Washington: The controversial secret cyber spying programme run by America's National Security Agency (NSA) foiled more than 50 potential terrorist plots in as many as 20 countries, including India.
"The plot included a previously undisclosed plan to blow up the New York Stock Exchange," according to the testimony of NSA chief General Keith Alexander before the House Intelligence Committee.
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04:21 PM, Jun 19, 2013
London: Tottenham have hired former England assistant coach Franco Baldini as the club's new technical director. The Italian, who was No. 2 to compatriot Fabio Capello with England, quit his role as general director at Serie A side Roma this month and his new position will involve taking charge of Spurs' scouting and player recruitment. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy says Wednesday "Franco is extremely well respected in the industry, possessing...
04:05 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Spice has come up with its new phablet, Coolpad Mi-515, which is available online on the e-commerce site Saholic.com for Rs 9,990. It has a 5-inch qHD display and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The dual SIM phablet is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and 1GB RAM. The device has an internal storage of 4GB (user available is 1.79GB), which is expandable up to 32GB via a...
04:04 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Even as nature's fury is causing multitude of disasters in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the Centre is yet to appoint head of the specialised 10,000-personnel strong NDRF, the mainstay for disaster mitigation and rescue operations in the country. The post of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Director General is being held as an additional assignment by the chief of ITBP for more than a fortnight now, forcing the...
03:55 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday won the trust vote in the Assembly, proving his majority after dumping long-time ally the Bharatiya Janata Party. The JD(U), with its 118 MLAs, needed 122 to pass the floor test and they got through with 126 MLA votes. MLAs of the Congress, CPI and four Independents voted for the JD(U). All 91 MLAs of the BJP, with whom the JD(U) snapped...
03:22 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) launched a scathing attack on the BJP and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during his speech on the confidence motion in Bihar Assembly on Wednesday. During his speech Nitish said that Bihar and the country cannot be ruled by those who practised divisive politics while taking a dig at his erstwhile alliance partner the BJP and its leader Narendra Modi. Nitish said there...
02:59 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Patna: 2:35 PM: Nitish Kumar's JD(U) wins vote of confidence in Bihar Assembly by 126 votes. 2:30 PM: Voting on trust vote begins in Bihar Assembly. 2:22 PM: Nitish Kumar says, "There was no problem with (Narendra Modi) becoming the committee chief. But, the way it was presented, there was no more doubt what was expected next." 2:19 PM: Nitish Kumar says that he will never accept divisive politics in...
12:22 PM, Jun 19, 2013
This year Pirelli tires are in the headlines for more wrong reasons than right, but for Force India, the tires have worked out well so far. The team put up a rather eventful performance at the Canadian Grand Prix with both their drivers, Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil, earning points at Montreal. In Canada the pair finished seventh and 10th, earning some useful points and extending the advantage over...
11:12 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Milan: Months after the shocking revelations of the AgustaWestland bribery case, Finmeccanica ex-CEO Giuseppe Orsi's trial begins on Wednesday. A CBI team will also be attending the trial in Milan. Orsi and the CEO of its chopper unit Bruno Spagnoli, will go on trial on Wednesday in a Milan court. Orsi was arrested on February 12 on charges of international corruption, bribery and billing fraud over the sale of 12...
08:41 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: A sex racket was busted in Delhi after two Uzbek women who were held hostage for five months in a house and were repeatedly sexually abused by customers, escaped, police on Tuesday said. A woman pimp has been arrested. The two women from Uzbekistan managed to flee from the clutches of the sex racket on Sunday and reached Safdarjung Hospital, where they sought help of hospital authorities to...
05:05 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Tuticorin: A 70-year old was injured when a country bomb was hurled at him allegedly by six persons, including four of his nephews, over a property dispute at Sathankulam in this district on Tuesday, police said. Victim Chellappa was owning 15 acres of land. His sister's son Ponpandi had been demanding that the land be given to him. He was riding a bicycle on Tuesday morning when Ponpandi, his three...
12:26 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: The issue of the US National Security Agency monitoring internet data of India on Tuesday reached the Supreme Court with a PIL filed seeking its direction to the Centre to initiate action against internet companies for sharing information with foreign authority in "breach" of contract and violation of right to privacy. The PIL, filed by a former Dean of Law Faculty of Delhi University Professor SN Singh, alleged...
07:45 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Hyderabad: A war of words broke out between the main opposition TDP and ruling Congress members in Andhra Pradesh Assembly this afternoon as Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy sought to defend the "tainted ministers," who were under the CBI scanner in Jagan's illegal assets case. The Telugu Desam Party demanded that all tainted ministers be dropped from the Cabinet while the Congress took strong exception to the "tainted" tag....
06:29 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Los Angeles: 'Spider-Man' is returning to cast his web in four films. Sony Pictures has announced that it will release its third and fourth 'Amazing Spider-Man' movies on June 10, 2016 and 2018. A threequel was always in the pipeline but the announcement of a fourth film means that the superhero will enjoy a longer stint at the box office. The sequel of the rebook will see Andrew Garfield return...
05:51 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Amid reports surrounding his future with the Premier League champions, Manchester United winger Luis Nani has attracted interest from Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur according to SportsDirect News. Nani's contract at Old Trafford runs out in the summer of 2014, with no new deal yet in place in for the Portugese international. While Arsenal have been linked with move for the 26-year-old for some time, the agency reported that Spurs are...
01:42 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Corinthians said they are expecting English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur to make an offer for Brazil international midfielder Paulinho. The Brazilian club's deputy director Duilio Monteiro Alves said Monday that all offers for the 24-year-old would be considered during the European summer transfer window, reports Xinhua. "We know that Tottenham are interested but there is nothing official yet. We look forward to the next few days to talk about...
01:02 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Mumbai: Vindoo Dara Singh was spotted on the sets of 'Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaya' dressed as a woman. The actor, who was recently in news for his alleged involvement in spot-fixing in IPL, looked relaxed and happily posed for the camera with co-actor Rajpal Yadav. The actor, who was arrested due to the case, is out on bail. (Pictures by Yogen Shah) ...
11:50 AM, Jun 18, 2013
London: Tottenham forward Gareth Bale is attempting to cash in on his new-found fame by filing an application to trademark his goal celebration, a heart-shaped hand gesture he dedicates to his long-time girlfriend. The Intellectual Property Office says it has received Bale's application for his "Eleven of Hearts" logo, which he intends to use on clothing, footwear, headgear and jewellery. The logo has the No. 11 - his shirt number...
11:10 PM, Jun 17, 2013
The CBI which is probing the quid pro quo investment case against YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy filed one more supplementary chargesheet on Monday. It is a supplementary chargesheet to the first chargesheet filed by the CBI in April 2012, having additional evidence (statements of witnesses) to make V Vijay Sai Reddy, an accused in the case and also an auditor of the Kadapa MP, over his role in...
11:08 PM, Jun 17, 2013
London: A 29-year-old Indian-origin journalist was on Monday named the editor of The Independent, becoming the first non-white editorial head of a UK national paper. Amol Rajan will replace Chris Blackhurst, becoming Fleet Street's first non-white newspaper editor. He was previously the paper's comment editor. Rajan was born in Kolkata before moving to London as a three-year-old. He grew up in Tooting, south London, and went on to read English...
08:46 PM, Jun 17, 2013
