| | | | Astronaut Sunita Williams to adopt Gujarati girl
During her last visit to Gujarat in September 2007, astronaut Sunita Williams had expressed shock over female feticide in the state. Kapil Sibal skips IIT council meet
HRD minister skipped the meeting of IIT Council convened by him to discuss the proposed common entrance test after opposition from some IITs. Sarabjit flip-flop an international embarrassment: Pak media
There was speculation in social media on whether the govt had been forced to backtrack on Sarabjit due to pressure from the powerful security establishment. | | | | | Over 30 injured as bus falls off flyover in Chennai
More than 30 passengers of a Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus were injured after the bus overturned and fell off Gemini flyover on the arterial Anna Salai. Mother, daughter ticked off for 'habit' of lodging rape cases
A woman and her mother have been ticked off by a Delhi court for their "habit" of lodging false rape cases with ulterior motives, including those for grabbing property. | | | | | Tata Motors to halt production for 3 days in Jamshedpur due to 'economic condition'
Production will be halted at Tata Motors block here for three days from Thursday because of the 'prevailing economic condition', the company said on Wednesday. Rupee, Eurozone crisis hit gold demand in India
Traders in India, Asia's third-largest economy, are also waiting for the monsoon to pick up, which could boost income of farmers, who buy over half of India's gold. | | | | | Kvitova breaks the Akgul barrier at Wimbledon
The 22-year-old world no.4, who described herself as 'friendly and happy', however, had a difficult start to her title defence on Wimbledon's Centre Court. Fabio Capello replies with interest to Wayne Rooney comment
Capello's successor in the England job Roy Hodgson conceded himself that Rooney may have struggled to meet the high expectations set by the management. | | | | | Akshay Sethi to do an episodic in Adaalat
KD Pathak aka Ronit Roy on Sony TV's 'Adaalat', produced by Contiloe Entertainment, has another interesting murder case to solve. John Travolta kisses wife in public amid sexual assault scandal
It's their first public appearance since Travolta's recent scandal in the US, where two male masseurs accused the 58-year-old actor of sexual assault. | | | | | Anonymous hacks Japanese government website
Japan started probe after hacker collective Anonymous lashed out at beefed-up laws against downloading copyrighted works, and warned of more to come. Microsoft loses EU antitrust appeal
A European court upheld a billion-dollar EU fine against Microsoft on Wednesday but reduced the penalty by tens of millions of euros. | | | | | |
