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“Mungeri Lal Ke Haseen Sapne”...

“Mungeri Lal Ke Haseen Sapne” Gadkari Says When Asked If He Wil...

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, whose recent comments were construed by the Congress as an attack on Prime Narendra Modi, on Friday reacted to the speculation that he would be projected as the next prime minister of the country if his party needed support of other political parties to form a... read more »

Rahul Gandhi says “PM Modi CanR...

Rahul Gandhi says “PM Modi Can’t Let Go Of His PR Exercise Even...

Rahul Gandhi, Congress Party President today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not taking a break from public relations exercises even at a time when India-Pakistan relations were at their lowest point in decades, news agency PTI has reported. “The Indian Prime Minister can’t keep... read more »

Sidhu Insists on Dialogue with Pakistan

Sidhu Insists on Dialogue with Pakistan

Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Punjab minister on Thursday insisted that dialogue and diplomatic pressure will count for in seeking a long-term solution to terror outfits operating across the border, amid strain in India-Pakistan ties in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack and subsequent... read more »

Pakistan to release IAF pilot tomorrow a...

Pakistan to release IAF pilot tomorrow as ‘peace gesture’

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that captured Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman will be released on Friday as a “gesture of peace”. Khan made the announcement in his address to the joint session of the National Assembly of Pakistan expressing hope... read more »

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Bitcoin operators shut shops in India amid RBI warning

China bars banks from handling bitcoins

Bitcoins have suffered a new setback after China barred its banks from handling the virtual currency. The Chinese central bank said on Thursday that bitcoins did not qualify as a currency. But it... read more »

Pak urges India to pull out Siachen troops over environment threats

Pak urges India to pull out Siachen troops over en...

Islamabad – Pakistan has urged India to pull out its troops from the Siachen Glacier, saying that their presence is a serious threat to the... read more »

CNN features 16 December gang-rape case in` World Untol...

CNN features 16 December gang-rape case in` World Untold Stories` series

New Delhi – An upcoming documentary on the 16-December fatal gang-rape case titled ‘The Fearless One’ is being presented under CNN’s series... read more »

Biden tells Chinese students to challenge country’...

Biden tells Chinese students to challenge country's authority

Tokyo – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has urged young Chinese students to challenge their government, teachers and religious leaders. The comments from... read more »

China urges US to respect air defence zone

China urges US to respect air defence zone

Beijing – China Thursday urged the US to respect its establishment of the East China Sea Air Defence Identification Zone objectively and fairly. Foreign... read more »

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Vedanta’s Anil Agarwal and his family to donate 75% of thei...

Anil Agarwal, the billionaire controller of Vedanta Resources Plc, announced late on Thursday that he and his family had agreed to give 75 percent of their wealth to charity. Agarwal, a one-time... read more »

Emami biotech acquired Vanaspati brand Rasoi

Emami biotech on 25 September 2014 acquired Vanaspati brand Rasoi. Emami biotech is the edible oil and bio-diesel arm of the Emami Group of... read more »

EPFO notifies minimum Rs 1000 pension for 32 lakh benef...

NEW DELHI: In a move that would benefit about 32 lakh pensioners, the government has notified the amendment on Employees Pension Scheme run by Employees’... read more »

We Are Not Not Worried About RIL’s 4G Call: Vodafone Gl...

Vodafone Global Head Vittorio Colao has said that he is not worried about competition from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio, which is likely to start 4G... read more »

Goldman Sachs breaks ground for new campus in Bangalore

Bangalore: Investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said on Wednesday that it has broken ground on its brand new campus in Bangalore, which can accommodate... read more »

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Veena Malik marries Dubai-based businessman

Veena Malik marries Dubai-based businessman

Islamabad – Veena Malik is officially married to Dubai-based businessman Asad Basheer Khan Khattak. According to Sohail Rashid, her International Press Relations Manager, the couple had rushed... read more »

Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom celebrate Christmas Eve together

Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom celebrate Christmas...

New York – Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom were spotted spending Christmas Eve together. The 36-year-old actor carried their son Flynn on his... read more »

Wedding bells for Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis?

Wedding bells for Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis?

Los Angeles – If one goes by sources, actors Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis might get engaged soon. “They talk about getting married and having... read more »

When Lawrence almost died on ‘Hunger Games…...

