Harvesting power of 140-character journalism

MADHUSREE CHATTERJEE

New Delhi, July 29: One hundred and forty characters can be quite a constraint for a scribe, but in the age of Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus, he must learn to harvest the wealth of a 70-character headline, says a US-based Indian social media tech whiz. "Many journalists say they cannot More

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Kasab challenges death sentence in SC

MUMBAI ATTACK

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, July 29: Pakistani gunman Ajmal Amir Kasab has moved the Supreme Court challenging his conviction and death sentence in the 28/11 Mumbai attacks. "Kasab has moved an appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court verdict confirming his death sentence slapped on him More

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'High cut-off marks due to demand-supply mismatch'

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, July 29: The controversial 100 per cent cut-off marks this year for admission in certain streams in Delhi University is due to the demand-supply dynamics and a solution to this lay only in expanding the educational infrastructure, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has said. "If the demand More

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Fahimuddin Dagar's death ends chapter in Indian music

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

New Delhi, July 29: Indian classical music exponent and descendant of the guru of legendary musician Tansen, the late Ustad Rahim Fahimudddin Dagar, kept the historic legacy of Dhrupad alive with unforgettable performances spanning more than six decades. Fahimudddin, who died Wednesday at More

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Apple has more cash than US government today

New York, July 29: As of today, Apple boss Steve Jobs is richer than Uncle Sam. While the world's most powerful government has just $73.76 billion in its reserves, the world's top technology company has a neat cash pile of $75.87 billion Thursday. The US Treasury Department Thursday More

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India,Bangladesh to finalise border agreement

New Delhi, July 29: India and Bangladesh are expected to finalise on Saturday an agreement that will allow them to swap small pockets of land in each others' territory and end the decades-old boundary dispute between the two neigbours. The agreement would be finlised during the visit of Home More

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BILL ON INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES REFORMS SOON

New Delhi, July 29: The government will soon decide on the legislation that seeks parliamentary supervision of intelligence agencies for their better and efficient functioning, former home secretary G.K. Pillai said Friday. Pillai said there is a "consensus at the official level in the government More

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