Washington

Syndicate content

Free yoga awaits US voters on election day

9_22.jpg.crop_display.jpg

A yoga studio in Washington has said it will give free classes to anyone who casts his or her ballot in next week's US elections.

Flow Yoga Center said it was throwing open the doors to its Astanga M

Devastated New York, New Jersey began slow recovery

APTOPIX Superstorm Sa_Kand (5).jpg.crop_display.jpg

Millions in the worst hit New York and New Jersey and up and down the US East Coast Wednesday began picking pieces of their lives shattered by Hurricane Sandy that left 48 dead.

Much of New York, Ame

Obama declares ‘major disaster’ after storm

US President Barack Obama declared that megastorm Sandy had triggered “major disaster” in the states of New York and New Jersey and freed up federal aid for those who lost homes or businesses.

Hurricane Sandy approaches, US in state of emergency

Superstorm_Kand_0.jpg.crop_display.jpg

US President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency in the nation's capital as Hurricane Sandy approaches.

Evacuations begin as US braces for huge storm

The US East Coast braced itself to weather one of the worst storms in decades as Hurricane Sandy churned towards the densely populated areas of New York, Washington and Boston and threatened to dump i

Obama cancels campaign events to monitor storm

obama650_2.jpg.crop_display.jpg

The White House says President Barack Obama is canceling campaign appearances in Northern Virginia on Monday and Colorado on Tuesday so he can monitor Hurricane Sandy. The storm is currently forecast

Hurricane Sandy grounds thousands of flights

Hurricane Sandy grounded thousands of flights in the U.S. northeast on Monday and upended travel plans across the globe, stranding passengers from Hong Kong to Europe. The massive storm threatens to b

7.7 magnitude quake hits Canada

An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale hit Queen Charlotte Islands off the western coast of Canada Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate report of casualties or dama

New technique to preserve brightness of silver discovered

Scientists have developed a new technique to protect silver artifacts and jewellery and preserve their brightness.

Obama leads in swing states, says CNN

obama650_1.jpg.crop_display.jpg

The US presidential election, which is just 10 days away, appears to be headed down to the wire, with opinion polls suggesting that incumbent Barack Obama’s Republican rival Mitt Romney maintaining a

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.