Soumya killer gets death sentence by Kerala court
3:34 AM Posted by India Report
The beggar, 30-year-old Govindachamy from Virudhachalam in Tamil Nadu, assaulted 23-year-old Soumya, who was travelling in an empty ladies'compartment of Kochi-Shornur passenger on the way home after her work as a sales girl at a mall in Kochi on February 1st this year. When Soumya resisted the rape attempt, the beggar pushed her out of the moving train near Vallathol Nagar station. The beggar jumped for more details....
India china face off over nominee to UN body
3:11 AM Posted by India Report
China has held the post since 2003 and wants to renew it in 2012. China's candidate is Zhang Yan, currently ambassador to India, and due to retire soon. Both countries want the job. Both countries are raising powers, and want a greater say in international affairs. Both countries enjoy increasing clout. And they are on a competition course.
India has told all its heads of missions for more details....
Foetus senses mother's psychological state
3:03 AM Posted by India Report
Curt A. Sandman, Elysia P. Davis, and Laura M. Glynn from the University of California-Irvine, who study how the mother's psychological state affects a developing fetus, recruited pregnant women and checked them for depression before and after they gave birth.
The researchers also gave their babies tests after they were born to see how well they were developing.
They found that what mattered to the babies was if the environment was consistent before and after birth, that is, the babies who did best were those who either had mothers who were healthy both before and after birth, and those whose for more details....
Kingfisher in troubled waters 130 pilots quit, 149 flights cancelled
9:57 PM Posted by India Report
While Kingfisher claimed it was cancelling 50 flights every day till November 19, in reality, it operated only 269 flights of its allocated winter schedule of 418 daily flights on Thursday.
A shocking 149 flights - 36% of its daily allocated schedule - were not operated. Officially, Kingfisher has said that it has cancelled flights to reconfigure its Airbus A-320 aircraft. However, it is learnt that around 130 pilots have quit the cash-strapped carrier in the past few weeks. Also, airport operators, oil companies and vendors of all imaginable for more details....
Rupee loses 3 paise to 30-month low of Rs 50.20 per US dollar
9:20 PM Posted by India Report
The domestic currency had tumbled by 70 paise to Rs 50.17/18 per dollar in the previous session amid dollar demand from banks and importers and firmness of the American currency overseas.
Heavy dollar demand from importers, mainly oil refiners, and some banks weighed on the rupee's fortunes, dealers said.
The downgrade of the Indian banking for more details....
Indias stuffed scam starts off today
9:01 PM Posted by India Report
It comes two years after the CBI filed its FIR in the case, where 2G spectrum licences were issued at throwaway prices to private players in 2008 but pegged at 2001 prices by flouting rules. CAG claimed that due to allotment of 2G licences, government for more details....
Oil down in Asia on profit taking
8:13 PM Posted by India Report
New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in December, retreated 23 cents to USD 97.55 per barrel Brent North Sea crude for December delivery shed 61 cents to USD 113.10
Crude traders were making a quick buck after prices shot up in late US trade Thursday, said Victor Shum, senior principal of Purvin for more details....
Bhanwari Devi case: CBI grills former Rajasthan Minister
2:07 AM Posted by India Report
Bhanwari (36), posted as an Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife (ANM) at a sub-centre in Jaliwada village, around 120 km from Jodhpur, has been missing since September 1. Her husband Amarchand had alleged that she was abducted at the behest of former Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna and his associates. The charges were denied by Maderna, who was sacked by Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on October 16. CBI had not questioned Maderna until today.
The former minister arrived at the CBI (Jodhpur) office at about 11.15 am. He was accompanied for more details....
Madonna, 53, looks as youthful as Andrea Rise 30, on Harper Bazaar
12:52 AM Posted by India Report
In fact, Madonna could easily pass for the same age as her protégé, British actress Andrea Riseborough, who has just turned 30.
One of two Harper's Bazaar cover photographs features the Queen of Pop in a black trilby hat, tight polo-neck sweater, fitted trousers and heels.
She poses with a camera in a nod to her début as a director for feature film W.E. which stars Riseborough as Wallis Simpson.
Riseborough, who won critical acclaim for more details....
Mahindra Satyam posts 10-fold growth in Q2 PAT to Rs 238 crore
11:23 PM Posted by India Report
The company's profit-after-tax stood at Rs 23.31 crore in the July-September quarter of the 2010-11 fiscal. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, Mahindra Satyam's profit-after-tax was up 5.77 per cent from Rs 225 crore in Q1, FY'12. The company's consolidated revenues surged by 27.01 per cent during the quarter under review to Rs 1,578 crore from Rs 1,242.4 crore in the corresponding period a year ago. On a Q-o-Q basis, Q2 revenues were up 10.04 per cent from Rs 1,433.93 crore in the first quarter for more details....
