London: Actress Anna Friel is considering turning her back on TV and film work in favour of stage roles after falling in love with theatre work during her acclaimed West End run in ‘Breakfast At Tiffany`s’. The ex ‘Pushing Daisies’ star has received rave reviews for her role as Holly Golightly in the London stage [...]
New Delhi : As the CBI continues to investigate the murder of 13-year-old Aarushi Talwar and her family’s domestic help Hemraj, several questions still remain unanswered. Aarushi’s phone which was recovered recently has drawn a blank. The Aarushi Talwar murder probe took the CBI team to the dusty lanes of Bulandshahar in Uttar Pradesh. They [...]
China * World’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases * Has announced 40-45% cuts in carbon intensity by 2020 * Wants rich countries to cut emissions by 40% by 2020 * Wants rich nations to pay 1% of annual GDP to help other countries adapt United states * World’s second biggest polluter * Has agreed to [...]
Robben Island (South Africa): The winners of next year’s World Cup final in South Africa will collect a cheque for $30 million, FIFA said on Thursday. The runners-up will receive $24 million and all participating teams will receive an extra $1 million to cover their preparation costs. The decision was announced after FIFA’s Executive Committee [...]
San Francisco: Google has began weaving an automated language translation feature into its universal search service. A new “translated search” tool lets people direct Google to seek results from Web pages written in an array of languages and then deliver results in a searcher’s preferred tongue. The feature has been available at the Google Translate [...]
London : India’s refusal to talk to Pakistan till it takes credible action against the perpetrators of 26/11 is clearly unnerving the Zardari government. Speaking to NDTV in London, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that India must stop being negative or Pakistan too will lose interest in taking the dialogue process forward if [...]
New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad was seen in Parliament on Thursday limping and walking with the help of a stick. The Bihar leader, who is out of power both at the Centre and state, said he suffered a minor fracture after a stage collapsed at Arrah in [...]
Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board lost revenue worth $47.22 million after the Indian government didn’t allow Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men to tour the trouble-torn country for a Test series earlier this year, following Mumbai terror attacks. The accounts of PCB, scrutinised by the Auditor-General of Pakistan show that the board lost revenues of around $39 million [...]
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches on the premises of realtor Emaar MGF in connection with the multi-crore illegal Hawala and investment case involving former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, PTI reported. The search followed the Enforcement Directorate reportedly finding certain documents that showed Koda’s associates on the board of certain Emaar [...]
London: World No.1 Serena Williams has been fined $175,000 and put on probation for two years for her foul-mouthed tirade at the US Open, the Grand Slam Committee said on Monday. The committee said a further major offence at a grand slam in the next two years would see her suspended from the US Open [...]
Apple sued over ‘overheating’ iPads in US
RIM set to unveil ‘iPhone killer’ next week
Women’s hockey sex scandal: Panel submits reports
Facebook tops 500 million users
Food inflation rises to 12.81 pc; fuel prices up 14.27 pc
BMW offers preview of battery powered carAmazon introduces new Kindle DX with lower price