
Andhra Pradesh police have arrested a software engineer wanted for allegedly murdering his wife and two children in the US in 2008. According to a statement by Crime Investigation Department (CID), Nerusu Lakshimi Nivas Rao, native of Krishna district and a US green-card holder, is in the wanted list of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). ...

08:15 PM, Feb 23, 2013

Dozens of Michigan schools cancelled classes for thousands of students to cool off rumored threats of violence and problems related to doomsday scenarios based on the Mayan calendar, officials said on Thursday. ...

10:20 AM, Dec 21, 2012

Washington: Indian-American Akshay Desai has been roped in by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for his outreach to Asian American community ahead of the crucial November 6 US presidential elections. Florida-based Desai, CEO of Universal Healthcare, has been made one of the seven national co-chairs of the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Romney community. "I am pleased and honoured to serve as a national co-chair for Asian Americans and...

09:44 AM, Aug 03, 2012

Washington: Mitt Romney scored a hard-won, home state triumph in Michigan and powered to victory in Arizona on Tuesday night, gaining a two-state primary sweep over Rick Santorum and precious momentum in the most turbulent Republican presidential race in a generation. "We didn't win by a lot, but we won by enough," Romney told cheering supporters in Michigan. He also tweeted his delight - and his determination: "I take great...

10:24 AM, Feb 29, 2012

Detroit: Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, known as 'Dr Death' for helping more than 100 people end their lives, died early on Friday at age 83, his lawyer said. Kevorkian died at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, where he had been hospitalized for about two weeks with kidney and heart problems, said Mayer Morganroth, Kevorkian's attorney and friend. Kevorkian, recently found to have liver cancer, died from a pulmonary...

09:05 AM, Jun 04, 2011

London: US President Barack Obama may face his first big scandal pretty soon, according to a leading political scientist. Based on his mathematical formula, Brendan Nyhan of Michigan University has predicted in his report to 'Center for Politics' website that President Obama's administration is set to be rocked by a major controversy soon. The political scientist defines scandal as the "elite perception of misbehaviour whose occurrence is also influenced by...

12:03 PM, May 29, 2011

Most 10-year-olds are happy playing with their friends and toys but a 10-year-old girl in the US, Hannah Altman, is running her own toy business. ...

10:09 AM, Apr 15, 2011

Aimee L Sword, 36, apologised for her actions at her sentencing on Monday in Oakland County Circuit Court. ...

01:29 PM, Jul 14, 2010

A US study found that obese children in grades 3 through 6 are more likely to be bullied by thinner classmates. ...

10:08 AM, May 04, 2010

US university draws annual list of words that are overused, trite. ...

03:17 PM, Jan 01, 2010

They want to be cuddled when young, says US scholar. ...

12:13 PM, Jun 11, 2009

This 3D image of Obama is smaller than a grain of salt. ...

12:24 PM, Jan 22, 2009

Gros Islet, St. Lucia: India A look like losing the third and final unofficial Test and with it the series to West Indies A after pacers Delorn Johnson and Kevin McClean devastated them on the third day of the match. Trailing by 106 runs in the first innings, India were 181 for 7 at stumps on the penultimate day of the game here at the Beausejour Cricket Stadium on Monday. ...

08:34 PM, Jun 01, 2008

Kolkata: Former Test players from Bengal are eagerly awaiting for Sachin Tendulkar to reach the coveted milestone of 100 international hundreds at the Eden Gardens. The Eden Gardens wicket of late has been a batsman's paradise and in the last Test played here, seven players from India and South Africa got hundreds and Tendulkar was one of them. Former India wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta said for some selfish reason the cricket-crazy...

05:47 PM, Mar 18, 2008

CNN-IBN's panel of cricket experts looks back at Rajsthan Royals' mauling at the hands of the Knight Riders. ...

03:46 PM, Jan 16, 2008

The baby was amazingly unhurt after a tornado ripped apart his home. ...

01:29 PM, Oct 22, 2007