Union Budget 2013-14: What goes up, down

NEW DELHI: Sports utility vehicles, imported cars and motorcycles, high-end mobile phones, eating out at air-conditioned restaurants and cigarettes will become costlier with finance minister P Chidambaram deciding to impose higher taxes on these items....

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Budget 2013: Chidambaram walks tightrope, levies surcharge on super-rich

NEW DELHI: Resisting the temptation of election-year populism, the general Budget on Thursday offered no major tax sops but slapped a surcharge on the super-rich, raised duties on mobile phones, cigarettes and imported luxury vehicles and introduced...

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Union Budget 2013-14: SUVs, imported cars, high-end mobiles, eating out to cost more

NEW DELHI: Sports utility vehicles, imported cars and motorcycles, high-end mobile phones, eating out at air-conditioned restaurants and cigarettes will become costlier with finance minister P Chidambaram deciding to impose higher taxes on these items.On...

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Railway to introduce modern coach 'Anubhuti' in Rajdhani, Shatabdi trains

(The travelling fare in such…) NEW DELHI: Railways on Tuesday proposed to introduce a modern coach "Anubhuti" with good ambience in the premier Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains providing higher travel comfort to passengers. The travelling fare in...

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Kunal and I are moving in together: Soha Ali Khan

Soha Ali Khan, 34, gets her looks from her mother and nature from her father. Born to a family of super achievers, she has never felt the pressure to compete with them.With her Oxford and London School of Economics education, she is easily considered...

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Cognizant to cut bonuses this year

CHENNAI: Due to the lower achievement of financial targets by Cognizant, top performers at the firm will get lower bonuses this year. An announcement with regard to this is due in a couple of weeks.The bonus, calculated for performance in 2012, (Cognizant...

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Rail Budget 2013: Highlights

NEW DELHI: Here are the highlights of the Rail Budget 2013 as presented by railway minister PK Bansal.No hike in passenger faresSuperfast and Tatkal charges to riseAnnual plan for 2013-14 set at Rs 63,363 croreLosses up from Rs 22,500 crore in 2011-12...

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Rail Budget 2013: No fare hike this time but 5-6% every year

NEW DELHI: With no fare hike, 106 new trains and a host of proposals for travel safety and comfort, such as escalators at key stations, a new e-ticketing system and a swanky coach in select trains, railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal presented his maiden...

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List of new express, passenger trains introduced in Rail Budget 2013

NEW DELHI: Railways will introduce 67 new express trains, 27 new passenger trains and run of 58 trains will be extended, Pawan Bansal said.Express trains1. Ahmedabad - Jodhpur Express (Weekly) Via Samdari, Bhildi2. Ajni (Nagpur) - Lokmanya Tilak (T)...

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Dhoni breaks Sachin's record of highest score by Indian skipper

CHENNAI: Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's record of highest individual Test score by an Indian captain en route his majestic 224 against Australia in the first Test.Dhoni, who reached his maiden double century on Sunday went...

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Why you should have sex in the morning

For most of us, the sound of the alarm clock blaring in our ears first thing in the morning is definitely not a happy sound. But instead of hitting that snooze button and sinking back into meaningless slumber, why not make use of that rude awakening...

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Suspicious bags found in several areas of Delhi, high alert sounded

NEW DELHI: Unclaimed bags have been found in different parts of Delhi on Monday. A high alert has been sounded by the Delhi Police following the suspicious recoveries that comes close to the heels of the deadly twin blasts in Hyderabad where 16 people...

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4 women thrash 'nude' history-sheeter to death

MUMBAI: Four women beat a 35-year-old man to death in a Ghatkopar slum, in the presence of scores of witnesses, after he came out nude from his home and abused them. The incident took place on the night of February 10. Jethwa suffered internal blows...

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Ind vs Aus: Dhoni slams maiden double ton, India dominate

NEW DELHI: Mahendra Singh Dhoni gave an exhibition of blistering strokeplay to hit a career-best undefeated 206 while Virat Kohli cracked 107 as India rode on their captain's batting brilliance to gain control of the first cricket Test against Australia...