Ajmal Kasab should be hanged, says Rehman Malik
10:55 PM Posted by India Report
A Pakistani judicial commission probing the 26/11 Mumbai attacks will soon visit India to interview witnesses and persons affected in the terror strike.
The Pakistan judicial commission is expected to record the statements of Mumbai additional chief metropolitan for more details....
Women alcoholics suffer quicker brain damage
10:18 PM Posted by India Report
Women suffer a 50 per cent reduction in the so-called serotonin function in their brain after four years of excessive drinking, while men show the same amount of damage after 12 years of alcohol abuse, according to the study by researchers at Gothenburg University.
"The impairment is progressing much faster in women,"explained Kristina Berglund, who conducted the study with colleagues from the university’s Department for more details....
Diabetes can cause Cognitive impairment in older adults
3:38 AM Posted by India Report
A team led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (BIDMC) neurophysiologist Vera Novak, MD, PhD, has identified a key mechanism behind this course of events after five years of study.
They found that in older patients with diabetes, two adhesion molecules– sVCAM and sICAM– cause inflammation in the brain, triggering for more details....
Navy to get Integrated Combat system
2:36 AM Posted by India Report
The Navy wants the ICS for effective command, control and information sharing to maximise capabilities of individuals and groups of the MARCOS-- the elite special operations unit, while engaging enemies.
"We want the ICS to provide enhanced capabilities such as tactical awareness and fighting ability in hostile environment and a network which can enable Group Commanders to remotely monitor and control operations,"Navy officials for more details....
Shift work ups increases sclerosis risk
12:53 AM Posted by India Report
Dr. Anna Karin Hedstrom and colleagues from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm analyzed data from two population-based studies—one with 1343 incident cases of MS and 2900 controls and another with 5129 prevalent MS cases and 4509 controls.
The team compared the occurrence of MS among study subjects exposed to shift work at various ages against those who had never been exposed. All study subjects resided in Sweden and were between the ages of 16 and 70. Shift work was defined as permanent for more details....
China welcomes Narendra Modi with Red Carpet
8:31 PM Posted by India Report
There are signs that the Chinese leaders would like to form their own opinion on Modi, who has been described as a future prime minister by several Indian industrialists. As recently as September this year, a US Congressional research had described Modi's Gujarat as a key driver of India's growth.
Modi will meet "a top leader" of the CPC at the Great Hall of the People. The leader has not been specified. But this is the venue where foreign visitors are greeted by China's president, premier or chairman of the standing committee for more details....
Mayawati's Divide and Rule plan: Splitting UP into four parts
8:07 PM Posted by India Report
Well-placed BSP sources said Mayawati is planning to carve four new states out of the country's largest state which, with its 75 districts, is larger than many countries. As per the blueprint, the eastern part of the state with 32 districts will form a new state of Poorvanchal while the 22 western districts will be grouped together as Harit Pradesh. Bundelkhand will take seven districts while the remaining 14, all in central UP, will comprise the fourth.
Mayawati did not deny the move when questioned for more details....
Pushkar Fair Brightens Up Rajasthan
3:06 AM Posted by India Report
Tinglan Hong: Curves That Seduced Hugh Grant
2:31 AM Posted by India Report
But with these striking images, it's little wonder that the mother of Hugh Grant's baby, Tinglan Hong, managed to get her claws into the Bridget Jones star.
In a series of provocative shots, the 31-year-old flirts with the camera as she strips off and squeezes her chest in order to accentuate her cleavage while licking her lips with enticing 'come to bed' eyes.
In one picture, Hong goes completely topless and holds her breasts to cover her modesty.
Last week it emerged that dedicated for more details....
How Gaddafi Spend his last days?
2:10 AM Posted by India Report
In an exclusive interview withCNN, Mansour Dao, a surviving member of Gaddafi's clan, said the Libyan dictator survived on scraps of food he found in deserted houses and became engrossed in reading books that he had stacked in his suitcases.
According to Dao, Gaddafi, who had enjoyed great riches and luxurious palaces during his reign, lived without electricity or TV in his last weeks as the rebels advanced.
Speaking from a detention facility for more details....
Yeddyurappa granted bail in corruption case
11:59 PM Posted by India Report
Breast Cancer victims have to wait long for diagnosis
11:49 PM Posted by India Report
It found that for one in ten patients, there was a 20-week delay between first being seen by a GP and being told they have the disease.
While those visiting their doctors with obvious signs such as a lump may be diagnosed sooner, many go to GPs with more subtle symptoms such as tiredness, weight loss or anaemia.
