New Delhi: Delhi government has turned down Delhi Lokayukta's request to send its report against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to the president for review of an earlier decision in a case relating to alleged misrepresentation of facts by her on construction of low-cost flats. In an order in July last year, Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin had recommendation to the president to censure Dikshit for allegedly misrepresenting facts on construction of...
10:45 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Piraeus: Substitute Costas Mitroglou fired Olympiakos to a 2-1 victory over Arsenal in the Champions League on Tuesday, as the Greek champions came from behind with two goals in nine minutes. The London side took the lead against the flow of play in the 38th minute with Tomas Rosicky, set up by Gervinho, who switched to the right, outran two defenders and swung the ball back. Yiannis Maniatis leveled in...
03:22 AM, Dec 05, 2012
Moscow: A Russian woman kept her husband's mummified headless body for three years, believing he will return to life one day as a miracle. Investigators observed that the headless body found in a ditch in central Russia was actually there because of a failed Biblical miracle and not as the result of any murder. The man, a Pentecostal missionary, died of an illness. But his wife, a member of the...
08:31 AM, Nov 20, 2012
Kolkata: Smarting from two consecutive losses, Pune FC will be up against in-form Pailan Arrows in a round five I-League fixture on Friday. Central midfielder Caitano Costa, who was red carded in their match against Churchill Brothers, will not be available as Derick Pereira's boys will look to return to winning ways. Pune FC's bright start to the campaign was halted here against East Bengal before they suffered their second...
09:48 PM, Nov 08, 2012
San Francisco: Twitter CEO Dick Costolo lobbied against exiling Executive Chairman Jack Dorsey in a 2008 power struggle, according to an early investor who shed new light on the management turmoil that for years roiled one of Silicon Valley's drama-ridden companies. Chris Sacca, a former Google executive turned investor, said Costolo - another Twitter investor in 2008 - urged the board to keep hold of Dorsey, who is widely credited...
02:53 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Zurich: FIFA has banned three Guatemalan national team players for life for match fixing. World football's governing body claimed midfielder Guillermo Ramirez Ortega and defenders Yony Wilson Flores Monroy and Gustavo Adolfo Cabrera Marroquin helped fix the results of three matches. The players "have all been banned from taking part in any kind of football-related activity, for life," FIFA said in a statement on Wednesday. Two of the matches were...
01:08 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Vijay Sethupathi and Remya Nambeesan starrer, the latest thriller 'Pizza' has an interesting Australian connection. According to our reports, composer Santhosh Narayanan was invited in Australa by Studio 301 Inc. to record the soundtrack of 'Pizza' with eminent musicians. Sydney symphony orchestra, which includes top musicians like Sandro Costantino and Phil Hartl, who have worked on multiple Hollywood productions and have also worked on several Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning...
07:31 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: On the eve of a key bilateral meeting, Russia said the cost of the next phase of the Kudankulam atomic project would escalate if it has to bear additional liabilities arising from a possible nuclear accident. "If there are several points that require additional assurances, of course, it will require additional money to be paid by India," visiting Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said ahead of the...
01:56 AM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: Renault India on Saturday said it will hike price of its new sports utility vehicle Duster by up to Rs 40,000 from October 1 citing increase in raw material costs and instability in foreign exchange. The company had launched the Duster in July with introductory price of Rs 7.19 lakh for the entry level petrol variant and Rs 7.99 lakh (Ex showroom Delhi) for diesel. "The price for...
03:39 PM, Sep 29, 2012
Coonoor (Tamil Nadu): Commodity planters in south India on Friday sought government help for greater mechanisation to reduce production costs and tackle an acute labour shortage. "The government should allocate substantial funds for mechanisation in the sector to overcome labour shortage and reduce cost of production," United Planters' Association of South India (Upasi) president D. Hegde said at a conference here. Admitting that more research was required to develop indigenous...
04:51 PM, Sep 28, 2012
New Delhi: Japanese auto maker Nissan today said it has decided not to continue its partnership with Bajaj for sourcing of ultra-low cost car, ending months of uncertainty. "We will not be continuing our relationship with Bajaj," a Nissan official said without disclosing reasons, when asked if the company has decided to end the proposed pact to source low cost cars from the Indian automobile firm. When contacted, Bajaj Auto...
12:58 PM, Sep 26, 2012
San Francisco: Twitter will soon roll out a free tool for users to handpick and publish selections of tweets, reflecting the company's commitment to remain a neutral, interactive platform rather than become a media company, CEO Dick Costolo said on Friday. The new tool will allow users, including journalists, to manually curate and display tweets to accompany breaking news events. "We've known for a long time that for events in...
11:35 AM, Sep 22, 2012
Los Angeles: Long before Kevin Costner, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks and Nicole Kidman were Emmy nominees, they were kids who loved watching TV. "I liked Man from Uncle and High Chaparral," Costner said. "I really, really liked that when I was a kid." "I remember the transition from black-and-white to color," continued Costner, who is nominated as both star and producer of the TV movie Hatfields & McCoys. "It like...
03:17 PM, Sep 17, 2012
New Delhi: Apple is spending $167.50 to make each 16GB iPhone 5 that the company sells for $199 (with the standard two-year wireless contract), according to a CNET report citing an initial estimate calculated by research firm UBM TechInsights. The firm dissected the entry-level iPhone 5 and estimated the cost of each of the various components. "The new 4-inch 1136x640 pixel display costs $18 to build, the touch screen $7.50,...
03:19 PM, Sep 15, 2012
New Delhi: With 35 sets and real 3D making, 'Raaz 3' is the costliest film coming out of the Bhatt camp in years, says producer Mukesh Bhatt. More than a decade after their last biggie 'Ghulam', the Bhatt trio of Mukesh, Mahesh and Vikram is back with 'Raaz 3', which is the most expensive film they have made ever since. "Not just in terms of production values but even scale,...
03:34 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Nosara, Costa Rica: A powerful, magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook Costa Rica and a wide swath of Central America on Wednesday. There were no immediate accounts of injuries, but communications were down near the epicenter. The USGS said the 8:42 am quake struck about 38 miles (60 kilometers) from the town of Liberia. It was centered about 25 miles (41 kilometers) below the surface. The magnitude initially was estimated at 7.9. In...
09:14 PM, Sep 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Costa outlet in South Delhi's Green Park is quieter than other cafes. There's comparatively less noise as the people behind the counter can neither speak nor hear. Five years ago, the RJ group began employing such hearing-impaired people at KFC and Costa outlets. Today 145 such employees have made a mark for themselves, thanks to growing corporate social responsibility. Unnikrishnan Santhosh, the CEO of Costa, says, "The...
09:29 AM, Sep 04, 2012
Colorado: The US Geological Survey is reporting that a strong magnitude-7.4 earthquake has struck off the coast of El Salvador and a tsunami warning has been issued. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries after the quake struck at 10:37 pm on Sunday. The earthquake was located 86 miles (138 kilometers) south-southwest of San Miguel, the USGS reported on its web site. The temblor took place at a...
11:35 AM, Aug 27, 2012
The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI), one of the largest accounting bodies in the world, will declare online Inter and Final Result for the examinations held in June, 2012, on Wednesday evening. Candidates can log on to http://examicai.in to view their results. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has, earlier this month, declared the results of the Chartered Accountants Professional Competence and Integrated Professional Competence Examinations held...
02:00 PM, Aug 22, 2012
