Sri Lankan Tamil refugee group lands on the AP coast

Friday, May 1st, 2009

East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh), Apr 30 (ANI): A group of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees touched the Indian shores when the dinghy boat in which they had set sail, was rescued from the high seas, off the Uppada in East Godavari district ...

Indian Army to celebrate 71st Armour Day

Friday, May 1st, 2009

New Delhi, Apr 30 (ANI): The Indian Army would celebrate 71st Armour Day tomorrow to honour the arrival of armoured vehicles in place of horses in the Indian cavalry regiments. Armour Day is celebrated each year on May 1. On this day in 1938, the Scindia Horse became ...

Bollywood personalities cast their votes, urge people to join in numbers

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Mumbai, Apr 30 (ANI): Leading personalities of the tinsel town of Bollywood queued up at various polling stations in Mumbai to cast their votes in the third phase of elections to the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Ten parliamentary constituencies in Mumbai and Thane districts ...

India sends relief materials to Sri Lanka

Friday, May 1st, 2009

New Delhi, Apr 30 (ANI): With a view to help civilians displaced from their homes due to the ongoing war in Sri Lanka, India on Thursday handed over a consignment of 40,000 individually packed family sets of humanitarian relief material to the island nation. India's High ...

PNB reduces lending rate by 50 basis points

Friday, May 1st, 2009

New Delhi, Apr 30 (ANI): The Punjab National Bank on Thursday reduced its benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points to 11 percent. The Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) has been slashed from 11.5 per cent to 11 per cent effective tomorrow, the bank said in a statement. The benefit of reduction ...

Hypercity announces the launch of Mango Festival

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Mumbai, Apr 30 (ANI/Business Wire India): Come summer and there is a reason to smile. HyperCity is offering a luscious variety of mangoes at the launch its Mango Festival. The mango varieties displayed at the Hypercity Mango Festival comprise of the traditional favourites as well as several international varieties of ...

BMW India opens new sales and service outlet in Coimbatore

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Coimbatore, Apr 30 (ANI/Business Wire India): BMW India announced the opening of Kun Exclusive, Coimbatore a satellite facility of Kun Exclusive, Chennai, Dealership Partner for BMW India in Tamil Nadu. The new sales and service outlet brings to Coimbatore world-renowned BMW standards of sales and service and the same international experience ...

Zardari appeals to Pak citizens to support offensive against Taliban

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Islamabad, Apr.30 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has urged citizens of the country to support the security forces in the fight against the Taliban and other extremists groups in Buner, Maidan and the Swat regions of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The military operation against the Taliban in the ...

Sarah Jessica Parker, hubby nervous about expecting twins

Friday, May 1st, 2009

New York, Apr 30 (ANI): Sarah Jessica Parker and husband Matthew Broderick, who are expanding their brood with surrogate twin girls, are worried about how to juggle job and family. Parker is filming "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" with Hugh Grant on the upper East side, while Broderick has ...

Michael Douglas feels dwarfed in front of techno-savvy dad

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): Hollywood star Michael Douglas is embarrassed how ignorant he is when it comes to technology, while his 92-year-old father Kirk has a blog to his credit. Douglas has said that he is proud of the Spartacus star's status as "the oldest blogger on MySpace." However, the 64-year-old actor ...