Jaipur: In what is likely to spell trouble for the Rajasthan BJP, the CBI has named Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria in its supplementary chargesheet in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case. Kataria was questioned in connection with the conspiracy that led to the alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, who was accused of being a terrorist. Three others have been charged as well along with Kataria. ...
07:26 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: The 2013 edition of International Indian Film Academy awards (IIFA) will celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema as the three-day Bollywood extravaganza returns to Macau after 2009. Announcing the destination, Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan said he will be performing at the ceremony, which kickstarts from July 4 this year. Abhishek's presence indicates that Bachchan family has mended its differences with the organisers. Bachchans were regular at the ceremony...
05:34 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: Commuters of Delhi Airport Metro, travelling with their families or in groups of two or more, will now get discounts ranging from Rs 20 to Rs 80 per ticket. Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited on Tuesday announced the special discounted 'Family Fares'. Under the new scheme, the current tariff of Rs 180 per person between New Delhi Station and Dwarka will come down to Rs 100 if...
03:47 PM, May 14, 2013
Kabul: An Afghan official says a bomb hidden in a parked motorcycle has ripped through a crowded bazaar in a remote region of the southern Helmand province on Tuesday, killing at least three people and wounding seven. Omer Zawak, the spokesman for the provincial governor, says the explosion occurred today at the market in the village of Safar. Safar is located 70 kilometers (42 miles) from the district centre of...
03:07 PM, May 14, 2013
Srinagar: A government school teacher in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district has been suspended by authorities after he uploaded a picture of small school children massaging his legs on social networking website Facebook. Teacher Bashir Ahmad ran into trouble with the Anantnag district authorities after there was outrage on Facebook over the manner in which he made the kids massage him. The state education director has expressed horror at the...
02:36 PM, May 14, 2013
Muzaffarnagar: Tension gripped Kazikhera village in Muzaffarnagar after several people, including a religious head, were injured when ten persons allegedly attacked people offering prayers inside a place of worship, police said on Tuesday. The accused entered the place of worship on Monday evening to attack a person who was offering prayers inside, police said. The person had a confrontation with one of the accused earlier following which the latter gathered...
01:57 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: Most of us know Mark Zuckerberg as the CEO of Facebook, but there are a lot of interesting facts about this young billionaire that you all must know. Celebrating his 29th birthday, here we bring you 29 interesting facts about him. 1. Type @[4:0] in a Facebook comment, and Mark Zuckerberg's name will appear. 2. You can't block Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook. Go to http://www.facebook.com/zuck and try for...
01:15 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: State-run BHEL on Tuesday said it will invest Rs 500 crore for setting up a manufacturing facility at Bhandara in Maharashtra. "BHEL is setting up a new Power Equipment Fabrication Plant at Bhandara in Maharashtra. The greenfield unit is being set up by the company at an initial investment of Rs 500 Crore and will provide direct employment to about 700 persons," BHEL said in a statement. The...
12:49 PM, May 14, 2013
After making the delightful animation film 'Delhi Safari', director Nikhil Advani is back with a gritty thriller on cross border terrorism. 'D Day' features Irrfan, Arjun Rampal, Huma Quereshi, Shruti Haasan and Rishi Kapoor as a mafia don. Known for making light hearted films like 'Kal Ho Na Ho', 'Chandni Chowk To China', director Nikhil Advani will be experimenting with the thriller genre for the first time in 'D Day'....
09:26 AM, May 14, 2013
Savar: Several of the biggest Western retailers embraced a plan that would require them to pay for factory improvements in Bangladesh as the three-week search for victims of the worst garment-industry disaster in history ended on Monday with the death toll at a staggering 1,127. Bangladesh's government also agreed to allow garment workers to form unions without permission from factory owners. That decision came a day after it announced a...
06:50 AM, May 14, 2013
Dubai: Saudi Arabia has handed over about 15,000 passports of stranded Indian workers, surrendered by Saudi sponsors, to the Indian Embassy in Riyadh, in a bid to resolve cases of immigration law violations. "Most passports, surrendered by sponsors to the Saudi authorities, belong to stranded Indian workers, including those languishing in jails on huroob (absconding) charges or on charges of violation of Saudi residency laws," said Sibi George, deputy chief...
02:49 AM, May 14, 2013
Visakhapatnam: Two girls jumped from a speeding autorickshaw to escape a rape attempt and one of them was severely injured at Paderu in the Vizag agency area on Monday in the wee hours, police said. The girls, both residents of G Madugula area in the district had gone to Paderu on Sunday evening to witness the local Sri Modakondamma festival which began on Sunday, they said. The girls boarded a...
01:10 AM, May 14, 2013
Karachi: An elections observer group in Pakistan has confirmed reports of rigging at some polling stations in Pakistan's biggest city of Karachi. The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has provided statistics supporting reports of rigging at several Karachi polling stations where voter turnout was abnormally high. Since the elections were held on Saturday, the media and many political parties, including Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf and Jamaat-e-Islaami, have alleged rigging...
12:49 AM, May 14, 2013
Jaipur: Soaring petrol prices have forced the Army to look for other options in the SUV variant and it started summer trials of Mahindra Scorpio and Tata Safari in Thar desert in Rajasthan on Monday. The vehicles are being driven by Army drivers to test their endurance, fuel consumption, temperature, cross country drive performance with and without load, power-to-wheel ratio among other factors, Army sources said. Two variants of Mahindra...
10:50 PM, May 13, 2013
Ahmedabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday moved for attachment of property of Additional DG Gujarat PP Pande in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. CBI sources said that Pande had not joined its probe despite repeated attempts by investigation agency. The sources said the CBI will declare Pande an absconder if he didn't join its investigations soon. The CBI already has an arrest warrant from court against...
07:41 PM, May 13, 2013
Karachi: Buoyed by an emphatic win by Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani stock market on Monday surged to a record high after crossing 20,000-level for the first time in history and added nearly Rs 10,000 crore to the investors' wealth. The Karachi Stock Exchange's benchmark index KSE-100 rose to its all-time high of 20,309.36 points on Monday morning with a gain of 1.8 per cent of 359 points, as the General Elections...
05:35 PM, May 13, 2013
Mumbai: Writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar is really looking forward to Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' that features his son, actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar in the lead role. In the film, Farhan plays the 'Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh, the legendary athlete. Javed says the film will be good as it has been helmed by a good director and good writer. "I loved the promos (of 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag') very much and I...
04:29 PM, May 13, 2013
Ram Charan is currently shooting for the film titled 'Toofan'. The film will feature Priyanka Chopra as the lady love of Ram Charan in the film. Apoorva Lakhia is the director of the film. The shooting of the film is inching its completion and is currently in its post production stage. The film will feature Prakash Raj in a key role in the film. The actor said in an interview,...
02:55 PM, May 13, 2013
Mumbai: Facebook users, especially those accessing the service on Chrome and Firefox browsers, here's something that you ought to take note of. On its Technet blog, Microsoft has revealed that it has received reports about a wave of malware-ridden browser extensions attempting to hijack Facebook profiles. This threat, which they have detected as Trojan:JS/Febipos.A., was first discovered in Brazil. It has been found to be specifically targeting Chrome and Mozilla...
12:13 PM, May 13, 2013
Hyderabad: A civil liberties lawyer, Jaya Vindyala, has been arrested under Section 66A of the IT Act for posting some comments on Facebook allegedly against former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Tamil Nadu Governor Rosaiah and an MLA A Krishna Mohan. The advocate, who is also a member of the People's Union for Civil Liberties, was arrested in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. According to the police, local Congress MLA...
11:25 AM, May 13, 2013
