Category: India

Agra: A 60-kg British-era copper chandelier at the main entrance of 17th century Taj Mahal crashed down recently, prompting the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to initiate a probe into the matter. The six-feet high and four-feet wide chandelier, gifted by Lord Curzon and installed at the Royal Gate of Taj Mahal in 1905, fell down on Wednesday, sources said. […]

MUMBAI: Justice M L Tahilyani, who had sentenced Pakistan terrorist Mohamed Ajmal Kasab to death for his role in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, retires on Friday as a Bombay high court judge after 28 years of distinguished judicial service. Justice Tahilyani is slated to take up a new assignment as the Lok Ayukta of Maharashtra on August 24. Justice Tahilyani […]

Ashwani Lohani, Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) official, was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of national carrier Air India Ltd, for three years. He will be replacing Rohit Nandan, whose extended tenure ends tomorrow. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved appointment of Mr. Lohani, a 1980 batch IRSME officer, as CMD, Air India Ltd, for […]

Nagapattinam: The carcass of a 33-feet-long whale was washed up on the shores of a village beach near Tarangambadi in Nagapattinam district. Forest Ranger Gopinath said the carcass was sighted by fishermen of Chinnagudi village. The whale weighed five tonnes, Gopinath said. Since the carcass was highly decomposed, the forest department did an autopsy on the spot. It was later […]

Bengaluru: Watch out Sundar Pichai. There’s a high school project that tops Google’s main cash cow, the search engine. Sixteen-year-old Anmol Tukrel, an Indian-origin Canadian citizen has designed a personalized search engine that claims to be as high as 47% more accurate than Google, and about 21% more accurate on an average. Tukrel, who just completed his tenth grade, said […]