London : A day after the US senate criticised the Bush administration for not being able to nab Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that Osama is in Pakistan. Brown called on Pakistan to intensify the hunt for Al-Qaida leaders and said more evidence was needed of Pakistan taking [...]
Mumbai : The nation is paying homage to the people it lost in the worst ever terror attack on Indian soil. A year after 26/11, it is also grappling with the questions – are we safer? Has India changed after 26/11? In Mumbai, the day began with memorial services at hotels Taj and Trident and [...]
Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who launched the controversial biography of Om Puri here, has lauded his contemporary’s courage in revealing details about his personal life. The launch, where Puri narrated some of life’s moments himself, was attended by a large number of people from the Hindi film fraternity. Describing the evening in his blog, [...]
New Delhi: Following UEFA’s press conference on Friday, the governing body has confirmed that they are working alongside the German authorities in an investigation into around 200 European football matches. A criminal gang is believed to have bribed players, coaches, referees and officials to fix matches and then placed bets on the outcome. It is [...]
Ranchi : Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda has written to the Enforcement Directorate saying they cannot summon him. In the letter to, he has also said the ED will have to give him a 10 day advance notice and also inform the Speaker. Madhu Koda dodged interrogation yet again on Thursday, ignoring a summons [...]
In the study, researchers from the universities of Bristol and St. Andrews in the UK found that the colour of a person’s skin affects how healthy and therefore attractive they appear. Using specialist computer software, a total of 54 Caucasian participants of both sexes were asked to manipulate the skin colour of male and female [...]
London: Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez says he would quit if the club decided to sell striker Fernando Torres. The Spaniard reassured fans that Torres would not be allowed to leave. “I’m confident it will never happen. If it did, I’d resign,” Benitez told the newspaper. After finishing second in the English Premier League last season, [...]
MUMBAI: The stock market ended flat after recovering from intra-day losses thanks to good buying interest in select IT, bank and auto stocks. After an overnight slide, IT stocks scored handsome gains following a sharp rally in American depository receipts in US. TCS gained 3.67% and Infosys Tech 1.96%. India’s largest bike maker Hero Honda [...]
Mumbai : Evidence available with NDTV shows that Tawahar Rana had a much bigger role to play than David Headley and in fact Headley took orders from Rana. Earlier NDTV had learnt that Rana, who along with Headley is now in the custody of the FBI in the US, had left Mumbai five days before [...]
Kolkata : The CPM has taken strong exception to Home Minister P Chidambaram’s remarks that the Left has lost its popularity in West Bengal. “It’s another thing if the Home Minister is trying to please his colleague, but he is totally doing disgrace to history,” CPM leader Nilotpal Basu told NDTV. “Everybody knows that the [...]
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