Christchurch: Government of New Zealand declared state of Emergency a day after Christchurch was hit by an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on ritcher scale. The death toll reached 75 and more than 300 were reported to be missing. The officials fear the toll may rise to several hundreds. The Civil Defence Minister John Carter said that [...]
Nagpur: Englands opener in their group against Netherlands turned out to be a thriller, they had to hold their nerves till lasttwo overs in order to gain victory over Dutchmen. Ryan ten Doeschate scored 119 off 110 balls a carrier best in his debut who also took two important wickets of Trott and Bell at a [...]
Market closed in red for second day before crucial FnO Expiry day. BANKEX or Banking stocks were under pressure on expectation of tighter monetary policy to tackle inflation. BSE SENSEX shed .64 percent and closed on 18178 points. Only 11 stocks out of 30 were in green and rest closed in red. Expert believe that [...]
Virender Sehwag smashed 175 off 140 balls and rising star Virat Kohli hit an unbeaten century as India overpowered Bangladesh by 87 runs in the opening match of the Cricket World Cup in Mirpur Stadium on Saturday. The duo added 203 for the third wicket as India piled up the fifth highest World Cup total [...]
Calls for a sweeping change in the Arab world have now spread to the Kingdom of Morocco, where thousands of people have taken to the streets of the capital to demand a new constitution. The demonstrators shouted slogans calling for economic opportunities, education reform, and better health care and aid relations with the rising cost [...]
Four men with their hands and feet tied and heads covered in duct tape were thrown 600 feet to their deaths from a bridge Friday, authorities said as bloody drug battles are increasing in Mexico that reached a new level of cruelty and harassment. The four were among 13 people who were killed Friday in [...]
HTC HD mini, also formerly known as the photon, is pretty old as far as smartphones go – Windows Mobile 6.5 phone was first released in February 2010. So a developer member of the XDA has given the mobile phones a new life with the release of Android and Linux OS. Forum Member of the [...]
Egypt’s ruling military council, said Friday that it would not tolerate continued damage on the economy and national security, state television reported, quoting an army statement. “They will be confronted and legal steps will be taken against them to protect the security of the nation and citizens,” said the statement, which state media assigned to [...]
Libyan security forces have killed dozens of pro-democracy protesters in demonstrations demanding the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi in the country for a long time ruler. Physician in Benghazi, the second largest city, told Al Jazeera that he had seen 70 bodies in the main hospital on Friday, one of the toughest crackdowns against peaceful protesters [...]
Algerians plans for anti-government protests in the capital city, Algiers, a week after thousands of protesters were confronted with 30,000 riot police in the same place. The protest will take place on Saturday around May 1 Square, the site of a last week’s rally organized by the National Coordination for Change and Democracy (CNCD). A [...]