The study, presented at the National Cancer Research Institute in Liverpool, also showed that the average waiting time for a woman to be diagnosed with breast cancer has fallen by just two days since 2002, despite millions of pounds of Government for more details....
Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray branded a 'danger to society'
10:59 PM Posted by India Report
Hours after he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the June, 2009 death of the King of Pop, Murray was handcuffed and remanded without bail after a judge branded him a 'danger to society'.
A law enforcement source has said he was placed on suicide watch once in custody.
The 58-year-old cardiologist is awaiting a scheduled for more details....
Salary sadness: Indians may be hit hard by new UK visa plan
10:27 PM Posted by India Report
, The proposal, if implemented, could drastically reduce the number of Indians who would qualify for permanent settlement. In the past, a person has generally been granted leave of indefinite stay after five years of residence. The MAC report says, "To ensure greater differentiation in the selection decision, we suggest implementing a minimum annual for more details....
Mobile number portability demand outstrips new users
9:46 PM Posted by India Report
TRAI's recently released data reveals that in August 2011, the 18.1 million applications for MNP were about two-and-half times the 7.3 million new subscriptions in the same month.
Since January 20 this year, when MNP (which allows users to move from one service provider to another without changing their phone numbers) was first offered to consumers, the number of "porting requests" has steadily risen month after month for more details....
Rupee down by 18 paise against dollar in early trade
9:25 PM Posted by India Report
However, a higher opening in the domestic equity market capped the rupee losses.
Dealers attributed the rupee's fall to dollar gains against the euro in overseas markets.
The rupee had strengthened by 4 paise for more details....
What would Swami Agnivesh do in Bigg Boss 5?
8:33 PM Posted by India Report
The 72-year-old is "excited" about entering the secluded Karjat house, where 11 young, celebrity contestants are already fighting it out for survival. The inhabitants have no connect with the outside world and are under 24x7 camera surveillance.
"I have seen three to four episodes for more details....
Do Playing Videogames make your child more Creative or Destructive?
3:03 AM Posted by India Report
And watching youngsters glued to the relentless laser battles of the latest space-war game, it's difficult not to agree.
But a new study from the University of Michigan suggests that the games could actually be firing up children's imaginations.
It's in stark contrast to previous studies which hinted that games stunt children's development and even make them more violent.
The current study didn't attempt for more details....
Sushil Kumar KBC winner to endorse NREGA
2:05 AM Posted by India Report
The Union Ministry for Rural Development is in talks to rope in Kumar to endorse the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, a ministry official said. Kumar confirmed it and said he will accept the offer."It will be an honour for me to be associated with the government scheme,"he told ET.
The scheme guarantees 100 days employment for more details....
Maruti's Manesar workers apply for re-registration of union
1:48 AM Posted by India Report
While the workers have decided to retain the previously proposed name Maruti Suzuki Employees'Union (MSEU), a new crop of leaders have emerged to take forward their cause.
According to a worker at the plant, Ram Mehar Singh has been nominated as new President of MSEU, Sarabjit Singh as new General Secretary for more details....
Riding internet, barter business growing fast
1:33 AM Posted by India Report
"Barter.Where goods are exchanged for goods without bringing in money, is being revived,"a comprehensive study on the country's foreign trade published in the form of a book, said. The book'India's Foreign Trade- from Antiquity to Date', authored by veteran journalist Mahesh Prasad said the global slowdown fuelled the barter trade and the trend is gaining momentum in India as well."In today's internet economy for more details....
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Roadside bomb kills Afghan police chief: force
1:12 AM Posted by India Report
The blast happened last night as the group drove from Lashkar Gah, the capital of troubled Helmand province, to Garmser district."Mohammad Saifullah for more details....
India Celebrates Eid al-Adha
10:34 PM Posted by India Report
The festival marks the day Muslims believe Abraham showed willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael to God as an act of devotion. God, who ordered the sacrifice, then spared Ishmael. On Eid, Muslims world-wide pay tribute to Abraham with the ceremonial slaughtering of an animal, usually a goat or a lamb. Celebratory dinners typically follow. Part of butchered animal is donated to feed the poor.
Eid falls on the last day of the Hajj, the ritual pilgrimage for more details....
US confident over Pakistan's nuke security programme
9:06 PM Posted by India Report
Hazarika's body flown to Assam; to be cremated tomorrow
8:41 PM Posted by India Report
"The body was taken by close family members from the hospital at 6.50 AM We have been informed that it will reach at 11.30 AM in Guwahati by a flight. The funeral for more details....
