Kolkata: At least 31 infants are reported to have died at a government-run children’s hospital in Kolkata in the last four days. While angry parents blame hospital authorities for mismanagement and negligence, doctors at the BC Roy Post-Graduate Institute of Paediatric Sciences, premier children’s hospitals in the state, say most of the infants who died were […]
Three men have been awarded death penalty by a Delhi court for brutally murdering three family members, including a child, with a motive to rob their house nearly a decade ago.The court said it was a “rarest of rare” case as the three murders were committed in “extremely brutal, diabolical, revolting and dastardly” manner and […]
As promised, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh intervened in a discussion on missing coal files in Parliament today, assuring both Houses that his “government has nothing to hide.” The PM said that over a lakh files relating to controversial coal block allocations had already been handed to the CBI and efforts were being made to find […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, under attack from the Opposition over the solar panel scam, has expressed readiness to include himself and his office under the ambit of the judicial probe announced by the government into the issue. Mr Chandy conveyed this to leaders of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) constituents, Front sources said […]
Microsoft said it has reached an agreement to acquire the handset and services business of Nokia for more than $7.1 billion, in an effort to transform Microsoft’s business for a mobile era that has largely passed it by. In a news release late Monday, Microsoft and Nokia said 32,000 Nokia employees will join Microsoft as […]
Washington: The Obama administration launched a full-press campaign on Sunday for congressional approval of its plan to carry out a punitive strike against the Syrian government.The lobbying blitz stretched from Capitol Hill, where the administration held its first classified briefing on Syria open to all lawmakers, to Cairo, where Secretary of State John Kerry reached Arab […]
Celebrities using the social networking medium for leverage, for a wider reach, finds a perfect example in Barbadian singer and performer Rihanna. According to recent reports, Rihanna has managed to become the first ever artiste to reach four billion views on her official VEVO channel on the popular video-sharing platform Youtube. In June, she also […]
There was chaos outside Parliament as a car caught fire on Monday afternoon. The incident took place at Vijay Chowk, near the highly secured North Block. According to sources, the car belonged to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Though nobody was reported injured in the incident, it still remained a mystery what led to […]
Amidst a storm over proposal to shut petrol pumps during night to taper fuel demand, Oil Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Monday said the government had not made any such proposal and the idea had come from public. “It is not our idea. It is an idea which is coming from public and others. No […]
Pune: Amid nationwide outrage over the gang-rape of a young photojournalist in Mumbai, actor Hema Malini today demanded better policing and government action, but also suggested that women “should not go anywhere alone”.”Don’t take it so easy and go anywhere you want… anything can happen… you can get caught,” said the 64-year-old mother of two daughters, […]