01 Dec 2016

Chinese couple developing an app for convenience marriages

32 year-old Chinese woman Ou Xiaobai and her girlfriend Yi Zhi, along with a team of part-time developers, are developing an app called iHomo which helps Chinese homosexuals find partners for convenience marriages so that they can appease their parents, relatives and employers.

What's brewing in Delhi today?

Foggy winter mornings continue to derail flight schedules and make highways risky for motorists.

News from the city that never sleeps

State government and the BMC were pulled up by the Bombay High Court for dragging their feet on implementing court orders.

Kashmiri boy wins Asian Karate Championship

Hashim Mansoor from Bandipora district of Kashmir won the gold medal at the Asian Youth Karate Champions in Delhi.

European Union to launch a big defence research plan

The European Union is going to unveil its biggest defence research plan in over a decade.

Trump to give up business completely

President-elect Donald Trump announced that he'd be leaving his business empire before taking on the presidency.

Brookfield targets to obtain 51% stake in Bharti Infratel

Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc., submitted the highest bid to acquire 51% stake in the telecom tower service provider Bharti Infratel Ltd.

30 Nov 2016

Delhi; city of news, views and queues

Winters came knocking at Delhi's doorsteps, when the city witnessed its first fog of the season.

Australia level the ongoing hockey series with India

World number one Australia made a comeback in the second match against India to level the series 1-1.

All that kept Mumbai buzzing

The Haji Ali dargah of Mumbai is in the news again.

Army's Cheetah helicopter crashes in WB

A Cheetah helicopter of the Indian army crashed at the Sukna Military camp in West Bengal killing three officers on board and injured a Junior Commissioned Officer.

New tax-levy on content providers

The central government is in the process of introducing a new 'e-service tax' that will impact content providers such as Netflix, Amazon, Apple and several more.

Uttar Pradesh - India's leading mobile manufacturing state

A report released by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion placed Uttar Pradesh as India's topmost mobile manufacturing state.

SEBI directs PVR Cinemas' founder to explain its profit-sharing deals

Reports stated that SEBI has directed PVR Cinemas' owner to provide explanation on the company's agreement and profit-sharing deals with its investors that had not been disclosed to its shareholders.

UNICEF: Nearly 5 lakh children under siege in Syria

According to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the escalating violence in Syria has had an especially adverse effect on children.

Belgium and the Netherlands sign treaty to swap land

Belgium and the Netherlands settled a long drawn territorial problem by signing a peaceful land exchange treaty.