New Delhi | 35 minutes ago
India to express concern to Pakistan on minorities' plight
New Delhi, May 17 - India will convey its concern to Pakistan over the plight of its Hindu minorities when External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna visits the neighbouring country soon, parliament was told ThursdayKrishna, in reply to a short duration discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the normalisation of relations with Pakistan and issues relating to the human rights violations of minorities there, ... read more

Bangalore | 41 minutes ago
Petrol cars for Polo Cup
Bangalore, May 17 - Volkswagen Motorsport has shifted gears by moving from diesel to petrol engine and introducing a more powerful car for its 2012 Polo R Cup championship.The 20 drivers shortlisted for this year's series beginning in July will be driving a 1.4 litre, four-cylinder Polo that will produce 180 bhp instead of the 1.6 litre diesel variant that was run over the previous two seasons.Mor ... read more

New Delhi | 58 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

Dharamsala | 1 hour ago
Kings XI Punjab restrict Super Kings to 120/7
Dharamsala, May 17 - Kings XI Punjab restricted Chennai Super Kings to 120 for seven in 20 overs in a crucial Indian Premier League - tie at the HPCA stadium here Thursday.West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo with 48 off 43 balls top scored for the Super Kings while Praveen Kumar, Azhar Mahmood and Parvinder Awana took two wickets each for Punjab. ... read more

Mumbai | 1 hour ago
Sensex closes flat on weak rupee
Mumbai, May 17 - A benchmark index for Indian equities market Thursday rebounded, closing over 40 points up in lacklustre trade as the rupee traded near its record lows and Eurozone concerns affected sentiments.The index had fallen to a four-month low Wednesday.The 30-scrip sensitive index - of the Bombay Stock Exchange -, which opened at 16,119.08 points in the morning, failed to sustain intra-da ... read more

Mumbai | 1 hour ago
I won't apologise, MCA officials should do that: SRK
Mumbai, May 17 - 'I won't deny that I could have said something in a fit of anger, but I will not apologise,' said Shah Rukh Khan Thursday, adding that the security officials from the Mumbai Cricket Association - manhandled children and that they should say sorry for their rudeness.'I don't think that my behaviour was incorrect or I did something illegal. I think what I did was correct. They are m ... read more

Jammu | 2 hours ago
Home secretary reviews cross-LOC trade at Poonch
Jammu, May 17 - Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh Thursday visited Jammu and Kashmir's frontier Poonch district and discussed with local people issues concerning trade across the Line of Control - between Indian and Pakistani-administered Kashmir.Meeting a delegation of traders in Poonch, 240 km northwest of Jammu, on the second day of his two-day visit to the state, Singh discussed the problems fac ... 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
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