San Francisco: Google Inc co-founder Larry Page will take over as CEO from Eric Schmidt, a surprise that signaled Silicon Valley's most powerful Internet company was taking the offensive against fast-moving rivals like Facebook. Schmidt will step aside on April 4 and make way for Page - who created the company with fellow Stanford University alumnus Sergey Brin in 1998 - to take the reins of a company that has...
07:49 AM, Jan 21, 2011
Srinagar: Chilly winds and freezing temperatures continued in the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region on Sunday. Leh was a chilling minus 12.6 degrees Celsius while Srinagar saw thick fog. "The minimum temperature in Srinagar was minus 3.1 degrees Celsius today (Sunday)," an official of the weather office told IANS. "It was minus 12.6 in Leh and minus 10.2 in Kargil town of Ladakh region," he said. "The temperature dipped...
10:47 AM, Dec 26, 2010
Kolkata: Two cargo vessels were badly damaged after colliding head-on in Nurpur in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal at about 11.30 AM on Tuesday. Reports say there have been no casualties but the crew was still on board both the ships. The ships are reportedly sinking. The Indian Coast Guard has launched a rescue operation. The two ships - Green Valley and Tigers Singh - collided in Nurpur,...
04:13 PM, Nov 23, 2010
Srinagar: Responding to the appeals of the Sikh community to allow Diwali celebrations, hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani on Tuesday said there would be no protest shutdown in the Kashmir Valley on Diwali. Sikhs in the Valley had appealed to the separatist leader not to announce any protest shutdown on Friday so that the festival of lights could be celebrated without any difficulty. "In deference to the wishes of...
02:01 PM, Nov 02, 2010
Actor Kangana Ranaut Walked the ramp for designers Arjun and Anjalee Kapoor in a bridal attire but is against people spending excess money on opulent weddings. She says, "A wedding is about two people tying the knot...not about others. I'm strictly against criminal wastage of money on weddings. We should avoid unnecessary expenses on the wedding. Instead help the needy.” The actress, known for serious roles like in Gangster, Fashion...
10:31 AM, Oct 31, 2010
One of the interlocutors for Kashmir Dileep Padgaonkar says they need to listen to the people carefully with patience, circumspection and an open mind. ...
10:25 PM, Oct 13, 2010
But the Valley is disappointed that there are no political faces in the panel, questioning the government's seriousness behind the move. ...
09:43 PM, Oct 13, 2010
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday reached out to the Valley residents and decided that 52 youngsters arrested on charges of stonepelting will be released. Sixteen CRPF bunkers across Srinagar city will also be removed. The state government after a Unified Command meeting decided to immediately free 52 detained stone pelters. A committee has been set up to look into the possibility of denotifying the Disturbed...
10:21 PM, Sep 29, 2010
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10:53 PM, Sep 27, 2010
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said the eight-point package announced by the Centre is not Kashmir-centric and is intended to address grievances of people in Jammu and Ladakh regions also. The chief minister also maintained that despite turmoil in the Kashmir Valley for the past over three months, the government paid due attention to development works. "The package is not Kashmir-centric and is for all...
09:10 PM, Sep 27, 2010
New Delhi: As the Kashmir Valley waits in anticipation for New Delhi to walk the talk after the eight-point initiative announced on Saturday, another indication of the Centre's resolve. More jobs for the Valley's youth are in the offing and this time corporate India is being roped in as part of the employment package that is being worked out. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the Rangarajan Panel is likely to...
09:05 PM, Sep 26, 2010
A first person account by Sarwar Kashani, a journalist from Delhi Srinagar: I lacked guts, otherwise a policeman had done all he could to turn me into a stone-thrower on the streets of Srinagar. After days of frustration due to strict restrictions on public movement, I mustered the courage to drive out of my house in the curfewed summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir that has been bristling with anger...
01:17 PM, Sep 25, 2010
Bangalore/Rajouri: A heavy downpour brought life to a standstill in Bangalore on Friday and claimed the lives of 17 people at Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir. Massive traffic jams and waterlogging was reported in various parts of Bangalore, which just can’t handle the heavy rains. The infrastructure is pathetic and the government is just not doing anything. Bangaloreans were frustrated after being stuck in traffic and rain for nearly four...
11:24 AM, Sep 25, 2010
New Delhi: With water levels in the Tehri dam crossing the danger mark, a potential disaster is feared in the hills of Uttarakhand. The region has been lashed by heavy rains, the worst in almost 40 years even as 63 people have died in cloudbursts and numerous landslides. Chief Minister Pokhriyal has appealed to the Prime Minister to declare Uttarakhand a disaster affected state and has sought a package of...
12:06 PM, Sep 20, 2010
Srinagar: Kashmir has been on the boil since Eid. The Omar Abdullah government has reimposed curfew in all major towns of the Kashmir Valley barring Baramulla to counter Hurriyat leader Geelani's Protest Calendar. However, Geelani who had said last week that Sunday would be a working day, has decided to exempt the day from protests and strikes. He has withdrawn the Army camps protest on September 21, asking people to...
11:11 AM, Sep 19, 2010
Srinagar: Kashmir continues to be on the edge as curfew enters seventh day here even as three individuals are killed in police firing and seven injured in Anantnag and Pattan on Saturday. Curfew was lifted in Srinagar for a few hours to allow people to stock up on food and medicines. Today’s deaths take the toll to 98 people killed in a span of 100 days of unrest in the...
10:45 AM, Sep 18, 2010
Srinagar: Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in Srinagar and other Jammu and Kashmir towns on Sunday, a day after the city saw widespread violent protests following Eid prayers. An FIR was registered against moderate separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq for inciting violence, officials said. A senior police official said imposition of curfew had become necessary in the wake of the massive violence that followed a separatist march in Srinagar Saturday...
10:03 AM, Sep 12, 2010
Jammu: When death and terror strikes become a part of life for people, the simple joys of life take a backseat. However, the cherished dream still keeps burning deep within the heart for a better life ahead, away from the tension and bloodshed, if not for themselves, then at least for their children. Perhaps this is the reason why ordinary Kashmiris have been sending their children away from the Valley...
09:04 AM, Sep 11, 2010
New Delhi: For many people, the city of Bangalore, also known as Bengaluru, conjures up an image of a metropolis that plays host to the headquarters of some of the world's biggest software companies. But dubbing Bangalore 'the Silicon Valley of India' has started to irritate local residents and even those who have made it their home as they argue the Karnataka capital is much more than just an IT...
12:27 PM, Sep 02, 2010
Srinagar: An eight-year-old boy, hit by a stray bullet during clashes between security forces and protesters, died here on Thursday, taking the toll in the Kashmir Valley unrest since June 11 to 60. Milat Ahmad Dar was injured on Saturday in Harnagh village of Anantnag district. He was playing with his friends when a bullet fired some distance away hit him. "The boy was not part of any mob. He...
12:26 PM, Aug 19, 2010
