New Delhi: In a bid to cleanse the game and restore faith in the administrators, the Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) working committee is set to meet on Sunday where embattled BCCI President N Srinivasan is likely to step aside pending an inquiry. But sources have told CNN-IBN that Srinivasan has laid down two conditions - first, he wants to appoint the new secretary and treasurer and...
07:38 AM, Jun 02, 2013
Chennai: With the pressure of resignation mounting on him each passing day, BCCI chief N Srinivasan has called for an an emergency meeting in Chennai at 2.30 pm on Sunday over the IPL betting row. Sources have told CNN-IBN that a compromise formula has been worked out for Srinivasan's exit. A resolution is likely to be passed in Sunday's meeting, with Srinivasan stepping aside until the probe in the case...
12:33 PM, Jun 01, 2013
Mountain View: LinkedIn is joining the crowd of Internet services tying account security to mobile phones. In a change announced on Friday, the roughly 225 million users of LinkedIn's online professional networking service can now choose to require a code to be sent to their phones whenever an attempt is made to log in to an account from a device for the first time. The code sent to the phone...
12:27 PM, Jun 01, 2013
Network 18's news portal Firstpost has acquired India's most popular news satire and humour website Faking News. Rahul Roushan's digital product is one of the most popular portals for Indian news in its genre. Firstpost was launched two years ago with the deliberate attempt to make news and views on the Internet social and 'shareworthy'. While Firstpost is driven by serious readership and news content, it is also popular for...
02:14 PM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: The Centre, BCCI and a TV channel have been directed by the Delhi High Court to respond to a PIL alleging that Indian Premium League (IPL) platform was used for promotion of liquor brands and it was aired by the channel in violation of law. A division bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath issued notices to the Home Ministry, Board of Control for Cricket...
08:40 PM, May 30, 2013
San Francisco: Facebook lost more than a dozen advertisers, some just temporarily, after a campaign drew attention to pages on the social network that promoted violence against women. Women, Action and the Media launched the campaign last week to get Facebook to end hate speech on its website and urged advertisers to pull their support. The content included pages that had grisly photos and mottos that encouraged rape, abuse and...
06:35 AM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: That blue and white icon with a check mark is a much desired badge on Twitter. So what if even a fake account can flaunt one? Google Plus, the latecomer to the social networking party, also has its verified checkmarks. And finally the big daddy of social networks, Facebook, has also announced its own Verified Pages and Profiles. "We're launching verified Pages to help people find the authentic...
03:45 AM, May 30, 2013
Kolkata: The Congress in West Bengal on Saturday attacked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on implementation of the rural jobs programme, saying the state has turned out a poor performer in the 100 days work scheme despite tall claims of the Trinamool Congress government. "The state government kept on claiming that it is number one in crating jobs in 100 days work programme. It is absolutely wrong," state Congress chief Pradip...
05:15 AM, May 26, 2013
Washington: Google Inc intends to finance, build and help operate wireless networks from sub-Saharan Africa to Southeast Asia, hoping to connect a billion or so people in emerging countries to the Internet, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The Internet search giant - which has for years espoused universal Web access - is employing a patchwork quilt of technologies and holding discussions with regulators from South Africa to Kenya,...
04:43 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: He is defiant. He seems to have lost support overnight. And it looks like his time at the The Board Of Control For Cricket In India's (BCCI) top brass is numbered. N Srinivasan, however, maintains that he will not resign from the post of BCCI's President despite the arrest of his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan in IPL betting scandal. However, sources have said that the BCCI top brass is...
01:19 PM, May 25, 2013
At a meeting with party workers in Delhi ahead of state elections this year, Rahul Gandhi admonished them. Rahul said that he will not shy away from disciplining them, unlike Congress President Sonia Gandhi. ...
10:24 AM, May 24, 2013
Kolkata: Having accepted the fact that rumours about his private life are "part and parcel" of the film industry, 'Barfi!' star Ranbir Kapoor Thursday maintained that he would stay away from social-networking sites to shield his off-screen life. "My personal life should be on guard. I will not keep it open. I am not on any social networking sites and I won't be there also," Ranbir told reporters at a...
10:06 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will pay a three-day visit to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia starting from Friday, the first visit by an Indian foreign minister in the last five years, during which the kingdom's Nitaqat work policy, regional and international issues would be discussed. As many as 56,700 Indians face deportation from Saudi Arabia in the next one-and-half months and ten officials have been dispatched to the...
06:15 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: As many as 56,700 Indians face deportation from Saudi Arabia in the next one-and-half months and ten officials have been dispatched to the kingdom to help the Indian mission prepare emergency certificates for their exit, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on Thursday. "As of now, 56,700 Indians have registered with the Indian mission for getting exit permits as they have no valid passports or other travel documents,"...
05:05 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Sacked iGATE Corp Chief Executive Phaneesh Murthy will be sued for sexually harassing the firm's investor relations head and allegedly making her pregnant, the law firm representing the victim said on Thursday. The California-based law firm, Aiman-Smith & Marcy, said that iGATE's head of investor relations Araceli Roiz was pregnant with Murthy's child. Murthy told the iGATE board of his relationship with Roiz only after she informed him...
12:59 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: "Worried" that children can be exploited through social networking sites, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked Facebook and Google to submit within four weeks suggestions on safety measures for online usage of such sites by minors in India. A bench of justices BD Ahmed and Vibhu Bakhru voiced concern about Indian children entering into agreement with Facebook and other social networking sites and then being lured knowingly...
08:34 PM, May 22, 2013
Veena Malik's new film, 'Zindagi 50-50' is scheduled for a May 24 release. It will see Malik in the role of a sex worker. The movie also features Rajan Verma, Rajpal Yadav and Riya Sen. Actress Veena Malik joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on her movie 'Zindagi 50-50'. Q. Who is the director of 'Zindagi 50-50'? Asked by: Nanane A. Rajiv Ruia. Q. Your were fantastic and charming in...
04:20 PM, May 22, 2013
Washington: Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behaviour. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations. Teens told researchers there were too many adults on Facebook and too much sharing of teenage angst and...
10:14 AM, May 22, 2013
Washington: US President Barack Obama has asked Americans to be more competitive as millions of young people from countries like India, China and Brazil are joining the global workforce. "In today's hyper-connected, hyper-competitive world, with millions of young people from China and India and Brazil - many of whom started with a whole lot less than all of you did - all of them entering the global workforce alongside you,...
12:16 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police has asked hotels in Mumbai, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Hyderabad to provide CCTV footage to scan meetings of the three arrested cricketers with bookies in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal. Police is also planning to seek permission for collecting voice samples of the players - S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - arrested last Thursday from Mumbai along with 11 bookies. Sources said that the...
04:19 PM, May 19, 2013
