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Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir Compares ...

Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir Compares Dalai Lama to Masood Azhar

Pakistan`s senior journalist Hamid Mir on Wednesday stoked a stupid controversy when he compared Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar to Nobel laureate the Dalai Lama. After he put out a tweet saying, “It’s very easy to understand why China blocked resolution against Masood Azhar in UNSC? India... read more »

First Indo-Pak Meet On Kartarpur held in...

First Indo-Pak Meet On Kartarpur held in cordial enviroment

The first meeting between India and Pakistan experts to discuss the modalities and draft agreement for facilitation of pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib was held today in a “cordial environment”. Addressing a media briefing after the talks got over, home ministry joint secretary SCL... read more »

Supreme Court Pulls Assam Government on ...

Supreme Court Pulls Assam Government on deportation of illegal Migrants

The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down hard on the Assam government and said that it was not treating the issue of deportation of illegal migrants seriously enough. “This has gone too far. This has become a joke,” the court said. During the course of the hearing, the court questioned the... read more »

The Best Weekend Getaways from Hyderabad

The Best Weekend Getaways from Hyderabad

The technology hub of India and the joint capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad is quite fascinating in itself. With its rich heritage, architectural splendor, and iconic cuisine, this once-princely state make for an interesting exploration. While the city does reflect the culture and... read more »

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Saudi militants behind attack on Defence Ministry: Yemen

Saudi militants behind attack on Defence Ministry: Yemen

Saudi militants were behind the massive car bombing and assault on Yemen’s military headquarters that killed more than 50 people, including an Indian nurse and other foreigners, investigators said... read more »

Iran president defends n-deal

Iran president defends n-deal

Tehran – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has defended the interim nuclear deal that his country signed with the world’s major powers in... read more »

Pakistan’s new army chief stresses on professiona...

Pakistan's new army chief stresses on professionalism

Islamabad – Pakistan’s new army chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif, has stressed on the importance of professionalism in dealing with challenges, a media... read more »

Bangladesh: Does it really matter that Khaleda Zia is n...

Bangladesh: Does it really matter that Khaleda Zia is not contesting elections

Dhaka – December 2, 2013 was the last date for the filing of nominations for the tenth parliamentary elections being held on January 5, 2014. The BNP,... read more »

Don’t talk of war with India: Pakistani daily

Indian dam will affect Neelum-Jhelum project: Pakistan

Islamabad – With tension along the Indian border abating, “all talks of war” should! be avoided, said a Pakistani daily Saturday. The News... read more »

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L&T gets Rs1,630 crore EPC order in Uttar Pradesh

Mumbai: Larsen and Toubro Ltd’s construction unit has received an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order worth Rs.1,630 crore in Uttar Pradesh, the company said in a statement on... read more »

Renault plans on entering used car business next y...

French carmaker Renault gained a lot of popularity in the Indian market post launch of the Duster compact SUV in the country. Apart from launching... read more »

Yahoo! acquires MessageMe chat app

Tech giant Yahoo has acquired mobile messaging app MessageMe, with hopes to chip into the WhatsApp dominated messaging app market. The deal is reported to be... read more »

Forex reserves fall $1.4 bn to $314 bn

Falling for the fourth week in a row, India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $1.415 billion to $314.181 billion in the week to September 26 on account... read more »

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos meets PM Narendra Modi

Jeffrey P. Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com, Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official statement said. Bezos, who is in India for a... read more »

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Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan help open jewellery stores in UAE

Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan help open jewellery stor...

Dubai – Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan and Manju Warrier were spotted at the openings of Kalyan Jewellers stores at UAE. The 40-year-old actress thanked her fans for being at the third store of Kalyan... read more »

Mallika Sherawat's key to life

Mallika Sherawat’s key to life

To accept challenges is a way oflife for bold and beautiful actress Mallika Sherawat, who believes that when someone stops doing so, he is... read more »

‘Scariest’ New Year for Arshad

Arshad sets goal for 2014

Mumbai – Actor Arshad Warsi is scared about the New YearTwo of his awaited films “Dedh Ishqiya” and “Mr Joe B. Carvalho” will hit the screens in... read more »

