Masand: 'Crazy Stupid Love' is a touching film Cast: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa 'Crazy Stupid Love' is a funny and touching film with characters so likeable, it's hard to judge them even when they do foolish things. The plot swings into action when happily married Cal (Steve Carell), discovers that his wife Emily (Julianne Moore) has cheated on him with a colleague, and wants a divorce. Moping about in a bar,...  
10:37 PM, Sep 16, 2011

Delhi to cook world's largest 'Baingan Bharta ' New Delhi: After days of fighting for GM free vegetables, Delhi is all set to take the fight to the next level. The worlds biggest GM Free 'Baingan Bharta' will be cooked in Dilli Haat on Tuesday, September 6. Celebrity chefs and television personalities are expected to be a part of the event which is counting on massive participation from the public. This bharta represents the opposition of over 92,000...  
07:00 PM, Sep 05, 2011

MoC: How 24/7 light is powering lives in Gujarat "He is the best of kings who has wisdom, who is possessed of liberality... who is prompt in action, who has his wealth under control, who is high-minded and who vigorously pursues to completion all the work commenced by him." -- Mahabharata Pursuing works to completion, this is not something that Indian politicians are given to doing easily. Once the pomp and show of announcing mega plans fades away, few...  
12:58 PM, Jul 27, 2011

India Unlimited With Sam Pitroda: Part II Behind every big movement lies the germ of a great idea, behind every change the power of a thought now be it governance, society or our systems, changes can only began with an idea. It is to plan these ideas that the nation innovation council is working. The council has set itself the five prompt approach to introduce all round innovation across platform, inclusion drivers and ecosystem. What does all...  
11:01 AM, Jul 13, 2011

Two more arrested in DU admission racket New Delhi: The Crime Branch has arrested two more people in connection with the Delhi University admission racket. Both were employees of the SC/ST Cell of the Delhi University. They have been identified as Neeraj Sharma who is an office assistant and the other is Sanjeev Mahajan. Sources say the two allegedly came in contact with a gang running an admission racket two months ago and used to speak to...  
11:12 AM, Jun 30, 2011

DU fake admission scam: how touts operate New Delhi: Last week the Delhi Police's crime branch busted the fake admission racket at the Delhi University (DU). The parents have now come forward to share how they were cheated by touts and how the university's complicated admission procedure leads unsuspecting students to such racketeers. Delhi police arrested three people in the case. They allegedly got fake caste certificates made for students and got them admission. A student was...  
03:12 PM, Jun 29, 2011

Fake caste certificate scam busted in DU New Delhi: Days after the 100 per cent cut-off nightmare hit Delhi University, an admission racket has been busted, as three people have been arrested for selling fake caste certificates and helping at least 12 students get admission in top notch colleges. One of them is a student who scored 94 per cent and took the route to secure a seat at the prestigious SRCC. Due to the high cut...  
08:42 AM, Jun 26, 2011

Reading made easy: Why just books libraries work Melissa DSilva goes to the library almost every day. For someone who is not a book lover, this is unusual. I dont like to read, she confesses. But I came here to find books on baby care, and things to occupy my mind and time. A few days ago, DSilva had started her maternity leave and boredom was creeping in. So one day, she decided to head to the local...  
12:59 PM, Jun 16, 2011

Global meet in China to discuss desertification
by IANS
Beijing: More than 500 scholars, entrepreneurs and officials from all over the world are expected to meet in China next month to discuss the prevention of "desertification" or desert formation. Desertification is defined as the rapid depletion of plant life and loss of topsoil at desert boundaries and in semi-arid regions, usually caused by a combination of drought and overexploitation of grasses and other vegetation by people. According to experts,...  
11:29 AM, Jun 14, 2011

