Mumbai: Resuming its downfall, the rupee on Tuesday sank by a whopping 90 paise to all-time closing low of 58.77 on massive dollar buying by banks and importers as forex markets became jittery ahead of Fed's decision on continuing monetary stimulus. Capital outflows also affected the market sentiment with FIIs offloading shares worth over Rs 750 crore in two days, amid talks of continuing sell-off in debt as well. Since...
06:55 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Amit Bansal, CEO and co-founder of PurpleLeap, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on how to plan a career in management. Q. They say Management is 90 percent leadership and 10 percent technical skills. can leadership be acquired? Asked by: sundar1950in A. It is true that most of the management is beyond the use of tools (technical skills). However, there is quite a misconception on the concept of leadership. When...
06:52 PM, Jun 18, 2013
London: Steve Johnson of the United States joined Frenchman Nicolas Mahut as a wild card at Wimbledon. The 100th-ranked Johnson from Orange, Calif., will play in the singles at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament for the first time since becoming a full-time professional last summer. He won the ATP Challenger title at Nottingham last week to earn his wild card, which was announced Tuesday. Mahut, loser of the longest match...
06:41 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Hyderabad: A war of words broke out between the main opposition TDP and ruling Congress members in Andhra Pradesh Assembly this afternoon as Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy sought to defend the "tainted ministers," who were under the CBI scanner in Jagan's illegal assets case. The Telugu Desam Party demanded that all tainted ministers be dropped from the Cabinet while the Congress took strong exception to the "tainted" tag....
06:29 PM, Jun 18, 2013
IBNLive Sports gives you Tuesday's round-up of all the latest transfer news and gossip from the leading clubs and top players around the world. Manchester City's new boss Pellegrini targets Robben, Sneijder: Report Manchester City's newly-appointed manager Manuel Pellegrini is planning to bid for Dutch internationals Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder, a report said on Tuesday. Robben and Sneijder were the two players Pellegrini never wanted to sell during his...
06:20 PM, Jun 18, 2013
The Uphaar Cinema fire,occurred on Friday, June 13, 1997 at Uphaar Cinema in Delhi, during the screening of a movie. Trapped inside, 59 people died, mostly due to suffocation, and 103 were seriously injured in the resulting stampede.The families of victims are still grappling with the horrors of that fateful day. Every year, on June 13, these families gather to remember their loved ones. Their quest for justice continues even ...
06:05 PM, Jun 18, 2013
London: England offspinner James Tredwell is bracing for time on the bench as the senior Graeme Swann looks set to return to fitness ahead of Wednesday's ICC Champions Trophy semi-final at The Oval. Neither offspinner has had notable success in the tournament - Tredwell has one wicket at an average of 78 from two matches and Swann a solitary wicket at 50 in his one appearance - but Tredwell has...
05:05 PM, Jun 18, 2013
London: English Premier League team Newcastle United have confirmed the appointment of Joe Kinnear as the club's new director of football. The club confirmed the news on its official website on Tuesday. "The board are pleased to welcome Joe back to the club. Joe has many years of experience working within the game, and this experience will be of great benefit to the club in achieving our objectives over the...
05:04 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Haridwar: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Tuesday said the state, reeling under floods and landslides, is going through a bad phase. He said Kedarnath was the worst hit by floods as thousands of tourists were stranded. Three ITBP personnel and two policemen were killed during a rescue operation in Kedarnath. Bahuguna said all districts in Uttarakhand have been affected by torrential rains and that rescue operations were on. He...
03:49 PM, Jun 18, 2013
London: Indian tennis pair Purav Raja and Divij Sharan advanced to the men's doubles second round of the Wimbledon qualifiers here by winning their match in straight sets. The qualifying fourth seeds on Monday defeated Italian-American pairing Flavio Cipolla and Wayne Odesnik 6-4, 6-2 on the lone grass court major. In the second and final qualification round, they will face Austro-Czech duo Andreas Haider-Maurer and Jiri Vesely for a place...
02:40 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Mumbai: 'Dedh Ishqiya', will go "much further" in intimacy than 'Ishqiya'. Actor Arshad Warsi is said to have some steamy lovemaking scenes with co-star Huma Qureshi, while even Madhuri Dixit has uninhibitedly shot for some cosy scenes with Naseeruddin Shah. For those who saw Abhishek Choubey's 'Ishqiya' three years ago, the film's raw sexual energy between Arshad and Vidya Balan still remains vivid. But according to a source close to...
01:46 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Amid reports surrounding his future with the Premier League champions, Manchester United winger Luis Nani has attracted interest from Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur according to SportsDirect News. Nani's contract at Old Trafford runs out in the summer of 2014, with no new deal yet in place in for the Portugese international. While Arsenal have been linked with move for the 26-year-old for some time, the agency reported that Spurs are...
01:42 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Los Angeles: Actor Tom Hiddleston reportedly will not be reprising his role as Loki in Joss Whedon's 'The Avengers' sequel. The 32-year-old actor, who played villainous Asgardian god Loki in the first film, is unlikely to return for the action blockbuster's 2015 sequel, according to director Joss Whedon, reported Empire magazine. "Everyone is going to be looking for the Loki-Hulk smash moment and you'll be looking for 'quim'. First of...
11:30 AM, Jun 18, 2013
The Bihar Bandh called by the Bharatiya Janata Party two days after the Janata Dal United walked out of the National Democratic Alliance has been partially successful in some parts of Patna. ...
11:01 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Former Toro Ross boss Gerhard Berger believes that Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen could be an ideal replacement for Mark Webber after the Red Bull veteran vacated his Formula One seat at the end of the year. Webber's future has been in serious doubt with Red Bull as his current contract is set to expire at the end of the season. Both Toro Rosso drivers - Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniel Ricciardo...
10:56 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Ganesh, one of the tourists, is stranded at Damta near Yamunotri. People are facing a lot of problems as there is no accommodation, phones are not working except one or two. "We are running short of food and no help is coming from anywhere," he said. ...
10:55 AM, Jun 18, 2013
A slab of a building collapsed in Bhayandar, outskirts of Mumbai. A few people are feared to be trapped in the debris. Five fire brigades and three teams of civic bodies have been called in for rescue work. More deatils awaited. ...
10:45 AM, Jun 18, 2013
1000 of tourists are stranded in various parts of Moradabad as National Highway 24 has been blocked. "If bridges are broken, then there should be another way to go. We are facing a lot of problems and don't know where to go," said one of the tourists. ...
10:22 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Former Formula One commentator Murray Walker has been diagnosed with cancer. Walker has told the BBC he has been diagnosed with a form of lymphatic system cancer, but says the condition is treatable. Walker, who lives in Hampshire, was the voice of Formula 1 for more than 30 years, first with the BBC and then with ITV. Walker became famous for his enthusiastic commentary style. One classic example is: "Unless...
09:24 AM, Jun 18, 2013
McLaren driver Jenson Button believes that his former team-mate Lewis Hamilton will soon gain the pace with Mercedes and will come strong in the upcoming races. Hamilton left McLaren to join Mercedes this season. However, Hamilton's performances has not been that impressive this season. With a number of impressive qualifying displays, the British couldn't clinch good points for Mercedes. But, Button believes that his former team-mate will recover and will...
09:16 AM, Jun 18, 2013
