Ranvir Sena chief shot dead; Bihar put on alert

Jun 1 2012 - 8:36am

Patna: An indefinite curfew was imposed in Ara town and red alert was sounded across Bihar Friday, after unidentified gunmen shot dead Brahmeshwar Singh 'Mukhiya', chief of the outlawed Ranvir Sena, police said. The state police chief has ordered a high-level probe into the killing. Read more

CD case: Police to take voice samples of Mulayam, Amar, Bhushan

CD case: Police to take voice samples of Mulayam, Amar, Bhushan

Jun 1 2012 - 7:35am

New Delhi: The Delhi Police were allowed by a Delhi court Friday to take voice samples of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, former party leader Amar Singh and lawyer and Team Anna member Shanti Bhushan in a case related to a CD purportedly containing a conversation among them. Read more

Amid Western pressure, India, Iran seek closer economic ties

May 31 2012 - 3:04pm

New Delhi: Amid mounting Western pressure, India Thursday underlined that unilateral sanctions should not impact upon its "legitimate trade interests" with Iran as Tehran urged New Delhi to hike its crude-oil purchases. Read more

Entertainment News

When Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn met cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.

When Ajay bumped into Sachin

May 31 2012 - 2:58pm

Mumbai: Bollywood star Ajay Devgn bumped into cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar during a shooting schedule at Mehboob Studios in Bandra here, and the two got down to chat about sports. Read more

Bhavna Ruparel

Sonakshi's cousin Bhavna set to enter filmdom

May 31 2012 - 2:52pm

Mumbai: After Priyanks Chopra, now Sonakshi Sinha's cousin, Bhavna Ruparel, is set to make her debut as a full-fledged actress with a Telugu film and is keen to do meaty roles in movies. Read more

SPECIALS

The killing fields of Kerala

Jun 1 2012 - 11:03am

Kerala, India's most literate state with the best socio-economic indicators, has ironically a history of political killings in which virtually every party is involved. A recent RTI inquiry revealed that 56 people fell victim to internecine violence in Kannur in the decade from January 1997 to March 2008. Read more

Anand bids to be an all-time great

Anand bids to be an all-time great

May 30 2012 - 10:55am

India's chess legend Viswanathan Anand can lay claim to be one of the all-time greats in the sport after he won his fifth World Championship title beating Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in the tie-breaker in Moscow Wednesday. Read more

CANADA NEWS

TELUS investing $650 million in Ontario over next three years

Jun 1 2012 - 11:14am

Toronto: TELUS will invest more than $650 million in advanced technology over the next three years i Read more

Bill 78 condemned by national student movement

Jun 1 2012 - 4:20am

Ottawa: At the National General Meeting of the Canadian Federation of Students, delegates voted unanimously to condemn Québec's Law 78. Passed on May 18, Law 78 criminalizes students' rights to assembly, association and expression in Québec. Read more

Don't Miss

First Vidhu Vinod Chopra online film festival on Yahoo!

First Vidhu Vinod Chopra online film festival on Yahoo!

May 31 2012 - 5:48am

New Delhi: Premier digital media company Yahoo! India Thursday announced the launch of the first online retrospective from Vinod Chopra Films on Yahoo! Video. Internet users in India now have the opportunity to watch eight super hit movies from this banner for free. Read more

Poonam Pandey posted nude picture on twitter after KKR win

Poonam Pandey bares all for KKR

May 28 2012 - 2:03pm

Mumbai: Poonam Pandey had promised she will strip if superstar Shah Rukh Khan's franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the fifth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL). And the controversial model kept her word. Read more

Reflections

Helped by Muslims, Hindus throng Kashmir shrine

Helped by Muslims, Hindus throng Kashmir shrine

May 29 2012 - 12:29pm

Scores of Kashmir Pandit devotees thronged the Khirbhawani temple shrine in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday amid emotional scenes of Hindu-Muslim amity. Using buses, taxis and even two-wheelers, Hindus paid obeisance at the holiest Hindu shrine of Mata Khirbhawani in Tullamulla village, 24 km from summer capital Srinagar in Ganderbal district. Read more

An old central Asian carpet which will be auctioned in India

Antique tapestries from Central Asia to be auctioned in India

May 29 2012 - 11:54am

A selection of antique carpets, rugs, kilims, runners, tapestries and fragments from the famous weaving regions around Central Asia - known for their ancient wool weaving traditions - will be auctioned in Bangalore June 11 by Indian auction house Bid & Hammer. Read more

Opinion >>

Look what’s hiding in the Trojan Horse budget

May 30 2012 - 1:44pm

Never before have we seen such a reckless backdoor attempt to change fundamental Canadian laws and close the curtains on transparency. That’s the Budget Implementation Act for you – a massive Trojan Horse of a bill that the Conservatives are trying to ram through Parliament. Read more

TECHNOLOGY/SCIENCE

Yahoo plug-in brings new visual delight

May 24 2012 - 12:22pm

London: Yahoo has entered the browser wars with the release of an iPad and iPhone app and a desktop plug-in that spruces up your current browser, Daily Mail reported Thursday. Read more

Sony unveils smart phones for upward mobile

May 24 2012 - 9:49am

Bangalore: Sony Mobile Communications of Japanese electronics major Sony Corporation Thursday unveiled a range of smart phones for the upward mobile with unique features to access a plethora of services anywhere and anytime. Read more

Community News

Snigdha Nandipati wins fifth Spelling Bee crown for Indian-Americans

Jun 1 2012 - 4:00am

Washington:Indian Americans continued to demonstrate their spelling prowess when Snigdha Nandipati, a 14-year-old girl, correctly spelled "guetapens", French word for ambush, to win the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee crown. Read more

New York Sikh, Muslim workers allowed religious headwear

May 31 2012 - 10:07am

New York: Sikh and Muslim employees of New York City transit system will be allowed to wear religious head coverings without an agency logo in public even when on duty operating buses and subways. Read more

Lifestyle/Fashion

The heat is on! Dos and don'ts for hair care

The heat is on! Dos and don'ts for hair care

Jun 1 2012 - 10:09am

New Delhi: Snip, serum, shampoo and screen. With the mercury at 45 degrees Celsius and the sun blazing down, experts say you must go for frequent trims, apply serum to protect those tresses, use mild shampoo to keep them clean and wear a hat to shield them when you go out. Read more

Designer Rohit Verma

'Big Boss' gave me recognition as designer: Rohit Verma

May 26 2012 - 11:31am

Jaipur: Designer Rohit Verma, who was known for his loud-mouth antics in the third edition of "Big Boss", says the controversial reality show not only changed him personally, it al Read more

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Features

Life beyond telly: Actors in alternate businesses

May 14 2012 - 10:50am

Acting is their passion, but the profession doesn't guarantee long-term stability. So a bevy of actors, including Ronit Roy, Hiten Tejwani and Rakshanda Khan, have ventured into alternate businesses to have a secure future. Read more