Yearly Archives: 2015

July 4, 2015

ISLAMABAD: Why do you think malls exist? To sprint over to if there's a long power-cut at home. To take that selfie outside the Chanel showroom. To make sure the first date is in a 'safe' place. To grab a lazy gift for a party you have to attend in two hours. Or to just ogle - at shops, food, people, chandeliers, clean floors or whatever else gets you going.

July 3, 2015

WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. military needs to reorganize itself and prepare for war that has no end in sight with militant groups like the Islamic State and nations that use proxies to fight on their behalf, America's top general warned Wednesday.

America's top General Martin Dempsey

July 3, 2015

MADHYA PRADESH: A man who got his dog an Aadhaar card in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district was arrested on Thursday.

The Aadhar card with a photo of the dog with the name Tommy Singh.

The card has a photo of the dog with the name Tommy Singh, son of Sheru Singh, and mentions its date of birth as November 26, 2009.

July 2, 2015

Seabeck, WASHINGTON – Phoo Chan was photographing a bald eagle hunting for food in Seabeck, Washington, when something very curious and highly unusual happened: A crow approached the flying bald eagle from behind, landed on its back and hitched a free ride.

July 2, 2015

Beijing: Amidst India’s concerns over China’s move to block action against Pakistan over release of Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi, China has proposed to discuss the issue with India in the joint mechanism on counter-terrorism.

A file photo of Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi. Photo: Reuters

July 2, 2015

A Bangladesh newspaper gets slightly carried away by their country winning an ODI series against India. And hoping to earn a place beside Grumpy Cat and Alok Nath in the great tradition of cultural commentary that is memes, they come up with one themselves.

July 2, 2015

A Bangladesh newspaper gets slightly carried away by their country winning an ODI series against India. And hoping to earn a place beside Grumpy Cat and Alok Nath in the great tradition of cultural commentary that is memes, they come up with one themselves.

July 2, 2015

London: Facebook Inc. this spring commissioned a San Francisco company called SalesBrain to gauge how consumers responded to ads viewed on a smartphone versus a TV screen. Neural researchers used various sensors to measure perspiration, heart rate, eye movement, and brain activity of the 70 participants.

July 2, 2015

A mystery sea creature – with a ‘long beak’ and ‘furry tail’ – is said to be baffling marine experts over the world after its carcass reportedly washed up on a beach along the east coast of Russia.

July 1, 2015

Riyadh - Saudi tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal on Wednesday promised his entire $32 billion (28.8 billion euro) fortune to charitable projects in coming years, in one of the biggest ever such pledges.

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal answers questions during a press conference in Riyadh