India

Abhay Deol's Shanghai Gets Rave Reviews From Film Critics

Director Dibakar Banerjee's latest offering "Shanghai" has received rave reviews from all the well-known film critics. The movie is a mockery on the Indian political system and Banerjee has tried to bring out the nexus between political parties and criminals.

Jun 10, 2012

Presidential Poll: No Names Finalised Yet, Says Congress

Congress has put an end to speculations that Pranab Mukherjee will be one of the front-runners for the President's post, saying that no names have been finalised yet

Jun 10, 2012

Maria Sharapova Beats Sara Errani to Win French Open 2012

Maria Sharapova won the French Open 2012, beating Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2 in the final on Saturday. With the French Open title, the 25-year-old Russian has completed a career grand slam.

Jun 9, 2012

Samsung Galaxy S3 Special Version In the Offing?

Samsung Electronics is reportedly planning to launch a special version of its latest Galaxy series. A special version of Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone will be launched in Korea. It added that the Korean electronic giant is planning to launch a new Galaxy S3 variant that features both a 1.4Ghz quad-core Exynos CPU and 2GB of RAM.

Jun 9, 2012

Best of 2012 for Kareena Kapoor: 'Heroine' to Release on her Birthday Sept 21; Wedding on October 16

Heroine, which was slated for release in mid-September this year has been pushed by a week and will now hit the silver screen on Kareena's birthday.

Jun 9, 2012

Veena Malik's Free Advice to B-Town Actresses: 'Heroines Should not Shy Away from Doing Item Songs'

Controversy queen Veena Malik has some advice for the well-established B-Town actresses. During the music launch of her debut film, Malik said that heroines should not shy away from doing item songs.

Jun 9, 2012

After Websites, Anonymous India to Hit Streets Against Cyber Laws

Anonymous Operation India, the hacker group and its supporters have planned to take their protest to the Indian streets across various cities on June 9 as part of their ongoing Hacktivist movement against the cyber laws of the country

Jun 9, 2012

Will Apple Challenge Google Mapping Technologies?

It looks like Apple and Google are heading for the battlefield. Just on the heels of the reports that Apple is dropping Google's Maps application from its iOS devices and instead adopt its own navigation versions, the search giant announced its plan to add 3D models to entire metropolitan areas to Google Earth on mobile devices. Now, Apple is expected to counter with its latest application.

Jun 9, 2012

Haryana Honour Killing: Father Strangles Teenage Daughter To Death for Falling in Love With Older Man

A father of an 18-year-old girl studying in 12th grade reportedly strangled his daughter with a dupatta after all his attempts to persuade her to give up marrying the boy she loved had failed

Jun 9, 2012

Kolkata Woman Raped in Moving Taxi, Accused Cab Driver Arrested Overnight

Police have arrested a private cab driver who allegedly raped and robbed a 26-year-old woman in a moving car in the wee hours of Friday

Jun 9, 2012

Kamal Haasan's Viswaroopam Revealed: Actor Plays Kathak Dancer and Spy; Watch Rocking Trailer [VIDEO]

Finally the wait is over! The trailer of the much-awaited Tamil movie of the year, 'Viswaroopam' (universal form), was released at the 13th IIFA awards in Singapore in the presence of big stars from the film industry

Jun 9, 2012

Samsung Sues Australian Patent Commissioner Over Apple Clash

Samsung and Apple suing game has taken a new turn as the Korean electronics giant has sued the Australian patent commissioner in an Australian Federal Court. According to Samsung, over four patents were inappropriately granted to Apple between 2009-2010 and have sought judicial review over the patents starting May 22.

Jun 9, 2012

CBI Gets Two More Days' Custody of Jaganmohan Reddy

Kadapa MP and YSR Congress president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy will be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for two more days in connection with the alleged disproportionate assets case.

Jun 9, 2012

Mysterious Encephalitis Syndrome kills 74 Children in Bihar

As many as 74 children have been suspected to have died due to a mysterious Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) that has spread in Gaya, Muzaffarpur and Patna districts of Bihar in the last one month, according to health officials

Jun 9, 2012

IIT Kanpur Rejects Sibal's CET Proposal, to Conduct Own Entrance Test

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has decided to conduct its own exam for admissions from 2013, rejecting Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal's proposal for a common entrance test to all centrally-funded engineering institutes.

Jun 9, 2012