
Houston: Indian-origin Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal took the oath of office for his second term before hundreds of people, with a focus on education and a pledge not to rest on the accomplishments of his first four years. "I Bobby Jindal do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution and laws of the United States and the constitution and laws of this state, Jindal said as State Supreme Court...

08:32 AM, Jan 10, 2012

New Orleans: Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, seen as a rising star in the Republican Party, won re-election on Saturday as voters largely ignored his nine poorly funded challengers. "You've chosen to give me another four years as your governor," he told supporters at his Baton Rouge campaign headquarters less than an hour after polls closed. "We've got a lot more work to do over these next four years." With more...

11:04 AM, Oct 23, 2011

Washington: Louisiana's Indian American Republican Governor Bobby Jindal has cautioned his party's conservative activists against demonising Democratic President Barack Obama in the fashion some liberals did his Republican predecessor President George Bush. Recalling what he said were the "shrill, absurd and negative rhetoric" employed by the left during the eight years Bush was in office, Jindal said, "We must not mimic their shallow approach." In speech Friday in New Orleans,...

01:31 PM, Jun 18, 2011

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal chalked up a political victory while lambasting the Obama administration. ...

07:27 PM, Jun 04, 2010

The oil spill, which began in April, is causing an ecological and economic catastrophe along the US Gulf Coast. ...

11:50 AM, Jun 03, 2010

Governor of the Louisiana, Jindal will reportedly be running for the Senate. ...

05:36 PM, Apr 11, 2009

Republicans had unanimously opposed the $787 bn stimulus bill. ...

04:30 PM, Feb 25, 2009

That Jindal will keynote a key Republican dinner has fuelled speculation. ...

11:13 PM, Jan 24, 2009

Picking Jindal means fundamentally re-branding the Republican party. ...

11:49 AM, Jul 23, 2008

CNN-IBN's cricket experts feel that Delhi's top-order collapse turned it into a one-sided win for Chennai. ...

02:05 PM, May 22, 2008

Mumbai: Pune Warriors’ skipper Sourav Ganguly is happy to have started IPL 5 with a victory, but feels that there is still a long way to go in the tournament. It's always good to start with a win but we still have 15 matches to go. It is a long tournament. I have earlier been in situations where we won the first couple of matches but then went downhill, a...

07:08 PM, May 09, 2008

Islamabad: Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi on Saturday apologised for hitting a fan at the Karachi airport, saying he lost his temper when he saw his little daughter getting almost trampled by enthusiastic autograph seekers. Afridi was returning home on Friday night after Pakistan won the Asia Cup by defeating Bangladesh when he was surrounded by hordes of fans at the airport seeking his autograph. He punched a fan in the...

03:42 PM, May 06, 2008

Karachi: The Pakistan team management is averse to the idea of playing a 'farewell match' for controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar. The News reported that Pakistani team officials will resist any move to bring Akhtar back in the national squad in the near future to give him an opportunity for a swansong appearance in a match. "He (Akhtar) is far from fit to play international cricket. And the fact that...

01:25 PM, Jan 15, 2008

The dynamic Kiwi batsman also pulling up his socks for the upcoming challenges in the IPL. ...

02:07 AM, Jan 15, 2008

New Delhi: A day after Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab were axed from the Indian Premier League, the BCCI has warned other franchise owners through an SMS, allegedly from secretary N Srinivasan's mobile asking them to fall in line or face the same fate. The SMS seems to have been triggered by the reaction from the owners of the IPL teams, specifically Bangalore team owner Vijay Mallya who tweeted...

11:39 AM, Oct 23, 2007