BJP unfazed by SC order on Karnataka MLAs New Delhi: BJP on Friday remained unfazed by the Supreme Court verdict quashing Karnataka Assembly Speaker's decision disqualifying 11 party MLAs and five Independents and insisted that the BS Yeddyurappa government was in no danger. "The Supreme Court has thrown 11 of these 16 MLAs into the BJP camp. And we have won three by-elections," senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said. Party sources maintained that the 11 BJP MLAs who...  
09:18 PM, May 13, 2011

Disqualification of 16 Karnataka MLAs quashed New Delhi: In a major blow to the ruling BJP in Karnataka, the Supreme Court on Friday quashed the Assembly Speaker's decision to disqualify 16 MLAs ahead of the no confidence motion last year which had ensured survival of the Yeddyurappa government. A bench headed by justice Altamas Kabir while quashing the speaker's decision said basic constitutional values and principles of natural justice were not observed by Speaker K G...  
04:20 PM, May 13, 2011

How to get your own unique identity number
by IANS
New Delhi: With a mammoth exercise on to issue an Aadhar number to each of India's 1.2 billion citizens and interested residents, IANS tracks the process involved for getting what will become a unique identity for people in India to access all public or private services. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) - under the chairmanship of Nandan Nilekani - is the nodal agency, which had appointed registrars across...  
02:46 PM, May 09, 2011

Rome: Pilgrims flock for John Paul beatification Vatican City: Tens of thousands of people from around the world descended on Rome on Saturday for the beatification of Pope John Paul II, six years after his death. "It's almost as if he is here," said Enzo Arzellino, who travelled all night on a bus from southern Italy with his parish group to attend the beatification on Sunday. On Saturday, groups of pilgrims, many from the pope's native Poland,...  
08:01 PM, Apr 30, 2011

Unverified servants a dangerous liability

New Delhi: While one and a half year old Ishaan may have been rescued, the incident has once again highlighted the need for servant verification. Police say most families hesitate to take their servants for a simple verification process and this makes it very difficult for the Police to track a domestic help who may have been involved in a crime. Ishaans mother Gayatri Singh is lucky to have her ...
09:44 PM, Apr 27, 2011

Abducted Delhi boy Ishaan rescued

Delhi Police Commissioner BK Gupta, said no verification of their maid was done by Ishaan's family. ...
09:24 PM, Apr 27, 2011

Obama releases birth form, decries 'silliness' Washington: President Barack Obama says he's releasing his long-form birth certificate because the country doesn't have time for the "distraction" and "silliness" of questions being persistently raised about where he was born. The president spoke at the White House on Wednesday after taking the unexpected step of releasing the document, which supplements Hawaii's official certification of the president's birth there. Obama had released that during the campaign. Polls show large...  
07:30 PM, Apr 27, 2011

Why do pilots pay for fitness licences: former pilot

Rajdeep Sardesai talks to Aviation Safety Consultant and Former Pilot Captain Mohan Ranganathan about the doctors asking for money to give fitness licences. ...
12:00 AM, Apr 19, 2011

Doctor extorts money to declare pilots fit

CNN-IBN's Mike Sangma confronted Dr Akshay Bhalla to find out what he had to say about the accusations against him that he was overcharging pilots to issue medical certificates. ...
10:34 PM, Apr 18, 2011

Fake pilot scam: FAA to de-recognise Dr Bhalla New Delhi: A Delhi-based doctor and the only one in north India authorised by the DGCA to give pilots the mandatory medical clearance to fly is likely to be de-recognised by a top US Aviation regulator. The Federal aviation authority acted after CNN-IBN reported that Dr Bhalla was extorting money from pilots in exchange for the fitness certificate. Everybody wants a bite of the booming aviation pie, even if that...  
08:35 PM, Apr 18, 2011

How to get your Unique Identification Number? New Delhi: The new Unique Identification (UID) number could bring an end to all your ID proof problems. Six hundred million people are expected to get a unique ID number over the next two years. CNN-IBN tells you how to obtain a UID number. First step for getting a UID number is a fingerprint scan of all the fingers. Next, you need to gaze into an optical device which records...  
10:18 AM, Feb 26, 2011