open semi-final. Federer had an easier time in his quarter-final, beating Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-2 in just more than an hour for his fourth victory over the Argentine this year. Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka defeated Angelique...
10:41 AM, Mar 17, 2012
Indian Wells: Comfortably the best player in the world for more than a year, Novak Djokovic believes he is close to the stunning form he produced to launch his 2011 campaign with a 41-0 record. The top-ranked Serbian has clinched four of the last five Grand Slams and stayed on track for a third Indian Wells title after beating Spaniard Pablo Andujar 6-0, 6-7, 6-2 in the fourth round on...
03:36 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Indian Wells, California: India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek were knocked out by Marc Lopez and Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday. Sania Mirza brought in some good news for India though, as she and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina thrashed Argentina's Gisela Dulko and Paola Suarez to advance to the semi-finals. Having defeated Juan Monaco and Kei Nishikori in the...
01:31 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Indian Wells, California: Roger Federer outlasted hard-serving Milos Raonic 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4 under the lights in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday night, extending his run of winning 35 of 37 matches since last year's US Open. Rafael Nadal didn't have as much trouble in sunny conditions, beating countryman Marcel Granollers 6-1, 6-4. It was similarly easy on the women's side for top-ranked Victoria Azarenka...
08:41 AM, Mar 14, 2012
Indian Wells, California: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic defeated Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-3 to reach the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open on Monday, improving his match record to 12-1 this year, but No. 8 Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick were knocked out. Djokovic broke Anderson's serve once in each set playing in the heat of the day at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, where he won in 2008 and last...
08:58 AM, Mar 13, 2012
Indian Wells, California: Intestinal fortitude has become a prized commodity at Indian Wells, where Vera Zvonareva and Gael Monfils are among eight players who have succumbed to a widespread viral infection. Russian Zvonareva, the ninth seed in the WTA tournament, withdrew from her scheduled third-round match on Sunday, gifting Czech Klara Zakopalova a spot in the next round. Earlier in the day, Frenchman Monfils, the 14th seed in the ATP...
02:57 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Indian Wells, California: Rafael Nadal, playing singles for the first time in six weeks, advanced to the third round of the BNP Paribas Open with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Argentina's Leonardo Mayer on Sunday. Nadal had not played since losing to top-ranked Novak Djokovic in a nearly 6-hour marathon final at the Australian Open on Jan. 29. The Spaniard was in control throughout the match with Mayer, who fell...
08:49 AM, Mar 12, 2012
New York: Coca-Cola Co and PepsiCo Inc are changing the way they make the caramel colouring used in their sodas as a result of a California law that mandates drinks containing a certain level of carcinogens bear a cancer warning label. The companies said the changes will be expanded nationally to streamline their manufacturing processes. The changes have already been made for drinks sold in California. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo account...
09:43 AM, Mar 09, 2012
Houston, Texas: US Congress members from the largest rice-growing states are on warpath, asking Iraq to resume buying US long-grain rice, instead of from India. "We liberated their country for one thing," said Texas representative Ted Poe. "We would think they would consider the US in trade since we spent billions of dollars not only to liberate their country, but to rebuild their infrastructure." Twelve congressmen have fired off a...
07:01 AM, Feb 26, 2012
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