New Delhi | 26 minutes ago
Indian IT experts devise technique to fight deadly bots
New Delhi, May 17 - Indian computer experts have devised a technique to smoke out bots and deter their malicious programmers from taking over your desk computer or laptop, stealing passwords or vital information in your hard drive even without your suspecting anything amiss, or deluging website with emails to crash them.Bots are emerging as one of the biggest threats to cyber safety and security w ... read more

Shimla | 37 minutes ago
Himachal BJP releases Congress's charge sheet
Shimla, May 17 - Himachal Pradesh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party - Thursday released documents it said were the Congress's unreleased charge sheet against the state's top leaders, including Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal. The Congress denied the papers were original.The Congress, however, said it has already submitted the documents to its party high command in New Delhi for submission to Pres ... read more

New Delhi | 1 hour ago
Sports minister gives ex-gratia aid to archer
New Delhi, May 17 - Sports Minister Ajay Maken has sanctioned an ex-gratia assistance of Rs.5 lakh to archer Rani Dutta from the National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons.The ministry came to know through a news item that Rani, who has represented India in various national and international archery competitions, has been living in indigent condition and was also forced to sell her bow to repair her ... read more

New Delhi | 1 hour ago
Two detained for obstructing Dikshit's convoy
New Delhi, May 17 - Two car-borne youth were detained Thursday for not giving way to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's convoy in north Delhi, police said. They were let off after questioning.The incident took place around 11.35 a.m. near Nirankari Maidan in Mukherjee Nagar when Dikshit was heading towards Burari to inaugurate a camp for pilgrims going to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti ... read more

Thiruvananthapuram | 2 hours ago
UAE to set up consulate in Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram, May 17 - The United Arab Emirates - has decided to set up its Kerala consulate here in the state capital, India's Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed said Thursday.The decision to set up the consulate in Thiruvananthapuram is because of the rule that consulates can be set up only in state capitals. There are certain rules and guidelines and they have to be adhered ... read more

New Delhi | 2 hours ago
Air India recorded highest number of cancellations in April
New Delhi, May 17 - Troubled national carrier Air India hit another low Thursday with official data revealing that the flag carrier had the highest number of cancellations amongst all domestic carriers in April.The data, released by aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation -, says that the airline had cancelled 5.2 percent of all its domestic flights in April.This has come as a su ... read more

New Delhi | 2 hours ago
Chidambaram's Bhojpuri impresses Lok Sabha
New Delhi, May 17 - Lok Sabha members were in for a pleasant surprise Thursday when Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who is fluent in Tamil and English, spoke a sentence in Bhojpuri, earning praise from Speaker Meira Kumar.Chidambaram was replying to a calling attention motion on the need to give Bhojpuri the status of an official language.Hum sabke bhawna samjhat bani -, Chidambaram said, surprising ... read more

New Delhi | 2 hours ago
Kirti Azad backs Shah Rukh
New Delhi, May 17 - Bharatiya Janata Party - MP and former cricketer Kirti Azad Thursday came in support of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, saying cricket officials were targeting him to divert attention from the IPL spot fixing issue.First, it's hard to believe Shah Rukh was drunk. I think this is a ploy by the BCCI to hide the spot fixing issue, Azad said of the Board of Control for Cricket in In ... read more

New Delhi | 3 hours ago
Air India crisis enters 10th day, losses touch Rs.188 crore
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 17 - The Air India crisis entered its 10th day Thursday as the impasse between agitating pilots and the management continued and the carrier's losses mounted to Rs.188 crore.'We are currently operating under the contingency plan, in which we are operating a bare minimum number of international operations by clubbing flights to destinations in Europe and the US,' a senior offi ... read more

New Delhi | 3 hours ago
Student attacked by classmate to be discharged Thursday
New Delhi, May 17 - A class 10 student who was stabbed with a paper cutter by his classmate at a school in central Delhi is stable and will be discharged Thursday, a doctor treating him said. The accused student was enraged over a photo uploaded on Facebook.The class 10 student had multiple cuts in the left arm. A surgery was performed last night... he is better now and will be discharged today -. ... read more