Superstorm Sandy battered the US East Coast today with fierce winds and heavy rains, killing at least 16 people, plunging millions into darkness and leaving the New York Stock Exchange shut for two straight
Google announced two new tablets and a new smartphone on Monday, aiming to take on Apple’s iPhone and iPad in the smartphone and tablet market. Incidentally, the announcement came around half an
Riding on an ambitious plan to tap Asian region, Australia is all set to woo highly skilled population from the region including in India in a bid to create an educated, productive work force to boost its economy.
The US East Coast braced itself to weather one of the worst storms in decades as Hurricane Sandy churned towards the densely populated areas of New York, Washington and Boston and threatened to dump inches of rain and snow, prompting evacuation of
Declaring that Asia’s rise is "unstoppable", Australia today unveiled an ambitious plan aimed at forging deeper links with India and other booming economies of the region, including through teaching languages like
For USD 50,000, a 26-year-old software engineer from Andhra Pradesh kidnapped and killed his family friend’s 10-month-old baby Saanvi, whose body he stuffed in a suitcase, but nicknames used by him in the
There has been no undervaluation of properties sold or bought by Robert Vadra or his companies in four Haryana districts, a probe ordered by whisteblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka is understood to have found amid a row over deals between Congress chief’s
Taking on competition from Apple and Google’s Android, Microsoft today launched the latest version of its flagship operating system Windows 8, which is designed to work across PCs, tablets as well as smartphones. Windows 8 can be controlled using touch
Sun TV Network today won the Hyderabad franchise of the Indian Premier League for an amount of Rs 85.05 crores per year, putting an end to the process of finding a new team in the wake of the controversial termination of cash-strapped Deccan Chargers.
Prolonging the deadlock over payment of salary dues, Kingfisher Airlines employees today rejected the management’s fresh offer and demanded payment of four months’ backlog in lumpsum before Friday.
Apple on Tuesday unveiled iPad Mini, a smaller version of the original iPad, with a 7.9-inch touchscreen and Retina display technology, starting at $329. iPad Mini runs on dual-core A5 processor, FaceTime HD
The Taj Exotica Resort and Spa in the Maldives has been rated the second best among 100 hotels in the world by a US survey, an official said here Tuesday. The Taj Exotica is one of six hotels across the
A Polish puppy no bigger than its owner’s mobile phone may be the smallest living dog on the planet. The teeny terrier Meysi weighed just about 44.7 grams at birth and is now three months old and tips the scales
Ending a ten-year boycott of Gujarat after the 2002 riots, Britain today made its first engagement with the state when High Commissioner James Bevan met Chief
Iconic film maker Yash Chopra, who was known as Hindi cinema’s "king of romance" and also made some memorable action films like "Deewar", died here today following dengue infection and multiple organ