It is just about a week to go now for CAT 2012 to begin. The question on most students minds, especially those giving the exam in the first half of the exam window is, "What should I do between now and the CAT to be able to crack the exam?" Right up there on the To-Do list is to check your familiarity with the online test format. If you have...
01:55 PM, Oct 04, 2012
On this episode of Overdrive, we bring to you all, the news from motoring world and Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes Mumbai speed festival. ...
08:26 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Portsmouth: The Iranian Navy is reported to have got hold of the design of a superfast speedboat which the West fears could be used for attacking warships. The Bradstone Challenger, a record-breaking speedboat, is capable of an incredible 72 knots. A smaller version of this boat was driven by David Beckham during the opening of the 2012 London Olympic Games. But now this boat is in the hands of the...
05:41 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Kochi: If everything goes well, the work of the ambitious Rs 1.8 lakh-crore high speed rail corridor project from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasargod will begin by January 2014. It will take eight years to complete the project. The first phase of the project from Thiruvananthapuram to Ernakulam, with an estimated cost of Rs 45,000 crore, will be completed in five years. Another three years are required to complete the project from...
02:20 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Billed as the biggest and most expensive infrastructure projects conceived by Kerala, a high speed rail corridor for India's first bullet train is one of the mega projects the state plans to implement. On completion, it will enable one travel from Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram to the state's northern most point Kasaragod in 142 minutes, covering a distance of 526 km. The project may sound unbelievable, especially in the case...
11:29 AM, Jul 03, 2012
New Delhi: Xage Communication India Pvt Ltd, has launched a new low-cost phone - M786 SPEED, which is a dual SIM touch phone. The phone is priced at Rs 2,999. The Xage M738 Speed is a bar phone that features a 2.8 inch touchscreen display. The phone is claimed to offer talk-time of up to 6 hours. Other features include FM Radio, MP3 player and voice recording. It sports a...
12:09 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: After a series of fatal accidents due to overspeeding in the city, Delhi Police is now mulling ways to jail those who drive their vehicles above the prescribed speed limit. "We will propose that those who drive at speeds which are excessive should be detained and their driving licences seized and suspended, based on photographic evidence by the courts, apart from fines etc. "Over speeding also has jail...
06:11 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: In a boost to Keralas efforts to fast-track infrastructure development, the Centre on Saturday gave the green signal to the high-speed rail corridor project, linking the entire stretch from Kasargode in the north to the state capital in the south. The 580 km track which will reduce end-to-end running time to two to three hours, is expected to cost Rs 1 lakh crore. At a high-level meeting convened at...
09:31 PM, Jan 21, 2012
Beijing: China hopes to increase internet speed by five times and cut broadband costs by 2015, the ministry of information technology has said. By 2015 the average broadband bandwidth will hit 20 megabytes per second (Mbps) in urban areas, almost five times the current level. In rural areas, the bandwidth will reach four Mbps, the ministry said. The move follows widespread complaints that the country's broadband services were "too expensive...
12:52 PM, Dec 28, 2011
New Delhi: Actors, singers, models, DJs -- 2011 saw a barrage of international celebrities like Tom Cruise, Lady Gaga, Shakira and Paris Hilton making inroads into India, reaffirming the blurring lines between the Hollywood and Bollywood worlds. Shutterbugs kept clicking throughout the year, as celebrities kept trickling in one after the other, either for business or mere leisure. The actors footfall started with 'X-Men' star Hugh Jackman's visit in March...
02:56 PM, Dec 27, 2011
Shillong: Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Mukul M Sangma today inaugurated Wireless Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) at Ampati Sub Divisional Office (Civil) in Garo Hills of Meghalaya. Addressing the gathering Sangma said, "WiMAX is the latest technology being deployed for high speed data connection for long distances." WiMAX is basically a type of certification given to an equipment supplier by WiMAX forum, an official press release said. "The two driving...
08:47 AM, Nov 11, 2011
Perth: Bollywood seems to be slowly growing in popularity among world leaders and this was again evident today as Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird banged on Akshay Kumar to soothe nerves of India over travel advisories. Baird, who met with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on the sidelines of the CHOGM Foreign Ministers Meeting here, invoked the name of the film star to explain that the Canadian government had...
03:03 PM, Oct 27, 2011
New Delhi: The magnetic effect of India's culture and cinema will continue to draw the Western world, says veteran actor Anupam Kher, who has reached out to the domestic and international market through several crossover projects in the last three decades. "India is now considered an economic cultural hub. We have a lot to offer to the West in terms of cinema and also on a personal level. The richness...
12:34 PM, Oct 09, 2011
New Delhi: Hollywood actress Camilla Belle might be just one film old in Bollywood, but she is madly in love with the industry and is keen to do typical song-dance masala Hindi movies. The 24-year-old, who featured in Hollywood movies 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park', 'When a Stranger Calls' and '10,000 BC', made her Indian debut with Akshay Kumar's co-production 'Speedy Singhs'. "If I am offered a film here, I...
07:10 PM, Sep 29, 2011
New Delhi: She is a well known face inHollywood with films like 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' and '10,000 BC' in her kitty and now actress Camilla Belle iseyeing Bollywood. The 24-year-old stars in Akshay Kumar's recently released Indo-Canadian production 'Speedy Singhs', and says she loves watching Hindi films and is open to work in one. "I am open to work in Bollywood films if a right opportunity comes along...
07:59 PM, Sep 26, 2011
Watch the 250th special episode of 'The Week That Wasn't with Cyrus Broacha and Russell Peters. ...
12:39 PM, Sep 25, 2011
Rajeev Masand reviews 'Mausam', 'Speedy Singhs', 'Johnny English Returns' and 'Zookeeper'. ...
11:03 AM, Sep 24, 2011
Cast: Vinay Virmani, Russell Peters, Rob Lowe Director: Robert Lieberman 'Speedy Singhs' is a bargain basement version of Gurinder Chadha's 'Bend It Like Beckham', borrowing the exact same premise but leaving out the sharp wit of that cross-cultural comedy. Newcomer Vinay Virmani stars as Rajveer Singh, an NRI kid in Toronto who clashes with his father (played by Anupam Kher) when he defiantly pursues his interest in ice hockey, instead...
12:05 AM, Sep 24, 2011
