Jun 092011
 

NEW DELHI — India test-fired a short-range, nuclear-capable missile Thursday that hit its target accurately, the defense ministry said. The surface-to-surface Prithvi missile was fired from the testing range in Chandipur in the eastern state of Orissa, said Sitanshu Kar, [...]

Jun 092011
 
Great Indian Painter MF Husain dies at 95

There were milestones aplenty during the life of MF Husain, who died Thursday at London’s Royal Brompton Hospital at the age of 95. Here’s a chronology: * September 17, 1915: Born in Pandharpur in Maharashtra to Zunaib and Fida. His [...]