No Eid celebration for families of Butt and Amir
8:29 PM Posted by India Report
Petrol Woes: Trinamool Congress MPs ready to pull out of the UPA
8:16 PM Posted by India Report
This comes on the heels of the assertion of party chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that she was“proud” of their decision to withdraw from the ruling coalition— one for which she “congratulated” them. But she suggested for more details....
No point in blaming Cong over fuel price hike: Pawar
8:08 PM Posted by India Report
"There is no point in blaming the govt for increase in the domestic prices (of fuel) as they are related to fluctuations in the international markets,"Pawar said defending Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on deregulation of the fuel prices.
On Trinamool Congress'threat to withdraw from the UPA government, Pawar said,"Our stand is to remain with the government."
Asked to comment on the Prime for more details....
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Mushasrraf says Afghan leader refused Pakistan help
7:59 PM Posted by India Report
"We've opened up all our training institutions free of cost. Come to Pakistan and we'll train you. Not one has come What is his game?"Musharraf told CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS program.Musharraf, who ruled Pakistan as a military dictator and later as a civilian president between 2001 and 2008 said he had been"bending backwards"for Karzai to send people to Islamabad instead of New Delhi.He said that a phased pullout for more details....
Scientists reveal jealousies on 'mission to Mars'
7:12 PM Posted by India Report
The multinational crew emerged blinking from its Moscow isolation module on Friday and was quickly bundled away for further observation after being briefly presented to the world's press.
But a scientist who was one of the brains behind the Mars-500 mission -- an unusual experiment designed to test the long-term effects of stress and isolation -- revealed that nerves for more details....
Fundraising Through Facebook, How's That?
5:23 AM Posted by India Report
“Almost every other day, I had somebody link it on their own page,” says the energetic blonde Lisa Miller.
Social media turned out to be the only fundraising platform Ms. Miller needed. Pledges poured in from friends at home in Edmonton for more details....
White House Loses Weight, Thanks To Michelle Obama
4:44 AM Posted by India Report
Morrison, the white house cook has lost 30 pounds in 18 months and has maintained her weight and health in great shape. She said about her first lady, “She is a great inspiration for me to focus every day to try harder, and I have.”
Michele Obama is an active campaigner for more details....
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: The Woman Behind Obama
4:23 AM Posted by India Report
Ahmedabad Boy Anmol Mehta to Inspect F1 Racing cars
10:05 PM Posted by India Report
Anmol was the only candidate from West India to be officially selected by Federation Internationale de L'Automobile (International Federation of Automobiles) as part of a team of 24 specially appointed scrutineers. This team has the power to inspect the racing cars at any point for more details....
Is Online Shopping Risky or Safe?
9:20 PM Posted by India Report
But the recent researches have a different story to tell. Researchers say that shopping for more details....
Assange's alleged victims 'relieved' by court order: lawyer
8:42 PM Posted by India Report
"They feel a certain degree of relief,"lawyer Claes Borgstroem told the TT news agency shortly
for more details....
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Google to offer free websites for Indian SMEs
4:17 AM Posted by India Report
Google India, the Indian unit of the global internet giant, said on its official blog that it has launched an'India Get Your Business Online'program to provide website, internet domain and web hosting services to small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the country.
"The initiative aims is to break down the barriers that stop small businesses from getting online - by offering a quick, easy and free tool to set up and host a website.
"Our goal is to help 5,00,000 small for more details....
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Patricia Narayan: Amazing Indian's Story Of Success
4:07 AM Posted by India Report
FICCI Woman Entrepreneur of the year, Patricia Narayan's tale may sound like classical rags- to- riches story, but it is also a harsh yet real story of her survival against all odds. An entrepreneur by accident, director of Sandheepa Chain of Restaurants, Patricia belongs for more details....
Women Are Sex Addicts Too Surprising But True
1:57 AM Posted by India Report
Of course women can be also sex addicts, answers Robert Weiss, founding director of the Sexual Recovery Institute, a Los Angeles-based centre that offers sexual addiction treatment.
Approximately 8 to 12 per cent of people seeking sexual addiction treatment are women, but the number of women with the addiction is likely for more details....
Is 'Weight Gain' the only ground for dumping a Woman?
12:49 AM Posted by India Report
Nearly half of men questioned in the poll of 70,000 people said they would ditch a partner who gained weight, compared with only 20 per cent of women.
Two-third of men also said they had fantasized about their partner’s friends, while only one-third of women had done so.
“Even as men are getting more comfortable for more details....
Green exercise good for mental health
10:10 PM Posted by India Report
The study has been published in the American Chemical Society's semi-monthly journal Environmental Science& Technology.
Jules Pretty and Jo Barton explain in the study that green exercise is physical activity in the presence of nature. Abundant scientific evidence shows that activity in natural areas decreases the risk of mental illness and improves the sense of well-being. Until for more details....