Air India has been directed by a consumer forum to pay Rs 30,000 to a retired Vice Admiral as compensation for the airline's "casual attitude" towards in-flight services provided to him on an international flight to New York, USA. The New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum pointed out to the national carrier that its "complacency" was there for all to see as compared to other airlines and it should...
12:02 PM, Mar 24, 2013
The world is battling an epidemic of drug resistant tuberculosis. A disease which was declared a global health emergency in 1993, continues to grow unchecked even today. ...
08:52 AM, Mar 24, 2013
The Securities Appellate Tribunal will continue its hearing on March 26 on Sahara group chief Subrata Roy's plea against Sebi's attachment order of his bank accounts and other assets, along with those of his two firms and their top executives. ...
04:50 PM, Mar 23, 2013
The Securities Appellate Tribunal will begin on Saturday the final hearing on a plea by Sahara chief Subrata Roy against market regulator SEBI's attachment order on his bank accounts and other assets, along with those of two group firms and their top executives. ...
09:31 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Croatia beat Serbia 2-0 whereas Germany, playing without any recognised strikers, triumphed 3-0 in Kazakhstan. ...
05:33 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Portugal came back from 1-3 down to snatch a draw in stoppage time in their World Cup qualifying Group F match. ...
03:42 AM, Mar 23, 2013
The film has music by composer GV Prakash Kumar, and lyrics by NA Muthukumar. ...
07:41 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Uday debuted in Tamil films with 'Poi', followed by 'Vamba Sandai' and 'Pen Singam'. ...
11:05 PM, Mar 21, 2013
Sanjay Dutt is a strong man and has accepted the punishment awarded by the Supreme Court "as it is", the actor's lawyer Satish Maneshinde said. ...
01:00 PM, Mar 21, 2013
TRS, BJP and other pro-Telangana organisations on Thursday began a 'Sadak Bandh' (road blockade) on the Hyderabad-Bangalore Highway in support of the separate statehood demand even as police denied permission for it. ...
12:33 PM, Mar 21, 2013
An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Tuesday to put a second upgraded missile-warning satellite into orbit. The 192-foot (58-meter) rocket lifted off from its seaside launch pad at 5:21 pm EDT/2121 GMT, carrying the US Air Force's second Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous, or Geo2, satellite. ...
10:24 PM, Mar 20, 2013
State carrier Air India will seek compensation in cash from Boeing for losses caused by the grounding of its 787 Dreamliners, rather than discounts on future purchases, a senior government source said on Wednesday. The statement increases pressure for cash compensation after a person familiar with the intentions of All Nippon Airways said earlier that it would prefer a direct refund, rather than future discounts. ...
09:02 PM, Mar 20, 2013
The CBI on Wednesday arrested an official of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and recovered Rs 15 lakh in cash from him. Task Force Commandant Ram Milan was arrested from the Guwahati railway station and sources said that the money was actually a bribe paid by a private contractor. ...
07:28 PM, Mar 20, 2013
Bollywood actress Devashi Khanduri to feature in southern project 'Iddarammayilatho'. ...
06:43 PM, Mar 20, 2013
'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' was the inspiration of Amitabh Bachchan's 'Satte Pe Satta'. ...
04:42 PM, Mar 19, 2013
The popular US TV miniseries 'The Bible' has plunged into controversy over what some viewers see as a physical resemblance between an actor playing Satan and President Barack Obama. ...
11:03 AM, Mar 19, 2013
After the official Water and Sanitation Management Organisation (WASMO) portal stated that 7675 habitations suffer from high ground water fluoride levels, the organisation's chairman called it a "goof-up" and said that less than 400 habitations are affected. The official WASMO portal states that a recent habitation survey found that 7675 habitations suffer from high levels of ground water fluoride, nitrate and groundwater salinity. ...
11:04 PM, Mar 17, 2013
The satellite rights of this film has been bought over by Zee TV and the movie is all set to hit the screens as a Tamil New Year gift, on the 14th of April. ...
01:22 PM, Mar 17, 2013
India will launch in June 2013 the first of the seven Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) into the earth orbit to provide real-time position, navigation and time services to multiple users, the space agency chief said on Saturday. ...
02:10 AM, Mar 17, 2013
