Terrible weekend for Force India at US Grand Prix
Austin – Sahara Force India witnessed a terrible outing at the United States Grand Prix as both its drivers – Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg retired early into the race because of varied reasons at the Circuit of The Americas here. While Perez suffered an accident in the first lap,... read more »
IPL betting scam: Mudgal Committee submits its final report to SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court appointed probe commission headed by (Retd) Justice Mukul Mudgal on Monday submitted its final report to the apex court on the IPL-6 betting and spot-fixing scandal. The report was submitted in a sealed envelope and the next hearing in the case will be on 10... read more »
Nigeria’s purported Boko Haram leader says has ‘married offR...
A man claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has said more than 200 girls kidnapped by the group six months ago were “married off” to its fighters, contradicting Nigerian government claims they would soon be freed. Nigeria’s military says it killed Shekau a year ago, and... read more »
9 killed in landslides in southwest China
Nine people have been killed inlandslides that struck southwest China’s Yunnan province last week. Nine people were buried as the disasterhit Xiaoxin Village in Dongchuan District of the provincial capital Kunming City last Tuesday, the district’s publicity department said. Two bodies... read more »
Yahoo! acquires MessageMe chat app
Tech giant Yahoo has acquired mobile messaging app MessageMe, with hopes to chip into the WhatsApp dominated messaging app market. The deal is reported to be in the double digit millions... read more »
Forex reserves fall $1.4 bn to $314 bn
Falling for the fourth week in a row, India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $1.415 billion to $314.181 billion in the week to September 26 on account of a hefty drop in non-US... read more »
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos meets PM Narendra Modi
Jeffrey P. Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com, Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official statement said. Bezos, who is in India for a visit, had earlier termed India an... read more »
Who runs the militant group Islamic State?
Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim militant group, has seized a third of Syria and large areas of Iraq and this year proclaimed a caliphate across the two countries in the heart of the Middle... read more »
British hostage Alan Henning beheaded in new ISIS video
An internet video released on Friday shows an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group now targeted in US-led... read more »
