New Delhi: Was the modus operandi of Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Abdul Karim Tunda put to use by terrorists who carried out an explosion in an Israeli Embassy car in New Delhi on Monday? According to preliminary investigation into Monday's incident, terrorists had used low-grade explosive material, including sulphur and pottasium cholorate with sulphuric acid, to detonate the blast, official sources said. This modus operandi was used by Tunda in late...
09:27 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: Expanding its Galaxy Tab portfolio, Samsung has announced to launch its new tablet " the Galaxy Tab (7.0). The tablet will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and is powered by a 1GHz dual core processor. The Galaxy Tab 2 will be available in 3G and WiFi versions. Reportedly, the device will also include 1GB of RAM, a 3 megapixel camera, VGA front camera and HSPA+ connectivity. It...
08:43 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of the Union Budget, Defence Minister AK Antony on Monday said his ministry has spent over 70 per cent of the modernisation funds allocated to it for the current fiscal. The Defence Ministry has been sanctioned Rs 69,199 crore for capital expenditure outlay for finalising acquisition of major items such as 10 C-17 heavy-lift aircraft and 145 ultra-light Howitzers. "Already by December 31, we had spent 66...
07:06 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: The trial of a case involving rape of a Christian nun allegedly by religious fanatics during the 2008 Kandhamal riots in Orissa was stayed on Monday by the Supreme Court on a plea by the victim challenging the prosecution's failure to cross-examine a sub-divisional magistrate. A bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice S S Nijjar stayed the trial while asking the Orissa government and others to respond...
06:52 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-i Insaaf (PTI) chief and former Pakistan cricket team captain Imran Khan came out strongly against Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday, saying that he must step down immediately. Khan was speaking in the aftermath of the Pakistan Supreme Court indicting Gilani for contempt of court over his failure to act on its orders against President Asif Ali Zardari in money laundering cases. "PM Gilani must...
03:15 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan Tehreek-i Insaaf (PTI) chief and legendary cricketer Imran Khan came out strongly against Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday, saying that he must step down immediately. Khan was speaking in the aftermath of the Pakistan Supreme Court indicting Gilani for contempt of court over his failure to act on its orders hauling up President Asif Ali Zardari in money laundering cases. "PM Gilani must step...
03:06 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Mumbai, Last week was indeed flat and positive with NIFTY gaining back almost all that it had lost during the first few days. Immense fund flow clubbed with retail participation helped NIFTY to move above 5400, hinting that the markets are entering another bull phase. NIFTY is on a consolidation mode and it is having a base at 5325 and 5250. The resistance for the NIFTY will be at 5450...
02:27 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood celebrities and singers expressed grief over the sudden demise of legendary singer Whitney Houston, terming it as "a great loss" to the music industry. Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Akshay Kumar and Bipasha Basu took to Twitter to remember the 'I Will Always Love You' singer. Priyanka, who will be attending the Grammy Awards for the first time tonight, said, "LA bound... the Grammys will be sad... Such...
01:18 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Rio de Janeiro in Brazil will have a different kind of carnival this year. From June 20 to 22, the city will host the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, which is expected to bring together heads of states, ministers, senior officials, representatives from international organisations, civil society leaders and environmentalists. Since the conference is a 20th year follow-up of the most famous environmental meeting held in the recent decades"the...
12:55 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Forget Left unity, the two Communist parties in Kerala have been at each other's throats for a while now. It has reached a crescendo with the smaller of the two, the Communist Party of India (CPI) warning "big brother" Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) to immediately stop abusing it. "Don't provoke us, we give you an ultimatum that please stop uttering abuses against us. We will not take it...
12:27 PM, Feb 13, 2012
BANGALORE: Bangalore University Vice-Chancellor Dr N Prabhu Dev has woken up to the fact that the varsity houses scrap items worth at least Rs 5 crore. In response to the report published in The New Indian Express on Saturday, Prabhu Dev called in to say that he would look into the matter seriously. I am shocked and surprised to learn that BU has scrap-items worth crores. I will take it...
11:13 AM, Feb 13, 2012
New York: Apple Inc has asked a federal court in California to block Samsung Electronics Co Ltd from selling its new Galaxy Nexus smartphones, alleging patent violations. In a suit filed last week in San Jose, Apple said the Galaxy Nexus infringes on patents underlying features customers expect from its products. Those include the ability to unlock phones by sliding an image and to search for information by voice. Samsung...
11:05 AM, Feb 13, 2012
London: Serbia did just fine without Novak Djovokic in the Davis Cup, while Russia's shorthanded team was surprisingly eliminated by Austria on Sunday. Serbia swept the reverse singles against Sweden to complete a 4-1 victory at home and set up a quarter-final against the Czech Republic, with Janko Tipsarevic clinching the win by beating Michael Ryderstedt of Sweden 6-2, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Dusan Lajovic then defeated Sweden's Filip Prpic 6-4,...
10:07 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Cairo: Syrian forces resumed their bombardment of the city of Homs on Monday after Arab countries called for UN peacekeepers and pledged their firm support for the opposition battling President Bashar al-Assad. Opposition campaigners said tank fire was concentrated on two large Sunni Muslim neighbourhoods that have been at the forefront of opposition to Assad. They said 23 people were killed on Sunday after a lull in shelling the previous...
09:11 AM, Feb 13, 2012
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