New Delhi: Japanese car giant Nissan will recall 22,188 units of its small car Micra and sedan Sunny in India due to faulty braking system, as part of a global exercise to rectify the problem.
The company's wholly-owned subsidiary Nissan Motor India will recall the vehicles, which were produced between June 2012 and March 2013.
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10:52 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: Months after he was arrested for burglary in his own house, an 18-year-old boy allegedly made a plan to take revenge against his businessman father by implicating him in a rape case. However, within two days of a woman filing a complaint against his father of raping her, police managed to unravel the conspiracy. The teenage son Harkesh was angry at his father, Ashok, for "beating his mother...
02:09 AM, May 26, 2013
Oklahoma: The people of the Oklahoma town where a deadly tornado struck could use just about everything - cleaning supplies, food, water, shelter. Thirteen-year-old Halle Carr thought residents of her hometown could also use a hug after the twister Monday that killed 24 people in Moore. Halle has been standing on a corner with a white sign that reads: "Need a hug? I am here!" And people are taking her...
11:20 AM, May 25, 2013
Cast: Dev Goel, Adaah Sharma Director: Jyotin Goel Rating: None Shammi and Priyanka, played by newcomer Dev Goel and semi-newcomer Adaah Sharma, are chaddi-buddies. To prove it, he even flashes his chaddi in her face. Thankfully, he isn't wearing it when this occurs. This is one of the many irreverent scenes showing the couple's comfort level that keeps recurring with discomforting frequency in the film with the potential to make...
10:52 AM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: A casual mention of a lost Aadhaar card in public saw government machinery go on an overdrive and its holder got a duplicate card in less than an hour. And the beneficiary of this efficiency - an issue over which government departments often faced criticism - was none other than Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia. Ahluwalia, who was the chief guest at the Aadhaar card issuing...
10:12 AM, May 25, 2013
Next week's Memorial tournament at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio will feature one of the season's strongest fields with the world's top six players all taking part in the PGA Tour event hosted by Jack Nicklaus. Top-ranked Tiger Woods will be back to defend the title he claimed by two shots last year while Rory McIlroy (second), Adam Scott (third), 2010 champion Justin Rose (fourth), Brandt Snedeker (fifth) and Luke...
09:34 AM, May 25, 2013
While Baz Luhrmann's 3D film adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' hit Indian theatres on the May 17, here's the director himself along with his cast - Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire - talking about the challenges of creating Fitzgerald's Jazz age of the 1920s. ...
01:40 PM, May 24, 2013
Ron Burgundy is back! Will Ferrell returns as the classiest news anchor in San Diego for 'Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues'. Actors Steve Carell and Paul Rudd too reprise their roles as part of the Channel 4 news team for the sequel to the 2004 hit comedy. While the film hits theaters later this year, here's a sneak peek for now. ...
01:35 PM, May 24, 2013
As Sanjay Dutt serves his jail term in Yerwada prison in Pune, his film 'Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke' also releases this Friday along with 'Fast and Furious 6' and Preity Zinta's maiden production 'Ishkq in Paris'. ...
09:57 AM, May 24, 2013
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian billionaire Vincent Tan is exploring an IPO of U.K football team Cardiff City as early as this year, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in a deal that would follow the team's recent promotion to the Premier League. Cardiff City would be the second Premier League team to float shares in the past year, after Manchester United (MANU.N) listed on the New York Stock, raising...
09:29 AM, May 24, 2013
Attapadi: 22 infant deaths in four months due to poor nutrition and inadequate healthcare has left the tribal belt of Attapadi in Kerala devastated. The tribal belt of Attapadi in Kerala has never had it so bad. "I was only eight months pregnant. The delivery was unexpected and at night we did not have a vehicle to go to the hospital too," said Selvi, who just her twin children at...
08:04 AM, May 24, 2013
Taiwan's world boxing chief (AIBA) President Ching-kuo Wu announced his intention to run for International Olympic Committee president on Thursday, saying the Olympic movement should be bigger than just the Games. IOC Executive Board member Wu is the fourth IOC member following Germany's Thomas Bach and Singaporean Ng Ser Miang, both IOC vice presidents, and Puerto Rico's Richard Carrion to decide to run for the post. The election is set...
01:55 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: Detailing economic growth during the UPA regime, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday the slowdown in 2012 was "temporary" and a longer term view would show that India has notched up an average "8 per cent growth" in the past nine years. The prime minister, presenting the ruling United Progressive Alliance-II's report card, said the economic situation was "turning around" and economic growth rate in 2013-14 could...
02:44 AM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: The UPA government listed ushering the process of digitisation of the cable sector as one of its leading achievements in its report card that was presented to the people on Wednesday. The government said it had implemented digitisation in the Phase I cities of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata along with 38 cities which come under the second phase. It said that by choosing digital cable, the country would...
01:04 AM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: The record loading of 1010 million tonnes freight and slight improvement of punctuality and safety have been listed as major achievements of the Railway Ministry during the year by the UPA government. Besides ongoing rail expansion, execution of Dedicated Freight Corridor work and introduction of bio-toilets have also found mention in the UPA's Report to the People for the year 2012-13. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released the UPA...
12:45 AM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: Free press and active civil society put pressure on the government for early and decisive action in addressing weaknesses in governance and sometimes it leads to "hasty judgement", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday night. "We are the world's largest democracy with a very free Press and an increasingly active civil society movement. These are our strengths," Singh said. "But they do put pressure for early and...
11:24 PM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) termed the UPA's report card as a "non-report card" that hid all the scams and revealed only what was convenient to the ruling dispensation. The Opposition party also lashed out at the UPA for "blaming it for its own failures". "The UPA's report card is a non report card. It hides all the scams and reveals only the convenient. More importantly, Congress is...
11:17 PM, May 22, 2013
Bollywood actress was seen in a teal Gucci gown at the premiere of 'Behind the Candelabra' which stars Hollwyood A-listers like Michael Douglas and Matt Damon. ...
11:14 PM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who was the cynosure of all eyes at the UPA anniversary function in 2012, was conspicuous by his absence on Wednesday. Instead, the pride of place was taken by Bahujan Samaj Party's Satish Chandra Mishra and Brajesh Pathak who did not attend the presentation of the 'Report to the People' but came in time for dinner. No leader or MP from Samajwadi...
10:32 PM, May 22, 2013
