A passenger plane crashed near Kazakhstan's commercial capital of Almaty on Tuesday, killing 20 people, news agencies quoted SCAT airline as saying. ...
02:48 PM, Jan 29, 2013
Two people were killed and a third wounded when gunfire broke out in the parking lot of a community college in the eastern Kentucky mountains, authorities said. Two people were being held, including the alleged shooter who opened fire with a semi-automatic pistol on Tuesday afternoon at the Hazard Community and Technical College, about 90 miles (145 kms) southeast of Lexington, police said. ...
10:23 AM, Jan 16, 2013
Patna: Bihar's first Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlet has been sealed after it was found to be running without a licence, state Food Commissioner Sanjay Kumar said on Friday. "KFC's newly opened outlet was sealed by concerned officials after the franchisee failed to produce a licence to run it," Sanjay Kumar said. "Now, action would be initiated for violating the rule," he said. The outlet, which opened in Patna in...
01:36 PM, Dec 14, 2012
Sussex have confirmed their players were approached to fix a Clydesdale Bank 40 match in 2011. ...
11:51 PM, Nov 17, 2012
Los Angeles: In an upcoming issue of the Superman comic series, his mild-mannered alter ego Clark Kent quits his job as a reporter at The Daily Planet. Kent, who has been with the newspaper since DC Comics debuted the character in 1940, quits in front of the entire newspaper staff after a heated discussion with Morgan Edge, the owner of the Daily Planet's parent company, reported Los Angeles Times. Before...
02:56 PM, Oct 24, 2012
New Delhi: Fast food chain Kentucky's Fried Chicken (KFC) has come under scrutiny in Kerala after a family reportedly found worms in their fried chicken. The incident was reported from an outlet in Thiruvananthapuram. On a complaint, the Food Safety Authority conducted an inspection and found that the outlet didn't maintain adequate sanitation guidelines. Some seized chicken was allegedly as much as five months old. The outlet has been temporarily...
02:00 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Tashkent: India's campaign ended at the USD 125000 Tashkent ATP Challenger on Monday after Davis Cuppers, Yuki Bhambri, Vishnu Vardhan and Sanam Singh got beaten in their respective first round matches here. In the first round matches of the main draw, eighth seeded Karol Beck of Slovakia scored a comfortable 6-1 6-3 win over Yuki, while Russia's Igor Kunitsyn beat Vishnu 6-3 6-4, and in a battle of qualifiers, Oleksandr...
06:16 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Fast food chain Kentucky's Fried Chicken (KFC) has come under scrutiny in Kerala after a family reportedly found worms in their fried chicken. The incident was reported from an outlet in Thiruvananthapuram. On a complaint, the Food Safety Authority conducted an inspection and found that the outlet didn't maintain adequate sanitation guidelines. Some seized chicken was allegedly as much as five months old. The outlet has been temporarily shut...
11:26 AM, Oct 09, 2012
Tashkent: Indian Davis Cuppers, Vishnu Vardhan and Sanam Singh made it to the main draw of USD 125000 Tashkent ATP Challenger after registering contrasting victories against their respective opponents, here on Monday. In the final qualifying round played today, Vishnu, ranked 267 and seeded third in the qualifiers draw, came back from a set down to score a 2-6 6-1 7-6(5) win over Germany's Martin Emmrich in two hours and...
03:45 PM, Oct 08, 2012
All top South African batsmen spent some time out in the middle in a drawn match against Kent. ...
08:41 AM, Jul 16, 2012
Kentucky: Rescue teams and residents combed through storm-wracked towns to assess damage on Saturday from a chain of tornadoes that cut a 1,000-mile swath of destruction from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico, as the death toll crept up to at least 39 people. The fast-moving twisters spawned by massive thunderstorms splintered blocks of homes, damaged schools and a prison, and tossed around vehicles like toys, killing 20 people...
08:39 AM, Mar 04, 2012
Indianapolis: Powerful tornadoes ripped through the US midsection on Friday, killing at least 27 people in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio as they splintered homes, damaged a prison and tossed around vehicles across the region. At least 13 people were killed in southern Indiana, another 12 in neighbouring Kentucky and two more in Ohio from storms that battered a band of states from Ohio to Alabama, officials said. "We are no...
11:51 AM, Mar 03, 2012
London: The owner of a popular Indian eatery joint in Kent has bought an unusual vehicle to ferry his curries around the world - an Iraqi fighter jet. Rob Abdul, who owns Cafe Taj in Gravesend, Kent has started taking flying lessons. Abdul came up with the idea with a pilot friend, has earmarked about 35,000 pounds for buying and restoring the plane, which Abdul says is needed because his...
07:54 PM, Jan 27, 2012
New Orleans: The parents of a 6-year-old American girl who got a pat-down at an airport security checkpoint earlier this month said on Wednesday that there should be different screening procedures for children. Dr Todd and Selena Drexel of Bowling Green, Kentucky, said that daughter Anna was confused by the security procedure at New Orleans airport, a video of which has been widely viewed since the family posted it on...
11:37 AM, Apr 14, 2011
London: 'The Tudor' actor Henry Cavill has replaced Brandon Routh as the new Superman and his alter ego Clark Kent. The 27-year-old will slip into the famous blue tights and a red cape for the 2012's 'Superman: Man of Steel' by Warner Bros for the new reboot, which will be directed by Zack Synder of the 300 film fame, Daily Mail reported. Filming of the Warner Brothers backed film will...
10:49 AM, Feb 01, 2011
New York, Stockholm: The mysterious incident of birds falling from the sky has gone beyond United States now. Dozens of jackdaws were found dead in Sweden after several cases in Kentucky and Louisiana. Five of the dead jackdaws found in the city of Falkoping were being tested. Earlier about 450 black birds and starlings were found dead in Louisiana - after apparently falling dead from the sky. The Louisiana bird...
03:57 PM, Jan 05, 2011
Mumbai: Despite having played a crucial part in his team's comprehensive nine-wicket win with a blazing 82-run knock, Royal Challengers Bangalore opener Chris Gayle credited his team's bowlers for setting up the victory over Mumbai Indians in the IPL 5 on Wednesday. RCB pacer R Vinay Kumar bowled a devastating first spell to reduce Mumbai to 2 for 2 by sending back opener James Franklin and Rohit Sharma in his...
09:17 AM, May 21, 2008
Bridgetown: West Indies coach Ottis Gibson feels the struggling batting line-up of the hosts can rise to the occasion if India are generous enough to give them an achievable target on the final day of the second Test here on Saturday. India ended day four at 229 for three in their second innings and lead by 240 runs with seven wickets remaining. Gibson hoped that India will set them a...
08:52 PM, Feb 08, 2008
An MP cannot raise any question in House for a product that he/she endorses. ...
07:55 PM, Aug 14, 2007
New York City has considered banning trans fatty acids including saturated fat and salt, which is bad for health. ...
09:18 AM, Oct 30, 2006
