India's highest ranked squash player Joshna Chinappa made it to the final qualifying of the main draw in the US $25,9000 Harrow Greenwich Open. She came from behind to get the better of a fighting Alexandra Norman of England 8-11, 13-11, 11-9, 19-21, 11-6 in 64 minutes in Connecticut on Tuesday night.
The most recent manifestation of Sanjaya-mania comes from the Mohegun Sun Casino in New Haven, Connecticut, where Sanjaya gave a live performance (August 6). Sanjaya reportedly performed two singles from his forthcoming debut album.
Also, having negative religious thoughts and struggles may hinder recovery.
Huckabee's wins have come as a blow for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who scored victories in Utah, Colorado, North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana and Massachusetts, his home state.
In a setback to the Bush administration, the US Justice Department has ordered a formal criminal probe into the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes of terror suspects under the supervision of a federal prosecutor.
After each massacre, survivors and witnesses have echoed the words "no more" - yet mass shootings have continued to plague the United States. In fact, shootings only have continued to increase over the past few years. The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida is the 18th attack in a school in 2018 alone. Below are some of the worst US school shootings in the last 20 years.
The 36th India Day Parade ran through about 13 streets in Madison avenue in Manhattan.
Legendary actor and humanitarian Paul Newman has died of cancer aged 83. The actor, who was a mentor to artists and social activists, passed away at his home in Westport, Connecticut on September 26 surrounded by family.
Since early December 2008, Sreehari Gopalakrishnan has applied to 176 firms, and the rate of call back has steadily declined. "Earlier, it used to be from 20 to 30 places but now it is less than 10 per cent", says Gopalakrishnan, an analyst with a firm in Connecticut that does relocation management. With the current economic downturn and the housing slump, his company has several houses in its inventory worth millions of dollars.
A group of Indian Parliamentarians are scheduled to arrive at the famous Yale University campus on Tuesday to attend the inaugural session of the India-Yale Parliamentary Leadership Programme.
An Indian man, who was working as a clerk at a convenience store in the US state of Florida, has been shot dead by a teenager in an apparent robbery attempt, the second such incident in just over a month.
It is said Rishad had been on the lookout for an opportunity and was quite keen on joining Wipro. Like everyone else, he too had to send in his resume and as luck would have it, he managed to find a placement.
Shalini Kantayya, 30, is a director making waves in a competition that could get her a $1 million directing deal with DreamWorks.
They are constantly trying to beat the odds, but when it comes to their health, it seems that gamblers have not been dealt with a very strong hand.
The Polling Institute of Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, which conducted the survey, asked Americans to rank 15 countries, as well as the Palestinian Authority and the United Nations, on a scale of zero to 100.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified punitive and compensatory damages.
U.S. inventors John Packes and Ramon Peralta have come up a product line called Tasty Golf Tees in various flavors including mint, cherry, strawberry, and grape.
It was a repeat of the 34-year-old's straight sets victory over Andy Murray in the second round of the US Open in August.
Former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova stormed into the final of the New Haven Open, the last women's warm-up event before the U.S. Open, with a ruthless 6-0, 6-1 win over Klara Zakopalova on Friday.
Yankee Irving, a computer-animated film being directed by Christopher Reeve, will be released in 2006.
At the same time, he hopes to provide law enforcement officials access to the tools they need to fight and win the war against terrorism.
Agnieszka Radwanska collected her 20th career WTA title after a dominant 6-4, 6-2 victory over Britain's Johanna Konta in the China Open final on Sunday.
What forecasters predicted to be one of the worst ever blizzard's in New York left only moderate snow in the Big Apple. But coastal New England was battered on Tuesday by a blizzard of blinding snow, ferocious waves and winds that topped hurricane speed.
Former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson, wanted in India in connection with the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy which claimed over 3,000 lives in one of the world's most lethal industrial accidents, died in Florida, US. He was 92.
Timex Corp, the biggest selling watchmaker in the United States, said on Thursday it planned to increase its outsourcing of watches and parts from its Indian unit but did not say by how much.\n\n\n\n
A record number of 11 Indian Americans are on ballot for the US House of Representatives. Of these nine are from the opposition Democratic party and two are Republicans.
Jyoti Randhawa will travel to USA later this month to compete in the US$ 4.2 million USPGA Tour event, the Buick Open.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
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