Mumbai: Investors awaiting divine intervention as they saw their wealth erode all through the month of May finally had something to cheer for. India's monsoon rains are likely to hit the southern Kerala coast in two days, a top weather official said on Monday, easing concerns about the onset delay threatening plantings of summer crops such as rice, soybean and cotton in the farm-dependent economy. The positive news helped the...
09:23 AM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: Even after four episodes, Aamir Khan's television show 'Satyamev Jayate' is high on the popularity chart. While most of the Bollywood celebrities are seen hosting game shows and reality shows on TV, Aamir is being appreciated for talking about important social issues on his show. Episode four of 'Satyamev Jayate' was based on medical malpractices. Highly upset with Aamir, Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded an immediate apology...
10:47 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmakers rarely applaud each other's work but Anurag Kashyap and Dibakar Banerjee are all praises for each other. After watching 'Shanghai', Kashyap has declared it is the best film he has ever watched and Banerjee is the country's best director. "It's a film that should be made compulsory for everybody to watch. This is the most powerful and the best film I have seen in a long time," Kashyap...
04:06 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Mumbai: It's been a rough start for the June series as the Nifty shed 80 points to close below 4850 dragged down by rate sensitives, commodity, utilities and technology stocks. A slew of bad economic cues from across the globe didn't help Indian equities either. Reports of monsoon rains over India's mainland will be delayed by about four days also weighed on sentiment. China's official purchasing managers' index fell to...
09:46 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The proposed law to raise the age of consent for sex from 16 years to 18 will be "undemocratic" and a "backward" step, a Delhi court has said, adding that it will also give a "tool" to the police to harass teenagers. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat said it while acquitting Sandeep Paswan a native of Uttar Pradesh, charged with kidnapping and raping a minor girl, who had...
11:42 PM, May 31, 2012
Mumbai: After being down in the dumps for the better part of day, Indian equities staged a smart late trade recovery on hopes of a RBI rate cut to revive the sagging economy. Also, gains in European shares aided the recovery. The country's economic growth slumped in the January-March quarter to a nine-year low of 5.3 per cent as the manufacturing sector contracted and a fall in the rupee to...
09:41 AM, May 31, 2012
Mumbai: The Indian market ended Wednesday' trade on a pessimist note as traders chose to sit on the sidelines ahead of the F&O expiry and Q4 GDP numbers slated for a release on Thursday. European markets slipped too after euro fell to its record low in 23 months as investors worried over Spain's banking problems. After more credit ratings downgrades of Spain and news of European Central bank rejecting Spains...
09:39 AM, May 30, 2012
Moody's Investors Service says the depreciating rupee will only have a 'limited' impact on India's sovereign ratings, as only 7 per cent of total government debt is placed overseas, comprising 5 per cent of gross domestic product. The bigger pain would come in the private sector, Moody's said in a weekly credit report out on Monday, given that a falling rupee will raise the cost of paying back foreign currency...
04:15 PM, May 28, 2012
Mumbai: The BSE Sensex rose 1.33 per cent on Monday as an improved global risk sentiment spurred buying in financial stocks such as top lender State Bank of India and recently dented blue chips stocks. SBI rose 4.8 per cent; ICICI Bank added 2.6 per cent, while Reliance Industries ended up 1.42 per cent. The broader 50-share NSE index also gained 1.33 per cent at 4,985.65. All BSE sectoral indices...
09:04 AM, May 28, 2012
London: Sexting has become a favourite pastime of many, including celebrities. Now, scientists have claimed that the desire to share intimate pictures with others may actually not be their fault - it could be hardwired into their brains. Recent studies have found that more than half of women's sexual fantasies reflect their desire to be sexually irresistible to men. In one recent survey, 47 per cent of women reported the...
02:21 PM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Even if a woman is of easy virtue, she cannot be subjected to rape, the Supreme Court has held, saying courts have a duty to determine whether the offence has been committed or not. "Even in cases where there is some material to show that the victim was habituated to sexual intercourse, no inference of the victim being a woman of 'easy virtue' or a woman of 'loose...
09:09 PM, May 25, 2012
Los Angeles: Superhero Batman's sidekick Robin is set for a sex change in two new animated movies as the crimefighting character will be voiced by a girl. 'Modern Family' star Ariel Winter will play Carrie Kelly, the brand new Robin in the two animated films, The Hollywood Reporter said. 'Robocop' star Peter Weller will take on the lead role of Batman/Bruce Wayne. 'Batman: The Dark Knight Returns' actor Michael McKean,...
03:07 PM, May 25, 2012
Mumbai: The BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty closed flat on Friday after a sharply rally the day before on hopes of diesel price hike. Recovery in rupee and strength in European markets helped markets recoup losses in second half of trade. The BSE benchmark fell 4.48 points, to close at 16,217.82 after a swing of 155 points between intraday high and low. Shares of SBI, L&T, and metal stocks helped...
09:41 AM, May 25, 2012
Kolkata: With a group of youngsters coming forward to hold a 'SlutWalk' rally on Thursday, Kolkata joined the global movement of protest marches against sexual harassment. Led by a group of students and teachers from Jadavpur University and other institutes, the group of around 300 youngsters marched from the varsity campus to Triangular Park challenging the stereotype that 'women are abused sexually because they dress up like sluts'. "We are...
08:11 PM, May 24, 2012
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will file its chargesheet in the sensational Shehla Masood murder case in the special CBI court in Indore on ...
04:55 PM, May 24, 2012
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