Mumbai: At least 37 people were killed when a bus on its way from Goa to Mumbai fell into a river near the Khed junction in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra on Tuesday morning. At least 17 passengers have also been injured with five of them stated to be in critical condition.           Initial reports suggest the bus driver lost control on the Jagudi bridge. The bus fell into the Jagbudi river near Khed at around 3.30 am. Officials say that the rescue operation is over and traffic has been cleared on the route. Source : IBN Live

Call for disclosure of meat sources by Hindus in UK Hindu groups based in the UK have called on the government to enforce stricter disclosure norms after it emerged that many restaurants serving Indian food in Scotland were using the wrong kind of meat.

In the wake of the Europe-wide horsemeat scandal that is still under investigation, it emerged that more than a third of Scottish curry restaurants could be using cheaper meat such as beef in dishes that claimed to be lamb.

"The issue does raise religious concerns as some Hindus who may eat meat would prefer not to consume beef as cows are considered sacred in our religion," said Anil Bhanot, managing

  Trend Micro has been very vocal about the state of Android malware in the past, claiming that there will be 1 million cases of Android malware in 2013, and now the security company is beginning to back these predictions up with facts. Out of 2 million applications scanned using the Mobile App Reputation Service, including the full catalog of apps available on the Play Store, they believe 1 in 10 apps are malware. From over 2 million applications analyzed, Trend Micro found 293,091 of them to be outright malicious, while a further 150,203 were deemed to be "high risk", contributing to a grand total of 443,294 dodgy applications for the platform. Of the 293,091 mal

Hyderabad, Aug 6: Almost after seven days of Neelima's death, it is believed that police have come to a conclusion based on the reasons of her death. Meanwhile, Neelima's family members also have accepted the fact that she indeed committed suicide and it was not a murder case. [UPDATE: Forensic experts still confused over Neelima's mysterious death] Neelima was an Infosys employee and had committed suicide inside the office premise on Tuesday, Jul 31. Her family members reportedly approached the Hyderabad police urging them to end their investigation over Neelima's death. [UPDATE: Hyderabad: After Infosys' Neelima, another techie kills self] After several shocking turning

Apple won a patent infringement lawsuit on Thursday in an English court, which exonerates the iPhone maker from charges it unlawfully used Samsung technology. Samsung had argued that three individual patents relating to processing and transmitting data on 3G mobile networks had been infringed, but the court found all three claims invalid. This is the latest case in a global barrage of claims and counterclaims between the two companies, which between them account for one in every two smartphones sold worldwide. Samsung said it was disappointed by the court's decision. "Upon a thorough review of the judgment we will decide whether to file an appeal," a spokeswoman said.

Mission status report   PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has transitioned from precautionary "safe mode" to active status on the path of recovery from a memory glitch last week. Resumption of full operations is anticipated by next week.   Controllers switched the rover to a redundant onboard computer, the rover's "B-side" computer, on Feb. 28 when the "A-side" computer that the rover had been using demonstrated symptoms of a corrupted memory location. The intentional side swap put the rover, as anticipated, into minimal-activity safe mode.   Curiosity exited safe mode on Saturday and resumed using its high-gain an

WASHINGTON — John O. Brennan’s first difficult challenge at the C.I.A. may not be confronting the agency’s future, but its past. Mr. Brennan, whose nomination is expected to be eventually approved by the Senate, will take charge at the agency where he worked for 25 years just as it faces a sweeping indictment of its now-defunct interrogation program — a blistering, 6,000-page Senate study that includes incendiary accusations that agency officials for years systematically misled the White House, the Justice Department and Congress about the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding that were used on Qaeda prisoners. By the account of people bri

SAN FRANCISCO: The founder of a company acquired by Yahoo for $270 million said in a lawsuit filed that Yahoo tried to "cheat" and "humiliate" him by firing him at a bar weeks before his first retention bonus was due.

The plaintiff, Michael Katz, said he was promised several annual payments of $1.35 million, as well as other compensation, when his online advertising company Interclick was acquired by Yahoo in December 2011, according to the lawsuit filed in New York state court.

Katz continued to run the Interclick business after the acquisition, the lawsuit stated.

The complaint, which alleges breach of contract as well as oth

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi, arguably India's most eligible bachelor, said on Tuesday he wasn't interested in marriage. Nor was he in the race for the prime minister's post - this despite his recent appointment as Congress vice-president which was widely regarded as a precursor for him to be the party's candidate for the top job in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.

In a rare free-wheeling conversation with Congress MPs and journalists in Parliament's Central Hall, Rahul said he did not wish to tie the knot and start a family as doing so would lead him to develop a vested interest in the status quo at the expense of his mission to democratize the Congress and dec

SAO PAULO: From life, Hugo Chavez has moved into history. A living legend for millions of poor in his country and a divisive figure in global politics, the Venezuelan president died on Tuesday evening. He was 58.

After battling cancer for two years during which he underwent multiple rounds of surgeries and chemotherapy in Cuba and at home, the Venezuelan president breathed his last at a military hospital in the capital Caracas. With his death, the socialist leader's 14-year rule of the South American country with the largest reserves of oil in the world has come to an end. Now as per the constitution, Venezuela must elect a new president within 30 days.

