
A sex worker turned politician and was twice elected as the ward councillor of Bihar's Muzaffarpur district. Rani Begum has now put her past behind and is working towards a better future for people like her. "Initially, I faced difficulties working in the society. But gradually, when people saw my work they starting accepting me," Rani Begum said. ...

09:43 AM, Jan 30, 2013

Many US users were unable to access Facebook for several hours on Monday. ...

01:11 PM, Jan 29, 2013

Authorities on Sunday launched a probe into the fire and subsequent stampede at an illegal garment factory that killed seven women workers in the Bangladeshi capital, two months after the country's deadliest industrial fire in a textile unit claimed 112 lives. ...

01:37 PM, Jan 28, 2013

The first movie about Apple's legendary co-founder got a warm reception at its world premiere. ...

04:49 PM, Jan 26, 2013

If you're making a movie about WikiLeaks, this is the kind of thing you probably see coming. ...

07:53 AM, Jan 26, 2013

Watch some easy tips on how to stay fit by our fitness expert Yasmin Karachiwala. ...

04:01 PM, Jan 25, 2013

Researchers have developed a new app that can help Facebook users clean up vulgar or embarrassing pages from their profile. ...

02:26 PM, Jan 25, 2013

Defying a law against defacement of public places, sycophantic Congress leaders in the capital have vied with one another in hailing the elevation of Rahul Gandhi as party vice president by plastering the city with congratulatory posters. Hundreds of posters and billboards, in English and in Hindi, have been pasted on trees, lamp posts, bus stops and even push carts. ...

06:36 PM, Jan 23, 2013

More than half of envy incidents were triggered by holiday snaps on Facebook. ...

07:00 AM, Jan 23, 2013

Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala were sentenced to 10 years in jail on Tuesday in the Haryana Teachers Recruitment scam. A case of rioting has been made against Indian National Lok Dal party workers for clashing and protesting outside the court after the verdict. ...

09:09 PM, Jan 22, 2013

The supporters of former Haryana chief minister and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Om Prakash Chautala on Tuesday protested outside a Delhi court which is set to sentence the politician and his son in connection with a teachers recruitment scam. The security personnel were forced to lathicharge and throw tear gas shells at the protesters as they tried to break through a barricade. The court has been sealed for ...

10:40 AM, Jan 22, 2013

Nearly 8,000 men and women supporters of former Haryana chief minister and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Om Prakash Chautala on Tuesday protested outside a Delhi court which is set to sentence the politician and his son in connection with a teachers recruitment scam. ...

10:02 AM, Jan 22, 2013

Salman Khan has signed a deal with Star India network for the television broadcast rights of his upcoming Bollywood films. ...

06:35 PM, Jan 20, 2013

Crowds protested outside a police station in West Bengal's Hoogly district after a Trinamool Congress (TMC) activist died in custody due to alleged torture by police. Relatives of the 30-year-old Kazi Nasiruddin, along with locals surrounded the police station and pelted stones at it. ...

05:10 PM, Jan 19, 2013

Network18 Media and Investments reported a net profit at the consolidated level for the December quarter, led by strong performances in its broadcasting and digital businesses while TV18 Broadcast turned corner during the quarter driven by strong growth in broadcasting and distribution revenues. Network18's net profit stood at Rs 6.8 crore and operating profit at Rs 10.6 crore and TV18 reported consolidated net profit of Rs. 21.3 crore with quarterly...

03:37 PM, Jan 19, 2013

Director Sudhir Mishra joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on his movie 'Inkaar'. ...

03:21 PM, Jan 18, 2013

Will Facebook Graph Search change the way people behave on Facebook? Founder & CEO of MindShift Interactive Zafar Rais joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...

04:27 PM, Jan 17, 2013

Videocon Mobile Services will roll out next generation of products and services by adapting a highly spectrum-efficient 4G technology across the newly-acquired circles in the second half of 2013, a top company official said. ...

04:22 PM, Jan 16, 2013

Fifteen people were injured, some of them seriously, in a gas cylinder explosion in the powerloom town of Bhiwandi in Thane, police said on Wednesday. The explosion took place late Tuesday evening in a godown at Rajnoli Naka on the Bhiwandi-Nashik Highway, where waste plastic was stored for recycling, they said. ...

10:15 AM, Jan 16, 2013

Facebook has launched a new feature called Graph Search that allows users to search anything their Facebook friends have shared, including photos and posts. However, the feature is yet to be made public. ...

09:54 AM, Jan 16, 2013