New Delhi: Already under fire for rising dengue cases, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is in the spotlight now for the money spent on its official website. An RTI query has shown that in the last eight years, the MCD has spent close to Rs 12 crore in making its website and even then the site is yet to be completed. "I asked MCD officers to give me some information...
09:56 PM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has been directed by a Delhi court to appear in person on November 9 in a defamation case filed by her against city Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Vijender Gupta. Sheila had filed a defamation suit when Vijender Gupta called her "villain" and "cheat" before the MCD elections in April 2012. Metropolitan magistrate Saumya Chauhan had earlier summoned Gupta on Dikshit's complaint. While...
11:57 AM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: A nine-year-old girl died of dengue on Saturday in the Sangam Vihar area of Delhi. This is the first case of death caused by dengue in the national capital this year. The girl was admitted in a government hospital last week, but after her condition worsened, she was shifted to AIIMS. The figures by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi say that there have been approximately 60-70 cases of...
09:02 AM, Sep 29, 2012
London: The appetite centres of children's brains light up when they are shown advertising images such as the McDonald's logo, a study reveals. Researchers revealed that the same areas do not respond to well-known logos that are not to do with food, The Independent reported. It suggests that fast-food firms are tapping into the reward areas of the brain, and that these develop before the regions that provide self-control, leading...
04:40 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Islamabad: A man and his wife were not allowed to sit beside each other at a McDonalds outlet in Pakistan by managers, who told the couple that such behavior would have a negative impact on the "Islamic family atmosphere" of the outlet. Noman Ansari, an exporter, said the incident occurred at a McDonalds outlet in Karachi on Sunday when he and his wife decided to stop for a drink while...
03:26 PM, Sep 12, 2012
New Delhi: Taking a break from its tradition, fast food chain McDonald's on Tuesday said it will launch all-vegetarian restaurants in various pilgrimage sites across India with the first outlet opening in Amritsar by middle of next year. "Opening all-vegetarian restaurant is in our plans and the first outlet is on the pipeline. The first outlet will be opened in Amritsar by middle of next year," a McDonald's India North...
08:40 PM, Sep 04, 2012
McDermott's decision to quit after a year as Australia's bowling coach in May was a major blow for the Aussies. ...
05:50 PM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: The water level in the Yamuna has been rising steadily due to the incessant rains in the capital for the past five days. The government, however, says there is no need to panic as yet. No evacuations have been ordered so far. Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court has directed the government to set up a committee to solve the problem of waterlogging. The Committee will have a representative...
02:46 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Craig McDermott's son Alister has replaced injured bowler Clint McKay for the ODI series against Pakistan. ...
01:41 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Mumbai: If this was the fast food joints idea of introducing some iron into its junk fare, then it at least managed to rivet the attention of Ruchika Pandey, though not in a favourable way. The 41-year-old NRI discovered a half-inch nail while chomping on a burger at a McDonalds outlet in Malad (W). The Dubai resident has filed a police complaint. Ruchika was at the Infiniti mall eatery around...
05:03 PM, Aug 08, 2012
The 44-year-old de Winter is currently assistant coach of Tasmania and head coach of the Hobart Hurricanes. ...
12:47 PM, Aug 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Delhi Government, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the NDMC on public smoking after a PIL was filed with the court against illegal hookah bars. The PIL had pointed out that there are bars in Delhi without license to serve hookah. World Lung Foundation had asked that smoking in public places should be banned. The government is...
01:14 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Lytham St. Annes, England: The ball tumbled over the edge of a pot bunker and appeared to put Adam Scott in the worst spot he had been all day at the British Open. All he saw was opportunity. From the wet sand right of the 17th green, Scott had to clear two more pot bunkers to reach the green, with the flag only five paces from the edge. Scott was...
08:13 AM, Jul 22, 2012
Orlando, Florida: Though disappointed at his dramatic finish at The Olympic Club on Sunday, former US Open champion Graeme McDowell is targeting next month's Open Championship at Royal Lytham and St Annes. The Northern Irishman was in with a chance to beat eventual US Open winner Webb Simpson but ended up seeing his 24-feet birdie putt at the last slip by the hole. However, McDowell has taken confidence from his...
03:18 PM, Jun 19, 2012
I live in a flat of a posh, prestigious, populous, well designed and well planned DDA colony. One day responding to doorbell I confronted a ...
03:43 PM, Jun 18, 2012
San Francisco: Webb Simpson won the US Open and put two more names into the graveyard of champions. Overlooked for so much of the week, Simpson emerged on a fog-filled Sunday at The Olympic Club with four birdies around the turn and a tough chip out of a hole to the right of the 18th green that he converted into par for a 2-under 68. He finished at 1-over 281,...
08:44 AM, Jun 18, 2012
New York: The bittersweet musical 'Once' captured the hearts of Tony Award voters on Sunday night, winning eight trophies and earning bragging rights as the top musical on Broadway, even as most shows came away with at least something to crow about. "It's just amazing," said Cristin Milioti, the female lead in 'Once,' of her show's Tony haul, as she made a quick trip through the elaborate food stations at...
11:17 AM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: Google 'Madagascar' and two of your top three results will not be the country that lies off the coast of southeast Africa, but the DreamWorks Animation movie franchise. The first two installments have earned more than $1.1 billion worldwide. The third, 'Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted,' opens in theaters on June 8, the beginning salvo in a global release strategy that continues throughout the summer. A spinoff movie...
04:04 PM, Jun 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to hand out a compensation of Rs 3,000 to an RTI applicant for providing "misleading information" which caused her mental and physical harassment. Laxmi Aggarwal had filed a right to information (RTI) application with the DDA on March 11, 2011, inquiring the time of de-sealing and demolition of an unauthorised construction on the fifth floor of a...
03:48 AM, May 31, 2012
Bichel does not want to be Australia's next bowling coach because of the heavy demands of touring. ...
10:05 PM, May 18, 2012
