Young man's body found. Could it be Sunil Tripathi?

A body discovered in a river in Providence, Rhode Island, may be that of Sunil Tripathi (left), the 22-year-old Indian-American student who went missing on March 16. Lieutenant Joseph Donnelly told......

Boston shooting: Residents wait for situation to resolve

Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been in a lockdown after a series of events that followed when suspects in the Boston marathon bombing shot Sean Collier, a young Massachusetts Institute of Technology......

Novelist Manohar Malgonkar dead

Novelist Manohar Malgonkar passed away in Jagalbet, Karnataka, on Monday. He was 97. A former army officer he was cremated with military honours on his bungalow premises on Tuesday evening in the......

After 2 months, Koda arrested in multi-crore scam

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda was on Monday arrested by the state Vigilance Commission, nearly two months after a case was registered against him in a multi-crore hawala scam. "We......

Acoustics pioneer and founder of Bose Corporation dies at 83

Amar Bose, the founder and chairman of the audio technology company Bose Corporation has died. He was 83. Announcing his death company president Bob Maresca said, "He was more than our chairman. He......

Datsun teases its first car; reveals sketches

Datsun revealed sketches of its first new generation car that will be unveiled at a world premiere event in New Delhi on July 15. The car will be the first product aimed for the Indian market - and......

Pune township plans urban organic farm

Nanded City, a 700-acre integrated township of Magarpatta group on the outskirts of Pune, plans to propagate the concept of urban organic agriculture.It plans to grow vegetables, fruits, flowers,......

Open Source advocate Atul Chitnis passes away

Open source advocate Atul Chitnis, 51, passed away on Monday. Chitnis, who was battling cancer, is survived by his wife Shubha and daughter Geetanjali. Chitnis was founder of FOSS.IN (earlier know......

Imagine TV operations shut down today

After having acquired its Hindi general entertainment channel Imagine TV from NDTV back in 2010, Turner Broadcasting System announced today that they will be shutting down operations.Today,......

Juhi Babbar weds Anup Soni

Actor-cum-politician Raj Babbar's daughter Juhi Babbar got married to actor Anup Soni on March 14 in a quiet ceremony attended by family and close friends only.After the wedding in Mumbai, the......

Losses mount up during multiplex strike

As the strike enters its fifth week, the losses are mounting up for the Bollywood film industry. Big budget movies like Kambhakt Ishq, Blueand New York have had to postpone their release dates, and......

Akshay Kumar refuses to accept award

If you think movie stars have huge egos, think again. One such superstar with unbelievable humility is Akshay Kumar. The actor whose latest film, Chandni Chowk To China releases this Friday,......