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India Elections 2019 : Complete Schedule...

India Elections 2019 : Complete Schedule for Lok Sabha Polls 2019

The Indian Lok Sabha elections will be held on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19, followed by counting of votes on May 23, for 543 Lok Sabha seats across the country in which nearly 90 crore voters would be eligible to vote, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora... read more »

“Thief Returned Papers”: P C...

“Thief Returned Papers”: P Chidambaram’s Dig Over Rafale ...

Taking a swipe at Attorney General KK Venugopal’s fresh remark on Rafale documents, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said today that from “stolen documents” they became “photocopied documents” as the “thief” may have returned them. His jibe came a day... read more »

“Stop Misuse Of Armed Forces’...

“Stop Misuse Of Armed Forces’ Work In Polls”: Admiral L R...

Former chief of naval staff, Admiral L Ramdas (retired), has written to the Election Commission of India (ECI) expressing “concern” and “dismay” over what he sees as the misuse of the air strike in Pakistan to “influence the electorate”. In an open letter to Chief Election Commissioner... read more »

“We Can Also Abuse, But We Are Hin...

“We Can Also Abuse, But We Are Hindus”: Arvind Kejriwal respond...

Maharashtra BJP spokesperson Avdhut Wagh Friday abused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after which the Kejriwal reported to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “rein in the person whom you follow on Twitter”. Insinuating on Twitter that Kejriwal is a “secret colonel of the Pakistan Army”,... read more »

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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 November, the media reported Saturday. “Our... read more »

Pakistan's new army chief stresses on professionalism

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

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

N Korea confirms deporting aged US war veteran

N Korea confirms deporting aged US war veteran

Washington – North Korea has said it has deported an elderly U.S. tourist and war veteran detained for more than a month for alleged hostile acts against... 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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Class 11 student jailed for allegedly attributing ‘objectio...

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 Khan’s aide Fasahat Ali Khan, say... read more »

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

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

DK Ravi’s death: Karnataka government in a spot a...

MUMBAI: The Karnataka Legislature has ground to a halt over the unnatural death of IAS officer DK Ravi, with the BJP refusing to allow legislative business... read more »

Jammu-Srinagar highway closed due to heavy rains and sn...

A landslide triggered by snowfall and rains in the last 24 hours in Kashmir led to the death of a 4-year-old girl on Monday. Following this incident, the... read more »

AAP suspends former MLA Rajesh Garg

Mr. Arvind Kejriwal's speech displays the vocabulary that brought AAP to power

New Delhi – AAP today suspended its former MLA Rajesh Garg for anti-party activities, following his charges that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal... read more »

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Rahul Gandhi promises a national free medicine scheme

Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Mizoram

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

Congress in the habit of breaking promises, says Modi

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

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... read more »

The Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi addresses rall...

The Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi addresses rally in Sawaimadhopur, Rajasthan

Mr. Narendra Modi will address public rallies in Alwar, at Pala village in Bharatpur’s Deeg Kumher assembly constituency, Sawaimadhopur and in... read more »

Ready to talk to Mr. Kejriwal, he is not an enemy : Ann...

Police asked to file detailed ATR on plea against Team Anna

New Delhi – Anna Hazare, the 76-year-old activist who fronted a campaign against corruption, today said that his former protege, Arvind Kejriwal,... read more »

Chhattisgarh gears up for second phase of polls tomorro...

Chhattisgarh gears up for second phase of polls tomorrow

Raipur – The second phase of Assembly elections will be held in Chhattisgarh tomorrow. Chhattisgarh, which witnessed a voter turnout of 67 percent in its... 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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Italian marines case: Supreme Court grants three months extension...

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 Indian fishermen in 2012. The court allowed... read more »

Indonesia investigators hope to get clues to AirAs...

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

David Cameron uses Paris terror attack to push through ...

Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to give new web surveillance powers to intelligence agencies following the horrific terror attacks in Paris last... read more »

No talks with India without Kashmir on agenda: Pakistan

Islamabad: The United States on Tuesday called on India and Pakistan to re-engage in serious dialogue, saying both the countries needed to overcome historical... read more »

Clinton Camp Helped Fund “Trump” Dossier Research Source?

Washington: Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the democratic countrywide committee helped fund political studies into president donald trump that in the end produced a file... read more »

Narendra Modi Inaugurates Ferry Service in Poll-Bound Gujarat, Slams Opposition’s Cr...

Unfazed by means of the competition’s attack over demonetisation and GST, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on sunday vowed to preserve the Technique of taking “Crucial... read more »

New Delhi Shuts “Power Plant” in Fight Against Diwali Smog?

India’s Environmental watchdog Shut Down a coal-fired strength plant and banned the use of diesel generators in new delhi as air excellent plummeted within the world’s maximum... read more »

Champions League: Pep Guardiola calls Manchester City’s Win over Napoli ‘one o...

Manchester: Manchester town manager pep guardiola described his aspect’s 2-1 victory over napoli within the champions league group segment as one of the proudest moments of his... read more »

New “Tiger Zinda Hai” Poster Brings Back The Salman K...

Yash Raj Movies has Presented a Glimpse of what’s to come from Salman Khan’s upcoming blockbuster, Tiger Zinda hai (“Tiger is Still Alive”). In the new first appearance poster... read more »