Friday, January 11, 2013

Engineer arrested in Meerut for allegedly killing daughter

Engineer arrested in Meerut for allegedly killing daughter


Engineer arrested in Meerut for allegedly killing daughter

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:25 PM PST

Police in Meerut have arrested an engineer for allegedly killing his 23-year-old daughter. The man, who is said to have nursed a grievance about not having a son, allegedly strangled his daughter, a c...


Firing by Pakistani troops continued intermittently through the night, say sources

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:15 PM PST

There was fresh firing on the Line of Control (LoC) at five posts in the Krishna Ghati and Sona Gali sectors of Jammu and Kashmir yesterday, sources in the Indian Army have said. They added that there...


Victim's dad tells accused Colorado gunman to 'Rot in hell'

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:53 PM PST

Emotions boiled over on Friday at a court hearing for James Holmes, the man charged with shooting 12 people to death and wounding dozens more at a Batman movie, when the father of one victim shouted, ...


Skipper MS Dhoni's sister-in-law stands in queue to buy tickets for Ranchi ODI

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 09:56 AM PST

Mamata Singh Dhoni, wife of Dhoni's elder brother Narendra Singh Dhoni, was spotted on Thursday in the queue, marked for ladies, with her daughter.The crowd recognised them when the little daughter wa...


US to review Boeing 787 safety issues

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 09:14 AM PST

Federal authorities Friday ordered a review of electrical systems in Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner following a spate of incidents, including a battery fire earlier this week in Boston, 15 months after t...


Narendra Modi a 'king among kings', says Anil Ambani at Vibrant Gujarat summit

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:54 AM PST

Narendra Modi received lavish praise today from India Inc at the biennial Vibrant Gujarat summit that began today, where the chief minister of Gujarat employs his marketing savvy to drive investment i...


Indian-born lottery winner's body to be exhumed

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:43 AM PST

A judge has granted authorities permission to exhume the body of an Indian-born lottery winner who was fatally poisoned with cyanide just as he was about to collect his $425,000 payout.

Lack of trust costs India a full strength Davis Cup side

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:19 AM PST

It has been learnt that the players were willing to make themselves available for selection after being offered the additional concession by the AITA but insisted on getting the assurance in writing.A...

Had I stayed two more overs, we would have won, says MS Dhoni

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:08 AM PST

"Yes, we conceded a lot of runs in the last two overs. But we got a good start but did not have enough wickets in hand in the last ten overs to put pressure on them. Had I stayed on for two more overs...

It was difficult but we should have won, laments MS Dhoni

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:44 AM PST

Chasing England's 325 for four, India lacked the batting firepower and were restricted to a 316 for nine in a high-scoring contest to concede a 1-0 lead to visitors in the five-match series.Till Dhoni...


Heat, flood or icy cold, extreme weather rages worldwide

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:28 AM PST

Britons may remember 2012 as the year the weather spun off its rails in a chaotic concoction of drought, deluge and flooding, but the unpredictability of it all turns out to have been all too predicta...

1st ODI: James Tredwell stars for England as India fall short by 9 runs

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:14 AM PST

India could make only 316 for nine in reply to England's 325 for four, and that brought England's first win against India in India since they won by five wickets in April 2006 in Jamshedpur, ending a ...


'Life of Pi' inspires government tourism campaign

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:09 AM PST

Hoping to cash in on the worldwide popularity of "Life of Pi", which has been shot in India, government on Friday decided to launch a full-fledged campaign based on the Oscar nominated film to woo tou...

Infosys market cap jumps by $4 billion, more than Fiji GDP

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:35 AM PST

Shares in Infosys closed up 16.8 per cent on Friday after stronger-than-expected third-quarter results and an unexpected rise in its fiscal year revenue estimate, adding $4.07 billion to its market...


First royal portrait of Kate Middleton unveiled

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:20 AM PST

The first official portrait of Prince William's wife Catherine was unveiled Friday at a London gallery where it was hailed by its subject as "amazing" but slammed by some critics.


Parliamentary panel clears Food Security Bill

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:18 AM PST

The National Food Security Bill, a centrepiece of the ruling government's campaign in 2009, has been cleared by a parliamentary committee today and will now be sent for review to the Food Ministry and...


Hate speech: Akbaruddin Owaisi sent to five-day police custody

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:01 AM PST

Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi has been sent to five-day police custody by a court in Nirmal town in Andhra Pradesh's Adilabad district. The police had sought Mr Owaisi's ...


Astronomers spot biggest structure in Universe

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 05:11 AM PST

Astronomers on Friday said they had observed the largest structure yet seen in the cosmos, a cluster of galaxies from the early Universe that spans an astonishing four billion light years.

You can switch your cooking gas dealer, but not company

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 05:09 AM PST

Cooking gas consumers can now change their dealers as the government has launched LPG portability scheme on the lines of mobile phone services.


Fresh firing by Pakistani troops on five Indian posts, say sources

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 04:51 AM PST

There has been fresh firing on the Line of Control (LoC) at five posts in the Krishna Ghati and Sona Gali sectors of Jammu and Kashmir, sources in the Indian Army have said. They said there was firing...


India Inc. promises Modi much investment, as always, at Vibrant Gujarat meet

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 04:35 AM PST

The who's who of industry lavished praise on Narendra Modi and promised him more investment at the Vibrant Gujarat summit today. The Chief Minister of Gujarat uses the biennial event to showcas...


Fatally ill nurse makes herself the lesson for students

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 04:33 AM PST

The project she envisioned would be not just for students, but also for her - a way to squeeze one more chapter out of life.

Tennis Association includes Leander Paes in team for Davis Cup, leaves out 'rebel players'

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 04:30 AM PST

The other players are V.M. Ranjeet, Vijayant Malik and Purav Raja, who will be making their Davis Cup debut here in the Feb 1-3 tie. Paes will team up with Raja for the doubles. Ashwin Vijayaraghavan ...


Facebook will let you message Mark Zuckerberg for $100

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 03:59 AM PST

How much would you pay to have your message sent across to Mark Zuckerberg and for it not to get lost in the countless messages he gets? $10? $20? Well, Facebook seems to think $100 is a fair amount.T...


Narendra Modi a 'king among kings', says Anil Ambani at Vibrant Gujarat summit

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:56 AM PST

Narendra Modi received lavish praise today from India Inc at the biennial Vibrant Gujarat Summit that began today, where the chief minister of Gujarat employs his marketing savvy to drive investment i...


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