Bollywood Dabangg superstar salman khan turning 48

Bollywood Dabangg superstar salman khan turning 48

Mumbai – Salman Khan, who has spent 25 glorious years of his life in Bollywood, has become a brand in himself. His journey from `Maine Pyaar Kiya` to the... read more »

Actresses who stood out among Bollywood’s men

Actresses who stood out among Bollywood's men

By Radhika Bhirani New Delhi – Bollywood is a man’s world, they say. But female screen scorchers like Deepika Padukone and Sonakshi Sinha surprised... read more »

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Fiber-rich diet helps cut heart disease risk

Fiber-rich diet helps cut heart disease risk

Washington – A new study has revealed that dietary fiber or fiber-rich foods are associated with lower risk of heart disease. Researchers at the University of Leeds reviewed literature... read more »

Anxiety linked to higher stroke risk

Anxiety linked to higher stroke risk

Washington –  A new study has suggested that the greater your anxiety level, the more likely you are to have a stroke. It is the first time... read more »

Chewing gum could be culprit behind teens` migraine hea...

Chewing gum could be culprit behind teens` migraine headaches

Washington – Researchers have said that the lip smacking, bubble popping, discarded gum, could be giving migraine headaches to teenagers. Now, Dr. Nathan... read more »

New `groundbreaking` breakthrough links autism symptoms...

New `groundbreaking` breakthrough links autism symptoms to gut microbes

Washington – Researchers have shown that feeding mice a beneficial type of bacteria can ameliorate autism-like symptoms. The autism study strengthens the... read more »

Sleep well for sparkling eyes

Sleep well for sparkling eyes

London – There will be late nights aplenty over the coming days. If you want your eyes to look bright and sparkling, follow some easy tips, like having a... read more »

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Sharad Yadav expresses regret over his remarks against Smriti Ira...

New Delhi: Days after his controversial comments against human resource development (HRD) minister Smriti Irani, Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav on Wednesday expressed regret and said he... read more »

IAS officer DK Ravi’s death triggers uproar ...

The family of IAS officer DK Ravi, who was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his house by his wife on Monday, on Wednesday supported the Karnataka... read more »

Rajya Sabha panels submit reports on coal, mines bills;...

Rajya Sabha Select Committees on Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill and Coal Mines Bill on Wednesday recommended their approval without any change, leading the... read more »

Class 11 student jailed for allegedly attributing ̵...

A class 11 student from Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh was arrested and sent to prison by Rampur police following a complaint filed by Samajwadi leader Azam... read more »

AAP row: Bhushan, Yadav need Kejriwal more than he need...

Soon after waging a war among themselves, the factions within the Aam Aadmi Party have hit the reconciliation button following Arvind Kejriwal’s return from... read more »

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Honour public opinion on state bifurcation: Mamata Banerjee

Honour public opinion on state bifurcation: Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata – Expressing her solidarity with YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in his fight to keep Andhra Pradesh united, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that public opinion should be... read more »

EC notice to AAP: Kejriwal terms it a BJP-Congress joint strategy

EC notice to AAP: Kejriwal terms it a BJP-Congress...

New Delhi – A day after the Election Commission (EC) issued a notice to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal for distributing a... read more »

AAP promises power to people, cheaper electricity

Yogendra Yadav backs Delhi CM Kejriwal, Bharti, justifies dharna

New Delhi – Cheaper electricity, decentralisation of power and a Delhi Lokpal bill are among the promises the Aam Admi Party (AAP) has made in its... read more »

Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Mizoram

Rahul Gandhi promises a national free medicine scheme

New Delhi – Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will campaign in Mizoram Thursday, party sources said. Sources said Rahul Gandhi will hold two public... read more »

Gujarat snoop scandal: Why BJP’s ‘daddy’ defence is sha...

Congress in the habit of breaking promises, says Modi

As the political drama over the now infamous Amit Shah tapes unfolds, it is difficult to decide which is more dismaying: the offence or its impassioned... read more »

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Early musical training helps brain later in life

Early musical training helps brain later in life

Washington – Older adults who took music lessons as kids but haven’t actively played an instrument in years have a faster brain response to a speech sound than people who never played an... read more »

Homing pigeons use smell to navigate

Homing pigeons use smell to navigate

Washington – A new study has provided evidence that the information pigeons use as a map is in fact available in the atmosphere: odours and... read more »

Depression second most leading cause of global disabili...

