Articles by Nagesh Narayana

  • BJP hits Bangalore roads, traffic woes greet commuters

    May 17 2011 2:19 AM

    Upset over the political developments in the state which may bring down the provincial government headed by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the ruling coalition hit the roads of Bangalore on Tuesday morning protesting the governor's rommmendation to sack the state government.

  • Bin Laden daughters among hostile interviewees

    May 16 2011 2:21 AM

    American intelligence officials in Pakistan have revealed that, apart from the three hostile widows of Bin Laden, some of his daughters were also among those quizzed by US officials in Pakistan under the watchful eyes of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Although they were interviewed as a group, only Khariraih Sabar, who is believed to be Laden's third wife and the eldest of them all, spoke up.

  • After Obama praises troops, Al-Qaeda threatens and retaliates

    May 13 2011 8:26 AM

    Less than a month after the killing of Al-Qaeda Chief Osama Bin Laden, the jihadist movement in Somalia threatened the life of Sarah Obama, step-grandmother of US President Obama.

  • From Osama's death to May 21 Judgment Day

    May 13 2011 7:45 AM

    Less than a fortnight after bin Laden's death, there was indeed a revenge attack on a para-military academy near Peshawar in Pakistan where more than 83 people, majority of them newly trained cadets, were killed.

  • 70 killed in suicide bombings at para-military academy in Pakistan

    May 12 2011 11:59 PM

    Two suicide bombings on Friday morning killed at least 70 people outside a paramilitary force academy in Shabqadar, Charsadda district in northwest Pakistan, police said.

  • The Other Side of Charlie Sheen

    May 12 2011 9:51 AM

    ‘Charlie bashing’ has been a popular global sport for quite some time now. His rehab stints, porn-star girlfriends, and sensational quotes have helped sell millions of copies of tabloids and sent TV-channel viewership soaring across the world. Maybe he is not so bad after all.

  • Facebook's 'Like' button may find a rival in Google +1

    May 12 2011 9:02 AM

    The Facebook-like button may find a counterpart and competitor when Google launches the +1 in the coming weeks, the Google development team reported.

  • Demjanjuk convicted for Nazi camp deaths after 30 years of trial

    May 12 2011 8:38 AM

    Ninety-one-year-old Ivan, the Terrible or John Demjanjuk was finally charged with thousands counts of being an accomplice to murder, in a Nazi-occupied Poland and sentenced to five years imprisonment, ending a trial that ran well over three decades.

  • Flying Scout robots may soon replace CCTV cameras

    May 12 2011 8:14 AM

    Scientists at Canada-based Aeyron Labs have designed a new flying robot outfitted with the world’s most advanced intelligence system which will replace the closed circuit camera, reports said.

  • Own Google Chromebook at $28 per month

    May 12 2011 7:53 AM

    Google’s first Chromebook from Samsung and Acer’s new web-centric PCs can be monthly subscribed at $28/user for businesses and $20/user for schools.

  • Crops worth $150 to 200 million perish in Mississippi floods

    May 12 2011 7:26 AM

    Nearly 600 homes have been flooded and thousands evacuated in Rena Lara as waters from the Mississippi river and its tributaries rose to record levels on Tuesday.

  • Greek unions take to the streets anti-austerity strikeGreek unions take to the streets anti-austerity strike

    May 12 2011 6:32 AM

    Public services have been halted including trains, ferries and flights have been disrupted by the protests in Athens on Wednesday morning.