Volkswagen has launched its super-successful New Beetle in the Indian market today. The car has been introduced with a price tag of Rs 20.45 lakh, ex-showroom Delhi. The car will be available as a CBU through Volkswagen dealerships. The New Beetle has been launched with 115 bhp, 2.0-litre petrol engine. Adding to the comfort and ease of use will be the 6-speed automatic gearbox. The charm and appeal... 

After months of lackluster response, US authorities have witnessed a sudden increase in demand for H-1B work visa, which is popular am ong Indian professionals. Though the applications received so far are still over 6,000 short of the Congress-mandated cap of 65,000. Latest figures released by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) show an increase in the number of people applying for... 

Bollywod’s current heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor is all set to take over the Khans – Shah Rukh, Aamir and Salman quite literally. Rumours are that Ranbir Kapoor, who is all set for his next release Rocket Singh, has been offered a whopping Rs 12 crore for a new film to be directed by Imtiaz Ali. Ranbir’s last two releases Wake Up Sid and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani have done good business... 

India were on the threshold of becoming the number one team in Test rankings as they closed in on an emphatic victory in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka despite captain Kumar Sangakkara’s gritty unbeaten century on Saturday. After conceding a mammoth 333-run first innings lead, the visitors were struggling at 274 for six at close on the penultimate day which was marked by Sangakkara’s... 

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend the Copenhagen summit on climate change on December 17, days after India announced that it would consider an emission cut of 20 to 25% by 2020, but would not be coerced into accepting unilateral cuts decided by developed countries.  Till now, speculation was rife that Dr Singh would not attend the summit and that India would be represented by its minister... 

Pilots of the erstwhile Indian Airlines have withdrawn their threat to go on strike from Monday after their union, Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association (ICPA), held talks with the management on Sunday. “The management has agreed to our legitimate demands and there will be no strike now. Issues like examining the mismanagement of AI-IA, which has got the company to its present state and having... 

IT major Infosys plans to reduce the usage of sub-contractors and perform their work in-house particularly at cheaper offshore locations, a top company official said. “We found during our reviews that a large number of client work had been outsourced to sub-contractors. In such cases, we decided to reduce the usage of sub-contractors and use our (own) facility,” Infosys’ chief mentor,... 

Aamir Khan, who is currently busy promoting “3 Idiots”, has decided not to take any new acting assignments in 2010 because he wants to concentrate on his three home productions. “Aamir had earlier decided to take one year off. But now he has decided to extend his sabbatical by one more year. Filmmakers who have approached him with projects have been told that Aamir intends to take... 

In-form Indian opener Gautam Gambhir on Sunday won the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award for his stupendous performance with the bat in the 2008-09 season. Gambhir, who has notched seven hundreds in his last nine Tests including four in the last four, also won the Test Batsman of the Year award at a function held on Sunday night. Gambhir’s India and Delhi opening mate Virender Sehwag... 

Problems with the first-ever online Common Admission Test (CAT) for B-schools continued for the second day on Sunday, with as many as 49 labs at 24 centres across the country not holding the test at all. This prevented more than 2,000 candidates from taking the exam. Meanwhile, Prometric, the US company organizing CAT 2009, blamed the collapse on “computer viruses” that had crept into... 

The entire scenario for shopping this holiday season is changing with new developments. On a Black Friday sale, people would stand in the freezing cold and queue up outside the stores at 4am in the morning to grab the door buster deals. But now things are changing. In a new development, the deals will be available from right now throughout the remainder of the holiday season online. You can monitor... 

It’s time to grab Walmart hot deals. Black Friday ad for 2009 has been released now. It tends to bring you the most reasonable deal of the season. The deals are applicable from the latest gadgets, HDTVs, Computers, Gaming Consoles, Home Furnitures and Home Appliances, along with a bunch of new and awesome goodies. Wal-Mart is offering 46-inch LCD HDTV, Sony Bravia KDL46S504 at a cost of just $798,... 

Bollywood’s reigning beauty Katrina Kaif is down with jaundice and has been advised complete bed rest for a few days. The actress was supposed to begin promotions of her soon-to-release De Dana Dan where she is paired opposite her lucky co-actor Akshay Kumar. According to reports, Kat had been feeling weak for the past few days. When she could not get out of her bed on Sunday, she consulted... 

Rahul Dravid struck his second consecutive century as India racked up a mammoth total and then made an early dent in the Sri Lankan top order to maintain their iron grip over the second Test on Wednesday. In reply to India’s imposing first innings total of 642, the weary Sri Lankans signed off day two on 66 for one with the spectre of a follow-on looming large over them. And they would have... 

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has joined the fast-growing ‘Twitterati’ club, and to start with the bourse has begun posting live quotes of its benchmark index Nifty on the micro-blogging website Twitter. With this, NSE has become the first Indian bourse — and so far the only one — to have a presence on Twitter, which has become a favoured short-messaging social networking...