Depression second most leading cause of global disability burden

Washington – A new study has tried to look into the most recent and comprehensive estimates on how much death and disability is attributable to... read more »

India’s space odyssey with Mars on Facebook

India's space odyssey with Mars on Facebook

Bangalore – As India’s space probe got into the Earth’s orbit Tuesday for a nine-month long odyssey to Mars, the popular social media site... read more »

Nokia preparing 8-inch Lumia tablet for 2014 release

Nokia preparing 8-inch Lumia tablet for 2014 release

Washington – Nokia is reportedly developing an 8-inch Windows-based Lumia tablet for its next year release. The tablet, codenamed Illusionist, will... read more »

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Rohit Sharma is third cricketer to score ODI double century

New-look India aim for a positive start of England tour

Leicester: With an aim to bury the ghosts of a disastrous tour of 2011, a new-look Indian cricket team would be eyeing a positive start to their two-and-a-half-month long tour of England when they... read more »

World Cup: Luis Suarez facing lengthy ban as FIFA ...

Rio de Janeiro: FIFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against Uruguay forward Luis Suarez after Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini accused him of... read more »

Dhoni hopes India learn from the past

Finally, there was an effort to change the poor image the India team had cultivated of late, by leaving for the Asia Cup, World T20 and last week’s brief... read more »

British Formula 4: Arjun Maini takes maiden win at Snet...

Arjun Maini won his first race in the British Formula 4 Championship at Snetterton, leading from lights to flag. The Indian driver started the race on pole and... read more »

World Cup 2014: England seek atonement against Costa Ri...

Rio de Janeiro: England return to Belo Horizonte on Tuesday, scene of the country’s greatest sporting humiliation, where they will attempt to restore... read more »

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No Confirmation ‘So Far’ That Men In IS Execution Vid...

Russia says it has no information as yet confirming that two men who appear to be executed in a video released by Islamic State militants were Russian citizens. The video released on the Internet... read more »

Charlie Hebdo attack: Rush to buy new “survi...

Long queues have formed at newsstands in France for the latest edition of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Three million copies are being printed... read more »

Italian marines case: Supreme Court grants three months...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended, by another three months, stay in Italy of Massimiliano Latorre, one of the two Italian marines accused of killing... read more »

Indonesia investigators hope to get clues to AirAsia cr...

Jakarta/Surabaya: Indonesian investigators began examining on Wednesday the black box flight recorders from an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed more than two... read more »

Pakistan hangs seven more convicts

ISLAMABAD: Seven more convicts were hanged in Pakistan on Tuesday taking the total number of executions to 17 since December last year, a media report... read more »

Japan To Propose Building Cross-Continent Infrastructure With US and India To Counter Chin...

Geared toward countering the chinese language one belt one road initiative that india has objected to mentioning concerns over the initiative undermining india’s territorial integrity... read more »

‘When Will You Get Married’? Watch Rahul Gandhi’s Reply to Boxer VIJENDER SINGH?

Congress Vice Chairman Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said he believes in future in relation to Marriage. The congress chief additionally said he does some wearing pastime for about an hour every... read more »

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017: Little To Separate Brazil, England As Heavy weights Face Off in ...

Nineteen days on from the outlet whistle in the 2017 fifa u-17 global cup in India, the pleasant of the lot are about to stand off. having stood Via the take a look at of 5 gruelling video... read more »

Padmavati Song Ghoomar: Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor Show What a Royal Rajput Couple Me...

Padmavati is without difficulty the maximum-mentioned upcoming movie this 12 months, thanks to the Gargantuan, lord of Padmavati has been in news ever because it went on flooring. in spite... read more »

China: Xi Jinping Gets 2nd 5-Year Term as Communist Party leader?

Chinese President Xi jinping on wednesday unveiled the brand new lineup of the ruling communist birthday party maximum frame, whose members will rule along him as he embarks on a 2nd 5-yr time period... read more »