The usual dusty small-town India greets us as a small group of people associated with the NGO Caring Friends travel over two-and-a-half days through Aurangabad and Jalna to understand the problems in the region and what help could be given. On the face of it, people seem to be going about their normal life. Where are the signs of distress that we had read in the media? Don't girls and...
11:08 PM, May 06, 2013
Dhaka: Bangladeshi police are investigating possible murder charges against the owner of a shoddily built factory that collapsed nearly two weeks ago after the wife of a garment worker crushed in the accident filed a complaint. The legal development comes as officials on Monday said that the death toll from the country's worst industrial disaster had reached 645. Sheuli Akter, wife of Jahangir Alam, filed the complaint with Dhaka magistrate...
09:58 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath on Monday told the BJP not to "lecture" the Congress on corruption and said Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar would not resign. "There is no question of their resignation. Did Nitin Gadkari resign as president of the BJP? The BJP should not give us lectures on such matters. Our government knows what is to be done and if...
07:59 PM, May 06, 2013
Islamabad: At least 15 people were killed and nearly 70 injured when a bomb ripped through a rally of the right-wing Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) in Pakistan's central Kurram tribal region, ahead of the May 11 General Elections. Assistant Political Agent of central Kurram region, Mohammad Fazal said at least 15 people had died in the incident. Reports said at least 70 people were injured. Political agent Riaz Masood said the...
06:35 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: World football governing body's vice-president Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein on Monday backed India's bid to host the 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup, saying that the country was crucial for the overall development of the game in the continent. "I support India's bid to host the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. India is an important country in Asia and a crucial one for growth of the game," Al Hussein,...
05:56 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: An expanding user count in India and Brazil helped the world's largest social networking site Facebook to increase its monthly active users (MAUs) to a whopping 1.11 billion in the first quarter of 2013. The ubiquitous social networking platform's MAUs rose by 23 per cent in January-March quarter of 2013 compared to the year-ago period. MAUs are a measure of the size of its global active user community....
04:59 PM, May 06, 2013
New York: Professors, please note! While your Facebook profile may help you connect with students, you may have to be careful about what you post on the site! College students judge professors based on their Facebook rofiles, a new study has found. For instance, a professor with a socially oriented Facebook profile may be viewed as more popular but less skilled by potential students than other professors, according to the...
04:57 PM, May 06, 2013
Super star Mahesh Babu has joined Farhan Akhtar's MARD campaign (Men Against Rape and Discrimination). The MARD campaign was started recently by Farhan Akthar, to spread awareness about gender inequality and against the atrocities on women. Veteran lyricist Javed Akthar, father of Farhan Akhtar, has penned down a poem to promote the campaign and it is being translated into different languages. The Southern superstar Mahesh Babu has come forward to...
02:34 PM, May 06, 2013
Film: 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'; Music Director: Pritam; Singers: Benny Dayal, Shefali Alvares, Vishal Dadlani, Shalmali Kholgade, Arijit Singh, Tochi Raina, Rekha Bhardwaj, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sreeram; Rating: **** Packed with fast energetic numbers, the soundtrack of director Ayan Mukerji's forthcoming movie 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' has nine tracks. High on energy and beats, it's an out and out fun and masti album. Though the inclination is towards vibrant and youthful...
01:48 PM, May 06, 2013
New York: Shares of Facebook Inc, which were given a boost last week when the social networking company reported first quarter results that largely met analysts' expectations, may be over valued, financial newspaper Barron's said on Sunday. Facebook closed at $28.31 on Friday, 60 per cent higher than last summer's low-point, but well below its initial public offering price of $38 last May. However, the company is probably worth no...
11:36 AM, May 06, 2013
Mumbai: Pakistani actor-singer Ali Zafar, who has been part of hit Hindi films like 'Tere Bin Laden' and the recent 'Chashme Baddoor' says he likes to experiment and challenge himself. Zafar is four-films-old and has tried to bring variety in his profile early. 'Tere Bin Laden' was a satire, 'Mere Brother Ki Dhulan', a romantic-comedy, 'London Paris New York', again of the same genre and 'Chashme Baddoor', a pure comedy....
09:53 AM, May 06, 2013
Dhaka: Bangladesh's police and paramilitary troops on Sunday night dispersed a huge demonstration by thousands of Islamist protesters after violent clashes in Dhaka left seven people dead and scores injured. "The Motijheel is now under our control...Hefazat-e-Islami has quit the area," a police spokesman told newsmen after a combined force of some 10,000 riot police, elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) troops carried out...
09:24 AM, May 06, 2013
Charlotte: One phone call changed his plans. One shot changed a whole lot more for Derek Ernst. Six days after Ernst received a call that he was in the Wells Fargo Championship as the fourth alternate, the 22-year-old rookie found himself one shot out of the lead and 192 yards away from the flag on the 18th hole, the toughest at Quail Hollow in the cold, wind and rain of...
08:19 AM, May 06, 2013
Dhaka: The wife of a Bangladeshi garment worker who was killed when a building collapsed filed a murder complaint against the building's owner on Sunday as the death toll from the country's worst industrial disaster climbed to 622. Murder complaints were also filed against the owner of one of the garment factories inside the building and a municipal engineer in the suburb of the capital, Dhaka, where the factory was...
12:55 AM, May 06, 2013
Dhaka: The toll in the building collapse on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka has swelled to nearly 600, authorities said on Sunday, even as rescuers continued removing concrete slabs and debris 12 days after the industrial tragedy. Hoping to find their missing loved ones, many people were seen around the scene of the collapse and visiting nearby hospitals and a school ground where the bodies have been kept for...
07:53 PM, May 05, 2013
Jerusalem: Facebook and other social networking sites may affect your mental health by causing psychotic episodes and delusions, researchers warn. As Internet access becomes increasingly widespread, so do related psychopathologies such as Internet addiction and delusions related to the technology and to virtual relationships, according to the study. Computer communications such as Facebook and chat groups are an important part of this story, said Dr Uri Nitzan of Tel Aviv...
07:20 PM, May 05, 2013
After engaging himself as a producer under the banner of the Colour factory for quite some time, Madhu Warrier, brother of ace Malayalam actress Manju Warrier, and the brother in law of Dileep, will soon debut as a director. Madhu who started off as an actor will call the shots for his debut film titled as 'Room Service'. Produced by his own banner Color Factory, the movie is told in...
06:59 PM, May 05, 2013
Madrid: Former world number one Venus Williams has been forced to withdraw from the Madrid Open due to a back problem, organisers said on Sunday. The 32-year-old American, now ranked 21, was due to play her first-round match against Spanish wild card Anabel Medina Garrigues on the clay at the premier event on Sunday. She will be replaced in the draw by 56th-ranked Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland. ...
03:52 PM, May 05, 2013
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan got emotional when he met his fans in New York during the premiere of his Hollywood movie 'The Great Gatsby'. Amitabh, 70, met his fans and says that it becomes difficult for him to see tears of joy on faces of his fans. "Lovely meeting the Ef (extended family) and TwFmXt (Twitter family extension) and the FbXf (Facebook extended family). Such humility in them, such respect...
01:13 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: Jimmy Shergill recently walked the ramp with underprivileged children at a charity fashion show. Clad in a black half jacket and black kurta pyjama, the actor looked dapper. ...
01:13 PM, May 05, 2013
