Bollywood mourns M.F. Husain’s demise
Legendary painter M.F. Husain had his heart in Bollywood and many from the film industry have expressed grief over his demise on Thursday.
It’s votebank politics: BJP
The main Opposition BJP on Friday claimed that the delay in taking a decision on Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s mercy petition is a “copybook example of votebank politics”. The party also demanded that Guru’s petition should be rejected at the earliest.
Indian Navy saves Chinese ship from pirates
Prompt action by the Indian Navy staved off a pirate attack on a Chinese cargo vessel far out in the Arabian Sea, forcing the brigands to flee and earning kudos from the authorities in Beijing, a seni
Pilots defy deadline, AI sacks two more
Striking domestic pilots defied a 5 pm deadline set by national carrier Air India to return to work on Friday, even as the prospect of a formal shutdown of domestic operations loomed large. Two more pilots were sacked on Friday, taking the number to nine.
Centre bats for single state-run telco
April 14: The telecom secretary, Mr R. Chandra-shekhar, said that a decision on BSNL and MTNL merger will take time as there are procedural problems with MTNL being a listed entity and BSNL non-liste
After World Cup win, huge windfall for Indian cricket players
It's raining crores for the World Cup-winning Indian cricket team whose members will also get residential plots and Railways too chipped in announcing first AC complimentary lifetime passes.
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67.3mn watched India-Pakistan World Cup match
The India-Pakistan World Cup semifinal got the maximum viewership rating with 67.3 million people staying glued to their television sets in the country to enjoy the showdown, a rating agency said Thur
61 pirates held after Arabian Sea battle
The Indian Navy on Saturday apprehended 61 pirates and rescued 13 crew members held hostage after a gunbattle in the Arabian Sea, around 600 nautical miles west of Kochi and 400 nautical miles west of the Lakshadweep Islands. A pirate “mother vessel” (large boat captured by pirates and used as a base) was destroyed in the exchange of fire between the Navy and the pirates.
CBI confronts Balwa with Telecom Raja
The CBI, probing the 2G spectrum scam, on Wednesday confronted Shahid Usman Balwa, the managing director of DB Realty and a promoter of Swan Telecom, with former telecom minister A. Raja and put direct questions to the duo related to the alleged favour given to certain private telecom companies while allotting 2G licences.
Upward mobility improves
In a move that will give more choice to mobile phone customers, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday launched the nationwide mobile number portability (MNP) service.