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India finishes with 14 medals in junior Asian wrestling
1:9 New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): Indian wrestling team returned home after wining 14 medals in the three-day junior Asian Wrestling Championship held in Manila. The team arrived at the international airport in national capital New Delhi in the early hours of Tuesday. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 993
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Shilpa shetty launches her spa in Mumbai
1:31 Mumbai,July 27 (ANI):Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty launched her first spa on Sunday in Mumbai.And she roped in none other than evergreen Bollywood diva and yesteryear's actress Rekha to launch her medi spa IOSIS whom she believes is the epitome of timeless beauty and wellness.Besides Rekha,Pooja Batra and Sushmita Sen were also present during the occasion. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 993
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Tata Motors net races 58% despite sales dip
1:14 Mumbai, July 28 (ANI): Tata Motors, India's largest vehicle maker, on Monday, defied market forecasts to clock a 58% rise in net profit for the June quarter, on the back of share sales in a sister concern and new accounting norms that offset forex losses. Tata Motors, which delivered its first Nano earlier this month, reported a standalone net profit of 5.14 billion rupees, up from 3.26 billion rupees a year ago. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 993
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Sethi, Advani calls for betterment of billiards
1:37 Agra, September 21 (ANI): Pankaj Advani, second Indian to win the world billiards title on Sunday asked authorities to take steps to encourage game. Meanwhile, Eight-time world billiards champion, Geet Sethi said that with the efforts of the games' federation, cue sporting could get a place in the next Commonwealth games. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 993
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Protests against Pakistan’s Gilgit Package
5:5 Gilgit, November 17 (ANI): Despite strong and wide spread opposition to the Presidential Ordinance by Pakistan titled ‘Gilgit Baltistan Empowerment and Self Governance Order 2009’, election was induced on November 12 in the long suppressed and exploited region of the divided Kashmir state. The reforms package promises to give full internal and political autonomy to Gilgit Baltistan by restructuring the existing legislative set-up which critics say is an ‘old wine in a new bottle.’ Added: 15846 days ago Views: 993
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OPEC ministers announce surprise output cut
1:53 Vienna, September 10 (ANI): The Organisation of the petroleum Exporting Countries or OPEC on Wednesday announced a surprise output cut following fall in oil prices to just above 100 dollars a barrel. After nearly five hours of debate, the OPEC said that it had returned to a production ceiling of 28.8 million barrels per day. After this announcement oil prices rose by a dollar immediately. OPEC President expected oil prices to go further down in spite of Wednesday's decision. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 992
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CPI M offers help to Nepal to solve challenges
1:3 New Delhi, September 16 (ANI): India's Left leaders on Tuesday offered assistance to Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal in resolving his country's challenges. The offer came from Communist Party of India (Marxist) leaders who met Prachanda in New Delhi today. Prachanda, who arrived in New Delhi on Sunday, is on a goodwill visit, his first to India, after assuming office. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 992
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AR Rahman launches a big reality show, the Big Band
2:23 New Delhi, October 16 (ANI): India’s renowned music director A R Rahman and an integrated entertainment and communication company, Phat Phish recently joined hands to launch biggest reality show ‘The Big Band’. The show endeavours to give ethnic and contemporary musicians a credible platform and hunt for the talented band members have already commenced. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 992
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Bollywood's big cat Kareena Kapoor
1:26 New Delhi, October 24 (ANI): After her newfound body and success story with Jab We Met, actor Kareena Kapoor seems to have become the sweetheart of the masses, and selling point for producers. It is interesting to note how Golmaal Returns, a multi starrer, is touted to be a Kareena Kapoor film and even promoted as such. The producers of the sequel of Golmaal, of which Bebo wasn't even a part, is now banking on her to draw in the crowd. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 992
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Blasts not likely to impact markets says Fin Min
2:25 Mumbai/Udaipur, November 30 (ANI): India's finance minister, P Chidambaram on Friday said that the Indian markets are capable of withstanding the effect of the coordinated militant attacks in country's financial hub. Chidambaram's statement in Udaipur came even as the Indian commandos were still battling heavily armed militants holed up in Mumbai's luxury hotels and a Jewish centre for more than 40 hours. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 992
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Shortage of quality willow hits bat industry
