Cesar Galindo makes NY Fashion Week a fiesta of colour
September 8th, 2012 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 8 (IANS/EFE) Designer Cesar Galindo presented Friday his colourful spring and summer creations on the official runway of New York Fashion Week, featuring once more his comfortable, ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Azim Premji Foundation re-launches teachers portal
September 5th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 5 (IANS) Azim Premji Foundation, set up by IT czar Azim Premji, Wednesday marked Teachers Day by launching "a new and significantly improved version" of the 'Teachers of ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Shirish won’t enjoy watching me with someone else: Farah
July 26th, 2012 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Farah Khan says her family has supported her in her acting debut "Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi", but she isn't sure if her husband ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Premji hopes PM will step up policy execution
July 24th, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 24 (IANS) Azim Premji, IT czar and chairman of Wipro Ltd., Tuesday hoped that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would initiate steps to execute infrastructure and ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Violence at Maruti plant reflects social unrest: Premji
July 24th, 2012 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 24 (IANS) Violence at auto major Maruti Suzuki's plant at Haryana's Manesar is representative of the social unrest building up in the country, Wipro chairman Azim Premji said ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Indian-American father-son duo quits Obama Administration
February 1st, 2012 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 1 (IANS) An Indian-American father-son duo, possibly the only one serving in senior positions in the Obama Administration, is leaving their positions for private sector jobs.Popularly known ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Raju Narisetti named WSJ Digital Editor
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:03 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 21 (IANS) Noted Indian American journalist Raju Narisetti has been named the new managing editor of The Wall Street Journal's digital network.In his new job, Narisetti will have ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Big B has a fan in Farah’s son
December 29th, 2011 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) If Shirish Kunder is making a film with Amitabh Bachchan, his wife, director Farah Khan, is teaching their little son to recite Big B's famous ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Thank you Steve, forever, say Indian youths
October 6th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) For millions across the country, logging on to their Ipads or Iphones will always bring back memories of the man who rattled the tech ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
‘US should do more to support anti-Islamist forces along Pak’s Arabian Sea coast’
February 2nd, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
New Jersey, Feb 2(ANI): As the Islamist nightmare envelops Pakistan, the United States should do more to support anti-Islamist forces along Pakistan's southern Arabian Sea coast, director of the Asia Program at ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
All Izz Well Between Farah Khan And Shahrukh Khan
January 12th, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
. An impatient and angry Farah casted Akshay Kumar as she could not wait any more and that gave rise to speculations of a cold war between her and King Khan. ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Obama bypasses Congress, appoints six key officials
December 30th, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec. 30 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has bypassed Congress, and made six key appointments, including that of James Cole as Deputy Attorney General and Robert Ford as the country's ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Farah’s kids crazy about the song ‘Sheila Ki Jawani’
November 20th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Farah Khan's three toddlers - Czar, Diva and Anya - can't seem to get enough of the song "Sheila Ki Jawani" that features in the director-choreographer's forthcoming ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Katrina Kaif Smitten By Czar!
October 26th, 2010 - 2:35 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 26, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): It has been only a few weeks that we heard about the end of the Katrina Kaif – Salman Khan relationship and the news is that ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Guess Who Is The Apple Of Kat’s Eyes?
October 26th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 26, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Katrina Kaif, the B-town gal with the amazing stance of a top slot star, has just about anybody eating out of her hand but has one ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Business Class For FarahSirish And Economy Class For Kids!
October 9th, 2010 - 3:07 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 9, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Farah Khan left for a lavish holiday trip to Thailand on Tuesday night along with her husband Shirish Kunder and the triplet kids. They even took ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Ramalinga Raju discharged from hospital
October 2nd, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 2 (IANS) B. Ramalinga Raju, disgraced founder and former chairman of Satyam Computer Services Ltd, was Saturday discharged from a government-run hospital here.Raju, the prime accused in the multi-crore ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Tarun Tahiliani to present WIFW grand finale
September 29th, 2010 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Couture czar Tarun Tahiliani will ring the curtains down at the upcoming Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) and he hopes to live up to the expectations ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Rishad Premji to shape Wipro’s future growth strategy
September 2nd, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 2 (IANS) Rishad Premji, heir apparent to India's IT czar Azim Premji, will shape the future growth strategy of Wipro's gobal IT business, a senior company official said Thursday.
