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  • google nexus 7 world s highest resolution tablet pictures

    Google Nexus 7: world's highest resolution tablet [Pictures and Details]

    Aug 11, 2013, 07:04 AM IST

    New Delhi: Google Inc has launched a new-generation, slimmer Nexus 7 tablet that runs a stock version of Android.  The latest Nexus 7, features a Qualcomm Inc Snapdragon processor, wireless charging, 4G connectivity and a

  • myanmar releases 73 prisoners

    Myanmar releases 73 prisoners

    World | Jul 24, 2013, 07:51 AM IST

    Yangon, July 24 : A total of 73 inmates, including 68 political prisoners, have been released from prisons in Myanmar under a fresh amnesty by the government.The prisoners were freed after President U Thein Sein

  • chinese air force holds night flying exercises in tibet

    Chinese Air Force holds night flying exercises in Tibet

    India | Jul 24, 2013, 06:30 AM IST

    Beijing, July 24 : China's Air Force has conducted high-altitude night flying exercises at Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet region that borders India.Photographs of helicopters participating in the exercises at Lhasa airport, located about

  • major protest sites of the world cairo s tahrir square part

    Major protest sites of the world: Cairo's Tahrir Square (Part-II)

    World | Jul 24, 2013, 06:23 AM IST

    New Delhi: Protests erupt when group of people get together and demonstrate for a common motive. Sometimes the protests turn into mass movements and can overthrow the government of the country.One recent example of mass

  • uk s oldest and world s second oldest person dies

    UK's oldest and world's second oldest person dies

    World | Jul 23, 2013, 06:57 AM IST

    London, Jul 23: Sant Kaur Bajwa, a Sikh woman who at the age of 115 was UK's oldest and the world's second oldest person, has died.Bajwa was born on January 1, 1898 in Sialkote (now

  • anderson mellouli win first golds at swimming worlds

    Anderson, Mellouli win first golds at swimming worlds

    Other Sports | Jul 21, 2013, 11:11 AM IST

    Barcelona, July 21: Haley Danita Anderson of the US and Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia won the first gold medals of the World Swimming Championships here as they won the women's and men's five km open

  • three indian girls advance in world squash meet

    Three Indian girls advance in world squash meet

    Other Sports | Jul 18, 2013, 02:08 PM IST

    Wroclaw (Poland), July 18: Sachika Ingale, Harshit Kaur Jawanda and Lakshya Ragavendran advanced to the third round of the girls singles in the World Junior Squash Championships here that saw the end of the Indian

  • bomber as rock star rolling stone cover outrage

    Bomber as rock star? Rolling Stone cover outrage

    World | Jul 18, 2013, 11:54 AM IST

    New York, Jul 18: A Rolling Stone story on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is generating controversy even before it hits stores, with critics saying the cover photo glamorizes an accused killer and some

  • russia ready to host world athletics event

    Russia ready to host world athletics event

    Other Sports | Jul 16, 2013, 05:24 PM IST

    Moscow, Jul 16: With 25 days to go until the athletics world championships in Moscow, the organizers said Tuesday that all sports facilities are ready and tickets are selling.A new track was laid at the

  • major protest sites of the world a series part i

    Major Protest Sites of the World- A Series (Part-I)

    India | Jul 17, 2013, 06:30 AM IST

    New Delhi: Whenever, citizens of any country becomes unhappy with any factor they protest and agitate against it. One person or a group starts the protest and then more people joins.In every country there is

  • french hostage killed by al qaeda in mali

    French hostage killed by Al Qaeda in Mali

    World | Jul 16, 2013, 06:49 AM IST

    Paris, July 16: French national Philippe Verdon kidnapped and kept hostage by Al Qaeda-linked Islamists in 2011 in Mali has been killed, French President Francois Hollande said."The death of our compatriot Mr. Philippe Verdon is

  • world shocked again as top athletes fail dope test

    World shocked again as top athletes fail dope test

    Other Sports | Jul 15, 2013, 03:21 PM IST

    Washington, July 15: Track and field was dealt with a huge blow as the world's top sprinters former world record holder Jamaican Asafa Powell, American champion Tyson Gay and Olympic medallist Sherone Simpson failed drug

  • meet top 10 djs of the world

    Meet Top 10 DJs of the world

    World | Jul 16, 2013, 06:19 AM IST

    New Delhi: DJ or Disc Jockey refers to persons who make people move to their groove. They either mix the famous tracks or produce their own tracks. Mainly music genres such as Trance, Electronic, Vocal

  • top 10 tallest buildings in the world

    Top 10 tallest buildings in the world

    World | Jul 04, 2014, 12:39 PM IST

    New Delhi: These buildings rise thousands of feet above ground and often loom way above the clouds.  The only way to imagine what it's like to be this high up is to remember the last

  • fifa to host international anti doping event

    FIFA to host international anti-doping event

    Football | Jul 11, 2013, 03:51 PM IST

    Zurich, July 11:  FIFA will host an international conference to discuss more effective ways to combat doping.   FIFA says the Nov. 29-30 event involving the World Anti-Doping Agency is titled: "Time has come to change

  • world gymnastics body expels top olympic official

    World gymnastics body expels top Olympic official

    Other Sports | Jul 10, 2013, 06:54 PM IST

    Lausanne, Switzerland, July 10: The top rhythmic gymnastics official from the London Olympics has been expelled from the sport's governing body for what it called "irregularities" during coaching courses for judges late last year.   The

  • egypt s prosecutor general resigns

    Egypt's prosecutor-general resigns

    World | Jul 09, 2013, 06:10 PM IST

    Cairo, July 9: Egypt's Prosecutor-General Abdel-Maguid Mahmoud, who was recently reinstated, has resigned and demanded he should return as a judge, state-run news agency MENA reported Tuesday.Mahmoud, who was dismissed by a controversial constitutional declaration

  • explosion hits hezbollah stronghold in lebanon

    Explosion hits Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon

    World | Jul 09, 2013, 02:22 PM IST

    Beirut, July 9: A large explosion rocked a stronghold of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group in the Lebanese capital early Tuesday, sending black smoke billowing into the sky and causing an unknown number of casualties,

  • world t20 champions get special awards

    World T20 champions get special awards

    Cricket | Jul 06, 2013, 01:19 PM IST

    Port-of-Spain (Trinidad), July 6: Members of the World T20 Champions West Indies have received special awards for their accomplishment.The 15 players and eight members of the team management all got commemorative gold rings in recognition

  • pcb wants 20 pc reduction in amir s ban

    PCB wants 20 pc reduction in Amir's ban

    Cricket | Jul 03, 2013, 01:58 PM IST

    Islamabad, July 3 : The Pakistan Cricket Board intends to find a UK-based lawyer to see if fast bowler Mohammad Amir could get a 20 per cent reduction in his five-year ban for spot-fixing.   Acting

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