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McLaren duo look to Melbourne to banish the boredom (21 March 11:27) |
| World champion Jenson Button agreed that it had not been a thriller and said the sport needed to serve up some spicier fare in Melbourne "for all our sakes". |
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Vladimir Klitschko knocks out Eddie Chambers to retain boxing titles (21 March 11:23) |
| Ukrainian Klitschko, 33, rattled the 27-year-old American in the second round but had to wait until just before the end of the 12th to stage a dramatic finale and knock him out in front of 5... |
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Luxury goods taxes likely to increase in Delhi budget (21 March 11:21) |
| Delhi finance minister AK Walia is likely to do a balancing job to augment government's financial resources as well as not to put too much pressure on the common man. |
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Govt ready to look into genuine issues on nuclear liability bill (21 March 11:00) |
| Science and technology minister Prithviraj Chavan said the country lacks a law under which compensation could be awarded in the case of a nuclear accident. |
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It is now or never producer Lawrence Bender (21 March 10:58) |
| Oscar-winning producer Lawrence Bender says that he is in Mumbai to promote awareness on global warming. |
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BREAKING NEWS Bomb scare in Thiruvananthapuram (21 March 10:52) |
| Explosives were found in the cargo of a Kingfisher Airlines flight, which was going from Bangalore to Thiruvananthapuram. All passengers are safe and have been asked to disembark at Thiruvan... |
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Flying Sikh Milkha Singh takes Re1 to inspire youth (21 March 10:51) |
| One of India's greatest track athletes, has sold his life story to a film maker for a cut price Re1 in the hope that the biopic might inspire the youth of his country to excel in the sport. |
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Its all about woman power in a quirky way designer Kanika Saluja (21 March 10:49) |
| Fashion designer Kanika Saluja is in India to launch her accessories line and speaks on fashion, style and her Hollywood clientele. |
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No room for error as Arsene Wenger keeps eye on title prize (21 March 10:49) |
| The Gunners, who last won the Premier League in 2004 and have not lifted any silverware since landing the FA Cup the following year, went to the top of the table with a 2-0 home win over Wes... |
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Leaders Bayern Munich sunk by two late Eintracht Frankfurt goals (21 March 10:43) |
| Substitute Juvhel Tsoumou drew the hosts level in the 87th minute after Miroslav Klose had put Bayern ahead early on and Martin Fenin, another substitute, completed the comeback with an 89th... |
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Italian resto-lounge opens in Colaba Mumbai this week (21 March 10:43) |
| Society swan Kajal Fabiani is set to have the city eating out of the palm of her hand. |
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Ten-man Arsenal beat West Ham and go top (21 March 10:42) |
| Arsenal moved on to 67 points with seven matches to play to lead the standings for the first time since January and keep the pressure on Manchester United and Chelsea, who play their weekend... |
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Shah Rukh Khan is like family to me Rani Mukerji (21 March 10:34) |
| On her 32nd birthday today, actor Rani Mukerji rubbishes rumours of her rift with SRK. |
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Opera House in Mumbai to undergo renovation (21 March 10:26) |
| India's only surviving opera house, in Mumbai, will re-live its rich past with restoration by expert Abha Narain Lambah. |
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43 degree Celsius heat sears Ahmedabad its a 10-year record for March (21 March 10:24) |
| Gujarat faced moderate to severe heat-wave conditions on Saturday. |
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You get tax cut Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation gets Rs10 crore (21 March 10:23) |
| Civic body's new scheme giving citizens rebate in property tax has its coffers overflowing in just six days. |
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Parsis celebrate Navroze today (21 March 10:18) |
| It's Jamshedi Navroze today and the Parsis in Mumbai are set to ring in their New Year with prayers, fun and yummy bhonu. |
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Narmada project Thirsty Kutch waits for its share (21 March 10:14) |
| The Narmada issue has become the holy cow of the present government and all queries about corruption are labelled as anti-Gujarat. |
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NTPC to set up 1000 MW power plant near Khambhat (21 March 10:12) |
| GPCL is the nodal agency of Gujarat government for power projects implementation in the state. |
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Robots have fun at PDPU fest in Ahmedabad (21 March 10:10) |
| 'Jal' brings curtains down on two-day fest. Part of the day-long festival was the essay and story writing competitions and the 'The Amazing Race' which saw scores of students participate in ... |
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Chinese man kills 11-year-old boy eats his brain to cure epilepsy (19 March 12:42) |
| A superstitious man, Wang Chaoxu, of Qixian village, Yunnan, allegedly murdered Li Xuetang, whose dead body has been found buried in a grain field in a neighboring hamlet. |
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Leafcutter ant queens shut down male-male sperm competition (19 March 12:39) |
| Researchers discovered that in both ant and bee species, a male's seminal fluid favours the survival of its own sperm over the other males' sperm. |
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Newly discovered exoplanet may have water (19 March 12:37) |
| Corot-9b was found on May 16, 2008 and orbits its star every 95.274 days, a little longer than Mercury takes to go round the Sun. |
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Obama Hillary Clinton fundraiser admits $292 million fraud (19 March 12:37) |
| A wealthy businessman who raised money for leading democratic party politicians, pleaded guilty on Thursday to defrauding three major banks out of $292.2 million in loan transactions. |
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How men produce 1500 sperms in a second (19 March 12:36) |
| For a long time, it is believed that stem cells in the testicles--also called germline stem cells--become sperm only through a simple, two-step process. |
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Women with swine flu more likely to suffer critical illness if pregnant (19 March 12:35) |
