The Sacramento Kings were sold to a group led by software billionaire Vivek Ranadive, who will become the first Indian-born owner in National Basketball Association history. A Sacramento-based group led by Ranadive signed an agreement to purchase the team from the Maloof family, Mayor Kevin Johnson said May 17 in a news conference.

What is curry? Today, the word describes a bewildering number of spicy vegetable and meat stews from places as far-flung as the Indian subcontinent, the South Pacific, and the Caribbean Islands. There is little agreement about what actually constitutes a curry. And, until recently, how and when curry first appeared was a culinary mystery as well. The term likely derives from kari, the word for sauce in Tamil, a South-Indian language.

– AURORA, Ill. Renowned dancer-choreographer Leela Samson led a troupe of eight in a Bharata Natyam performance at the Metea Valley High School here May 4. “Spanda” was hosted by Natya Dance Theatre. According to a press release from the organizers, "Spanda" refers not only to external movement but also to the inner vibration (naada) that animates all the rhythms of our universe.

A Sterling man has been arrested by the FBI and charged with the federal felony of abusive sexual contact for allegedly fondling a fellow passenger on a flight last month into Reagan National Airport. Now, this was not a passing touch, as alleged in a federal affidavit by FBI Special Agent David Wiegand, and unwanted sexual contact is a serious matter.

Former world number one Vijay Singh sued the PGA Tour for “reckless administration and implementation” of its anti-doping program on May 8, a week after golf’s premier tour dropped a doping case against the Fijian.

Simply put, Indian cuisine presents some of the most satisfying meatless dishes of any in the world, which is why in my relatively short time as a vegetarian I've become something of a regular at Rasika West End in Washington.  But I want to be just as comfortable making Indian dishes at home as I am ordering them out, so I've been studying up.

– JOHANNESBURG South Africa suspended its Chief of State Protocol Ambassador Bruce Koloane after a civilian Airbus carrying guests from India to the wedding of the Gupta family landed at an army airbase. “Preliminary investigations have revealed the need to probe the circumstances under which the clearances for the aircraft to land was secured,” the Department of International Relations and Cooperation said in an emailed statement Thursday.