Court ban on telcos giving live cricket updates
Mumbai (IANS) Describing it as a landmark order, Star India CEO Uday Shankar Thursday said that the Delhi High Court has prohibited telecom operators and…
‘Himachal police worked like Gestapo under BJP’
Shimla (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today equated the state’s police during the previous BJP regime with Gestapo, the German state secret police…
Rishi, Paresh to reunite after 20 years
New Delhi (IANS) Veteran actors Rishi Kapoor and Paresh Rawal are set to share the screen space after almost two decades in Sanjay Chhel’s untitled…
Rise in number of jobless professionals in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram(IANS) The number of unemployed professionals in Kerala continued to rise reaching 1.69 lakh by September 2012, up from 1.63 lakh for the year ended…
Punjab speaker suspends nine Congress legislators
Chandigarh (IANS) Following unruly scenes inside and outside the Punjab assembly Wednesday, the speaker Thursday suspended nine Congress legislators for the day. The nine were…
Xi takes charge of China
Beijing (IANS) Xi Jinping today became president of China, the world’s most populous and one of the most economically powerful nations, completing a once-in-a-decade crucial…
Some Yamuna marchers reject accord, to continue protest
Agra (IANS) The “save Yamuna” movement launched to secure the release of water from Hathinikundi in Haryana into the river appears to have split: One…
Three top private banks accused of money laundering
New Delhi (IANS) Three top private banks have been accused of running a nationwide money laundering racket by an investigative news website and production house,…
Indefinite curfew in tense Kashmir Valley
Srinagar, March 14 (IANS) An indefinite curfew was imposed in Srinagar and other major towns of the Kashmir Valley Thursday following the killing of a…
Packing away woollens? Go for neem, tobacco leaves
New Delhi (IANS) Busy packing away your winter clothes? Go for Azadirachta indica (neem) or tobacco leaves instead of naphthalene balls to preserve woollens…