Monday, May 21, 2012

Andhra Pradesh train accident: Two dead, several injured, many still strapped

Andhra Pradesh train accident: Two dead, several injured, many still strapped


Andhra Pradesh train accident: Two dead, several injured, many still strapped

Posted: 21 May 2012 06:48 PM PDT

At least two people have died and many are said to be injured after a passenger train collided with a stationary goods train near Penneconda in Andhra Pradesh early this morning.


Government's ad blitz: Wastage in a time of austerity?

Posted: 21 May 2012 12:55 PM PDT

Rutgers spying defendant sentenced to 30-day jail term

Posted: 21 May 2012 12:22 PM PDT

A judge in New Brunswick sentenced Dharun Ravi to 30 days in jail on Monday for using a webcam to spy on his Rutgers University roommate having sex with a man, in a case that galvanized concern about ...


Insider trading case: Trial of former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta begins

Posted: 21 May 2012 12:08 PM PDT

A jury was selected Monday at the insider trading trial of a former Goldman Sachs board member after prosecutors told a judge they expect to call a current Goldman board member as one of their first w...


Rave party: Will quit cricket if tests are positive, says Rahul Sharma

Posted: 21 May 2012 10:40 AM PDT

Drogba tells Chelsea team-mates he is off: report

Posted: 21 May 2012 10:17 AM PDT

Ivory Coast great Didier Drogba has told his Chelsea team-mates he is leaving the newly-crowned Champions League winners because he doesn't fancy spending time on the substitutes bench, France Foo...

We were at the wrong place at the wrong time: Parnell

Posted: 21 May 2012 10:02 AM PDT

South African cricketer Wayne Parnell today claimed that he and fellow Pune Warriors teammate Rahul Sharma were innocent and that they were "at the wrong place at the wrong time" after the duo were de...


Dubai's Princess Tower tallest residential building

Posted: 21 May 2012 09:39 AM PDT

Dubai, which already claims the world's highest building, has set a new record with Princess Tower, which the Guinness World Records website said on Monday was the world's tallest residential building...

Man shot in Gurgaon over parking space

Posted: 21 May 2012 08:38 AM PDT

A 25-year-old man was shot and wounded by two people on Monday after a heated argument over parking space for their cars in Gurgaon's sector 55 , police said. According to the police, some people insi...

Supply lines cast shadow at NATO meeting on Afghan war

Posted: 21 May 2012 08:19 AM PDT

President Obama was struggling to balance the United States' relationship with two crucial but difficult allies on Sunday, after a deal to reopen supply lines through Pakistan to Afghanistan fell apar...


Air India sacks 30 more pilots on Day 14 of strike: 10 big developments

Posted: 21 May 2012 08:11 AM PDT

It's the 14th day of the Air India pilots' strike and neither the pilots nor the government is blinking yet, though some protesting pilots have been reporting back to work - including four today. 30 m...


Facebook stock sinks without underwriter support

Posted: 21 May 2012 07:41 AM PDT

Without that same level of defense, its shares fell $4.64 to $33.67 in the first minutes of trading. That represented a decline of more than 12 per cent from Friday's close and about 24.4 per cent fro...

Rupee falls below 55 to the dollar to record low

Posted: 21 May 2012 07:31 AM PDT

Facebook stock in free fall on second day

Posted: 21 May 2012 07:30 AM PDT

Facebook's stock is tumbling well below its $38 IPO price in the social network's second day of trading as a public company on Monday.


IPL Molestation Case: Appanna questioned about CCTV evidence

Posted: 21 May 2012 07:29 AM PDT

It began with allegations of an IPL player molesting a woman at a five-star hotel in Delhi. Two days of investigation by the Delhi Police suggest one other cricketer was involved.

Rupee breached 55 level: Top 10 developments

Posted: 21 May 2012 07:10 AM PDT

The Indian rupee slumped to 55 against US dollar, the lowest level ever touched. The currency has shed over 10 per cent of the value since March 2012 and over 20 per cent over the past one year and is...

Government sends Lokpal Bill to House panel; BJP protests

Posted: 21 May 2012 06:58 AM PDT

The anti-corruption Lokpal Bill will not be passed in the Budget session of Parliament, which ends tomorrow. The Bill has instead been sent to a select committee of the Rajya Sabha, after the governme...


Rave party: Will quit cricket if tests are positive, says Rahul Sharma

Posted: 21 May 2012 06:46 AM PDT

500 body parts kept by British cops even after probe

Posted: 21 May 2012 06:40 AM PDT

Police departments in Britain retained at least 492 human body parts, including brains, hearts and limbs, even after investigations were over, without informing victims' families, an official probe ha...

IPL Molestation Case: Appanna questioned about CCTV evidence

Posted: 21 May 2012 06:30 AM PDT

It began with allegations of an IPL player molesting a woman at a five-star hotel in Delhi. Two days of investigation by the Delhi Police suggest one other cricketer was involved. Here are 10 big deve...


Lokpal storm in Rajya Sabha again; BJP objects to motion to send bill to select committee

Posted: 21 May 2012 06:09 AM PDT

The anti-corruption Lokpal Bill is unlikely to be passed in the Budget session of Parliament, which ends tomorrow. But the Lokpal storm continues, with the rulebook being waved by both Opposition and ...


Ahead of the Bell: Facebook below IPO price

Posted: 21 May 2012 05:52 AM PDT

Facebook stock has dropped below the initial public stock offering price in premarket trading.

Rafael Nadal dominates Novak Djokovic to win Rome Masters

Posted: 21 May 2012 05:52 AM PDT

Rafael Nadal won his sixth Rome Masters title in a rain-postponed final against Novak Djokovic here on Monday, defeating the world number one 7-5, 6-3.It was sweet revenge for a straight sets loss to ...

Dogs bit him even after he passed out from the attack

Posted: 21 May 2012 05:10 AM PDT

A 30-year-old Briton is fighting for his life at a hospital after he was mauled by two savage dogs as he walked along a beach.The unnamed victim was bitten all over his body by a Mastiff cross and a S...


Pranab's white paper on black money is a bikini, says the BJP

Posted: 21 May 2012 05:09 AM PDT

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