After Pakistan, Bangladesh has now blocked social networking site Facebook for hosting pages featuring blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammad and “obnoxious” images of the country’s leaders. No official announcement was made yet on the decision but the Daily Star newspaper quoted an unnamed Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission official as saying that “part of the reason…
Facebook friend murders Australian woman
An Australian woman who had gone to meet a man she befriended on social networking site Facebook has been murdered, a media report Saturday said. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested a 20-year-old man from Leumeah, a suburb of Sydney, and based on information given by him, found a woman’s body Friday near Warminda Oval…
Finally Kasab held guilty
Pakistani national Ajmal Amir Kasab was on Monday found guilty on 86 charges from the 2008 Mumbai attacks, including waging war on India and murder. Two Indians — Fahim Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed — accused of aiding the attackers were acquitted. Kasab, 22, the lone Pakistani captured alive after the 26/11 attacks, listened attentively with…
Kangana Ranaut to endorse Alcatel Ice Mobiles
Kangna Ranaut is not a new name in the endorsement world with having endorsed FMCG like Levis jeans and others. Now, Kangna has a new feather to her cap and has been roped in as the brand ambassador of ‘Alcatel Ice Mobiles’ which is going to make a comeback into the market with a bang.…
Trial ends, Kasab to pay for his crimes
Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only terrorist captured alive for the attack on Mumbai on 26th November 2008, threw tantrums, made bizarre claims, confessed and then denied during his trial. His luck comes to an end on Monday. Mumbai Special Judge M L Tahilyani will deliver his judgment on Kasab, 22, and two Indians in…
Amin appointed interim IPL commissioner
Baroda Cricket Association president Chirayu Amin was on Monday unanimously appointed as the interim commissioner of the Indian Premier League after Lalit Modi was suspended late last night by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The IPL governing council met here and deliberated for close to two hours before arriving on Amin’s name.…
Modi defiant, says will not quit as IPL chief
A defiant Lalit Modi on Saturday vowed not to step down as the Chairman of Indian Premier League. Rather, he went on the offensive saying he will reveal all who tried to bring the IPL and cricket down. “Wait for the IPL to finish. I will reveal the men who have tried to bring disrepute…
56 killed, 112 injured in Baghdad blasts
Bombs targeting Shiite areas killed at least 56 people in Baghdad on Friday in a possible backlash after Iraq touted a series of blows against al Qaeda. Eight people were also killed by bombs in the Sunni west of the country. Seven blasts hit different areas of the Iraqi capital around the time of Muslim…
LG Unveils its latest Dual SIM Phone GX500
LG has recently unveiled their latest dual SIM phone in the form of the GX500. This cadybar phone boasts a 3-inch 240 x 400 TFT touchscreen display, a 3MP camera, dual SIM card slots, a 40MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, a media player, an FM radio, a microUSB port, Bluetooth, a 1500mAh…