Los Angeles: Superhero movie Captain America: The First Avenger triumphed at the U.S. and Canadian box offices with $65.8 million in weekend ticket sales as the magic faded from the final Harry Potter film's record-breaking debut. The strong opening for Captain America topped expectations in its battle against the hugely successful Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, which saw its massive opening-weekend audience from last week shrink...
12:29 PM, Jul 25, 2011
London: Captain Planet is the latest kids' cartoon character to get a big screen makeover. The animated show, which ran between 1990 and 1996, focused on an environment-saving superhero, a character created by media mogul Ted Turner, reported Contactmusic. The tycoon's production company is teaming up with Transformers producer Don Murphy to bring Captain Planet and the Planeteers to life in a live-action adventure. "We are extremely excited about bringing...
03:35 PM, Jul 20, 2011
New Delhi: After going through the worst situation for the last ten months, the families of the sailors on board MV Suez finally found a reason to smile, but twenty four hours later, they received a rude shock. The sailors were attacked by a group of pirates who they were able to fight off. The attack which lasted for about an hour left one person injured, though the ship is...
09:01 PM, Jun 15, 2011
New Delhi:Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh dhoni isn't 30 yet but he is already one of India's most iconic figures. From being an inspiration to millions, Dhoni is now the subject of a management curriculum. Be it the historic first on a sunny afternoon in Johannesburg or the mighty heave that landed the trophy that an entire nation had waited for nearly three decades, MS Dhoni's exemplary leadership skills and...
08:38 AM, May 30, 2011
Johnny Depp is back as Captain Jack Sparrow with 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' this week. ...
08:59 AM, May 20, 2011
Mumbai: It's an emotional homecoming for Ramesh Singh the Captain of merchant ship, Asphalt Venture after seven-month long ordeal in Somalia. In an e-mail interview to CNN-IBN Captain Ramesh Singh recounts the trauma of leaving his colleagues behind and has urged the government to save their colleagues' lives. "...we were extremely happy to be free, but that happiness turned sour when we found that 7 of our colleagues were being ...
10:48 PM, May 06, 2011
New Delhi: The Asphalt Venture hostage crisis is getting more complicated with sources telling CNN-IBN that Somali pirates now want to negotiate directly with the Indian government and not the ship owner. This new demand by the pirates could trigger a major stalemate as the government has maintained that they will not talk to the pirates directly. The government feels the ship owners should continue negotiation for the release of...
08:59 AM, May 06, 2011
New Delhi: Two more pilots, Captain Param Prakash and Captain Anirban Sannigrahi, have been arrested on charges of allegedly using forged documents to obtain commercial pilot licences. Prakash and Sannigrahi were arrested by the police in Delhi on Thursday. Till now 13 pilots have already been arrested since the scam to obtain licences using fake documents came to light earlier in 2011. Civil Aviation Minister Vyalar Ravi has said that ...
11:37 AM, May 05, 2011
Rajdeep Sardesai talks to Aviation Safety Consultant and Former Pilot Captain Mohan Ranganathan about the doctors asking for money to give fitness licences. ...
12:00 AM, Apr 19, 2011
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the country's new Pied Piper. From his hairstyle to his helicopter shot, Dhoni's every single move is followed by millions. Sachin ...
11:59 PM, Apr 07, 2011
New Delhi: Lifting the ICC World Cup trophy has lifted MS Dhoni's brand value too. He is now expected to get almost double his current rates post the win. The ad campaign for a LED television set featuring Dhoni has cost Sony Rs 100 crore. But Sony says it was worth the while. The company has sold more than 2,40,000 sets in the last three months, a jump of over...
11:07 AM, Apr 06, 2011
Ex-DGCA official and three others pilots were arrested by Delhi Police on Saturday in connection with the fake pilot scam. They are accused of helping other pilots to forge their exam results in order to obtain a flying licence. ...
10:37 PM, Mar 26, 2011
New Delhi: An ex-DGCA official and three others were arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with the fake pilot scam on Saturday. They are accused of helping other pilots forge their exam results to obtain a flying licence. Earlier this month, Captain Parminder Gulati and Captain JK Verma were arrested for submitting fake marksheets to get their Airlines Transport Pilot Licences (ATPL). Further investigations have revealed that Captain Verma...
10:03 PM, Mar 26, 2011
From pilots to the DGCA, everyone is being questioned - to reveal just how were licenses given to candidates holding fake documents. ...
09:09 PM, Mar 15, 2011
New Delhi: The fake pilot controversy exposed by CNN-IBN has had a much needed impact. From pilots to the DGCA, everyone is being questioned - to reveal just how were licenses given to candidates holding fake documents. Just a day after CNN-IBN exposed Arjun Giare - an Air India pilot who got his flying license on the basis of fake documents - an embarrassed Civil Aviation Ministry is scrambling for...
08:38 PM, Mar 15, 2011
New Delhi: Airline heads are divided on the fake pilot controversy. Air Deccan CEO Captain GR Gopinath wants tough action against all the alleged fake pilots and people involved in helping them acquire forged licence. He demands that all those found found guilty should be put behind bars. However, Kingfisher Chairman Vijay Mallya claims such incidents are rare. There are individuals either in the flying schools or regulatory authorities who...
03:02 PM, Mar 15, 2011
New Delhi: Google on Tuesday plunged its users 20,000 leagues under the sea with its new innovative doodle to mark French science fiction writer Jules Gabriel Verne's 183rd birthday. The Google logo on February 8 takes the form of the portholes of a submarine with an interactive lever on the side that can be flicked up, down or sideways to plunge the machine deeper into the sea. Through the portholes,...
10:10 AM, Feb 08, 2011
Philadelphia: Captain America's latest foe is deadlier than the Red Skull: suicide. The character armed with his trademark shield faces off against suicide in a new story that publisher Marvel Entertainment released Wednesday for free through its website and app. The toll-free hotline for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is featured in the work, too. John Draper, director of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a network of crisis centers across...
12:24 PM, Jan 13, 2011
