Beijing: China announced a new State Internet Information Office on Wednesday to unify the squabbling agencies that oversee the Chinese Internet, which Beijing views as both a potential gold mine and a political threat. The State Internet Information Office appears intended to help improve coordination and rivalry among the dozen or more Chinese government ministries and agencies with a stake in the Internet. It will be based in the State...
07:34 AM, May 05, 2011
Mumbai: The son of the Chief Engineer of the captive ship under Somali pirates Kapil Grewal, has lashed out at the government and demanded immediate intervention from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Captive sailor Bahadur Singh's son, Kapil Grewal, said "Mr Manmohan Singh is the leader of one of the most powerful nations today, and it is time he acts like one. It is not a question of my father, it...
10:20 AM, May 01, 2011
New York: Beware, if you're among the hordes who wonder where the time went after becoming absorbed in online games such as FarmVille and CityVille. Zynga, the hot Internet startup that created those ever-engrossing pastimes, is introducing another reason to goof off. The lure this time is RewardVille, a show of appreciation aimed at getting players even more absorbed in their online farms, cities, crime rings and poker games. The...
11:34 AM, Mar 22, 2011
Rewari: A young girl on Monday died of low blood pressure apparently caused due to depression after the boy with whom her marriage was fixed refused to tie the knot as her parents expressed their inability to meet his dowry demands, police said. The family of Kanchan, a resident of Mohalla Meharwara, had arranged her marriage with Saurab, a resident of UP's Hathras town. The wedding was to take place...
08:51 AM, Feb 09, 2011
Lahore: Pakistani police have arrested a man who had announced a Rs 20 million prize for anyone who killed Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer for opposing the country's controversial blasphemy law. Sardar Ebaad Dogar of Khangarh near Multan was arrested on Tuesday shortly after Taseer was gunned down by a guard who claimed he was angered by the Governor's opposition to the blasphemy law. Taseer was shot dead on Wednesday at...
02:13 PM, Jan 05, 2011
Beijing: China shut down more than 60,000 pornographic websites this year, netting almost 5,000 suspects in the process, a government spokesman said on Thursday, vowing no let-up in its campaign against material deemed obscene. Beijing has run a highly publicised drive against what officials said was smutty and lewd content overwhelming the country's Internet and cell phones, threatening the emotional health of children. Critics accuse the Chinese government of deepening...
12:08 PM, Dec 30, 2010
Beijing: Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg met with some of China's top technology leaders, fuelling speculation about the social networking website's ambitions to enter the country's market where it is censored. Zuckerberg Wednesday visited the offices of Sina Corp., a leading Chinese web portal, and met with its CEO Charles Chao, the Wall Street Journal reported. Wednesday's meeting followed a talk Tuesday with Wang Jianzhou, chairman of state-owned...
06:25 PM, Dec 23, 2010
London: An Israeli entrepreneur, who was paralysed in a car crash in 1997, claims to have invented robotic trousers which can help paraplegics walk and climb stairs again. Called "ReWalk", the device can help paraplegics to stand and walk, using crutches for stability, when they lean forward and move their upper body in different ways, according to its inventor Amit Goffer. The robotic trousers use sensors and motors to allow...
04:42 PM, Dec 05, 2010
Rajeev Masand says 'Jhootha Hi Sahi' is a plodding bore. What do you say? Write your own review and win prizes.
11:23 PM, Oct 22, 2010
Cast: John Abraham, Pakhi Director: Abbas Tyrewala Jhootha Hi Sahi, directed by Abbas Tyrewala, is the kind of film that makes you embarrassed for everyone associated with it. It’s one of those films that might have been so bad that it’s good, except that it’s not even bad enough to be enjoyable! Written by the film’s leading lady Pakhi, who also happens to be Tyrewala’s wife, the script is hare-brained...
11:07 PM, Oct 22, 2010
Hisss The controversial movie Hisss is based on the Vengeance of Naagin, the snake. George States (Jeff Douchette), a ruthless American travels to the jungles of India and captures her mate. The snake woman transforms into a stunningly attractive woman (Mallika Sherawat) with absolutely no clue about contemporary civilization or the ways of mankind, and ventures into the city in desperate search for her lover. Mallika Sherawat has been zealously...
05:53 PM, Oct 22, 2010
Islamabad: Baloch leader Talal Bugti, who is the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief, has declared a reward of Rs 1 billion to anyone who kills former Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf. Bugti said Musharraf had undermined Pakistan's sovereignty and also blamed him for the death of his father Nawab Akbar Bugti in August 2006 during Musharraf's regime when the military conducted an anti-insurgency operation. Musharraf, who seized power in 1999...
09:20 AM, Oct 11, 2010
Srinagar: After the Centre's eight-point proposal to ease the Kashmir crisis, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is making efforts with their own initiative. The CRPF has announced rewards for jawans who exercise restraint in the face of violent mobs. To be able to control violent protests on the streets of Kashmir and to do it effectively without the use of violent means is a challenge. Hence to deal with...
07:48 AM, Sep 28, 2010
New Delhi: During her college years, scriptwriter-actor Pakhi was starry-eyed over handsome hunk John Abraham. And when she sat down to write her first script, she had only him in mind for the lead role. Pakhi has acted in her husband Abbas Tyrewala's directorial
Jhootha Hi Sahi which she also wrote. "I wrote this script for John when I was in college. But at that time, he wasn't available. Then...
11:25 AM, Sep 09, 2010
Google said its report that search services in China were fully blocked could have because of a technical glitch. ...
11:28 AM, Jul 30, 2010
1-800 Love became
Call Me Dil, and now it is
Jhootha Hee Sahi ...
06:14 PM, Jul 26, 2010
China's press watchdog has threatened to shut down more than 120 websites offering pornographic fiction. ...
11:01 AM, Jul 16, 2010
Dozens of blogs by some of China's most outspoken users have been abruptly shut down. ...
09:16 PM, Jul 15, 2010
Chinese social networking websites that provide Twitter-like services have suddenly reverted to testing mode. ...
01:34 PM, Jul 14, 2010
Developers of China's Green Dam Internet filter have not received government funding in the past year. ...
01:31 PM, Jul 14, 2010
