'The decision has been taken primarily on the basis that the worldwide media coverage of Prince Harry in Afghanistan could impact on the security of those who are deployed there, as well as the risks to him as an individual soldier,' the Ministry of Defence said in a statement. The ministry described the reporting of Harry's deployment by foreign media as 'regrettable'.
Harry, 23 a Household Cavalry Officer, has spent the past 10 weeks secretly serving in war-ravaged Helmand Province. The deployment had been cloaked in secrecy under a news blackout deal, agreed across the United Kingdom media to prevent details reaching the Taliban and endangering Harry and his comrades' lives. But the arrangement broke down after news was leaked out on the US website, the Drudge Report.
The channel was restored to cable networks early on Thursday morning. This was the second time Aaj was taken off the air, the first being after Musharraf proclaimed emergency in November 2007.
Impeded supplies have fuelled price rise in the affected regions, where authorities are coming under increasing strain in coping with the effects of the disaster and keeping the people calm, particularly millions of stranded passengers whose most-cherished once a year trip on Chinese New Year is facing uncertainty.
The residents living in pockets of South Mumbai, Marine Drive, Worli and Bandra turned off their lights between 1930 hours to 2030 hours on Saturday as part of the campaign, inspired by a similar drive carried out in Sydney in March this year.
China has reportedly banned Hollywood movies to protect its own film industry.
Reacting to reports in both print and electronic media about the stripping of an Adivasi woman on the streets of Guwahati during unprecedented violence last Saturday, the Assam government on Tuesday said that it was an isolated incident committed by some miscreants and shouldn't be projected as a common happening in the state.
Leading TV channels will see a blackout of spot advertising from midnight tonight after Hindustan Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Airtel, Pepsi, Coca-Cola and Reliance Communications, among others, directed their media-buying agencies not to book such advertisements on 16 news and entertainment channels, including NDTV, Network 18, Zee News, Star News, starting October 16.
Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, a little known condition which kills healthy persons with no history of heart ailments, is on the rise.
With financial results for the quarter round the corner, small- and medium-sized, export-oriented pharmaceutical companies are expecting a 5-10 per cent decline in their bottom line for the April-June period, owing to the rupee appreciation.
Defending champions Brazil reached the Copa America final on Tuesday, beating a feisty Uruguay on penalties after twice surrendering the lead in a 2-2 draw.
Reliance Energy Ltd (REL,) that supplies power to the suburbs of Mumbai and New Mumbai, has spent Rs 30 crore (Rs 300 million) to ensure better power supply restoration system this year.
The take home message from the grid failure is that the paradigm of centralised generation of electricity and grid based distribution has outlived its usefulness.
Facing a growing threat from direct-to-home service providers, which are fast acquiring subscribers in non-conditional access system areas, the cable industry wants the implementation of the system in all the areas of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.
Efforts are reportedly underway to locate it and bring it ashore.
India growth story has been deeply hurt by a suffocating bureaucracy and a workforce, which is 'unskilled'.
The 23-year-old prince, who is third in line to the British throne and has earned fullsome prise from many, including grandmother Queen Elizabeth II for his effort, was put on a troop transport plane with about 170 personnel. Prince Harry was posted on a front line base called 'Delhi'. Harry fought the Taliban alongside Gurkhas recruited into the British army from Nepal. Many of them had their education in Kathmandu or India.
The quake, which hit west of Kyushu Island at 0723 IST was centred at an 'extremely shallow' depth of 9 km below the ocean floor, measured 7 on the Richter scale.
The Dabhol project, which has been rechristened Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt Ltd, has been running throughout the day since resuming generation May 1.
51 dead, 870 injured in Iran earthquake.
Rohan Gavaskar had a black-out after being struck by a Harvinder Singh delivery in a Ranji Trophy match
New York transit strike comes to an end, workers report back
"We have submitted all information available to us, but we want more information to make our case solid," Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik said, adding that in the absence of enough evidence, the court would exonerate Saeed for lack of authentic proof.
Before taking a job abroad, make sure it's in a place where you can earn more, save more and spend less.
Get ready to face the heat this summer.
This is the 15th typhoon to hit China this year, immediately after Typhoon Talim.
As prices go up and airlines go under, can you still afford to travel well? Here are three tips and six 'secret' routes by Peter Greenberg.
"I never thought so many problems would crop up when I bought the Knight Riders. I was not prepared for these circumstances. A rosy picture, removed from reality, was painted to me," Shah Rukh Khan told a Kolkata newspaper.
NGOs and consumer activists come together to launch an initiative to 'democratise' the power sector in Delhi to ensure reliable, efficient and environment friendly electricity supply.
Datacraft plans to move technical support work from South Africa, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom by merging its parent UK-based Dimension Data operations at its India centre.
While celebrating our democracy and its biggest rituals we also need to think about the kind of society we are building.
The all-India strike call by the multi-system operators evoked a partial response, with normal services in most part of the country, barring Punjab, Jaipur and delhi where there was complete blackout of cable channels.
The Tata Group is looking for investments in Bangladesh's steel, power and fertiliser sectors worth $2billion, a media report said in Dhaka on Saturday.
Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and coach Javed Miandad were apparently upset over the latest illness to their strike bowler.
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