6 Facts About Nek Chand, The Legendary Artist Who Spent 18 Years Secretly...
CHANDIGARH — A legendary Indian artist who spent 18 years secretly building a garden made entirely out of throwaway scraps and household waste, passed away in this city on Wednesday. Nek Chand, the...
View ArticleStinking Garbage Crisis In East Delhi, Delhi Government Clears Funds For...
NEW DELHI -- In the midst of heightened concerns over the stinking garbage crisis in the capital, and a political blame-game between the Aam Aadmi Party-government and the centre, Delhi Chief Minister...
View ArticleI&B Minister Prakash Javadekar Does Yoga At Home, Becomes Hilarious Internet...
NEW DELHI — As the International Yoga Day approaches, central ministers are sweating it out on yoga mats, trying to get back in shape before Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads thousands of Indians at a...
View ArticleEssar Emails Suggest Pressure From Pranab Mukherjee To Hire Family And Friends
Leaked email exchanges between executives of the Essar Group, reported this week by Caravan magazine, suggest that Pranab Mukherjee used his position as the president of India, and as finance minister...
View ArticleWATCH: Riteish Deshmukh, Pulkit Samrat in 'Bangistan' Trailer
Close on the heels of 'Welcome To Karachi' comes another satire, 'Bangistan'. Starring Riteish Deshmukh and Pulkit Samrat as two bumbling terrorists (errorists?), the trailer for 'Bangistan' was...
View Article10 Key Insights On PC Usage In India
NEW DELHI — The youth in India will drive the next phase of PC growth, according to an independent study conducted by Dell India. “When we conducted this study, no question was actually asked on brand...
View ArticleU.S. Labor Dept Announces Probe Against Infosys, TCS For Violation Of H-1B...
The United States Labor Department has opened an investigation into outsourcing companies Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys, for possible violations of visa rules for technology workers, says a...
View ArticleBengaluru Techie Bludgeoned To Death Allegedly By Wife Who Wanted To Elope...
Bengaluru police cracked open a shocking case of homicide -- the murder of techie Keshav Reddy when they traced the cellphone location of a call made by his wife. Keshav Reddy, a 36-year-old software...
View Article15 Devices That Gadget Snobs Would Love To Have And Flaunt
High speed broadband, online shopping, crowdfunded innovations, and internet-connected appliances -- this is the golden age for the stereotypical nerd. The gadget connoisseur is usually well informed...
View ArticleThat Awkward Moment Google Thinks 'Ghajini' Is Directed By Christopher Nolan
Indians have always loved American director Christopher Nolan's films, be it 'The Prestige', 'The Dark Knight Trilogy' or 'Inception'. But it would be taking things too far to imply that the...
View ArticleMaggi Ban: Nestle Says They Did Not Thrust Bad Product On Third World...
Nestle India's plea for an interim stay on the food regulator's ban on Maggi noodles was turned down by the Bombay High Court today. The next hearing has been set for June 30. The company's counsel...
View ArticleThis Open Badminton Tournament In Karnataka Is Closed For Non-Brahmins
NEW DELHI— It calls itself an "open" tournament, but it's anything but. This morning, we spotted a poster of an 'Open Badminton Tournament- 2015' on social media. The tournament will be held on June 20...
View ArticleOla Gets Green Signal From Court On Delhi Route; Uber Follows Suit
NEW DELHI — Ola Cabs, India's largest taxi-hailing app company, has won a legal reprieve in New Delhi and is now free to resume operations in Delhi. Rival Uber, affected similarly, to file a similar...
View ArticleWATCH: A Glowing Short Film On Narendra Modi By FTII Council Member Shailesh...
On Friday, the students of Pune's Film and Television Institute of India went on an indefinite strike as a reaction against the appointment of BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as the president of the...
View ArticleEconomic Data: Industrial Production Rises, Eases Concerns Amidst Monsoon...
NEW DELHI — India's industrial production output grew more than expected in April, reaching a two-month high, and retail inflation edged up in May, easing concern over an economy facing the worst...
View ArticleJurassic World: Chaos And Carnage In A Visual Feast
Directed by Colin Trevorrow, Jurassic World is set 22 years after the disturbing turn of events at Isla Nublar -- an island off the coast of Costa Rica -- which had forced John Hammond (played by...
View ArticlePictures: 50 Days After The Nepal Earthquake, All Is Not Well
50 days since the first earthquake hit Nepal, relief efforts are slowing down due to donor fatigue and tough regulations by the government. In the post disaster scenario, people in many parts of Nepal...
View ArticleDark Secrets Keep Tumbling Out Of Kolkata's 'House Of Horror'
KOLKATA — "My mother thinks I am impotent. She wanted to see me develop a relationship. This is why she used to send a maid servant to my room…" These lines, allegedly from the diary of a 44-year-old...
View ArticleMumbai Drunk Driving: CCTV Footage Shows Janhavi Gadkar Visited A Second Pub...
MUMBAI — Corporate lawyer Janhavi Gadkar allegedly visited a second pub after consuming six pegs of whiskey at a hotel on Mumbai's Marine Drive on the night of her accident. The alcohol level in her...
View Article5 Dead, Over 100 Ill In Ammonia Gas Tanker Leak In Punjab
LUDHIANA — Five persons were killed and over 100 others had to be hospitalised after inhaling hazardous fumes in an ammonia gas tanker leak early today in the district, police said. The incident...
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