New York: Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo's idea to spend her days in a Mumbai slum originated one night while she was lying on the floor of her Washington, DC area home with a punctured lung and three broken ribs after tripping over a dictionary. The former Washington Post editor and reporter and current New Yorker staff writer figured that if she couldn't escape calamity in her own home, she...
11:09 AM, Mar 14, 2012
Washington: World's famous 'Hope Diamond' from Kollur mine in Golconda began another chapter in its already illustrious history this week as it was put on display at the prestigious Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History here. The new temporary setting "Embracing Hope" - a setting other than its historic Cartier-designed setting which was designed by Harry Winston Inc and unveiled and put on public display on November 18. The event...
10:54 AM, Nov 20, 2010
The gem marks a half-century at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. ...
11:10 AM, Sep 24, 2009
The study consists of four 12-week taught modules and a dissertation. ...
09:23 PM, Mar 03, 2009
Tanuja and Mahima show up at a radio station for the post -release of
Hope and a Little Sugar. ...
01:05 AM, Apr 27, 2008
New Delhi: Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) CEO Tim May has expressed concern for the players of the IPL franchise Pune Warriors who have been left with no team to play for after the withdrawal of their owner Sahara India last week. The former Australian cricketer said plenty of players expressed their concern to the FICA as many of them don't have a team to play for in the ...
03:10 AM, Apr 22, 2008
Dubai: Pakistan coach Mohsin Khan said good bowling from both England and Pakistan throughout the series was making batting difficult, as 16 wickets tumbled on the opening day of the third and final Test here on Friday. England, playing to salvage their world number one-ranked team's pride, were 104-6 after they wrecked Pakistan to 99 all out on an extraordinary day for bowlers on a seemingly batting-friendly Dubai Stadium pitch. ...
12:37 AM, Apr 19, 2008
It rarely happens that a player gets the Man-of-the-Match award for his fielding. For an Indian player, it's even rarer. But Ravindra Jadeja effected two run-outs to change the course of the match in Melbourne. Aaron Finch and captain George Bailey were the victims of his accurate arm. David Hussey played Virat Kohli to backward point for a single but Jadeja, at point, was quicker in his anticipation as he...
10:20 PM, Apr 18, 2008
Melbourne: The Sri Lankan players are unlikely to struggle on the bouncy Australian pitches in the upcoming tri-series as they have performed well in similar conditions in South Africa, the island nation's sacked coach Geoff Marsh said. India have struggled to cope with the conditions and lost the Test series 0-4 apart from losing the first Twenty20 match against Australia on Wednesday but according to the former Australian opening batsman,...
09:48 AM, Apr 18, 2008
Hyderabad: England got a taste of the Indian conditions here on Friday when they were spinned into submission by India, who won the first ODI by 126 runs to end their losing streak and go 1-0 up in the series. Off-spinner R Ashwin (3/35) and left-armer Ravindra Jadeja (3/34) took six wickets between them to bowl England out for 174 in 36.1 overs after being 111/2 at one stage. Paceman...
10:52 AM, Mar 10, 2008
Marriage and mommyhood kept Mahima away for a long time. ...
02:15 AM, Feb 08, 2008
Bangalore: A day after Sachin Tendulkar became the first man to hit 14,000 runs in Test cricket, the maestro followed it up with a cracking 49th Test hundred and 95th ton overall on day three of the second Test against Australia here on Monday. This is Tendulkar's 11th Test hundred against Australia and the sixth in nine Test matches this year. He was unlucky to miss out on a ton...
10:59 AM, Oct 23, 2007
Walmart will set up five industrial centres for primary education. ...
01:41 AM, Aug 22, 2007
CNN-IBN caught up with Mahima Choudhary in Goa and spoke to her about films, festivals and more. ...
04:48 PM, Nov 30, 2006
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