Articles By: MainStreetMantra Desk

TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR: Mark Zuckerberg

SOCIALLY ACTIVE Time magazine has picked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as its annual Person of the Year, the figure it believes had the most influence on events in 2010. The 26-year-old billionaire was the subject of a 2010 film, The Social Network, charting Facebook’s rise. Wikileaks founder Julian...
December 15th, 2010 | COMMUNITY | Read More

CYBER WARFARE: Wikileaks Strikes back, Assange aressted

TO KILL THE MESSENGER Web attacks on the Mastercard site have disrupted payments. The site is among several targeted by the Anonymous group of hackers, who have pledged to pursue firms that have withdrawn services from Wikileaks. Mastercard, which stopped processing payments to the whistle-blowing site,...
December 8th, 2010 | NATION | Read More

BOLLYWOOD BEAUTIES AT WAR: Kareena and Priyanka

KAREENA & PRIYANKA AT WAR The B-town beauties, Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor, who don’t see eye to eye over Shahid Kapoor didn’t leave the golden opportunity to take digs at each other on Karan Johar’s controversial show Koffee with Karan. Kareena Kapoor who came along with...
December 7th, 2010 | LIFESTYLE | Read More

OBAMA IN INDIA: Focus on Economy and Security

FUN TIME IN MUMBAI US President Barack Obama has announced $10bn (£6.2bn) in new trade deals with India. He was speaking in Mumbai at the start of a 10-day Asian tour designed to boost US exports and create jobs. Obama also announced an easing of US export controls and rejected caricatures of India...
November 7th, 2010 | BUSINESS | Read More

INDONESIA: Tsunami strikes again killing over four hundred

HARD TO COMPREHEND The death toll from a tsunami that hit several remote islands in Indonesia has risen to at least 400, officials say. Rescue teams on the Mentawai islands say hundreds are still missing, two days after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami in western Sumatra. Officials say...
October 27th, 2010 | WORLD | Read More

COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010: Begin in India

LET THE GAMES BEGIN The 2010 Commonwealth Games have begun with a spectacular opening ceremony in Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Athletes from the 71 competing nations joined in a parade that began with 2006 hosts Australia and ended with India. Prince Charles and Indian president Pratibha Patil...
October 4th, 2010 | WORLD | Read More

THE LAST U.S. COMBAT BRIGADE: Comes back home

TIME TO LEAVE US military vehicles leave the country through Kuwait The last US combat brigade in Iraq has left the country, seven years after the US-led invasion. The 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, began crossing by land into Kuwait in the early hours of Thursday, a military spokesman said. Some...
August 21st, 2010 | NATION | Read More

PAKISTAN FLOODS: IMF Reviews ‘Massive Challange’

A GRIM SITUATION The International Monetary Fund says the floods that have struck Pakistan pose a “massive economic challenge” and it will review the country’s budget and financial prospects. The IMF will start talks with Pakistani officials in Washington on Monday to assess how best...
August 21st, 2010 | WORLD | Read More

CONGRESSWOMAN DINA TITUS: On Main Street Mantra

THE CORE ISSUES Congresswoman Dina Titus on Main Street Mantra with Ajay Dayal. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Congresswoman Dina Titus addressed the...
August 20th, 2010 | COMMUNITY | Read More

CENSUS 2010: Thank you event for Nevada teams

IT'S IN OUR HANDS Census 2010 teams were invited to a thank you lunch at Palace Station on 21st August ‘10, as gesture of Mission Accomplished after having all the teams worked really hard to created awareness for Census 2010 and its benefits for our state. One of the teams was Southern Nevada...
August 20th, 2010 | LEGAL, NATION | Read More