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Kerry says US releasing millions in aid to Egypt CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday rewarded Egypt for President Mohammed Morsi's pledges of political and economic reforms by releasing $250 million in American aid to support the country's "future as a democracy." Yet Kerry also served notice that the Obama administration will keep close watch on how Morsi, who came to power in June as Egypt's first freely elected president, honors his commitment and that additional U.S. assistance would depend on it. "The path to that future has clearly been difficult and much work remains," Kerry said in a statemen

Florida home where sinkhole swallowed man is partially razed..     SEFFNER, Florida (Reuters) - A wrecking crew on Sunday partly razed a Florida house where a sinkhole had swallowed up a man as he slept but the demolition team went about its job as carefully as possible to preserve the home's contents for survivors.

Rescue workers had given up the search for Jeff Bush, a 37-year-old landscaper, on Saturday. He was officially declared "presumed dead" by county officials after disappearing into the hole, which opened up under his bedroom on Thursday night.

Sinkholes are common in Florida due to the state's geology a

Budget offer to cut social safety nets-Barack Obama renews WASHINGTON DC: President Barack Obama raised anew the issue of cutting entitlements such as medicare and social security as a way out of damaging budget cuts, a White House official said on Sunday, as both sides in Washington tried to limit a fiscal crisis that may soon hit millions of Americans.

Signaling he might be ready to explore a compromise to end automatic spending cuts that began late Friday, Obama mentioned reforming these entitlement programs in calls with lawmakers from both parties on Saturday afternoon.

"He's reaching out to Democrats who understand we have to make serious pro

SAN FRANCISCO: A federal judge on Friday slashed nearly half of the $1 billion damage award a jury ordered Samsung Electronics to pay Apple Inc after a high-profile trial over the rights to the design and technology running some of the world's most popular smartphones and tablet computers.

US District Court Judge Lucy Koh lowered the damages awarded to Apple by $450.5 million for 14 Samsung products including some products in its hot-selling Galaxy lineup, saying jurors had not properly followed her instruction in calculating some of the damages.

She also concluded that mistakes had been made in determining when Apple had first notified Samsung about the all

SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo is shutting down seven products, including its mobile app for Blackberry smartphones, as new chief executive Marissa Mayer takes a page from Google's book by eliminating unsuccessful products en-masse.

The product shutdowns, which Yahoo announced on its official company blog on Friday, are part of what the company said are regular efforts to evaluate and review its product line-up.

"The most critical question we ask is whether the experience is truly a daily habit that still resonates for all of you today," wrote Jay Rossiter, Yahoo's executive vice president of Platforms.

The announcement represents Yahoo

WASHINGTON: Huge spending cuts will start to hit the US military and a vast array of other government programs on Saturday after President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans failed to find a compromise that would have blocked the $85 billion budget reduction, a move designed to whittle away at the country's enormous debt but one that could threaten the still-weak economy.

Both Obama and the Republican leaders in the House and Senate declared themselves still deadlocked after a last-minute White House meeting on Friday. The two sides are at odds over the president's insistence on increasing tax revenue as part of any plan for attacking the country's $16.6 tr

Best Film: Argo
Director: Ben Affleck
Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman     Best Actor In A Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln     Best Actress In A Leading Role: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook     Best Director: Ang Lee - Life Of Pi     Best Actor In A Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained     Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables     Best Animated Short Film: Paperman
Director John Kahrs accepts the award.     Best Animated Short Film: Paperman

Jennifer Lawrence in Dior: Best Actress winner for Silver Linings Playbook, Jennifer Lawrence was stunning in a strapless white dress. She almost tripped over her voluminous skirt as she climbed the steps to the stage, but made a valiant recovery.   Michelle Obama in Naeem Khan: The First Lady, who announced the winner of Best Picture via video link, wore a glittering silver dress and her now-famous bangs.  
Jennifer Aniston in Valentino: Presenter Jennifer Aniston accessorized her big red ballgown with easy, undone hair.   Samantha Barks in Valentino: Les Miserables star Samantha wore one of our favourite dresses, black with a plunging neckline. &n

Justice Mehra report lambasts Delhi Police for lapses in Delhi gangrape case, recommends a slew of reforms

: The Justice Usha Mehra Commission, set up to probe the lapses on part of the authorities in the December 16 gangrape incident, has slammed the police and the Delhi government's transport department for their lack of coordination and "negligent attitude", which the panel said allowed the heinous crime to occur.

In its report submitted to Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Friday, the government-appointed commission has lambasted the authorities and called for a slew of reforms to improve the law and order situation.

Indian Mujahideen hand becomes clearer in Hyderabad blasts NEW DELHI: As investigators trawl the devastated spots in Hyderabad's Dilsukhnagar for clues to Thursday's twin blasts, a debate has begun in the home ministry over whether the terror attack could have been prevented.

According to reports reaching here, there is no breakthrough yet for the investigators. "We are still groping in the dark," a senior home ministry official familiar with the details of the probe said. However, there was relief after it turned out that some of the CCTV cameras in the ill-fated locality were functional at the time of the explosions on Thursday evening and, therefore, mig