Former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam was frisked by US authorities at New York airport for explosives on September 29 before boarding an Air India flight, Geo News reported quoting Indian media. Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna spoke to Indian Ambassador to US Nirupama Rao and directed her to take up the matter in writing at the "highest level" with Washington. The US authorities apologized on the matter and ordered an inquiry after …

Hero Ram and actress Samantha were absolutely livid with the organizers at the launch of International Children’s Film Festival in Hyderabad. When Tollywood’s Manmadhudu Nagarjuna arrived at the function, he literally drew all the media attention when his name was announced by the host Dia Mirza. Even Veteran filmmaker and Movie Mughal Rama Naidu was also introduced to the audience. But Ram and Samantha, who were sitting in the front row, and arrived …

Crude prices fell in Asian trade Thursday as buyers took profits after an overnight rally saw prices surge to five-month highs, analysts said. New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light sweet crude for December delivery, fell 41 cents to $102.18 per barrel. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in January retreated $1.07 to $110.81. Traders were reaping profits, said Victor Shum, senior principal for Purvin and Gertz energy consultants …

Samsung Electronics said Thursday it has modified the design of its newest tablet PC to bypass a sales ban in Germany, and would start selling it there as early as this week. The Galaxy Tab 10.1N, based on the Galaxy Tab 10.1, has a different metal frame and the location of the speakers has been changed, a spokesman for the South Korean company told. Samsung's was dealt a blow in September, when a German court ruled that it infringed upon Apple's …

The sun's abundant energy, if harvested in space, could provide a cost-effective way to meet global power needs in as little as 30 years with seed money from governments, according to a study by an international scientific group. Orbiting power plants capable of collecting solar energy and beaming it to Earth appear "technically feasible" within a decade or two based on technologies now in the laboratory, a study group of the Paris-headquartered …

Oil prices headed down in Asian trade Friday as traders took profits from a heady overnight rally sparked by a slew of positive economic data from the US, Europe and China, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in December, retreated 23 cents to $97.55 per barrel. Brent North Sea crude for December delivery shed 61 cents to $113.10. Crude traders were making a quick buck after prices shot up in late US trade Thursday, …

Mahesh's upcoming film The Businessman is progressing at brisk pace and is getting ready to hit screens in January 11, 2012. Now the latest buzz is that Businessman overseas rights have been soldout for whopping Rs. 5.4 Crores. This is the highest price for a film got for overseas rights ever in the Tollywood. The BusinessMan San Jose, CA sold for $120,000 and most of the US centers sold 0ut for 4Cr. The Business Man Budget Is 25Cr and Movie is creating …

The massive response for 7aum Arivu has compelled the distributors in the US to increase the number of screens. The latest we hear is that the film with English subtitles will be screened in three more AMC locations – 2 in New Jersey and 1 in Illinois. 7aum Arivu is being screened in North America in all Big Cinemas, Cinemark and AMC locations. The increase in screens will make sure that the film reaches out to more number of audiences.

China said it successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft on Tuesday, taking its next step towards the goal of building its first space station by 2020. The Shenzhou VIII blasted off from the Gobi desert in China's northwest, the state Xinhua news agency said, separating from its carrier rocket, a modified Long March-2F, about 200 kilometres above the earth. It is due to join with the Tiangong-1 or "Heavenly Palace", possibly within days, in what …

Boeing Co plans to build space taxis at a mothballed space shuttle processing hangar at Kennedy Space Center in central Florida, according to company sources. The company has reached agreement with Space Florida, a state-backed agency working to expand space-related businesses in Florida, to lease the Orbiter Processing Hangar Bay 3 at the center, Boeing spokeswoman Susan Wells said on Friday. Wells said details of the lease agreement would be …