Riding on the century from Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets to take 1-0 lead in the series. ...
02:55 PM, Mar 23, 2013
With a smile on her face, dressed in a simple black peacoat and carrying an elegant unbranded bag, China's new first lady, Peng Liyuan, stepped into the international limelight on Friday and became an instant internet sensation back home. ...
10:27 AM, Mar 23, 2013
A young girl was set on fire by a jilted lover in Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. The police say that the accused lured the girl into his house where he tried to coerce her to marry him. ...
02:58 AM, Mar 22, 2013
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, says it has agreed to sell its travel guide business, Lonely Planet, for 51.5 million pounds ($77.8 million) to US-based NC2 Media. The BBC said Tuesday the decision follows a review that laid out a strategy to focus on BBC brands. ...
07:20 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Irked at an MLA for not taking his phone calls, a drunken man today "fired" with a toy pistol outside the Delhi legislator's office here today triggering panic in the area. ...
04:34 PM, Mar 19, 2013
A youth was quizzed by police on Sunday after he asked a minister why Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee did not visit a slum in West Bengal where 700 shanties were destroyed in fire on Saturday. The incident happened during Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim's visit to Sholo Bigha slum in the Maheshtala Santoshpur area of South 24-Parganas where a blaze had rendered 1,500 people homeless on Saturday morning. ...
11:28 PM, Mar 17, 2013
With this being the third Intel-based handset from Xolo, we have to but hope that it has got it just right this time. Xolo's last flagship model loaded with the Intel Chip, the x800, didn't fare too well in the battery department; I'm hoping that's been fixed. So here's a quick first look of the new Xolo X1000 Intel-based smartphone. ...
03:11 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Around 700 shanties were gutted in a fire in Santoshpur-Maheshtala area on the outskirts of the city on Saturday, leaving more than a thousand people homeless. ...
10:32 AM, Mar 16, 2013
Public comments have been invited on making 100 or 108 as the single number for the entire country for various emergencies like fire or medical or accidents. At present, there are different numbers for different types of emergencies, like 100 for police and 101 for fire. ...
12:20 AM, Mar 16, 2013
Curfew continued in Srinagar district for the second consecutive day on Friday following the death of a youth in alleged firing by CRPF personnel here on Wednesday. Police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in large numbers across the city to ensure that there are no attempts to violate prohibitory orders, police said. ...
11:20 AM, Mar 15, 2013
A bandh call has been called in Srinagar on Thursday after a protestor was allegedly killed in CRPF firing. A curfew was imposed after locals also attacked Indian soldiers with stones on Wednesday. One person was allegedly killed in the stone pelting. ...
10:25 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Authorities have decided to impose curfew in Srinagar district following the death of a youth in CRPF firing in Zoonimar area of the city. "Curfew will be imposed in Srinagar district after midnight," District Magistrate Srinagar Baseer Ahmad Khan said. ...
06:46 PM, Mar 13, 2013
A class 9 girl student set herself on fire in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh after she was repeatedly sexually harassed. She was admitted to a hospital in a critical condition in Moradabad from where she was referred to Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital. ...
03:46 PM, Mar 13, 2013
A man died after he was allegedly set on fire by some policemen on Monday night in Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh. The victim's family has filed a case and police are investigating the incident. ...
10:50 AM, Mar 12, 2013
Flight operations were affected after a minor fire broke out in the air traffic control room at Chennai airport in the wee hours on Tuesday. The flames were noticed by the staff at around 2.45 am, official sources said, adding five five tenders were pressed into service and the blaze was doused within 20 minutes. ...
07:20 AM, Mar 12, 2013
Speculations are rife that Amazon's much-awaited first smartphone may not come up in the second quarter of 2013, as scheduled, reports Digitimes. ...
11:47 AM, Mar 11, 2013
The Congress on Sunday took a dig at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over his "India First" definition of secularism and said there was need to be both patriotic and secular. ...
12:08 AM, Mar 11, 2013
Sony is already developing applications and tweaking the operating system to suit Indian market. ...
02:48 PM, Mar 09, 2013
Sending out a strong message to Pakistan, Army Chief Bikram Singh said that Indian soldiers won't remain quiet if the neighbouring country violated the ceasefire. However, Bikram Singh said that he didn't want to comment on Pakistani Prime Minister Pervez Ashraf's Ajmer visit. ...
01:47 PM, Mar 09, 2013
A minor fire broke out on the fourth floor of the Mantralaya in Mumbai on Saturday. A chemical container kept for renovation caught fire. ...
01:21 PM, Mar 09, 2013