2:18 Srinagar, December 7 (ANI): Makers of cricket bats in Indian Kashmir complain of shortage of quality willow. The cricket bat industry in the valley, which employs about 10,000 people, is a worried lot, as this shortage of the quality willow will affect their livelihood. Bat makers like Mudasir Dar; complain that the government has failed to implement their recommendation even after three years. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 992
Camera turns future teller in 'Aa Dekhen Zara'
1:13 Mumbai, March 7 (ANI): A struggling photographer, whose destiny changes completely after getting a special camera which can predict the future, forms the theme of an upcoming flick 'Aa Dekhen Zara'. The story of the film revolves around Ray Acharya, who stumbles upon his grandfather's camera. The film stars heartthrobs Bipasha Basu and Neil Nitin Mukesh, but it is the special camera, an antique, which is central to the film. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 992
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Blossoming almond flowers fascinate tourists in J&K
2:3 Jammu, March 14 (ANI): If there be a Paradise on the Earth, it is this, it is this, it is this… Thus read one of the verses coined by Firdaus, a poet in Mughal emperor Shahjahan's court. Indeed, this typical beauty of Jammu & Kashmir does become a reality at the onset of the spring season. And this enchanting scenario is attributed to the thousands of almond trees blossoming to present a surreal blanket of white and pink in the majestic mountainous landscape. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 992
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Demand for honey leaf picks up in India
1:58 Varanasi, March 18 (ANI): Stevia or honey leaf, known for its antidote properties against diabetes is becoming popular as a cure for the disease in Varanasi. Also known by the names of honey leaf, sweet leaf or sugar leaf, these leaves provide cure in many health disorders. Diabetic patients said that stevia helped them in controlling blood sugar level. As the graph of diabetic patients is increasing, farmers prefer cultivating stevia to traditional crops. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 992
Supreme Court asks for Narendra Modi probe
0:58 New Delhi, April 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Special Investigation Team to probe the role of 64 people,including that of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the post Godhra riots cases.The apex court order was passed in response to a petition filed by late Congress parliamentarian Ehsaan Jaffery's wife.The court asked the SIT to submit the report within three months. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 992
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Strike brings life in Kashmir to a standstill
1:1 Jammu and Kashmir, July 1 (ANI): Normal life comes to a standstill in Srinagar as strike called by the hard line faction of the separatist Hurriyat Conference over the killing of two youth in Baramullah district enters second day on Wednesday. The locals say they are facing a tough time due to the ongoing three-day strike. Two civilians were killed and several, including police personnel, injured when police opened fire to quell protests in Baramullah district on Monday. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 992
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NSG hubs in Chennai and Hyderabad
1:38 Hyderabad/ Nedunkundaram, July 2 (ANI): P Chidambaram, India Home Minister inaugurated two new hubs of the elite National Security Guards (NSG) at Hyderabad and Chennai Wednesday. After commissioning the hub in Hyderabad city Chidambaram said that these hubs would respond quickly and decisively during any eventual situation of crisis. He also noted that NSG commandoes have specific tasks assigned to them unlike the assorted and generalised duties undertaken by other uniformed para-military and police forces. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 992
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LJP activists clash with police in Patna
1:7 Patna,July 27 (ANI): Activists and party chief of Lok Janshakti Party,Bihar's regional party,clashed with the police on Monday over the issue of stripping and assaulting a woman by a group of men in capital city Patna on Thursday.LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan and his supporters were marching from the party headquarters to the governor's residence at Raj Bhavan. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 992
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Pakistan is aiding Taliban: Abdul Hamid Khan
1:49 New Delhi, August 2 (ANI): Abdul Hamid Khan, Chairman of Balawaristan National Front, a pro-liberation group in Pakistan administered Kashmir accused Pakistan of funneling money to its coffers in the name of Taliban. He alleged that Pakistan is receiving money from the United States for destroying Taliban from within and filling its treasury boxes with money funded by Saudi Arab for promoting Taliban. He said this in an interview on Friday in New Delhi. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 992
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Yamuna moves close to danger mark in Delhi
1:18 New Delhi,September 12 (ANI): After the river swelled close to danger level following incessant rains in New Delhi, Authorities helped rescue villagers staying close to Yamuna on Saturday. Official said that the water level is likely to reach 205.05 metres - above the danger mark, by 10 a.m. Villagers of the slum clusters close to the river bank said that they received an alert from the authorities a day before asking them to move to safer places as water in the Yamuna was rising. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 992
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