This Is Not A Prank: You Can Pre-Order Tesla Model 3 In India
Trailblazing electric carmaker Telsa launched their highly anticipated lower-cost electric sedan, 'Model 3', in an event on Friday in the US. There is a big surprise for India--the $35,000 car is also...
View ArticleI Took A Bullet For My Indian Colleagues, Says Journalist Who Got Special...
By now all of us have seen the video where Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni turned into the interviewer, had some 'fun' and asked a journalist some questions, instead of answering them. Following...
View ArticleWest Indies Celebrate Their Semis Victory In The Most Epic Way Possible
West Indies have never shied away from celebrating their victories on or off the cricket field. On Thursday night, Simmons smashed an unbeaten 82 off 51 balls in an epic and successful run chase in the...
View ArticleHigh-End Xiaomi Mi 5, Praised Overseas, Launches In India for ₹24,999
Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi has launched the latest in their flagship Mi series--the Mi 5--in India, after garnering rave reviews in the Western tech press in recent weeks. The Verge called it...
View ArticleIt Must Be Said, Dhoni Made More Than A Fair Share Of Errors Yesterday
At an extended, boozy wake after India was knocked out of the World Cup last night, a few fellows in misfortune picked over the “mistakes” that cost “us” the game. The no-balls that twice reprieved...
View ArticleNumber Of Bangladeshi Women Trafficked To Mumbai Brothels Is Rising, Says...
MUMBAI -- The number of women being trafficked from Bangladesh into Mumbai brothels is rising as part of greater migration from India's eastern neighbour, and police and social groups need to do more...
View ArticleHrithik Roshan's Lawyers Claim His Pope Tweet Was About A Fish, Not The...
After stirring up controversy regarding his alleged relationship with actress Kangana Ranaut, Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan recently landed into another storm. After tweeting that there were more...
View ArticleJharkhand University Revokes Dean's Suspension
RANCHI -- The Central University of Jharkhand (CUJ) today revoked the suspension of its Dean Shreya Bhattacharya, three days after suspending her for reportedly inviting a professor of the Jawaharlal...
View ArticleKolkata Flyover Collapse: Hope Fades For Remaining Survivors, Says Army
Army officials, who are working closely with civic authorities and NRDF teams in relief and rescue operations at the flyover collapse site, today said they were not hopeful of finding any more body...
View ArticlePeople I Know In Kolkata Marked Themselves 'Safe' On FaceBook And I'm Glad...
As the brassy Breaking News logo swept across the television screens in the newsroom yesterday, my first impulse was to reach for the phone and call my brother. He works in a mall, several kilometres...
View Article19 Stunning Photos Of Buildings Designed By Iraqi-British Architect Zaha Hadid
Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, whose trademark designs were widely acclaimed and used in buildings across the world, has died of a heart attack at the age of 65. Hadid's projects included the...
View ArticleIt Looks Like A Bomb Blast Site, Says Company That Constructed The Collapsed...
Yesterday the city-based IVRCL, which was constructing the flyover that collapsed in a congested part of Kolkata, faced huge backlash for saying that the incident was an "act of god". On Friday, P...
View Article4 April Fool's Day Pranks Played By Indian Startups That Will Make You Chuckle
Across the world, tech companies are famous for pulling off amazing hoaxes on April Fool's Day. From Amazon's retro website to Google's mirrored website and—how could we forget—the BLADE edge from...
View ArticleInvestigation Team From India To Visit Pak For Pathankot Terror Attack Probe
Following the Pakistani Joint Investigation Team’s India visit to probe into the Pathankot airbase attack that killed seven Indian soldiers, an investigation team from India will now visit the...
View ArticleWATCH: This Hoverboard 'Ghost' April Fool's Day Prank Is Hilarious
What is your worst fear? Not seeing the 'salary deposited' message at the beginning of the month? Dying alone? Chipping your nail when you're about to make that grand entrance at friend's sangeet? Or...
View ArticlePHOTOS: '90s Kids From Middle-Class Families Will Relate To All Of These Things
If you grew up in the 1990s in India in a middle-class family, you'll know what it's like to join a thin bar of soap onto a new one so that no soap gets wasted. Because money doesn't grow on trees. Be...
View ArticleIt Would Have Been Nice Of The ICC To Observe Silence For Kolkata Before The...
NEW DELHI -- At half past noon on Thursday, the Vivekananda flyover in Kolkata collapsed, instantly killing an unknowable number of people (21 so far) and injuring more than 85. It terrified a city and...
View ArticleIslamic Seminary Darul Uloom Issues Fatwa Against Chanting 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'
Joining the debate over chanting 'Bharat mata ki jai', prominent Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has issued an edict asking Muslims to refrain from raising the slogan as it is "akin to...
View ArticleBalika Vadhu Actress Pratyusha Banerjee Commits Suicide
Actress Pratyusha Banerjee, best known for her role as Anandi in one of the most popular TV dramas Balika Vadhu, allegedly killed herself by hanging from the ceiling fan here in suburban Mumbai on...
View ArticleKolkata Tragedy: Police File Homicide Case After Flyover Collapse Kills 23
KOLKATA -- Police on Friday opened a case of culpable homicide against the company that had been building a flyover which collapsed in Kolkata, killing at least 23 people and injuring dozens. Rescuers...
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