IANS

Syndicate content

Sukh Ram set to surrender Saturday

Former telecom minister Sukh Ram was set to surrender in a Delhi court on Saturday after the court directed him to do so as soon as possible. The 84-year-old is involved in a 1996 equipment purchase s

Avalanche warning issued in Kashmir

An avalanche warning has been issued in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir and people have been told not to leave their homes, an official said on Saturday.

The divisional disaster management ce

Hazare may be discharged from hospital on Sunday

hazare3-pti_3.jpg.crop_display.jpg

Social activist Anna Hazare is expected to be discharged from a hospital here on Sunday after eight days of treatment, an aide said.

Hazare, 74, who was suffering from a chest infection, was rushed t

CBI arrests ex-official in health scheme scam

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a former government official on Saturday in Lucknow in connection with a multi-crore-rupee scam related to the implementation of the National Rural H

RBI cautions investors against illegal finance companies

reservebank_3.jpg.crop_display.jpg

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Saturday asked people not to deposit their hard earned money in unauthorised non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and institutions in the hope of getting hefty re

Toyota launches third generation Prius with new features

2009_Toyota_Prius_01.jpg.crop_display.jpg

Toyota on Saturday launched its third generation hybrid hatchback Pruis priced between Rs.27.38 lakh and Rs.29.40 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) at the Auto Expo here.

"We aim to increase awareness on hybr

Cover all statues of Mayawati, BSP symbol: Quraishi

quraishi-pti_0.jpg.crop_display.jpg

Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi on Saturday ordered that all statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party poll symbol, the elephant, in the state should be covered till ass

Best Western to set up 66 hotels in India

US hotel chain Best Western International is planning to invest Rs.1,600 crore ($301 million) to open 66 new hotels, including 20 five-star ones, spread across India in the next five years.

"Best Wes

Bhanwari Devi case: Ashes sent to Delhi for DNA test

Bhanvari_0.jpg.crop_display.jpg

A team of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) on Friday sent ashes collected from a site in Jodhpur to New Delhi for a DNA test to ascertain if they were the remains of Rajasthan nurse Bhan

Mother drowns baby in Norway as boyfriend watches on Skype

A Norwegian woman, separated from her Pakistani husband, drowned her one-year-old baby in a bucket while her boyfriend watched it live on Skype, a media report said.

Yasmin Chaudhry, 26, killed her b

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.