New Delhi: India had flagged its concerns about Chinese construction activity in Pakistan-administered Kashmir during talks between Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said in Delhi on Tuesday.
"Chinese construction activity in PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) is a cause of concern for us. We raised the issue during talks... We flagged our concerns... We were assured they are development projects," Khurshid told reporters here on the sidelines of an event.
Answering a query, he said the South China Sea had not figured in talks between Li and Manmohan Singh.
Khurshid said India and China had held very "specific" discussions without "shying away from anything"....
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03:51 AM, May 22, 2013
New York: The magnitude-8.6 earthquake that struck the Indian Ocean in 2012 may have had a calming effect on the other quakes in the world, a new study has claimed. The powerful quake near Sumatra, Indonesia, seemed to have actually quietened the global earthquakes, according to two reports presented at the Seismological Society of America's annual meeting in Salt Lake City. The April 11, 2012 quake was the largest strike-slip...
05:16 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will have to do a balancing act when he presents the budget on Monday with revenues falling due to ban on mining activity and some of the recent measures taken by the government putting strain on state finances. ...
05:53 AM, Mar 16, 2013
Seismic activity has been detected in North Korea with an earthquake measuring 4.9 registered by the US Geological Survey. North Korea is not prone to seismic activity and it could possibly indicating that the country has carried out a promised nuclear test. ...
09:15 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Both high and low levels of physical activities can speed up damage to the knee cartilage among the middle-aged, says a new study. ...
02:35 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Los Angeles: After the box-office success of 'Paranormal Activity 4', Paramount has announced that the fifth installment of the film will hit the screens next year on Halloween. Christopher Landon, son of Hollywood legend Michael Landon, will helm the project, reported Dealine. "This will be an off-shoot aimed at the groups who have been the biggest supporters of the property - Latinos and folks in Latin America - Mexico, Brazil,...
10:33 AM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: The teaser of Ram Gopal Varmas Bhoot Returns is out now. While the first poster of the film featured optical illusions, the first teaser displayed striking similarities with Paranormal Activity. Bhoot Returns was earlier named as Bhoot 2, some reports even suggested its name as Bhoooo, but the poster confirmed the name. The striking similarities with Paranormal Activity are due to the treatment of Bhoot returns. Written and...
03:19 PM, Sep 05, 2012
As many as 1.5 billion people, across the globe, could be affected by coronary heart disease, diabetes, some types of cancer, several other diseases, and even premature death; all because they lack physical activity. India Male 19.9 Female 19.9 For India, its developing state, keeps it occupied, and its physical inactivity level is much lower compared to anywhere else in the world. Fifty-eight percent of the population still works on...
11:29 AM, Aug 08, 2012
New Delhi: Fourth film in the 'Paranormal Activity' series is all set to hit the screens. Katie Featherston and Mia Rose Frampton play the lead roles in the film directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost. It will be released on October 19, 2012. Watch the spooky trailer of the film here... ...
11:03 AM, Aug 03, 2012
New Delhi: Two workers at the Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station in Rajasthan have suffered exposure to high doses of radioactive tritium and are under observation. The incident took place on June 23 at Unit 5 of the plant during routine maintenance work. "There was no abnormal release of radioactivity to the environment," Nalinish Nagaich, Executive Director, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited said from Mumbai. He said there was localised...
05:38 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Jythesh Achary is a music producer and suffers from Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Achary tells how he discovered about the disorder and fought it to live a normal life. Also get to know how dogs are the best stress busters. ...
12:56 PM, Jun 17, 2012
New Delhi: Search engine Google has launched 'Account Activity' -- a new service that collates activities of users on all Google-owned sites including the popular 'Gmail' and 'YouTube' offerings. The service would provide information to the users on a monthly basis. "Sometimes it's helpful to step back and take stock of what you're doing online...If you sign up (for Account Activity), each month we'll send you a link to a...
11:22 PM, Mar 29, 2012
Los Angeles: Following the big success of 'Paranormal Activity 3' in 2011, Paramount Pictures has planned to release its follow-up in 2012. The studio issued a press release on January 2 saying the fourth instalment of supernatural horror film will unleash this year along with some other potential big movies, reported Aceshowbiz. "In 2012, Paramount's release slate highlights include 'World War Z', a zombie thriller starring Brad Pitt and directed...
04:17 PM, Jan 04, 2012
New Delhi: There was no release of radiation from the sole medical device containing radioactive material in the AMRI Hospital in Kolkata where a massive fire broke out this morning, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board said. A High Dose Rate brachytherapy unit with radioactive Iridium-192 as source was situated in the lower basement of the Kolkata Hospital where the fire broke out, AERB secretary R Bhattacharya said in a statement....
08:41 PM, Dec 09, 2011
New York: 'Puss in Boots' opened with a solid if not spectacular $34 million, which was still good enough for a Halloween weekend record. The 3-D animated family film, spun off from DreamWorks' 'Shrek' franchise, will hope to stay frisky next weekend and beyond to capitalise on largely positive reviews and audience reaction. The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross,...
12:01 PM, Nov 01, 2011
Los Angeles: Horror movie 'Paranormal Activity 3' jolted awake a sleepy movie box office with an estimated $80 million in global ticket sales over the weekend. The third installment of the low-budget haunted house movies topped domestic charts with $54 million from U.S. and Canadian theatres, the highest-grossing domestic debut for a horror film and a record for an October release. The movie added $26 million from international markets over...
01:46 PM, Oct 24, 2011
This week on Now Showing, Rajeev Masand review the three Hollywood releases including 'The Whistleblower' and 'Last Night'. ...
09:21 AM, Oct 22, 2011
Cast: Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown, Christopher Nicholas Smith Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman 'Paranormal Activity 3' is neither as genuinely chilling as the first film, nor does it pack as many cheap thrills as the second one did. A few jolts aside, this is largely a disappointment. The film is essentially a prequel, backtracking all the way to 1988 to reveal what it is exactly that's been haunting sisters...
11:21 PM, Oct 21, 2011
Rajeev Masand says 'Paranormal Activity 3' is disappointing. What do you think? Write your review and win prizes.
11:12 PM, Oct 21, 2011
