The government is all set to cancel the Aakash tablet - India's low cost version of an iPad - that is suffering from delays in manufacturing, a faulty processor and low memory. The new Human Resource and Development Minister Pallam Raju made the decision of cancelling the tablets, which has been a dream project of IT and Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal. ...
10:25 AM, Mar 24, 2013
With the death of one more person, the number of swine flu deaths in Indore has gone up to twelve since January 2013, a medical officer said on Saturday. A 35-year-old man from Sukhaliya Colony, who was admitted to CHL hospital here on March 20, died of swine flu on Friday, the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) official Dr GL Sodhi said. ...
03:48 PM, Mar 23, 2013
95 minutes have seldom felt so long, as they do while watching 'Aatma'. This curious but ultimately predictable supernatural thriller fails to escape genre conventions, falling into the same trap that so many of its predecessors have. ...
12:08 PM, Mar 23, 2013
The offspinner took 5 for 94 as India finished the day on 266 for 8, setting up an intriguing Sunday on a wearing Kotla surface. ...
11:39 AM, Mar 23, 2013
R Ashwin became the last batsman to fall on an engrossing day of Test cricket in Delhi where Nathan Lyon's five-for kept Australia in the match. ...
09:00 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the ministry has moved the Cabinet note for setting up of a Debt Management Office (DMO), which will handle the government's borrowing programme. ...
02:05 AM, Mar 23, 2013
![Really Tough Movie Quiz (March 22)]( "Really Tough Movie Quiz (March 22)")
In 'Swades', at what bookshop in Delhi does Shah Rukh Khan's character Mohan Bhargav first meet Gita, played by Gayatri Joshi?
Ans: Pathfinder
Winners:
Deepak Kotnis, Mumbai
Harshitha Kumaraswamy, Bangalore
Srinwanti Das, Kolkata
Akshay Sharma, New Delhi
Shehnaz Shaik, Hyderabad
10:58 PM, Mar 22, 2013
You don't complain about excessive violence if you've chosen to watch a Quentin Tarantino film. But in 'Django Unchained', his homage to spaghetti westerns set in the pre-Civil War era of black slaves and ruthless white oppressors, the celebrated filmmaker invites us to witness such an orgy of brutality and bloodshed that you have to ask if the film is attacking cruelty or reveling in it. ...
10:48 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Rajeev Masand says 'Django Unchained' isn't for the fainthearted. What do you say? Write your own review and win prizes.
10:43 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Rajeev Masand says 'Olympus Has Fallen' delivers plenty bang for your buck. What do your say? Write your own review and win prizes.
10:43 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Rajeev Masand says watching 'Aatma' is death by boredom. What do you say? Write your own review and win prizes.
10:42 PM, Mar 22, 2013
The new Gerard Butler starrer 'Olympus Has Fallen' is such a faithful retread of the 'Die Hard' formula that you keep waiting for Bruce Willis to show up in a white vest and yell: "Yippee ki yay copycats!" ...
10:40 PM, Mar 22, 2013
95 minutes have seldom felt so long, as they do while watching 'Aatma'. This curious but ultimately predictable supernatural thriller fails to escape genre conventions, falling into the same trap that so many of its predecessors have. ...
10:36 PM, Mar 22, 2013
The fate of the much touted low-cost computing device Aakash looks uncertain with the government on Friday conceding that there has been a "failure" in its production. Concerned over the tardy progress, the HRD Ministry has written to IIT Bombay (the executing body) to ensure the vendor (Datawind) meets the terms and conditions and the supply order by March 31 in letter and spirit, failing which action could be initiated...
10:29 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Datawind was asked to supply one lakh pieces of Aakash tablet initially, which never happened. ...
07:04 PM, Mar 22, 2013
India had Australia seven down for 136 before Australia's eighth and ninth wickets added 95 to the total to keep India searching for a breakthrough at stumps. ...
11:37 AM, Mar 22, 2013
Mammen K Rajan has written the story of 'Red Wine', while Salam Bappu has wielded the megaphone for it. ...
09:48 PM, Mar 21, 2013
Tripura, which has the Agartala bench of the Gauhati High Court, would get a separate high court on March 26, official sources said on Thursday. "The Union Law ministry and Supreme court have agreed to set up a separate high court for Tripura on March 26," Tripura Law Secretary Data Mohan Jamatiya told reporters. ...
07:31 PM, Mar 21, 2013
The reaction in New Zealand indicates the country remains insecure about its own culture, says Steve Matthewman. ...
02:46 PM, Mar 21, 2013
Praveen M Sukumaran has come up with a unique plot in his upcoming Malayalam film 'Chewing Gum' starring new comers Sunny Wayne and Thinkal Bhal. ...
07:28 PM, Mar 20, 2013
