May 25 2008
Film star and owner of IPL cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders Shah Rukh Khan on Sunday called on West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee prior to his team’s last match at the Eden Gardens.During his 45-minute meeting with the chief...
May 25 2008
Popular Pakistani sufi rock band ‘Junoon’ on Sunday mesmerised the audience at a concert here with 4,000 people, mainly school and college students, turning out at the concert and singing along with its superhit ‘Sayouni’,...
May 24 2008
Normalcy in Kashmir was affected on Saturday following a strike call by the hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference led by Sayed Ali Shah Geelani to protest President Pratibha Patil’s five day visit to the state.Shops, business establishments and...
May 24 2008
With “almost daily (cyber) attacks” being mounted on private computer networks and Indian government Web sites, Tata Communications has now come up with a solution through its DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) detection and mitigation...
May 24 2008
A rescue helicopter spotted the man, aged 38, and woman, 40, drifting some eight miles northwest of Bait Reef, winched them aboard and flew them to a nearby resort island.Police said the divers, who were not immediately named, survived because they had...
May 24 2008
In a long-anticipated decision hailed as a victory by environmental groups, the United States last week declared the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) a ‘threatened’ species. But this heightened protection status may have little bearing on the...
May 24 2008
Authorities in southern Germany have taken custody of a 7-month-old boy after his parents posted an ad on eBay offering to sell him for one euro, or about $1.60.Police spokesman Peter Hieber says the baby was placed in the care of youth services in the...
May 24 2008
Drinking beer is one of the world’s favorite pastimes - catching up with friends or lazing around with a chilled mug of beer in hot summer months. But now you must think twice before gulping it down as a new American study has found that heavy...
May 23 2008
In the context of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s comments regarding the Bangladeshi presence in the country that “it is a tradition to welcome all those who arrive in the country”, the All Assam Students Union (AASU) today appealed to all...
May 23 2008
Dr Rajesh Talwar, accused of murdering his daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, was on Friday remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.The Noida police claimed to have cracked the case based on Dr Talwar’s confession after they confronted...