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  • vs naipaul says he won t write about india any more

    VS Naipaul says he won't write about India any more

    November 01, 2012 20:40 IST

    Mumbai, Nov 1, 2012: Nobel laureate VS Naipaul has flatly declared he would no longer write about India or its people, giving a shock to the who's who of Mumbai's literary circles and glitterati at

  • lack of sleep prevents women feeling full makes men hungrier

    Lack of sleep prevents women feeling full, makes men hungrier

    November 01, 2012 18:41 IST

    London, Nov 1: Lack of sleep affects different hormones in men and women, increasing the appetite in men while preventing women from feeling full after a meal, a new study has found.Researchers from the Columbia

  • foreign investors shying away because of high fiscal

    Foreign investors shying away because of high fiscal deficit, says PM

    November 01, 2012 16:43 IST

    New Delhi, Nov 1 :  Holding that “high” fiscal deficit is a deterrent for domestic and foreign investments, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government will have to overcome constraints to achieve a target

  • oil tanker runs aground off chennai 15 sailors rescued 6

    Oil tanker runs aground off Chennai, 15 sailors rescued, 6 still missing

    November 01, 2012 21:21 IST

    Chennai, Nov 1: Fifteen sailors were today rescued and a search was on for six other missing crews who were on board an oil tanker that drifted and ran aground off the city coast in

  • cyclone nilam spares chennai 4 dead

    Cyclone Nilam spares Chennai, 4 dead

    November 01, 2012 8:40 IST

    Chennai, Nov 1 : Cyclonic storm Nilam, which threatened to hit the Chennai coast, spared the metropolis and  made landfall near Mamallapuram, about 60 km south from here on Wednesday evening.  Four persons were reported

  • hundreds of tv screens go blank as digitisation deadline

    Hundreds of TV screens go blank as digitisation deadline ends

    November 01, 2012 8:08 IST

    New Delhi, Nov 1: Television sets without set top boxes (STBs) in hundreds of households across Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata went blank as the deadline for switch over to cable TV digitisation ended last  midnight.

  • meet india s 10 most eligible bachelorettes

    Meet India's 10 most eligible bachelorettes

    January 20, 2014 17:01 IST

    New Delhi: They are bold, beautiful, successful and rich but still single.Here we present a list of  the eligible bachelorettes of India:1.Sonam Kapoor (DOB 9 June 1985)The first born of Anil Kapoor, rolled quite a

  • bring 1984 riots culprits to justice demand akalis sgpc

    Bring 1984 riots' culprits to justice, demand Akalis, SGPC

    October 31, 2012 22:56 IST

    New Delhi, Oct 31: Punjab's ruling SAD and other Sikh outfits today nudged the Congress government to bring the 1984 anti-Sikh riot perpetrators to justice and threatened a mass protest if no action was taken.Leaders

  • last minute rush to get tv set top boxes as digitization

    Last minute rush to get TV set top boxes, as digitization rolls in metros

    October 31, 2012 22:49 IST

    New Delhi/Mumbai/Chennai, Oct 31: Direct-to-Homecompanies and Multi-System Operators (MSO)  have been facing a deluge of queries for their set top boxes as the deadline for digitization of TV signals  neared its Oct 31 deadlines in

  • delhi metro to move for inspection of airport line as

    Delhi Metro to move for inspection of Airport line as repair nears

    October 31, 2012 21:32 IST

    New Delhi, Oct 31:  The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) may soon write to the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) for an inspection of the Airport line as the repair work on the closed

  • karnataka asked to give 4 tmc water to tn for next 15 days

    Karnataka asked to give 4 TMC water to TN for next 15 days

    October 31, 2012 21:06 IST

    New Delhi, Oct 31: The Cauvery Monitoring Committee on Wednesday directed Karnataka to release four tmc of water to Tamil Nadu over the next fortnight even as it asked the latter to make a written

  • rains fast winds lash cyclone hit andhra pradesh

    Rains, fast winds lash cyclone-hit Andhra Pradesh

    October 31, 2012 20:55 IST

    Hyderabad, Oct 31: Heavy rains and gale continued to lash Nellore and other districts of Andhra Pradesh close to Tamil Nadu today due to the cyclonic storm ‘Nilam.'The cyclone was supposed to cross north Tamil

  • saudi arabia frees detained indian terror suspect

    Saudi Arabia frees detained Indian terror suspect

    October 31, 2012 22:51 IST

    Bangalore, Oct 31: Saudi Arabian police have released Indian doctor Usman Ghani from 20-day detention after their investigation revealed he had no terror links as suspected earlier.“I am grateful to the Saudi police for releasing

  • kaziranga orang national parks to open on thursday

    Kaziranga, Orang National parks to open on Thursday

    October 31, 2012 18:02 IST

    Guwahati, Oct 31 :  The ‘World Heritage' site Kaziranga National Park and the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park in Assam will re-open tomorrow, while Manas National Park will welcome visitors from November 4.After its annual

  • cyclone nilam ship runs aground near chennai

    Cyclone Nilam: ship runs aground near Chennai

    October 31, 2012 17:55 IST

    Chennai, Oct 31: While Cyclone Nilam is expected to cross the coast between Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, strong winds have made the ship Pratibha Cauvery run aground here, a senior port official said.Speaking to

  • submit dial land documents delhi hc tells govt

    Submit DIAL land documents, Delhi HC tells govt

    October 31, 2012 17:41 IST

    New Delhi, Oct 31 :  The Delhi High Court, hearing a petition alleging land allotment at a throwaway price to DIAL for the Indira Gandhi International Airport here, Wednesday asked the union government to submit

  • gps android uavs satphones to counter maoists in chhatisgarh

    GPS, Android, UAVs, satphones to counter Maoists in Chhatisgarh

    October 31, 2012 16:03 IST

    New Delhi, Oct 31  :  The country's specialised snoop department, NTRO has set up its first base in a naxal hotbed in Chhattisgarh to monitor the movement of armed Maoist cadres and fly UAVs to

  • parliamentary panel rejects bill on health education

    Parliamentary panel rejects bill on health education standards

    October 31, 2012 15:39 IST

    New Delhi, Oct 31 :  Citing “serious apprehensions” raised by various stakeholders including state governments, a Parliamentary panel has rejected a Bill which seeks to provide a mechanism to regulate standards of health education in

  • kalpakkam atomic power plant geared up for cyclone nilam

    Kalpakkam atomic power plant geared up for Cyclone Nilam

    October 31, 2012 15:32 IST

    Chennai, Oct 31:   Necessary precautions have been taken at the Kalpakkam atomic power project to meet any eventuality after Cyclone Nilam crosses the coast Wednesday, said a top officials at the nuclear facility at

  • 2 dead as nilam crosses tn coast

    2 dead as Nilam crosses TN coast

    October 31, 2012 21:42 IST

    Chennai, Oct 31  : Cyclone Nilam today swept across north Tamil Nadu coast near Mahabalipuram, about 55 km from here, leaving two persons dead, including a crew member of an oil tanker that ran aground

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