June 27, 2012
Under intense pressure from customers and others for an IT failure that affected the transactions of millions of customers, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has said there was no link to its outsourcing programme to India.
June 27, 2012
Washington – A diet enriched with a popular omega-3 fatty acid and curcumin, found in Indian curry spice turmeric, preserved walking ability in rats with spinal-cord injury.
The findings by researchers from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) suggest that these dietary supplements help repair nerve cells and maintain their function after degenerative damage to the neck.
June 27, 2012
Sania Mirza has criticized India's tennis chiefs, saying she was humiliated at being used as "bait" in an Olympic selection row to pacify a disgruntled Leander Paes.
June 27, 2012
Madhya Pradesh Government will henceforth not allow to carry out cremation rituals within the periphery of 5 km on the bank of Narmada river in the state, apparently to keep the resultant pollution in check. "The municipal bodies would be asked to take villagers in confidence and seek their support for carrying out cremations at at least 5 km away from the bank of Narmada river," Madhya Pradesh Municipal Administration Minister Babulal Gaur told reporters on Monday.
June 26, 2012
Seeking to wash his hands off the Adarsh scam, Union Minister of power Sushil Kumar Shinde today told a judicial panel the decision to allot government land and grant of additional FSI to the housing society was taken during the tenure of Vilasrao Deshmukh as Chief Minister.
June 26, 2012
India's minister for rural development has said that he would like the country to be "open defecation-free" in a decade. Sixty percent of all open defecation in the world takes place in India, Minister Jairam Ramesh said.
Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said on Monday that he wanted to make India a nation free of open defecation in a decade's time.
June 26, 2012
MUMBAI – Hrithik Roshan's Agneepath was one of the biggest releases of the year. And after the box office, Vijay Dinanath Chauhan is now dominating the small screen as well.
Hrithik Roshan poses during a promotional event for 'Agneepath'
June 26, 2012
An ancient Buddha attacked by the Taliban in Pakistan is getting a facelift thanks to Italian archaeologists. The Jahanabad Buddha was attacked in 2007 after Taliban militants detonated explosives in its face and shoulders.
Pakistan: Buddha attacked by Taliban gets facelift
June 26, 2012
Government announced steps including hike in FII limit into sovereign debt and liberalising overseas borrowing norms for exporters, but failed to arrest slide in rupee and stock markets.
The foreign institutional investors (FIIs) can now invest USD 20 billion into government securities (G-Sec), against the present limit of USD 15 billion.
June 26, 2012
Home Minister P Chidambaram confirmed the arrest of Lashker-e-Taiba terrorist and 26/11 accused Sayed Zabiuddin alias Abu Jindal.
"The person who goes by the pseudonym of Abu Jindal has been apprehended and has been remanded to the custody of law enforcement agencies", he told reporters here.
