Category: News
Cannes is in the air, the “first sign of spring” in the West
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Cannes is in the air, the “first sign of spring” in the West, as noted critic Peter Bradshaw has aptly observed. Most of Bollywood’s usual suspects who will fly out to the Riviera are probably not concerned about either season shift or cinema at the fest. They spring to life at the idea of walking [...]
Facebook debuts in Fortune 500
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WalMart Stores Inc. is once again leading Fortune’s list of the 500 biggest US companies by revenue, as the world’s biggest retailer succeeded in posting strong growth despite a challenging economy for its shoppers. The Arkansas-based company posted revenue of $469.2 billion for 2012. Exxon Mobil drops back to No. 2, but energy companies continue [...]
Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay dies
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Sanaullah Ranjay, a Pakistani convict brutally attacked by an inmate in Jammu jail last Friday, died on Thursday morning at PGIMER here. According to the doctors, Sanaullah died at 6.56am due to multiple organ failure. According to a note issued by the hospital, Dr YK Batra, who had been treating Sanaullah for a week, tried [...]
Pentagon report : Pakistan remains major buyer of Chinese arms
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Asserting that China has signed agreements for arms exports worth USD 11 billion from 2007 to 2011, the Pentagon has said that Pakistan remains Beijing’s primary customer for conventional weapons. “From 2007 to 2011, China signed approximately USD 11 billion in agreements for conventional weapons systems worldwide, ranging from general purpose materiel to major weapons [...]
Al Ummah planted bomb in Bangalore
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The Bangalore police have identified the person who probably parked the bomb-laden motorcycle near the BJP office in the city on April 17 as Panna Ismail, a former member of the banned Tamil Nadu terror outfit, Al Ummah. He had jumped bail in mid-March in a terror case in Tamil Nadu. Sixteen people, including 11 [...]
China’s cyber spying targets US government: Pentagon
China has engaged in widespread cyber espionage in a bid to extract information about the US government’s foreign policy and military plans, said a Pentagon report issued Monday. China kept up a steady campaign of hacking in 2012 that included attempts to target US government computer networks, which could provide Beijing a better insight into [...]
CBI set to probe officials in Bansal’s office
CBI is tracking the involvement of railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s office in the bribery case relating to his nephew Vijay Singla, with the agency expected to question the minister’s senior personal staff in the next couple of days. CBI is keen to track phone calls Singla made to an officer in Bansal’s office during [...]
Pakistan-based hackers reportedly defaced the official website of the Rajasthan
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Pakistan-based hackers reportedly defaced the official website of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC). The hackers targeted the news section where two links of “Pakistan Zindabad” were posted. The online application section of the site was also defaced and wasn’t showing properly. However, the site was soon restored after cyber experts were called in. [...]
Border row high on bilateral agenda with China now
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Though the Chinese troops’ withdrawal ended the stand-off in Ladakh, the Sino-Indian boundary dispute will loom larger in the upcoming bilateral engagement during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit than it would ordinarily have. According to intelligence sources, prior to the withdrawal, the Chinese were assured by the Indian side that their concerns over the Indian [...]
Malayalees sweep top honours in civil services exam
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Kerala has revisited its glorious past in the most prestigious public administrative services exam bagging the top most and a major chunk among the top twenty ranks. When the results were declared Friday, Haritha Vijaya Kumar, a B Tech graduate from Thiruvananthapuram emerged topper and list contained names of four Malayalees among the top ten. [...]
