Total lunar eclipse Dec 10
Kolkata : Sky gazers are all set to witness a celestial event involving the Moon, the Earth and the Sun as the second total…
Facebook, Twitter full of posts against content censorship
New Delhi : Even as Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Tuesday tried to allay concerns over censorship of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter,…
Two Indian Americans held for fake perfume trafficking
Washington : Two Indian Americans from New Jersey have been indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to import and traffic in counterfeit perfume,…
Muharram observed in India
New Delhi : Thousands of Muslims in India took out processions Tuesday to mark the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram and…
No delay on Lokpal bill: Singhvi
New Delhi : There would be no delay, except for a “couple of days” of procedural extension, in submitting the anti-graft Lokpal bill in…
Dev Anand is forever, says Pakistani daily
Islamabad : Dev Anand who left Lahore in 1943 at the age of 19 with just Rs.30 in his pocket and went on to…
We were thrown out of Congress, says YSR’s widow
Hyderabad : Late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s widow Vijayamma Monday accused the Congress party of throwing her and her son Y.S….
Obama expresses condolences, but no apology to Pakistan
Washington : Eight days after a NATO airstrike killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and chilled US-Pakistan relations, President Obama called Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari…
Mobile number portability not much of a hit
New Delhi : About a year into operation, mobile number portability (MNP) that allowed telephone subscribers to change their operators without forgoing their existing…
Longest novel in China focuses on 4.5 mn people
Beijing : A Chinese man has written the country’s longest novel that encompasses an astounding 4.5 million people, runs into 10 volumes and took…