
San Francisco: Nintendo Co Ltd has more to prove than ever when it takes the wraps off its highly anticipated "Wii U" gaming console at next week's "E3," the $78.5 billion videogame industry's most important yearly trade show. Gamers and Wall Street analysts alike will be closely watching for the next salvos from Nintendo, Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp - the "big three" of console manufacturers who have been at...

10:32 AM, Jun 02, 2012

The Prime Minister who was in charge of the coal ministry during 2006 to 2009 has been the target of a recent Team Anna's campaign against corruption. ...

10:34 PM, May 31, 2012

Even as the experiment which Balakrishna has admittedly accomplished in 'Adhinayakudu' is yet to be seen on the big screen, we bring you an interesting fact about 'Adithya-999', touted to be a sequel to 'Adithya-369'. The film, to be directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, will go on the floors from June 10. However, the names of the three heroines with whom the actor is going to romance have not been...

04:19 PM, May 31, 2012

New Delhi: A game based on the much-awaited film "Madagascar 3 - Europe's Most Wanted" is set to hit the markets around the movie's release date. The game will be the first product to be launched under a newly-formed partnership between Reliance Home Video and Games in association with Japanese game developer Namco Bandai. To be available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, it will bring a carnival games with...

10:57 AM, May 31, 2012

Viswanathan Anand retained his title with a 2.5-1.5 scoreline against Israel's Boris Gelfand in a tense rapid chess tie-breaker at Moscow. ...

10:58 PM, May 30, 2012

Kolkata was indeed the City of Joy on Tuesday as the Knight Riders returned to their home city having won their first ever Indian Premier League title. ...

10:05 PM, May 29, 2012

Mumbai: None of the new releases managed to generate any interest from the audience over this weekend. The much-praised animation film, 'Arjun " The Warrior Prince' didn't register good numbers apparently owing to lack of proper promotion. Even the more-publicised 'Men In Black 3' and the acclaimed 'Grey' failed to make the numbers. Surprisingly, regional films dominated the weekend. Veteran trade analyst Amod Mehra attributes the dull weekend to the...

03:07 PM, May 29, 2012

Mumbai: Two of the five alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives behind bars in connection with 13/7 bomb blasts case were on Monday arrested in a motorcycle theft case, a senior ATS official said. Terror suspects Naquee Ahmed and Nadeem Shaikh were on Monday arrested for stealing two motorcycles from VP Road and Dongri areas days before the 13/7 bomb blasts, the official said. Both of them were in judicial custody in...

10:50 PM, May 28, 2012

Mumbai: Do you think you can elude the cops by getting rid of your glasses? Twenty six-year-old Wakas Ibrahim Shaikh, an accused in the 13/7 terror blasts case, definitely thinks so. He allegedly underwent a laser operation to get rid of his glasses, in a bid to disguise his look three months after the terror attack which occurred at the Opera House, Zaveri Bazaar, and Dadar (west). The 4,000-page chargesheet,...

07:22 PM, May 28, 2012

Los Angeles: The suits have knocked off the superheroes at the box office. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones' sequel 'Men in Black 3' debuted as the No 1 movie over Memorial Day weekend with $55 million domestically from Friday to Sunday. That bumps Disney's 'The Avengers' into second-place after three blockbuster weekends on top for the superhero sensation. 'The Avengers' took in $37 million over the three days to...

10:56 AM, May 28, 2012

Nairobi: Bharti Airtel said on Sunday it would roll out 3G services in Rwanda in the next quarter and reiterated plans to invest $100 million in the central African country. Airtel launched its mobile services in Rwanda in March, and presently runs a 2G network. It said then that IBM and Ericsson would help build and manage its network. "Although Kigali is currently operating on a 2G network, the company...

01:57 AM, May 28, 2012

Hollywood star Will Smith speaks to Rajeev Masand about the third installment of Men In Black. ...

03:35 PM, May 26, 2012

This week, Rajeev Masand reviews the animation film 'Arjun: The Warrior Prince' and Will Smith-starrer 'Men In Black 3'. ...

01:11 PM, May 26, 2012

Moscow: CSKA Moscow defender Kirill Nababkin was picked for the first time while Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder Magomed Ozdoyev and Spartak Moscow striker Artem Dzyuba were dropped for Russia's final squad for the European Championship on Friday. The 23-man squad was announced by coach Dick Advocaat for the tournament in Poland and Ukraine after Russia held Uruguay to a 1-1 draw in their first of three warm-ups. "The reason I've called...

08:46 AM, May 26, 2012