San Francisco: Google is introducing a new tool, designed to make its search engine smarter. The new feature debuting Wednesday draws from a Google-built database of more than 500 million people, places and commonly requested things to provide a summary of vital information alongside the main search results. Google Inc. spent the past two years poring through online encyclopedia Wikipedia, the CIA Factbook and other sources to expand a database...
06:53 AM, May 17, 2012
Seattle: Microsoft Corp unveiled a new design on Thursday for its second-ranked Bing search engine, introducing elements from Facebook and other social networks, as it tries to claw market share from leader Google Inc. Slow off the mark in Internet search, Microsoft has racked up losses of more than $6 billion in its online unit since launching Bing three years ago, but has yet to make a mark on Google's...
11:30 AM, May 11, 2012
Islamabad: A teenage suicide bomber targeted security personnel in a crowded market in the restive Bajaur tribal region of northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 17 people and injuring 42 others, officials said. The security personnel had gathered at a shop at the bazar in Khar, the main town of Bajaur Agency, after conducting a patrol when the teenage attacker approached them and detonated his suicide vest, witnesses told the media....
11:18 AM, May 04, 2012
A student of the Osmania University in Hyderabad was stabbed for supporting a beef festival organised by several student groups opposing "food fascism" in hostels. ...
11:59 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Hyderabad: An ABVP student was stabbed during clashes over a beef festival organised by several student groups in Osmania University opposing "food fascism" in hostels, police said on Monday. The beef festival saw clashes, which saw five students being injured, and even led to vehicles being burnt. The situation in the university was tense as violence continued in the campus past midnight with a group of students attacking the 'C'...
03:40 PM, Apr 16, 2012
The sources said that the government is closely watching the situation after the explosions rocked different areas in Kabul. ...
07:34 PM, Apr 15, 2012
Mogadishu: At least six people, including two of Somalia's top sports officials, were killed when a female suicide bomber struck a ceremony at Mogadishu's national theatre in an attack Islamist rebels said was aimed at assassinating government ministers. Al Shabaab insurgents claimed responsibility for the blast on Wednesday that killed the heads of Somalia's soccer federation and Olympic committee in yet another stark reminder of the fragile security in the...
08:54 AM, Apr 05, 2012
Dhaka: The son of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and 29 others were on Sunday indicted by a special court for a grenade attack in 2004 that killed 24 people. The special court framed the charges against 30 people, including Zia's son Tarique Rahman, who is currently in Britain, Xinhua reported. The court set March 28 for the next hearing in the case. Twenty-four people, including Awami League leader...
08:01 PM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: A 42-year-old lawyer, a relative of Union Minister E Ahamed, was stabbed by unknown motorcycle-borne assailants who snatched his iPhone in New Delhi, police said on Thursday. The incident took place in KG Marg near Maxmuller Bhavan at around 10:15 PM on Wednesday when the victim Ajmal Edappagath, who hails from Kerala's Kannur, was returning to his flat near Patiala House complex from a gymnasium. Ajmal, who practices...
03:56 PM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, whose baritone is well-known, has lent his voice and face to the iconic character of Bheeshma Pitamah in an upcoming animation film 'Mahabharat'. Produced by PEN India, the Hindi film is a 50-crore project with voices from 15 major Bollywood stars. The characters from the epic will also look like the stars dubbing for them. "Amitabh Bachchan has lent his voice to the role of...
11:43 AM, Mar 12, 2012
New York: The New York Police Department targeted Muslim mosques with tactics normally reserved for criminal organisations, according to newly obtained police documents that showed police collecting the license plates of worshippers, monitoring them on surveillance cameras and cataloging sermons through a network of informants. The documents, obtained by The Associated Press, have come to light as the NYPD fends off criticism of its monitoring of Muslim student groups and...
10:51 PM, Feb 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is expected to hear a petition challenging the death penalty given to militant Devender Pal Singh Bhullar. His mercy plea was rejected last year after he was given death penalty in a 1993 car bombing case. The Khalistani militant had been sentenced to death for triggering the 1993 Delhi car bomb attack that killed 12 people. He had filed a mercy petition before President Pratibha...
07:41 AM, Feb 22, 2012
HYDERABAD: Praveen Reddy Jangam, who is battling for life in the intensive care unit of London Royal Hospital after being stabbed eight times in a party brawl recently, regained consciousness a little on Sunday.According to his brother Jayashanker Reddy, Praveen is slowly recognising family members but is unable to speak. He is so weak that doctors, who are closely monitoring his health, have turned down the request of the London...
09:09 AM, Feb 20, 2012
Chennai: Adding to the woes of Sasikala and her family, the Chennai Police on Saturday arrested her husband, Natarajan in connection with a land grabbing case. The case was registered against him in Thanjavur. Sasikala was a close confidante of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for several years. However, in December 2011, she expelled her and her relatives from the AIADMK, which political observers say, was a result of unprecedented...
08:18 PM, Feb 18, 2012
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