Los Angeles: Two Los Angeles police officers won't face criminal charges alleging they leaked a photo of pop star Rihanna's bruised and beaten face after she was assaulted by singer Chris Brown, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said. An internal report by prosecutors says that after a three-year investigation, they didn't have enough evidence to show celebrity news website TMZ paid the accused officers for the photo, and...
06:35 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Yuvraj Singh is hoping for things to get better with each passing day. ...
08:33 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Yuvarj will play in tournaments like Buchi Babu Trophy or Moin-Ud Dowla Gold Cup. ...
03:16 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Arlington, Texas: First-half goals by Giovani dos Santos and Javier Hernandez gave Mexico a 2-0 win over Brazil in a friendly in Dallas on Sunday. It was the second straight game in which Mexico's top two forwards each scored, indicating the Mexican attack is in top form at the right time. "This game served us well in our plans for qualifying," Mexico coach Jose Manuel de la Torre said through...
09:17 AM, Jun 04, 2012
London: A British priest has apologised for some unholy language on his Facebook page, his bishop says. Canon Paul Shackerley, Vicar of the Minster Church of St George in Doncaster in northern England, raised eyebrows by using the f--- word and remarking that "alas, I have religion tomorrow" in some Saturday evening postings. Peter Burrows, the bishop of Doncaster, met with Shackerley on Friday and later said the priest regretted...
11:13 AM, May 28, 2012
Rajiv Shukla said that the alleged spot-fixing incidents referred to in a TV sting operation didn't relate to IPL. ...
07:51 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: The second episode of 'Satyamev Jayate' was based on the issue of child sexual abuse in India. The makers had invited some eminent guests on the show. One of them was Nishit Kumar who works for Childline in Mumbai. Kumar quoted the Anchorage case while describing the current situation of child sexual abuse in India. Surprisingly, India still doesn't have any strong law against child sexual abuse. The...
04:02 PM, May 14, 2012
London: A woman in Britain has been found keeping her 10-year-old son locked up in a coal-bunker for over a year for being naughty or stealing food from the kitchen. His room had a soiled mattress, a dirty sleeping bag and a urine-filled potty. The youngster slept in the padlocked outhouse every night and was imprisoned for hours at a time during the day if he misbehaved. While the woman,...
03:50 AM, Apr 23, 2012
London: Anuj Bidve's alma mater, Lancaster University is setting up a scholarship in memory of the Indian student whose killing in an unprovoked attack in the UK evoked widespread sympathy and outrage. "The scholarship is a fitting and lasting way of remembering Anuj, who was an outstanding student," said Lancaster University's vice-chancellor Professor Mark E Smith. Bidve, 23, was studying engineering at Lancaster when he was killed in Salford on...
07:08 PM, Feb 04, 2012
London: Indian-origin Avtar Singh Kolar and his wife Carole Kolar were bludgeoned to death in a lump hammer attack in their Birmingham home earlier in January for just two mobile phones and two watches, a media report said on Thursday. Suspect Rimvydas Liorancas, 37, who was found dead in his prison cell on Saturday, is believed to have left a suicide note referring to the murders of Avtar and Carole,...
05:20 PM, Feb 02, 2012
London: Tributes were paid to the memory of Indian student Anuj Bidve at Lancaster University, where he was enrolled for a post-graduate qualification before being killed in an unprovoked attack in Salford on December 26. Over 200 students and staff gathered at the memorial service at the Lancaster University Chaplaincy Centre on Saturday. The university is discussing with Anuj's family what sort of tribute would be a fitting way to...
09:22 AM, Jan 22, 2012
New Delhi: Demanding justice for his son Anuj Bidve, the family of the slain Indian student on Friday visited the spot where he was killed and thanked the British government for its support. "We have made the journey from India to see the place where Anuj died and take his body back to India. This was a difficult journey to make. When Anuj left India last year he was full...
04:50 PM, Jan 06, 2012
London: Anuj Bidve's family has been making a desperate plea for justice in the UK for their 23-year-old son who was killed on December 26. The family will visit the spot where Bidve was shot dead, and is expected to fly back home with his body on Saturday. On Thursday Anuj Bidve's parents went to the UK Parliament to discuss concerns over the investigation into his murder. A 20-year-old has...
06:11 AM, Jan 06, 2012
New Delhi: Family of slain Indian student Anuj Bidve on Thursday visited the UK Parliament. Anuj's father Subhash Bidve said that justice is yet to come and at this point he can't say that he is satisfied with the progress. "I humbly request to make sure that students who come here can study here and go back to their countries. I am very thankful and obliged to everyone. Justice is...
05:55 PM, Jan 05, 2012
London: A 20-year-old Briton has been charged with the murder of the Indian student Anuj Bidve, who was shot in the head in Salford on Boxing Day in an unprovoked incident. Kiaran Stapleton, from the Ordsall area, has been charged with the murder and will appear before the City of Manchester Magistrates' Court today, the police said, adding that the investigation was continuing. Bidve (23) was shot in the head...
11:02 AM, Jan 02, 2012
Pune: Despite assurances from the UK and Indian authorities, the grieving parents of slain city student Anuj Bidve are still running from pillar to post to expedite repatriation of his body awaiting a second post mortem in Manchester where he became a victim of an apparent hate crime. Still in a state of shock following the killing of the 23-year-old who left the city about three months back to study...
12:10 PM, Dec 31, 2011
New Delhi: A trip to Manchester during the Christmas break became his last for Anuj Bidve, an Indian student in the UK. Twenty three-year-old Anuj, a student at Lancaster University, was shot in the head by a British youth on December 26. Anuj was with a group of Indian friends when the attack happened. Shockingly, he was killed for failing to answer a simple question - What's the time? Bidve's...
08:51 AM, Dec 29, 2011
Wondering about which author sessions to watch at the Jaipur Litfest in January 2012? The festival starts on Friday, January 20 and goes on till Tuesday, January 24. Besides the galaxy of star international writers who will be participating in sessions - and you can always run into them at the caf or on the lawns in between - there will be a host of Indian authors and entertainers too....
12:41 PM, Dec 28, 2011
The Italians know food, pretty damn well. Its as fine an art as the art of dressing up, pursuing women, playing football or manufacturing cars. So the pasta dished out with a lamb ragout at Europa 92 is easily the best I have ever had the pleasure of digging into. It tastes and smells divine, every ribbon of pasta is deliciously smeared with the finest olive oil, the juices of...
04:54 PM, Dec 10, 2011
Saroj Datta Age: 75 Career: He has been with the Jet Airways group since 1991. Prior to that was with Kuwait Airways and Air India Interests: Listening to Hindustani classical music, jazz, reading crime fiction and translations of Bengali classics Q You has spent two decades building India's largest airline. What were the turning points? Early in the life of the airline, the first call was about coming into the...
08:29 AM, Nov 19, 2011