"As the ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Surrey temple shooting: Indian radio presenter claims his boss fired in “self-defence”
August 30th, 2010 - 3:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 30 (ANI): In the midst of the Surrey Guru Nanak Temple shooting during a wedding ceremony, Gurpreet Singh, a newscaster at the Punjabi Radio in India, has said that he ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Dalmiya all set to continue unchallenged as CAB chief
July 27th, 2010 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) Seasoned administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya is set to continue his reign in the Cricket Association of Bengal unchallenged for yet another year with his detractors not putting up any ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
BP agrees $20 bn claims fund
June 17th, 2010 - 3:02 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 17 (DPA) Oil giant BP has agreed to set up a $20-billion fund to compensate local Gulf Coast businesses and fishermen devastated by the ongoing oil spill, US President ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Incoming ICC corruption czar vows crackdown
May 22nd, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 22 (ANI): The International Cricket Council's (ICC's) Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) incoming chief, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, has vowed to tackle match-fixing with zero tolerance when he takes charge.Flanagan, the ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
‘Modi was the single-window to Rajasthan during Vasundhara regime’
April 26th, 2010 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Anil Sharma
Jaipur, April 26 (IANS) Lalit Kumar Modi, the former Indian Premier League (IPL) czar whose meteoric rise and fall have become the subject of intense discussion, was considered very ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Paraguay bans smoking in all ‘closed public spaces’
April 11th, 2010 - 9:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Asuncion, Apr 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Paraguay has banned smoking in all ‘closed public spaces’, so now the inhabitants of Paraguay can no longer indulge in smoking in the restricted public spaces. ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Pay Czar eyes Top Executives!
March 24th, 2010 - 9:30 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
March 24, 2010, (Pen Men at Work): Finally U.S government has finally decided to deduct some part of salary for top Executives who are still getting help from federal government. This ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Pay Czar Special Master Declares Pay Cut
March 24th, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Washington, March 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Kenneth Feinberg, the special master for TARP Executive Compensation which is better known as "Pay czar" has declared that the top executives of five companies ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Meet Obama’s tech czar Aneesh Chopra, the Indian George Clooney
March 23rd, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 23 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has assigned him the task of finding ways for technology to advance his priorities but Aneesh Chopra, America's first chief technology officer and ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Van Jones Up For A Politics Of Hope
February 27th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Washington, Feb 27, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Van Jones, who had resigned from his office of the White House Council owing to Environmental Quality last fall, is planning a comeback from his ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
136 top US executives told to reduce pay packet by 50 percent
October 23rd, 2009 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) President Barack Obama's 'pay czar' has slashed compensation of 136 top executives at seven biggest bailed-out companies, including Citigroup led by Indian American chief executive ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Kenneth Feinberg Approves Annual Pay Package of 10.5 Million Dollars for AIG Chief Executive
October 9th, 2009 - 6:31 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kaur, New York, October 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Kenneth Feinberg pay czar of Obama administration has officially approved annual pay package of 10.5 million dollars for Robert Benmosche, the Chief ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Obama’s green jobs czar resigns over 9/11, Bush statements
September 6th, 2009 - 7:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep.6 (ANI): Van Jones, President Barack Obama's green jobs czar, has resigned amid a furor over his past statements regarding the Bush administration and the September 11 terrorist attacks.In a ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Gmail down - Causes panic in twitterverse
September 2nd, 2009 - 3:48 am ICT by admin
By Sajal Kayan
Gmail, the free webmail service run by Google is currently inaccessible.
On attempting to access the email service www.gmail.com, users are greeted with "HTTP Error 502 Bad gateway" error. The ... Read more...
Posted in Technology Industry News |
Azim Premji sees signs of stability, feels upbeat about future
July 22nd, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 22 (IANS) Managing a 12 percent growth in profit for Wipro even in these trying times, India's billionaire tech czar Azim Premji Wednesday said he was now more upbeat about ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Government constitutes Global Advisory Council
July 8th, 2009 - 7:40 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has constituted a high level global advisory committee consisting of Noble laureate Amartya Sen, steel tycoon L. N. Mittal and Pepsico CEO ... Read more...
Posted in National |