| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 Assessment or amusement? | Gautam Patel | Posted On Friday, July 30, 2010 at 02:23:43 AM | At Devprayag in the Garhwal Himalaya, the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi slam into each other and become the Ganga. Once, both were mighty. The Bhagirathi’s waters poured at nearly 29,000 litres per secon... | From Tiananmen Square to Possible Buffett Successor By SUSAN PULLIAM | Twenty-one years ago, Li Lu was a student leader of the Tiananmen Square protests. Now a hedge-fund manager, he is in line to become a successor to Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | Mr. Li, 44 years old, has emerged as a leading candidate to... | Lottery row: tax officer suspended | Special Correspondent | Failure to impose penalty on Megha Distributors for delayed payment of tax | Thiruvananthapuram: The ongoing row in the lottery case took its first victim with the Sales Tax Department on Thursday suspending A.A. Abdullah, Assistant Commissione... | Traveller Tip: Mr. Anish Wig, CEO, ICoFP Far out destination: Buenos Aires, Argentina- Gastronomic delights, Tango and cigar bars, pulsating nightlife, beautiful people, the land of Eva Peron. | Emptied your pockets on: Zurich-Had my heart sold on an elegant Breitling limited edition for myself; ended up buyin... | Dozens perish in Kashmir floods | Peshawar, Pakistan - At least 113 people have died and thousands more have been made homeless by flash floods triggered by torrential rains that hit north-west Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. | The army has been summoned to tackle the probl... | Chinese Investor Emerges as Possible Buffett Successor By SUSAN PULLIAM | Twenty-one years ago, Li Lu was a student leader of the Tiananmen Square protests. Now a hedge-fund manager, he is in line to become a successor to Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | Mr. Li, 44 years old, has emerged as a leading candidate to... | Early birds stand to walk away with exciting gifts | PETALING JAYA: It pays to be an early bird when FemmeCity opens its doors today. | The exhibition-fair, to be launched by Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil early today, is over a three-day period at the Kuala Lumpur Conv... | Museum and Gallery Listings | Art Blog | ArtsBeat | The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. More Arts News | Museums and galleries are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of recent art shows: nyti... | Spare Times: For Children | ‘THE MAGIC POT: THREE TALES FROM CHINA’ Blog | ArtsBeat | The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. More Arts News | This musical may remind you of a fortune cookie: swee... | British PM, in India, sparks ‘terror’ row with Pakistan | NEW DELHI (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron was mired in a diplomatic row with Islamabad Thursday over comments made on a trade-driven trip to India about the "export of terror" from Pakistan. | Pakistan's ambassador to Britain accused Cameron of "damaging ... | | |
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