Rich Indian temples may have to open their gold vaults for...
April 10, 2015
Mumbai/New Delhi: The two-century-old Shree Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai devoted to the Hindu elephant-headed god Ganesha bristles with close circuit cameras and is guarded by 65 security officers.
It is one of India's richest temples, having amassed 158 kg of gold offerings, worth some $67 million, and its heavily guarded vaults are strictly off limits.
Mumbai ‘mastermind’ Lakhvi freed in Pakistan
April 10, 2015
The suspected mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, has been released on bail from a Pakistani jail, officials say.
Jail officials in Rawalpindi said Mr. Lakhvi was released on Friday morning.
India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh has called the release "unfortunate and disappointing", Indian media reports say.
Police killed him in cold blood, that’s what hurts: 60-yr-old father...
April 10, 2015
Mohammed Ahmad, 60, father of Vikaruddin Ahmed, is in a contemplative mood a day after he buried his son. He says what happened was probably the way God had willed it. He says he would do his best to get his dead son justice, but it was ultimately up to the Almighty.
Richie Benaud, former Australia cricket captain, dies at 84
April 10, 2015
Former Australia cricket captain and renowned commentator Richie Benaud has died aged 84. He had been receiving treatment for skin cancer since November.
Renowned and legendary Australian criketer "Richie Benaud"
Dispute with India over Arunachal an ‘undeniable fact’: China
April 10, 2015
Beijing: China on Thusday said its “huge dispute” with India over Arunachal Pradesh is an “undeniable fact” even as it echoed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s views that the two countries should create favorable conditions for a mutually-acceptable settlement of the vexed boundary issue.
Apple employee quits job, spills the beans on ‘what really goes...
April 9, 2015
New Delhi: There comes a time when you feel that working at the current company is not exactly why you had been sent on Earth and that there's a higher calling awaiting you.
BJP, Congress in race to ‘own’ Dalit icon
April 9, 2015
After Vallabhbhai Patel, B.R. Ambedkar is the next national icon over whose legacy the Congress and the BJP are set for a tug of war. With Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary year beginning on April 14, the two parties are drawing up plans to hold year-long celebrations.
Mobile calls to be cheaper by up to 23%; SMS to...
April 9, 2015
However, subscribers won't be able to avail of roaming schemes at home circle rates.
TRAI on Thursday slashed tariffs for mobile calls and SMSes under a special roaming tariff plan.
IPL 8: Chennai Super Kings wins thriller against Delhi Daredevils at...
April 9, 2015
Brief Scorecard: Chennai Super Kings 150 for 7 (Smith 34, Coulter-Nile 3-30) beat Delhi Daredevils 149 for 9 (Morkel 73*, Nehra 3-25) by 1 run
Ashish Nehra was named the man-of-the-match for his three wickets during the IPL match against Delhi Daredevils in Chennai on Thursday.
Satyam Computers Raju brothers sentenced to 7 years in jail, fined...
April 9, 2015
Former chairman of Satyam Computers B. Ramalinga Raju and nine other accused in the Satyam Computers scandal have been awarded seven years rigorous imprisonment and imposed varying amounts of fine by a Special Court in Hyderabad on Thursday.