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Model-actor kidnapped, killed in Delhi

NEW DELHI: A 20-year-old model and upcoming actor was murdered and his body stuffed in a suitcase, allegedly by kidnappers who had called his family two days ago with a demand for Rs 2 lakh. Sumit Tiwari's body was found on Saturday at the east Delhi...

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Dog carries man's head, shocks Bangalore University campus

TNN Feb 22, 2013, 01.35AM IST BANGALORE: It was an early morning shocker for some students of Bangalore University in Jnanabharathi campus on Thursday. A dog was spotted carrying the head of a man in its mouth on the campus. Chased by students,...

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Indian Mujahideen hand becomes clearer in Hyderabad blasts

NEW DELHI: As investigators trawl the devastated spots in Hyderabad's Dilsukhnagar for clues to Thursday's twin blasts, a debate has begun in the home ministry over whether the terror attack could have been prevented.According to reports reaching here,...

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Ind vs Aus: Tendulkar, Kohli hit fifties to take India to 182/3 at stumps on Day 2

CHENNAI: Sachin Tendulkar showed glimpses of his vintage form with a fluent unbeaten half-century as India recovered from two early jolts to leave the first Test against Australia evenly poised on Saturday.Scorecard | Match in PicsThe 39-year-old veteran,...

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‘One day I may wake up to be told of my hanging’

CHENNAI: In the dim-lit visitors' room of Vellore Central Prison are seated two men sentenced to death — one an atheist, the other a spiritual seeker; one fearless and confident of getting reprieve, the other longing to see his daughter and live with...

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Ind vs Aus: Clarke's unbeaten ton takes Australia to 316/7 at stumps on Day 1 of first Test

CHENNAI: Captain Michael Clarke led from the front with a sparkling unbeaten century under pressure as Australia recovered from a precarious position to post a respectable 316 for seven on the opening day of the first Test against India on Friday.Scorecard...

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Parents of drowned sailor of oil tanker ship 'Pratibha Cauvery' commit suicide

CHENNAI: The middle-aged parents of a Pratibha Cauvery sailor who drowned after the ship ran aground off the Chennai coast on October 31 committed suicide by hanging at their residence in Arakkonam on Friday. They left behind a suicide note which blamed...

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Hina Rabbani Khar's 'baby': Tony eatery with an eclectic menu

ISLAMABAD: The ambience at the Polo Lounge is serene and reeks of old money, a lot like its owner, some would say. After all, the fine-dining restaurant is Hina Rabbani Khar's 'baby'. On the menu are steak, prawn and lobster - quite fittingly "foreign"...

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Kohinoor is ours, won't be returned, British PM David Cameron tells India

AMRITSAR: British Prime Minister David Cameron says a giant diamond his country forced India to hand over in the colonial era that was set in a royal crown will not be returned.Speaking on the third and final day of a visit to India aimed at drumming...

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Serial bomb blasts rock Hyderabad, 15 feared dead

HYDERABAD: A series of powerful bombs ripped through a market place in Hyderabad on Thursday evening killing 15 people and injuring up to fifty as per initial reports.The blasts took near a bus stand in the Dilsukh Nagar area. The area is a busy and...

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Strike turns violent in UP, vehicles set on fire in Noida

LUCKNOW: The two-day nationwide strike called by Central trade unions disrupted normal life in many states on Wednesday leaving commuters in the lurch.Violence erupted in some places on the first day of a two-day strike as workers, angry about high fuel...

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Shah Rukh looks beyond Juhi's brother

He replaces Juhi's brother from the CEO's post of his company with KKR MD Venky Mysore.In a difficult business decision, Shah Rukh Khan has replaced Bobby Chawla from the post of the CEO of his production house with Venky Mysore, who is the CEO and MD...

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Jallianwala Bagh massacre 'deeply shameful', says British PM Cameron

AMRITSAR: British PM David Cameron on Wednesday described the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar as "a deeply shameful event in British history", becoming the first serving prime minister to voice regret about one of the British Empire's bloodiest...

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Salman Khan chased by 20 bikers in Hyderabad

Crazy fans literally chased Salman Khan in Hyderabad on Sunday night. The actor's car was followed by about 20 bikers, all the way from Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium to his hotel. Salman had gone to the city to watch a CCL match between his brother Sohail...

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