| Boffins concluded that 11% of mothers and 12% of babies died as a result of being admitted to intensive care with swine flu. |
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Key accused in Kozhikode twin blast case arrested in Kerala (19 March 12:34) |
| Firoz, 28, of Parappanangadi of Kozhikode district, was returning to Kochi by an Etihad flight from Abu Dhabi, when the NIA personnel nabbed him and took him in custody, police said. |
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CNN veteran Christiane Amanpour moves to ABC News (19 March 12:24) |
| Amanpour's departure from CNN after 27 years comes at a troubled time for Time Warner Inc's cable network, whose ratings are in a slump. |
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Self-earning schemes initiated for militancy victims in Jammu and Kashmir (19 March 12:14) |
| The vocational training provided by Rabiya Baji's center has found many takers.The women who take up training are also given rations and a stipend. |
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Security drill at New Delhi Railway station (19 March 12:10) |
| The drill started with a mock bomb explosion at the Ajmeri Gate side of the railway station at around 11am. |
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Top Meghalaya cop in police radar for floating militant outfit (19 March 12:05) |
| DSP Champion Sangma was posted as assistant commandant of 2nd Meghalaya police battalion at Goeragre in West Garo Hills district, after which he went "missing". |
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Videocon bids for 3G airwaves eyes overseas partners (19 March 12:03) |
| The firm is in talks with European and US companies for partnering its 3G operations in the country. |
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LT unit gets $308 million order (19 March 12:01) |
| India's top engineering and construction firm won an order worth Rs14 billion ($308 million) for a six-lane highway. |
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Taliban arrests thwart Afghan talks Ex-UN envoy (19 March 11:59) |
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Norwegian Kai Eide, who stepped down this month, said talks dried up several weeks ago after more than a dozen prominent Taliban members were held in joint US-Pakistan operations. |
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MSRTC starts new semi luxury bus on Mumbai-Surat route (19 March 11:57) |
| The bus covers a distance of 316 km via Khetwadi-Girgaum, Parel, Senapati Bapat Marg-Dadar, Andheri, Borivali-Sukurwadi, Manor, Charoti, Talasari, Vapi, Valsad and Navsari. |
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Royals seek TCGLs help to preserve heritage properties (19 March 11:54) |
| Members of Gujarat's royalty suggest that a one-time fund be provided for renovation; they also want efforts to be made to promote tourism. |
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Tamil Nadu budget presented in Assembly (19 March 11:52) |
| The state government also announced that an industrial park would be set up by the State Industries Promotion Corporation of in Villupuram district. |
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Jelena Jankovic battles past Alisa Kleybanova to reach semis (19 March 11:48) |
| The sixth-seeded Serbian, on serve, ended an error-strewn match lasting one hour, 42 minutes at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden when her opponent struck a backhand long. |
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Google may cease operations in China by April 10 Report (19 March 11:47) |
| China's online population is eager to know whether Gmail, Google Earth and Google Answers, will remain accessible after the closing of google.cn. |
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Rafael Nadal bounces Tomas Berdych to set up Ivan Ljubicic clash (19 March 11:44) |
| The Spanish left-hander came from 3-1 down in the second-set tiebreak, winning the last three points of the match at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden to book a place in the last four against b... |
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Headley selected possible landing sites for 2611 attack (19 March 10:35) |
| After returning to Pakistan, Headley again met with various co-conspirators and, among other things, he advised them about the potential landing sites. |
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18622 police posts in Ahmedabad unmanned (19 March 10:35) |
| Shaktisinh Gohil, opposition leader, says chief minister wants to promote politics of terrorism. |
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Soon new watermark on cheques to check fraud (19 March 10:32) |
| Three images for the watermark have been short-listed, one of which will finally be selected for printing on cheques of all banks in the country. |
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Abad scorched by hottest March day in 10 years (19 March 10:31) |
| On Thursday, the highest temperature recorded in Ahmedabad was 42.5 degree Celsius, Vadodara 42.7, Rajkot 42.2, Surat 42.4, Bhuj 42.6 and in Deesa 43 degree Celsius. |
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Ahmedabad owes Rs4800 crore to income tax department (19 March 10:29) |
| In the case of Ahmedabad, the I-T department had to declare the outstanding dues as 'arrears on demand' after many taxpayers went to court against the tax assessment made by the department. |
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Sensex up 44 points in early trade (19 March 10:24) |
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The sensex, which had gained nearly 380 points in the last three sessions, added 44.54 points at 17,563.80 points in the first five minutes of trading. |
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Few crimes are as heinous as cruelty to animals (19 March 10:17) |
| We need to understand that by protecting animals we rise above the selfish rapids that rage in society. |
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To sleep perchance to dream (19 March 10:15) |
| Bengali play Dream, Dream promises to give a fresh twist to Shakespeare's zaniest comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. |
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Viacom Google accuse each other of YouTube hypocrisy (19 March 10:04) |
| Google countered that Viacom managers continued to secretly upload content to YouTube even after the media company had filed the $1 billion copyright suit in March 2007. |
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A penchant for caricatures keeps them laughing (19 March 09:56) |
| The Sringeri brothers have a funny bone that comes alive on paper. Their caricatures often make fun of easily recognisable idiosyncrasies and personalities. DNA finds out who their favourite... |
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