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Oil Climbs Back Above $ 75 A Barrel
Written on 13 Jul, 2010 at 21:42 in English, Featured, Trucking News | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
New York : Oil prices climbed back above $75 a barrel Tuesday, tracking rising stock markets as strong corporate earnings reports boosted confidence in the U.S. economy. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for August delivery was up 63 cents... (Continue reading)
Patna Boy Is Youngest Professor At IIT-B
Written on 13 Jul, 2010 at 21:39 in English, Featured | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Mumbai: Patna-born child prodigy Dr Tathagat Tulsi has taken up a job as professor at Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay at the age of 22. Tulsi is possibly the youngest Assistant Professor at IIT. He will join the IIT faculty at... (Continue reading)
Dhoni Signs Rs 200 Crore Deal With Rhiti Sports
Written on 13 Jul, 2010 at 21:36 in English, Featured, Sports | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni recently signed an endorsement and talent management deal with Rhiti Sports for a staggering amount of nearly Rs 200 crore, reports The Economic Times. The report says, with the trademark speed that he runs... (Continue reading)
Huge Blaze In London Tower Block
Written on 13 Jul, 2010 at 21:29 in English, Featured | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
A huge blaze turned a 15-storey tower block in Kingston upon Thames on Monday night into a towering inferno, reports The Daily Mail, London. Firefighters battled all night to put out the blaze at the tower. The fire started shortly after... (Continue reading)
CBI Says, Top RSS Man Gave SIMs For Terror Strikes
Written on 13 Jul, 2010 at 21:25 in English, Featured | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Delhi tabloid Mail Today published a report on Tuesday saying that CBI investigators probing terror blasts that rocked Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan and Hyderabad’s Mecca Masjid are untangling a complex web of SIM card transfers, pointing the finger of suspicion... (Continue reading)
Crops on 1 lakh acres damaged in Patiala
Written on 12 Jul, 2010 at 13:35 in English, Featured | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Devigarh (Patiala), Even as relief measures by various departments continue to pour in, flood-hit villagers are struggling hard to come to terms with the siuation. However, there is a ray of hope for villagers as water has started receding. “In Patiala district... (Continue reading)
World Cup Overall Attendance Third Highest In History
Written on 12 Jul, 2010 at 13:00 in Editorials, English, Featured, Sports | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
JOHANNESBURG : South Africa’s World Cup achieved the third highest overall attendance _ behind the 1994 tournament in the United States and the last World Cup in Germany. FIFA said in a statement on Monday that 3.18 million fans attended the... (Continue reading)
Octopus Oracle Paul To Retire
Written on 12 Jul, 2010 at 12:46 in English, Featured | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
BERLIN : No more World Cup, no more octopus oracle. Paul, the octopus who became a pop culture sensation by correctly predicting the outcome of as many World Cup matches as he has legs _ all seven of Germany’s games plus... (Continue reading)
Air France Plane In Brazil Forced Into Emergency Landing After Bomb Threat
Written on 11 Jul, 2010 at 16:42 in English, Featured | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
An Air France passenger jet headed from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to Paris, France, made an emergency landing in northeastern Brazil on Saturday night after a bomb threat. All 405 passengers and 18 crew members were safely evacuated from... (Continue reading)
Spain’s Victory a Bright Spot of a Charming Cup
Written on 11 Jul, 2010 at 16:22 in Editorials, English, Featured, Sports | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
So many World Cup finals are dark affairs, with one shadow or another looming over them. This final had no taunting or head-butting like the last one; no team played with an undetected Hand of God in its very recent... (Continue reading)