Raiders target Cheryl’s £310k wedding rings
Friday, 19.02.2010, 10:52am
It has emerged that raiders, who had broken into the mansion X Factor co-judge Cheryl Cole shares with her footie ace husband Ashley, had been after her two 310,000 pounds wedding rings
Mathematical formula behind Hollywood hit
Friday, 19.02.2010, 07:49am
An expert is of the opinion that contemporary Hollywood filmmakers have mastered the art of grabbing viewers’ attention with the correct lengths of each shot based on a mathematical pattern
Daily dose of blueberries may guarantee improved memory
Saturday, 30.01.2010, 06:09am
A daily dose of blueberries could be the perfect way to ease the memory lapses and brain slips that typically accompany old age
Gen Y wants to save the environment, but with an economic benefit
Sunday, 24.01.2010, 02:43am
A new research has found that the youth of today, dubbed ‘Generation Y’, is all geared up for saving the environment, but only if it comes with an economic benefit
Lanka credit card fraudster facing long jail term for running ‘online shop for criminals’
Friday, 15.01.2010, 07:09am
A Sri Lankan, who was the founding member of a global criminal website responsible for tens of millions of pounds of credit card crime, is facing a lengthy jail term
Dual accommodation by cabinet ministers mock Gilani’s austerity measures
Monday, 11.01.2010, 02:47pm
Despite Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s clear direction to his cabinet members that retaining two government accommodations at a time was a malpractice, as many as 24 Ministers and other top government officials are enjoying the dual facility
AEC chief Kakodkar downplays terror threat
Tuesday, 17.11.2009, 06:29am
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman Anil Kakodkar has said work on India''s nuclear programmes will continue as usual despite media reports of the country''s nuclear power plants being placed on alert and being made more secure to prevent a terror strike.
Dera Sachh Khand sect was established 70 years ago
Tuesday, 26.05.2009, 02:22am
The violent unrest that has gripped Punjab after a leader of the Dera Sachh Khand was killed following a clash in a gurdwara in faraway Austria has brought the sect into limelight.
Curfew in Jalandhar after Vienna Gurudwara clash (Lead)
Monday, 25.05.2009, 02:41am
A clash between two groups in a gurudwara in Austrian capital Vienna in which 11 people were injured Sunday triggered tension in Punjab, with curfew being imposed in this city and several vehicles being torched here and elsewhere in the state.
Sikh organisations to mark 25 years of Operation Bluestar
Sunday, 24.05.2009, 07:08am
Sikh organisations, including some radical ones, are all set to evoke the painful memories of the Indian Army's storming of the Golden Temple complex in June 1984 to evict heavily armed Sikh extremists.
Last surviving member of Ghadar Party dies in Britain
Saturday, 23.05.2009, 02:04am
Bhagat Singh Bilga, the last surviving member of the pre-independence Ghadar (revolution) Party and a well-known freedom fighter, has passed away in Birmingham, according to information reaching the Desh Bhagat Yaadgar Memorial Committee at Jalandhar in Punjab. He was 102 years old.
Bodies of Prabhakaran's son, six LTTE leaders found (Third Lead)
Monday, 18.05.2009, 08:22am
In a macabre end to one of the world's longest running insurgencies, the bodies of Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran's son and six key rebel leaders have been found in a war-battered strip of Sri Lanka's northern coast, the government said Monday.
Tall people earn more, Australian survey finds
Monday, 18.05.2009, 02:48am
The taller you are, the more you earn, but being fat doesn't affect your pay, Australian researchers have said.
Indian-born MP wants caste bias banned in Britain
Tuesday, 12.05.2009, 08:05am
A draft bill designed to promote social equality must also try and erase caste-based discrimination that is rampant among South Asians in Britain, an Indian-born MP says.
Indian Mujahideen behind temple desecrations in Goa: BJP
Monday, 11.05.2009, 10:59am
The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa Monday alleged the Indian Mujahideen (IM) was behind the spate of temple desecrations taking place in rural parts of the state.
Muslims to need to be a political force: Bukhari (Lead)
Thursday, 07.05.2009, 11:52am
7Saying he had voted against the Congress for letting down Muslims, prominent Islamic cleric Syed Ahmad Bukhari Thursday said it was time India's largest minority became a political force.
Sikhs demand representation in Jharkhand minority panel
Thursday, 07.05.2009, 10:15am
Sikhs in Jharkhand Thursday filed a petition in the high court here demanding appointment of their community member as vice-chairperson of the state's Minority Commission.
Thirst to serve people inspired me: UPSC rank holder
Tuesday, 05.05.2009, 10:30am
Kiran Kaushal, the woman from Raipur who ranked third in the country's highly competitive civil services exam, says it was her "thirst to serve" people that inspired her to give her best shot.
Woman drowned in New Zealand bizarre exorcism
Tuesday, 05.05.2009, 04:25am
A Maori mother of two drowned when water was poured into her mouth and eyes to wash out demons in a bizarre exorcism ritual, a Wellington court was told, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
Eight-year-old Saudi girl divorces 50-year-old husband
Friday, 01.05.2009, 02:18am
An eight-year-old Saudi girl got divorced from her 50-year-old husband after the marriage drew severe criticism, the girl's lawyer said Thursday.
Indian Tamils view Sri Lanka with concern, but also apathy
Friday, 24.04.2009, 07:36am
From indifference to concern - the attitude of Indian Tamils to the plight of their ethnic brethren caught in the fighting between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil Tiger rebels in the island nation varies widely.
At civil investiture, President Patil defers to the elderly
Wednesday, 15.04.2009, 02:58am
It was a break from protocol and a gesture that went down extremely well with those attending the civil investiture at Rashtrapati Bhawan here Tuesday as President Pratibha Patil, in deference to their age and infirmity of six recipients, walked down from the dais to honour them.
Man, family get 10-year jail for demanding dowry
Wednesday, 15.04.2009, 02:50am
A city court Tuesday sentenced a man and his parents to 10 years in jail for demanding dowry from his wife who was forced to commit suicide in 2005.
Shoe-throwing scribe declines SGPC job offer (Lead)
Tuesday, 14.04.2009, 01:59am
Delhi based journalist Jarnail Singh who tossed a shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram at a press conference in New Delhi April 7, Monday declined a job offer made to him by the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee during a ceremony here.
Agra readies for huge show of Dalit strength
Monday, 13.04.2009, 10:13am
The city of the Taj is set to witness a display of the Dalit community's growing political and economic power Tuesday, when 300,000 people are expected to start three days of celebrations to mark the birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar.
