Jalandhar: India's hockey coach Michael Nobbs on Saturday refused to dwell on the team's London Olympics flopshow, saying that all queries on the matter should be directed to Hockey India, not him. Nobbs, who was here to witness an exhibition match, sidestepped queries on India's s worst ever Olympic performance. "I cannot answer any question. Any question on India's poor Olympic performance should be asked to Hockey India. I have...
01:50 PM, Nov 03, 2012
London: In an age where few marriages endure the test of time, a centurion Indian couple have lived in wedded bliss for 87 years, thus becoming the world's longest married couple. Hundred-and-seven-year-old Karam and his 100-year-old wife Katari Chand, who have eight children and 28 grandchildren together, say that the key to success is looking after each other in every way possible. "My trick is to make Katari laugh. I...
11:01 AM, Nov 03, 2012
Islamabad: The father of teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, currently being treated in UK after she was shot in the head by the Taliban, is likely to get a job in the Pakistani mission in London so that the family can stay abroad for a few years. Ziauddin Yousufzai, his wife and their two sons flew to Britain on October 25 so that they could be with 14-year-old Malala, who...
02:39 PM, Nov 02, 2012
London: Just as English football was slowly recovering from a divisive, year-long racism saga, the Premier League has been plunged into renewed controversy. And, yet again, the accusation being leveled is linked to racism " a problem thought to have been largely eradicated from English football in the 1990s. The new allegation appears unprecedented for the world's richest football league: Chelsea claims the referee used "inappropriate language" toward two players...
09:07 AM, Oct 30, 2012
London: A third of primary school children in the UK believe Albert Einstein is a reality TV star and one-fourth of them think Stephen Hawking is a hairdresser, a new study has found. However, 68 per cent were correctly able to identify Mark Zuckerberg as the founder of social networking site Facebook. As many as 29 per cent kids think they have recently seen Einstein, who died in 1955, on...
03:35 PM, Oct 29, 2012
London: The average modern adult sees "the red mist" 28 times a month, or 336 times in one year, a latest study has found. Financial worries and lack of sleep were found to be the main contributors to the feelings of anger, along with hunger, cold callers, rudeness and being lied to. Researchers studied 2,000 people to discover how tempers impact on our lives, the 'Daily Express' reported. They found...
01:42 PM, Oct 26, 2012
London: A 48-year-old NRI IT consultant was crushed to death by his own car after his seven-year-old son accidentally released the handbrake while looking for sweets, an inquest into the six month old incident has heard. According to a report in the Daily Mail, Pratik Pandya tried to stop the car containing his boy rolling away when he was killed on his driveway. He suffered abdominal injuries and a deep...
10:26 AM, Oct 26, 2012
Islamabad: Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who is a "proclaimed offender" in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case, on Wednesday announced that he will contest the upcoming general elections from Chitral, a constituency in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Musharraf, 69, made the announcement while addressing the elders of Chitral via a video-link from Dubai, the Express Tribune reported. The former president who ruled Pakistan between 1999 and 2008, had formed a...
10:55 PM, Oct 24, 2012
London: Thousands of protesters in London, Glasgow and Belfast on Saturday held a loud but peaceful march against British government's austerity measures aimed at slashing the nation's debt. Labour leader Ed Miliband is among dozens of speakers addressing crowds at the biggest march in London. Demonstrators want the coalition to end public service cuts and instead create policies they say can create growth. However, the government says austerity measures are...
08:00 PM, Oct 20, 2012
London: Doctors treating 15-year-old Pakistani shooting victim Malala Yousufzai said on Friday that she is able to stand with help and to write, though she still shows signs of infection. The girl is "well enough that she's agreed that she's happy, in fact keen, for us to share more clinical detail," said Dr Dave Rosser, medical director at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. "She is also keen that I thank...
05:57 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Vijay Mallya and senior executives of United Spirits have been in London to finalise the final contours of the deal. A term sheet is ready and is likely to be signed soon, after October 16. There has been buzz for over a month that the deal is close to the finish line. Although, there are a lot of contours to be figured out yet, the deal is to...
10:05 AM, Oct 16, 2012
London: Kiaran "Psycho" Stapleton, who shot dead Indian student Anuj Bidve last year claims he has the "best cell" in his wing and knows "loads of people" in prison. Stapleton was sentenced to life in prison after he shot 23-year-old Bidve, in the head in Salford, Manchester, on December 26, 2011. And despite his "sickening" boast, the 21-year-old has begged a judge to reduce his sentence, which he is currently...
04:30 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Indian tennis star has broken silence about the London Olympics controversy. ...
12:20 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Nagpur: After improving his 2008 Beijing Olympics bronze to silver in London, Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar has set his target on gold in the next Games in Rio de Janerio. Interacting with the 65th batch of trainee officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) at the National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT) yesterday, Kumar said, "we don't have dearth of talent but only need to provide proper training facilities to needy...
02:04 PM, Oct 13, 2012
London: A 29-year-old man was arrested here on Wednesday in connection with the attack on Lt Gen KS Brar, the Operation Blue Star hero, taking to three the total number of persons in custody in the case. In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said "a further arrest has been made in connection with the investigation into the attack on Lt Gen Kuldip Singh Brar in London on September 30. "On...
08:22 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Indian swimmers are upset that they didn't got an opportunity at London Olympics and blamed the authorities for this. ...
11:02 AM, Oct 10, 2012
New Delhi: Government on Tuesday took stock of the security of Lt Gen (Retd) KS Brar, who survived an assassination attempt in London, and decided to continue his tight security by army soldiers and ensure all stakeholders are informed in advance about his travel plans. The security of Brar, who was attacked in London last week for his role in Operation Bluestar, was discussed threadbare at a high-level meeting chaired...
09:59 PM, Oct 09, 2012
London: One more person was on Monday arrested in Lt General KS Brar attack case in London. A 27-year-old youth was arrested in connection with the case and remanded to police custody. With this arrest, the total number of people in police custody in the case has gone up to three. This comes even as two other people, who have been charged with the attack have been denied bail and...
09:47 PM, Oct 08, 2012
London: The charge in the attack on Lt General (Retired) Kuldip Singh Brar has been downgraded from 'attempt to murder' to 'intent to cause grievous bodily harm'. The charge has been downgraded since the injuries were not life threatening. Two men have been charged in the case. One of them also charged with common assault on Lt Gen Brar's wife. Lt gen Brar, who had led 'Operation Blue Star' in...
02:07 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: Britain has assured India of its determination to bring the perpetrators of attack on retired Lt General KS Brar to justice and said it will continue updating Indian officials about the investigations in the case. In a letter to External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office William Hague conveyed his "shock" at the attack on Brar in London on September 30...
12:48 PM, Oct 07, 2012
