Mumbai: A day after the new Eastern Freeway in Mumbai was inaugurated, there was a glitch over its opening to the public. Jurisdiction issues resulted in delay and the traffic police did not allow movement till noon. Almost 17 kilometre long, it is dubbed as India's longest flyover in an urban area in Mumbai. The much-awaited Eastern Freeway was thrown open on Thursday ahead of its schedule, after angry citizens...
01:26 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Los Angeles: Vince Zampella is back at E3. After spending the past three years engaged in both legal battles and work on a new game, the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare co-creator has returned to the Electronic Entertainment Expo to debut Titanfall, the first title from Respawn Entertainment, the studio he launched with partner Jason West after they were fired by Activision-Blizzard Inc. in 2010. "This development for Titanfall has...
11:53 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Moscow (Russia): World champion Viswanathan Anand was off to a disappointing start, suffering a rare defeat as white against Fabiano Caruana of Italy in the first round of the Tal Memorial Chess Tournament here. On what turned out to be a tough day for the world champion, Caruana did everything right after sacrificing a pawn in the middle game and Anand had little clues to better the judgement of the...
10:22 AM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of rising crimes against women, some startling facts have emerged. There's a shortfall of 2,500 lady officers in the Delhi Police. With less than ideal working conditions, even serving women officers are struggling to make a difference. "I leave every morning at 8. I never know when my day is going to end," said a Maya, a lady officer in the Delhi Police. The lady...
09:52 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Bhopal: In a shocker from Madhya Pradesh, the state police refused to register a case of attempted murder and sexual assault against assailants after a woman was allegedly beaten up by over a dozen people and her knee caps broken while resisting rape. The 27-year-old, a mother of one, is now lying in an orthopaedic ward in Bhopal. She was sexually assaulted by over a dozen men minutes after she...
08:27 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Buenos Aires: Former Argentine President Carlos Menem received a seven-year prison sentence for arms smuggling to Croatia and Ecuador in the 1990s, but he will not be jailed unless his fellow senators strip him of immunity, a court said on Thursday. Menem, now a frail 82-year-old senator, was found guilty in March of being "co-author of the offense of aggravated contraband" in an appeals court decision that overturned a lower...
07:41 AM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: Acting on its concern and surprise at the internet data mining by US intelligence agencies, including from India, the Indian government has taken up the issue with the US envoy, government sources said on Thursday. National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, who also helms the India-US cyber security dialogue along with his US counterpart, took up the issue on Monday when he met US Ambassador Nancy Powell. The issue...
04:45 AM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: The government will initiate a number of reforms such as lifting the cap on foreign direct investments in the coming weeks to spur growth, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday. "I expect a number of decisions in the next few days and weeks. In June, you can expect a number of decisions taken and implemented that will accelerate reforms and spur investments in critical sectors," Chidambaram said...
04:15 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Kolkata is ashamed again after the police cracked down brutally on peaceful activists, who were detained for seeking justice for sexual assault victims in the state. ...
11:54 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Kolkata: The crime against women continues unabated in the country. In Bidhannagar, the IT hub of Kolkata, a 24-year-old differently-abled girl was raped allegedly by her neighbour on Thursday. The girl's mother has filed an FIR at the New Town Police Station. However, no arrests have been made yet. The suspect is absconding, the police say. The incident comes just hours after hundreds of women protesters were detained outside Chief...
08:58 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday that the government will try and build a consensus on the Food Security Bill first and speak to the Opposition regarding this. ...
07:40 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Hundreds of women protested outside West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence against the recent rape and murder of a girl in Barasat. ...
07:19 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Anil Rego, personal finance expert and CEO and founder of Right Horizon joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on financial planning and investment tips. Q. I'll be retiring after 10 yrs. Should I invest in fixed deposit or pension plans for retirement planning? Which will give more and guaranteed returns? Asked by: Madhu A. It is good that you are planning to do it well in advance. it is good...
06:12 PM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: Filmmaker Vikram Bhatt, who is ready with his next production venture 'Ankur Arora Murder Case', says he doesn't resort to item number to get box office success. "It's a commercial film and I don't think we need item numbers for commercial success. In the past, some good films did well without item number like 'English Vinglish' and 'Barfi!'. I don't need an item song for box office success,"...
05:10 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Mumbai: There is no end to the problems facing Maharashtra farmers. Already facing drought, the farmers had hoped that they would be able to sow crops after the monsoon but that is not yet the case. They allege that have not been able to sow new crops as the Maharashtra government has supplied them inferior quality seeds. As soon as monsoon hit Sholapur in Maharashtra, the farmers of the area...
04:55 PM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has questioned the Central Government's ambitious plan to provide food security to the poor. Modi said Gujarat has a food security scheme in place for the last 10 years, but the Centre has woken up to it just now. Modi expressed doubts about the Centre's intentions on his twitter account. Modi tweeted that the poor people in Gujarat were being provided wheat at...
02:49 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Kolkata: Women protesters, who had gathered outside Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence in Kalighat to demand better security for women, were detained in Kolkata on Thursday. The protesters were a part of a woman's group called Maitrayee. They wanted to submit a memorandum to the Chief Minister with demands for better security for women. The protest was reportedly peaceful and the demonstrators were only singing and chanting slogans. Kalighat is...
11:58 AM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: Delhiites can expect relief from the scorching heat soon as the MET department predicts early monsoon in the city. Pre-monsoon showers are expected in Delhi and other parts of north-west India during the next three days even as some parts of the city received rain this morning. The south-west monsoon will hit Uttar Pradesh and Delhi at least a week ahead of schedule. The national capital region is...
11:56 AM, Jun 13, 2013
