Beaumont: Two people died and more than 80 people were hurt on Thursday when at least 140 vehicles collided in Southeast Texas in a pileup that left trucks twisted on top of each other and authorities rushing to pull survivors from the wreckage. The collision occurred in extremely foggy conditions at about 8:45 am (local time) Thanksgiving Day on Interstate 10 southwest of Beaumont, a Gulf Coast city about 80...
09:15 AM, Nov 23, 2012
Chicago: General Motors Co. plans to build 500,000 electric vehicles a year by 2017, a company official said. GM plans to meet that goal through a variety of technology including plug-in electrics, pure electrics and hybrids that use the company's eAssist technology, said Mary Barra, GM's senior vice president of global product development, Wednesday. She made the remarks via satellite feed from Detroit to media gathered at GM's Electrification Experience...
02:42 PM, Nov 15, 2012
Deccan Chronicle has failed to provide Rs 100-crore bank guarantee and the Bombay High Court has refused to grant an extension. ...
12:03 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Chennai: A Jeddah-bound Air India flight carrying over 400 passengers was cancelled after it suffered damage when a vehicle hit it. The incident occurred this morning when a tractor carrying passengers' luggage hit the aeroplane on its side, following which the flight was cancelled, airport sources said. The passengers, most of them Haj pilgrims, would be flown to their onward destination in a separate flight later in the day, they...
10:54 AM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: Renault India on Saturday said it will hike price of its new sports utility vehicle Duster by up to Rs 40,000 from October 1 citing increase in raw material costs and instability in foreign exchange. The company had launched the Duster in July with introductory price of Rs 7.19 lakh for the entry level petrol variant and Rs 7.99 lakh (Ex showroom Delhi) for diesel. "The price for...
03:39 PM, Sep 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday ordered that private vehicles on the Gurgaon Expressway will not pay toll taxes between 8.30 am and 10 am and 5.30 pm and 7 pm. The ruling will come into effect at 7 pm on Friday. The private vehicles, however, will be charged from 7 pm onwards, the court order said. ...
01:48 PM, Sep 28, 2012
New Delhi: Now that Kanpur-based cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has been charged with sedition for his cartoons that 'mocked' the country's political class, Parliament and the national emblem, one has to bear in mind that the word "sedition" does not actually figure anywhere in the Indian Constitution. It is an offence against the state as enumerated in the Indian Penal Code which is an 1860 Act ratified by the British to...
12:07 PM, Sep 10, 2012
The invitation to tender and the bid document can be acquired from the BCCI from September 7. ...
11:18 AM, Sep 06, 2012
Shimla: All vehicles, registered outside Himachal Pradesh, will have to pay "green tax" from September 15 for entering the state capital. The National Highways Authority of India has given its nod to the Shimla Municipal Corporation to impose the tax on all vehicles bearing non-Himachal numbers. The contract for collecting the tax has been given to a private company which was selected after an open bidding, a senior SMC official...
10:57 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Kolkata: The Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) would take up with European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) chief Rolf-Dieter Heuer the case of sub-atomic particle boson, derived from an Indian scientist's name, being rendered in lower case. Heuer, director-general of the Geneva-based institute, would be on a two-day visit in Kolkata from September 3 to address an international science conference organised by the Centre for Natural Sciences and Philosophy...
08:23 AM, Sep 02, 2012
London: Scientists have discovered that a tiny particle within a protein allowed humans to become the most intelligent creatures on the planet. Researchers from the University of Colorado found that the protein domain issue known as DUF1220 holds the key to understanding why our brains are so much bigger and more complex than any other animal, the Daily Mail reported. DUF1220 is a protein domain of unknown function that shows...
04:33 AM, Aug 20, 2012
New Delhi: In a world where cricketers and film stars rake in the moolah, a college professor has trumped them all. Dr Ashoke Sen won the biggest jackpot in the world of science, the three million dollar Fundamental Physics Prize, for his work in theoretical physics. It's been four days and the sweets still haven't stopped. The proud scientist says, "The prize is for my work in String Theory. It...
09:38 AM, Aug 05, 2012
Chennai: With a view to prevent any infiltration via the sea route and also to protect beachgoers from anti-social elements, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday announced nine all-terrain vehicles would be provided to the police to patrol, from Marina Beach to the Tiruvanmiyur Beach area. Of the nine vehicles to be procured at a cost of Rs 34.25 lakh, six would be engaged for patrolling along the Marina while...
01:57 PM, Aug 03, 2012
Chennai: The State Transport Department on Thursday submitted the report of a six-member committee constituted to frame a rule fixing the criteria and conditions for running of vehicles used by educational institutions to Home Secretary R Rajagopal on Thursday. The State government will examine the recommendations made by the committee in the coming days and submit the final report comprising tough rules for operating vehicles used by the educational institutions...
12:15 PM, Aug 03, 2012
Ahmedabad: It's an order that will put vehicle owners in Gujarat in a quandary. The High Court has ruled that all vehicles registered in the state should be converted to run on compressed natural gas and it has set a one year deadline for this. The division bench which also includes the Chief Justice says, "The state of Gujarat is directed to pass necessary order compelling owners of all vehicles...
07:15 AM, Jul 26, 2012
The legendary allrounder said that there were misunderstandings with the BCCI but those have been sorted out now. ...
08:20 PM, Jul 25, 2012
The former India captain is expected to return to the official BCCI fold soon. ...
01:27 PM, Jul 25, 2012
Kapil has finally relented on applying for amnesty after "fruitful discussions with the BCCI president". ...
06:37 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Kochi: General Motors India will launch two new vehicles this year despite a "sluggish" market, a top company official said today. Even though the market is sluggish due to high interest rates and soaring petrol prices, GM will launch a new Chevrolet during September-October, and a new multi-purpose vehicle by the end of this year, the company's Vice-President (Corporate Affairs) P Balendran told reporters here. Balendran, here for the launch...
05:25 PM, Jul 11, 2012
