Fiorano, Italy: Coming off a miserable season in which they won only one race, Ferrari plan to introduce their completely revised 2012 car during the "the first few days of February." Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo announced the team's plans late on Wednesday at the automaker's Christmas party. Fernando Alonso took Ferrari's only victory this year at the British Grand Prix in July. In the drivers' standings, Alonso placed...
04:52 PM, Dec 23, 2011
Yas Marina: When the green light came on at the end of the pit lane and the first car, driven by Malaysian Alex Yoong roared off on to the Yas Marina Circuit track here in a Radical SR3 car, it made for a momentous occasion for Indian motor sports. The start of the first pre-season test session ahead of the inaugural i1 Supercar series promoted by Bangalore-based Machdar Motorsports, finally...
03:47 PM, Dec 21, 2011
London: Formula One stragglers HRT expect to have their new car ready for pre-season testing in February for the first time since they entered the sport in 2010. The Spanish-owned team barely made the start of their debut season and were unable to do any laps with their new car this year until the opening Australian Grand Prix in March, where they failed to qualify. "Despite the tight deadlines and...
12:20 PM, Dec 18, 2011
Madrid: Spanish driver Jaime Alguersuari said he is "very surprised" by Toro Rosso's decision to drop him for the 2012 Formula One season. Alguersuari said on Thursday that team principal Franz Tost and adviser Helmut Marko had as recently as Monday "told me to insist on our 2012 project in F1." Toro Rosso announced two days later that Daniel Ricciardo of Australia and Jean-Eric Vergne of France would replace Alguersuari...
12:09 PM, Dec 16, 2011
London: Toro Rosso named Australian Daniel Ricciardo and Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne in an all-new 2012 driver line-up on Wednesday, after surprisingly ditching the youngsters who took them to eighth place in this year's Formula One championship. The decision left Switzerland's Sebastien Buemi and Spaniard Jaime Alguersuari looking for a drive with few options remaining. Vergne, 21, has tested for Red Bull and took part in Friday practice for Toro Rosso...
11:58 AM, Dec 15, 2011
Mumbai: Sushil Kumar hasn't be given the Rs 5 crore he won on the show. And India's first Rs 5-crore winner on Kaun Banega Crorepati might have to move out of his hometown in Bihar, just to let his family live in peace. Apparently, while he still hasn't received a single paisa of the winning amount, he is being flooded with requests for doling out monetary help to people from...
07:10 PM, Dec 12, 2011
New Delhi: 'Kaun Banega Crorepati 5' saw a bevy of stars, but it was the common man's dreams, desires, aspirations and emotions that took centrestage and helped it in recording the highest TVRs this year. It came to an end in a special two-hour episode Thursday night leaving host Amitabh Bachchan emotional and participants jubilant, thanks to their dream wins. Four months of drama, emotion, excitement and exhilaration gave Amitabh...
01:12 PM, Nov 18, 2011
New Delhi: The flu season generally spans from November to March. The symptoms are more severe than those of a cold and tend to come on abruptly. As a parent, at least some of these will be more than familiar -- a sudden fever, chills and shakes with the fever. But what you might not know is that complications of the flu may include a sinus infection or pneumonia. You...
08:16 AM, Nov 18, 2011
New Delhi: 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' Season 5 just got another 'crorepati'. Anil Kumar Sinha, from Bihar, has become the next participant after Sushil Kumar to walk away with the prize amount. According to media reports Amitabh Bachchan tweeted - "Another day at KBC .. electrifying ! Another CROREPATI today ..and guess what .. from Bihar again.. in raining crorepati's from there." Vidya Balan was also a part of the show...
01:45 PM, Nov 01, 2011
London: Actor Robert De Niro will team up with John Travolta to star in action movie 'Killing Season'. The 68-year-old will play an American military veteran in the action movie co-produced by Nu Image and Millennium. "We're excited to be co-financing and co-producing this film with Corsan, and to be working again with Robert De Niro and John Travolta," contactmusic.com quoted Avi Lerner, co-chairman of Nu Image, as saying. "We've...
12:19 PM, Nov 01, 2011
New Delhi: From a monthly salary of Rs 6,000, Sushil Kumar has hit the jackpot by winning Rs 5 crore ($1 million) on the game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati 5'. He says he will now prepare for the civil services - something he had stopped dreaming about due to his financial situation earlier. "Everything seems completely different. The feeling is yet to sink in. I had never thought I would...
11:05 AM, Oct 28, 2011
It's Diwali time and along with the fireworks and diyas it's also time for mithais. Here's a look at what goes into the making of this festival's most traditional and colourful sweets, the khel batashas. ...
08:51 PM, Oct 25, 2011
New Delhi: Adulterated mithai is a big concern this festive season. Diwali is just round the corner and the big draw is, of course, the mithai. But like every year, you need to watch out for adulterated sweets. The big concern is how can this affect one's health and what should one avoid altogether. Nutritionist Nidhi Sarin gives tips. CNN-IBN: To start with, which are the most common adulterants? And...
07:55 AM, Oct 25, 2011
New Delhi: With the sale of thousands of kilograms of sweets being sold this Diwali, adulteration is on the rise and is making news. Agencies are carrying out raids across the country in order to avoid the sale of spurious sweets. Lucknow Additional City Magistrate Arun Kumar said, "We have found around two quintals of sweets that had been made in unhygienic conditions. We have destroyed this lot." Agencies in...
07:07 AM, Oct 25, 2011
Having hosted MasterChef India season 1, Chef Kunal Kapoor is not just a seasoned Chef, but a seasoned judge too. This time around, he says MasterChef India 2 will be bigger, better and bolder while obviously keeping the fun quotient intact. Working as Senior Sous Chef for The Leela Kempinski, Chef Kunal will be exploring new horizons along with the contestants while following his passion for cooking. He can't wait...
05:53 PM, Oct 20, 2011
Nihita Biswas, the wife of the infamous 'Bikini Killer' Charles Shobhraj, was the first to be evicted from Bigg Boss 5. ...
08:10 AM, Oct 09, 2011
Los Angeles: Fox Television said on Friday it had renewed animated TV series 'The Simpsons' for another two seasons after settling a pay stand-off that had threatened to end the satirical parody of working-class American life. "Fox has renewed 'The Simpsons,' the longest-running comedy in television history, for an incredible 24th and 25th season," the network said in a statement. Fox Television, a unit of News Corp, said earlier this...
01:49 PM, Oct 08, 2011
The fifth season of reality TV show 'Bigg Boss' hosted by Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt premiered on Sunday night. ...
08:11 AM, Oct 03, 2011
With two hosts, Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt, the contestants has names like actor Shakti Kapoor and Pooja Bedi. ...
09:54 PM, Oct 02, 2011
Cyrus Broacha also talks about Paris Hilton's visit to India, Shoaib Akhtar's autobiography and more. ...
05:50 PM, Oct 02, 2011
