Indian essayist selected for Windham Cambell Literature prize
Washington: Award-winning Indian essayist and novelist Pankaj Mishra has been selected for the prestigious Windham Cambell Literature prize in the non-fiction category, Yale University announced on Saturday. "Pursuing high standards of literary style, Pankaj Mishra gives us new narratives about the evolution of modern Asia," the university said. This year's recipients illustrate the global scale of the prizes, with the eight winning wri
Malaysian plane crashed; 5 Indians among 239 on board
Beijing/Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian airliner en route to China with 239 people on board, including five Indians, has gone missing and is presumed to have crashed today in the seas between Malaysia and Vietnam where a massive search is on. The Boei
Sonia, Rahul, Meira, Nilekani, Kaif in Cong's first Lok Sabha list
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, IT expert Nandan Nilekani, cricketer Mohd Kaif and several union ministers figure in Congress' first list of 194 candidates for Lok Sabha elections released here on Saturday night.
Thirimanne ton, Malinga fifer take Lanka to Asia Cup title
Mirpur: Sri Lanka regained the Asia Cup trophy with a comfortable five-wicket victory over defending champions Pakistan, riding on Lasith Malinga’s five-wicket haul and opener Lahiru Thrimanne’s fluent century. Sri Lanka were clinical as
Big B's Facebook page crosses 10 million likes
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan hit a new record today on his Facebook page by garnering over 10 million fan following. The 71-year-old actor, who is yet to break the record of his contemporaries Salman Khan (14,273,556 likes) and Aamir Khan (11039
Indian businessman shot dead in Philippines
Manila: An Indian businessman was shot dead and another wounded in the Philippines by unidentified gunmen as they were collecting payments from clients, a media report said on Saturday. Navjot Singh, 26, was shot twice in the chest and declared
Aus court grants bail to Indian truck driver charged with murder
Melbourne: An Indian-origin truck driver, charged with the murder of four members of a family in a road accident, was today granted bail by an Australian court even as police argued that he is a flight risk. Jobandeep Gill, a 27-year-old sub-contract
New drugs could spell end of painful eye jabs
London: Drugs used to treat blindness-causing disorders could be successfully administered by eye drops rather than unpleasant and expensive eye injections, according to new research. The study led by University College London (UCL) scientists could
Indian stone to be used to construct war memorial in NZ
Melbourne: Sandstone from India would be used to construct a $5 million war memorial in New Zealand to focus and represent the major historical events and themes that have linked the country with Australia in peace and war. The monument will be
