Mumbai: Troubled carrier Kingfisher Airlines' loss widened to Rs 1,151.53 crore in the fourth quarter of 2011-12 due to steep hike in fuel prices and sharp depreciation of the rupee. It had net loss of Rs 355.55 crore in the January-March quarter of 2010-11, Kingfisher said in a filing to the BSE. It has been facing financial troubles for almost a year now. The airline, which never made a profit...
11:59 AM, May 31, 2012
Kolkata: As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gets ready to launch her protest against the petrol price hike, the Congress has hit back saying that the Trinamool Congress is free to withdraw support. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, "The TMC is free to withdraw support from the UPA if it has problems." He also said that if Mamata had issues with rising petrol price, she may follow the...
12:27 PM, May 26, 2012
Mumbai: One person was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a murder case of a four-year-old girl in Goa. The girl, a Mumbai resident, was on a visit to her grandfather's house to spend her summer vacation. The girl was living in her grandfather's house in south Goa from where she went missing on May 20. The victim's body was recovered on Tuesday afternoon about 200 metres away from the...
10:59 AM, May 23, 2012
Panaji: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who single-handedly scripted the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) victory in the recently held Goa polls, may soon be 'scripting' yet another success story. He is planning to pen down a memoir on his political life and the 56-year-old claims he has enough fodder to make it to the bestseller list. "I am now thinking of writing a book and I am sure it will be...
03:26 PM, May 14, 2012
Malacca (Malaysia): Captain Akashdeep Singh came to his side's rescue with a golden goal as India defeated South Korea 2-1 to bag a consolation bronze medal at the Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament in Malacca on Sunday. After a barren first half, You Seungji put the Koreans ahead in the 47th minute with a immaculate penalty corner conversion. But India replied back seven minutes later through a field effort from...
06:13 PM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: All but two major airlines in India have defaulted on paying airport charges, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said on Wednesday. IndiGo, the only profitable airline in the country, and privately-held GoAir have not defaulted on airport payments, Singh told lawmakers in a written reply. The government has initiated legal action against Kingfisher Airlines "towards dishonour of the cheques submitted" by the carrier, while Jet Airways and Spicejet...
08:57 PM, May 09, 2012
Panaji: The state Election Commission has issued a notice to Manohar Parrikar-led government for violating model code of conduct, imposed due to the impending June 2 Cortalim by-poll. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had recently announced that the state will not go ahead with the proposed marina project in Sancoale village, which lies in Cortalim Assembly constituency. State cabinet had also announced regularisation of workers employed for eradicating malaria. Goa's joint...
11:29 PM, May 05, 2012
London: Wayne Rooney's overhead kick for Manchester United against Manchester City in February last season has been voted by fans as the best goal of the 20 years of the Premier League, it was announced on Thursday. Rooney's acrobatic effort, which gave United a 2-1 home victory and helped them to win last term's title, was the only goal from the last 10 years among the nominees. Dennis Bergkamp's swivel...
09:38 AM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Antony Committee set up to look into the Congress's poll losses in the recent state elections has given a clean chit to Rahul Gandhi for Uttar Pradesh but has blamed the conflicting and controversial statements as a reason for its defeat. In Amethi, on his first visit to UP after elections, Rahul has put senior leaders on notice by saying that those who hurt the party will...
09:38 PM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Antony panel that studied the recent poll reverses for the Congress party in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Goa has submitted its preliminary report to the party high command on Tuesday. Sources say that the report doesn't blame individuals and has also absolved Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi. It, however, says that raising Batla House encounter and quota comments were a mistake. The report also blames wrong selection...
09:31 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon who is on an India trip on Friday met Meira Kumar during which the Lok Sabha speaker asked him to involve developing countries in the consultation process with regard to the millennium development goals (MDG). "The developed countries should try to fulfill commitments towards developing countries, as stipulated under Goal 8 under the MDGs, so as to achieve the goals by 2015,"...
02:41 AM, Apr 28, 2012
A Unicef report on adolescents (between 10 and 19 years of age) titled 'Progress for Children' has revealed that nearly 50 per cent of adolescent girls aged between 15 and 19 years in India are underweight, with a body mass index of less than 18.5. Anaemia is a severe public health problem in sixteen countries of the world, the largest number of cases being found here in India where more...
04:32 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Panaji: Goa will have restricted sale of liquor from Monday onwards as the state is readying itself for the May 16 panchayat elections. State Election Commissioner M Modassir said that the sale of liquor would be stopped at 11 pm every day from April 23 onwards, the day when the Commission would start accepting nominations for the polls while there would be four dry days in a row from May...
03:06 AM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: Bollywood star Akshay Kumar may be seen just as an entertainer, but he has got his finger on the pulse of movie business. He says the sure-shot success mantra is to either make your own film or go for profit sharing. "I have a very simple solution - make your films, because when you make your film you will not include your remuneration and it takes off the...
12:53 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Madrid: Barcelona's Lionel Messi reached another milestone in his amazing career on Saturday when he became the first player to score 60 goals in a season in European top-flight soccer in almost 40 years. The Argentine World Player of the Year netted twice in a 4-1 victory at Real Zaragoza to notch up 38 La Liga goals in the campaign and his 60th in all competitions. Gerd Mueller was the...
10:42 PM, Apr 08, 2012
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