India ended a three-match losing streak against Great Britain by beating them 3-1 at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Sunday to secure a bronze medal, which is exactly the kind of boost Michael Nobbs's men needed ahead of the Olympics in July-August. India went into the match having lost to the Britons thrice - twice at the London Olympics test event and once in the league phase...
05:28 PM, Jun 03, 2012
The Kolkata Knight Riders' fans savour their team's win over Chennai Super Kings, which won KKR their maiden IPL trophy. ...
12:53 AM, May 28, 2012
Mumbai: Parents are always a suspicious lot when it comes to their teenage children. But the degrees make all the difference between the unwarranted and the acceptable, as this incident proves. An innocuous lift given by an 18-year-old girl to a stranded commuter during a rickshaw strike ended with the unsuspecting commuter being pounded by the girl's family, who suspected they were having an affair. The girl is the daughter...
01:18 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Mumbai: Sujoy Ghosh, who started his career with the hit film 'Jhankaar Beats' in 2003, now plans to make a sequel to the musical. He says he has a story in place and will make it with the same cast. "We wanted to make a sequel from quite some time. But now I have a story, which I would be comfortable turning into a sequel. I think 'Jhankaar Beats' was...
02:10 PM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: If rumours are to be believed, HTC is planning to come up with its music streaming service. According to GigaOm, HTC, which acquired a substantial stake in Beats Audio, a company started by Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre last year, is said to be working with Iovine to develop a streaming service that is believed to be offered as a default music client on HTC phones and tablets....
01:05 PM, Feb 15, 2012
Thane: A traffic constable of the Thane district rural police was allegedly bashed up by a rickshaw driver at the Dahisar check post, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place last evening when Ganesh Madhukar Pawar, who was part of the traffic police team deployed to regulate traffic at the crowded Dahisar naka along with officials of RTO was carrying checks when a auto rickshaw driver objected to the...
02:04 PM, Feb 14, 2012
Shanghai: A whirlwind of pillows bearing the names of bosses and teachers filled the air as hundreds of Chinese gathered to blow off stress in Shanghai, staging a massive pillow battle. The annual event marked its fifth year with such a surge in interest from stressed young office workers and students that organizers held two nights of pillow fighting before Christmas Day and plan another for Dec 30. "Nowadays there...
12:59 PM, Dec 26, 2011
Karl Slym Age: 49 Designation: Managing Director, General Motors, India Past Career: Started at Toyota as a senior manager, moved to GM in 1995 and has held various roles across geographies like director of manufacturing in Gliwice, Poland. He then went to GM in the US and Canada and later became head of quality, APAC-Seoul Future Strategy: To exceed customers expectations Interests: Music, Bollywood, cricket and traveling I came here...
01:30 PM, Dec 08, 2011
London: Beatles legend George Harrison's sister Louise says she is writing a book about the guitarist and his famous bandmates. Louise Harrison is the older sister of the late guitarist - who died of lung cancer ten years ago on November 29 - at the age of 58. She said that she wants to tell the real story of her brother and his famous bandmates, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and...
06:40 PM, Dec 01, 2011
London: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have launched a new stamp range featuring the likes of the 20 most famous vegetarians of all-time, including veteran singer Sir Paul McCartney. McCartney along with Natalie Portman, Pamela Anderson and Morrissey have agreed to feature on the stamp which will be released in the US Tuesday. "These are very influential people, and not everyone knows that these folks are vegetarian,"...
12:19 PM, Nov 29, 2011
Mumbai: In April 2010, volcanic ash from the eruption of the hard to pronounce Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, threw global airline traffic and business into disarray, causing billions of dollars worth of losses. One man, however, was not so sad by the turn of events. He was the only daredevil to fly over the volcano for four consecutive days and shoot photos and videos that the world got to see. The...
01:05 PM, Nov 19, 2011
New York: HTC Corp said its latest smartphone, the Rezound, will be its first US phone to include audio technology from Beats Electronics, a company it took control of earlier this year. The Rezound will go on sale at No. 1 US mobile service Verizon Wireless on November 14 for $299.99, including a Beats branded headset. But the device, which runs on Google Inc Android software, will have stiff competition...
09:08 AM, Nov 04, 2011
Dharamshala: The two day Tibet film festival concluded here with the screening of award-winning film The Sun Beaten Path by Sonthar Gyal. The annual event was dedicated to Dhondup Wangchen, who is serving a six-year jail term in China for his documentary Leaving Fear Behind. The festival was held simultaneously in two cities, Dharamshala and Zurich from October 28 30, 2011. One of the organisers of the Festival Nyima Dhondup...
03:01 PM, Nov 01, 2011
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"I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" - Voltaire The very foundation of ...
06:19 PM, Oct 13, 2011
London: Paul McCartney married for the third time on Sunday, exchanging vows with American heiress Nancy Shevell at the same London register office where the former Beatle wed his first wife Linda in 1969. The beaming couple emerged from the grey-stone Old Marylebone Town Hall to confetti and cheers from dozens of fans who had waited hours to catch a glimpse of the music legend and his new wife. Brunette...
11:57 AM, Oct 10, 2011
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