Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Apple takes wraps off 4G-ready iPhone 5

Apple takes wraps off 4G-ready iPhone 5


Apple takes wraps off 4G-ready iPhone 5

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 01:45 PM PDT

Apple Inc on Wednesday took the wraps off the iPhone 5, the thinnest-ever version of a smartphone that yields the majority of its profit and helped it become the world's most valuable corporation. ...


Imran Khan praises Nitish Kumar, says Osama shouldn't have been killed: Full transcript

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:59 PM PDT

What do Imran Khan and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar have in common? Perhaps nothing very much on the face of it but Imran Khan, who believes he will be Pakistan's next Prime Minister says, he has...


Delhi shooting: She tried to hide behind cars till gunman caught her

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:54 PM PDT

As a gunman opened fire at her, Meenakshi Rana tried to dodge the bullets by weaving through the traffic on the busy north-west Delhi road where she was travelling with her son to his school. She jump...


Senior cop freed after being held hostage by suspended constable in Hyderabad

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:51 PM PDT

A four-hour-long 'hostage' drama ended late on Wednesday as a suspended head constable, who had taken a senior police official hostage, released him unharmed.


Libya attack: US diplomat wrote on gaming forum he might 'die tonight'

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:34 PM PDT

A US diplomat who was among four Americans killed in Libya was mourned Wednesday by the Internet gaming community, of which he was a well-known member.


Apple iPhone 5 launch event - highlights

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:24 PM PDT

Apple is announcing iPhone 5 at a press event in San Francisco today. The iPhone 4S successor is expected to come with a design revamp and several other improvements over the predecessor. The company ...


Don't think I crossed the limit: Aseem Trivedi to NDTV.com

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:21 PM PDT

Hours after he left jail, cartoonist Aseem Trivedi spoke on the phone to ndtv.com.


PIA plane with 187 people makes emergency landing in Karachi

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:30 AM PDT

A Pakistan International Airlines plane flying to Saudi Arabia with 187 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Karachi airport on Wednesday after its hydraulic system developed a fault, an o...


Mulayam Singh Yadav and party slam Congress, Rahul Gandhi. Then Akhilesh Yadav meets Mamata Banerjee

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:16 AM PDT

For a man whose party helps keep the UPA in power, Mulayam Singh Yadav appears determined to prove he's on a different team. After referring to his Samajwadi Party as the opposition yesterday, he went...


Apple website search confirms 'iPhone 5' name, LTE connectivity

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:20 AM PDT

As Apple is getting ready to announce the next iPhone later today, a search on company's website has confirmed the name of the smartphone. As anticipated the next iPhone will indeed be known as iPhone...


Libya attack: Tried to revive US envoy for 90 minutes, says doctor

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:28 AM PDT

The Libyan doctor who treated US ambassador Chris Stevens says the diplomat died of severe asphyxiation and that he tried for 90 minutes to revive him.


Sever ties with UPA government, BJP tells Mulayam Singh Yadav

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 07:30 AM PDT

Hitting out at Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for favouring a Third Front, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday dared him to first sever ties with United Progressive Alliance ...


Anti-Islam filmmaker in hiding after protests

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:56 AM PDT

An Israeli filmmaker based in California went into hiding after a YouTube trailer of his movie attacking Islam's prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by ultra-conservative Muslims on US missions in...


Dreamliner's first flight to be Delhi-Chennai on September 19

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:49 AM PDT

Air India's new Boeing 787 Dreamliner will start flying on domestic routes from September 19, with the airline hoping that the fuel-efficient aircraft will bring back its good old 'Maharaja...


Foreign media on Yuvraj Singh's return to cricket pitch

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:45 AM PDT

Yuvraj Singh wound up on the losing side when he played for India against New Zealand in a Twenty20 international in Chennai this week, but that mattered much less than the fact of his being there...

Goa mining scam: Chief Minister showing double standards?

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:41 AM PDT

Illegal mining in Goa cost the government Rs 35,000 crore according to a report recently presented in Parliament. The BJP won the elections in Goa just six months ago, and the new Chief Minister, Mano...


Haryana chemist on the run after selling two crore tablets of prescription drug

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:40 AM PDT

A chemist in Haryana's Sirsa town is on the run after drug control authorities in the state found that he had allegedly sold over two crore (20 million) tablets of Alprazolam - a schedule H drug that ...

High Court agrees with death sentence in Pune BPO rape case

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:33 AM PDT

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence of two people accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering a 22-year-old BPO employee in Pune in 2007.

Afghanistan bans YouTube to prevent viewing of anti-Muslim film

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:20 AM PDT

Afghanistan banned the YouTube site on Wednesday so Afghans would not be able to watch a US-made film insulting the Prophet Mohammad that has sparked protests in Egypt and Libya and the killing of the...


Mulayam & Co target Rahul, slam Congress for coal-gate and graft

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:20 AM PDT

A day after he unnerved the Congress by describing his Samajwadi Party as the opposition, Mulayam Singh Yadav went further today, slamming the Congress for financial scams, especially the coal swindle...


Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi released from jail, says battle has just begun

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:10 AM PDT

Aseem Trivedi, the cartoonist jailed on charges of sedition, left a Mumbai jail today waving his fist in the air, wearing a button-down black shirt just like when he was taken into custody on Saturday...


World T20: Indian team arrives in Sri Lanka

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:08 AM PDT

The Indian national team, led by skipper MS Dhoni, arrived in Colombo for the ICC World T20 beginning from Tuesday next. This after a heroic comeback from star batsman Yuvraj Singh after recoverin...

Have to adapt quickly to T20 format: Dhoni

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:07 AM PDT

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday, conceded that switching from Test cricket to Twenty20 format was difficult but his team has the experience of making the adjustment for the T20 World ...


More than 300 people die in two factory fires in Pakistan

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:47 AM PDT

Over 300 people were killed when fires engulfed two factories in two major cities, renewing concerns about lax building safety measures and dismal working conditions for factory workers in Pakistan.


US envoy to Libya killed in attack provoked by US-made film

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:40 AM PDT

The United States ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, was killed along with three of his staff in an attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi Tuesday night by an armed mob angry over a short...


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