Google Search Head Amit Singhal Is Leaving To Focus On Philanthropy
Google search's head Amit Singhal has decided to leave the company and retire from work to focus on philanthropy. Singhal announced his retirement in a Google+ post after working at the internet giant...
View ArticleNew York Public Library Has Made Public A Treasure Trove Of Rare 18th Century...
Who doesn't love to deep dive into our country's rich historical past? Now that the New York Public Library has announced that they’ve made it possible to access their digital collection -- “no...
View ArticleHow An Engineer Quit His Job To Light Up Remote Himalayan Villages
For three years, Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE), a group that promotes 'impact’ tourism, has been bringing solar-powered light to desperate villages that dot the more remote areas of Ladakh. They...
View ArticleJet Airways Suspends Its Crew For Sonu Nigam's Concert 30,000 Feet In The Air
Jet Airways has played a massive spoil sport by suspending five air-hostesses who allowed singer Sonu Nigam to use the plane's address system to break into song, delighting not just the passengers, but...
View ArticleKanyakumari-Bangalore Express Derailed In Tamil Nadu, Over 13 Injured
The Kanyakumari-Bangalore Express got derailed early Friday morning in Tamil Nadu, leaving 13 passengers injured. According to ANI, four coaches were derailed between Somanayakanpatti and Patchur at...
View ArticleAmazon Launches Express Grocery Delivery In Bengaluru
Amazon has launched local delivery service Amazon Now in Bengaluru. The Amazon Now app is live on Google Play Store. Amazon is also launching express delivery option where the goods will be delivered...
View ArticleTeenager Released From Juvenile Detention, Kills Again For Money To...
NEW DELHI -- A 17-year-old boy was apprehended today for allegedly strangulating an elderly widow and robbing her of cash, jewellery and other items from her residence in south Delhi's B K Dutt colony....
View ArticleAhmedabad's First Underwater Restaurant Has Shut Down Just Two Days After Its...
Rumours of leakage and trouble with permissions have shut down the Real Poseidon, Ahmedabad’s first underwater restaurant. According to reports, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has officially...
View ArticleRandeep Hooda Has Lost An Unbelievable Amount Of Weight For His Role As...
Randeep Hooda has often been praised for the commitment he gives to his roles. But for Omung Kumar's upcoming film, it seems like he's gone the extra mile — à la Christian Bale in The Machinist (2004)....
View ArticleMCD Workers Warn Delhi Government As Their Strike Enters Day 10
NEW DELHI -- The Municipal Corporation of delhi (MCD) workers' protest entered its tenth day today as they continued their agitation in Delhi's Bhajanpura area over non-payment of their salaries. The...
View ArticleTanzanian Student Attack: Congress Failed To Mantain Law And Order In...
NEW DELHI -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday slammed the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka Government over the assault on a Tanzanian student in Bengaluru, saying that the...
View ArticleKerala Temple Stops Worship For Two Days To Mourn Death Of Muslim Man
At a time when the country is polarised over issues of religion, a Kerala temple showed that one religion doesn't have to exist to hate another. The Shiva temple at Puthennada near Attingal in...
View ArticleSushma Swaraj Expected To Raise Fishermen's Issue And Rights Of Minority...
NEW DELHI -- External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today left for Colombo on a two-day visit during which she is expected to discuss the fishermen's issue and rights of minority Tamils with the top...
View ArticlePolice Nabs Man With Alleged Links To ISIS In Delhi
NEW DELHI -- A 28-year-old man with suspected ISIS links was nabbed by Delhi Police from Kashmere Gate ISBT here, making it the fifth arrest in connection with the busting of a module of the dreaded...
View ArticleKarnataka's Home Minister Is In Urgent Need Of Racism 101
Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara is in urgent need of some Racism 101. Under fire after the attack on the Tanzanian student in Bengaluru, Parameshwara is doing his best to dodge the R-word. “It...
View ArticleMobile Users To Grow To 990 Million In India By 2020
NEW DELHI -- American multinational technology company that designs, manufactures and sells networking equipment Cisco systems in a report has projected the rise in the number of mobile users to 990.2...
View ArticleDalit Family In Gujarat Can't Build A Toilet For Their Home Because...
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigns for a 'Clean India' and promises his government's support for the upliftment of Dalits, some people from the country's most impoverished and backward...
View ArticleSmart Choices: Why Double Is Always Better
These days, smartphones are unthinkable without the dual SIM feature. As SIM cards function independently of each other, a person can operate two different cell phone networks from a single unit....
View ArticleAdani Power Ltd. To Sign A Deal To Set Up $2.2 Billion Coal-Based Power Plant...
NEW DELHI -- India's Adani Power Ltd (ADAN.NS) will soon sign a deal to set up a $2.2 billion coal-based power plant in Jharkhand, two people with knowledge of the matter said, as its controlling...
View ArticleBusiness Partners Of Gujarat CM's Daughter Got 250 Acres For Less Than Rs 2...
The business associates of Gujarat chief minister’s daughter, Anar Jayesh Patel, were allegedly allotted 250 acres of land near the Gir Lion sanctuary at an official rate of Rs 15 per square metre in...
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