Webber retirement ‘a loss’ for Red Bull: Vettel
Sao Paulo – Four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel says he will miss the challenge of competing alongside — and often against — his departing Red Bull teammate Mark Webber. The 37-year-old will retire from Formula 1 after the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix at the... read more »
Women rescued from UK house after 30 years
Three women enslaved for 30 years have been rescued from a house in London including one who has spent her entire life in domestic servitude, police said on Thursday. Officers, who arrested a man and a woman, both 67, at their south London home, described it as the worst case of modern slavery to... read more »
After 11 Years in Prison, Michael C. Skakel Goes Free on Bail
STAMFORD — After spending more than a decade behind bars for the murder of a teenage girl in Greenwich, Conn., Michael C. Skakel, a cousin of the Kennedys, was ordered free from prison on Thursday to await a possible retrial. Judge Gary White of Connecticut Superior Court in Stamford set bail at... read more »
Goa police file FIR against Tejpal
Goa Police on Friday filed an FIR against Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal, who has been accused by a woman journalist colleague of sexual assault during an event in Panaji about 10 days ago. Deputy Inspector General of Police O.P. Mishra said the FIR has been filed while DGP Kishan Kumar said the crime... read more »
How your boss could be screwing you up!
Sydney – It is difficult to be an employee – you are either working overtime without any extra pay or you are underemployed and struggling to get more shifts. The revelation was... read more »
How Karisma Kapoor stays fit
New Delhi – Karisma Kapoor has revealed how she has kept herself fit even after giving birth to two children. The actress said in an interview to Parents India Magazine that after her... read more »
Shania Twain named country music’s most beautiful woman
Washington – Shania Twain has been named country music’s Most Beautiful Woman of 2013 by Country Weekly magazine’s readers. The ‘That Don’t impress Me’ hitmaker beat off... read more »
Facebook to continue showing beheading footages, if posted in `right context`
London – In a continued controversy surrounding the extent to which violent content can be shown on Facebook, the social networking giant has reportedly said that it will continue... read more »
Soon, batteries that have better efficiency than traditional ones
Washington – Researchers have fabricated a cathode (positive electrode) of lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2) in which the compound’s individual grains are aligned in a specific orientation, which... read more »