Actress Jennifer Lawrence amazed by rave reviews for work

Los Angeles – Actress Jennifer Lawrence was almost choked to death by a fog machine while filming “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay” in Atlanta. “It... read more »

Sharon Osbourne donates 10,000 pounds to cancer patient

Sharon Osbourne donates 10,000 pounds to cancer patient

Los Angeles – Singer Sharon Osbourne has donated 10,000 pounds to the family of a terminally-ill young man who has only months to live after suffering... read more »

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Red lipstick may be biggest turn off for men

Red lipstick may be biggest turn off for men

Wellington – French model-turned-actress Lea Seydoux has claimed that red lipstick is a huge turn off for most men. Seydoux, 28, told British Marie Claire magazine that she has learnt from... read more »

Health risks of daily use of antibacterial soaps may outweigh benefits

Health risks of daily use of antibacterial soaps m...

London – The Food and Drug Administration in America has ordered a safety review of antibacterial soaps after a new study warned that such... read more »

Things you should never say to your boss revealed

Things you should never say to your boss revealed

Melbourne – Experts have revealed some of the things which an employee should never say to his boss, claiming that leaders and managers should try to... read more »

Junk food can damage your memory in just six days

Junk food can damage your memory in just six days

Sydney – Junk food not only hurts your health but also your memory, according to a new study. The study by Margaret Morris, the head of pharmacology at... read more »

Bit of booze a day does keep the doctor at bay

Bit of booze a day does keep the doctor at bay

Washington – It has been known for a long time that moderate alcohol consumption is associated with lower mortality, and now a new study has found that... read more »

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Australian teen among ISIS suicide bombers in Iraq, Govt still pr...

Australia’s government was trying to confirm reports that an Australian teenager was among a group of suicide bombers from the Islamic State movement that struck Iraq’s embattled Anbar... read more »

Protests After Lawyer’s Death in Police Firi...

Lawyers in Uttar Pradesh are on strike today, a day after a policeman fired his gun at a court in Allahabad and shot dead a lawyer. The state... read more »

Sri Lanka to release 86 fishermen ahead of PM Narendra ...

19 jailed Bangladeshi fishermen return from India

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to release 86 Indian fishermen. The release is being initiated as a goodwill gesture ahead of Prime... read more »

Summons to Manmohan Singh: Congress leaders stop trains...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh extends $25 mn credit to Maldives

NEW DELHI: Congress leaders on Thursday took out rallies and stopped trains at several places across Uttar Pradesh to protest against the court summons issued... read more »

I am upset, Manmohan Singh says after court summons him...

Economy heading towards better times, no reason to despair : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

NEW DELHI: Former PM Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that he was upset over a Delhi court’s decision to issue him summons to appear as an accused in a... read more »

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Party workers will be consulted for future mandates: Rahul

Party workers will be consulted for future mandates: Rahul

Srinagar – Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday said party workers will be taken on board when selecting candidates for the forthcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing party... read more »

Women's empowerment must happen: Rahul Gandhi

Women’s empowerment must happen: Rahul Gandh...

Srinagar – Women’s empowerment should happen in India not only through reservation but as a matter of principle, Congress vice president... read more »

Jagdambika Pal takes on Kejriwal for meeting Tauqeer Ra...

Delhi assembly polls: 'People will remove the corrupt', says Kejriwal

New Delhi –  Congress leader Jagdambika Pal on Wednesday criticised Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal for meeting controversial cleric Tauqeer... read more »

Nigerians living on photocopies of passports: Parrikar

Nigerians living on photocopies of passports: Parrikar

Panaji – The Goa government will write to the Nigerian embassy after a number of Nigerians living in Goa were found to be using only photocopies of... read more »

Akhilesh paying lip service to riot victims: BJP

Akhilesh paying lip service to riot victims: BJP

Lucknow – The BJP Monday said the rape of a girl from a relief camp housing the Muzaffarnagar riot victims was a “sad reflection” on the... read more »

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Staphylococcus bacteria

Staphylococcus bacteria may be culprit behind eczema

Washington – Researchers have claimed that a toxin produced by the common bacteria Staphylococcus aureus –known as “staph” – causes immune-system cells in the skin to react in a way... read more »

New iPhone app to help motorists navigate with windscreen HUD

New iPhone app to help motorists navigate with win...

Washington – A new app, which is presently available free of cost on iPhone, can help motorists navigate their way around by reflecting driving... read more »

Now, enjoy tipple of wine without worrying about leftov...

Now, enjoy tipple of wine without worrying about leftovers getting bad

Washington – Researchers have developed a new and effective wine preserving gadget, called VinEdge, so that wine drinker’s can drink their wine without... read more »

Soon, low doses of electricity to help reduce migraine ...

Soon, low doses of electricity to help reduce migraine pain

Washington – Researchers are trying to find a method to significantly reduce a migraine or fibromyalgia by a visit to a doctor who gives low doses of... read more »

Countdown begins for India’s First Mars Orbiter Mission...

Chennai –  The 56 and-a-half hour countdown for the launch of India’s first space mission to Mars, slated for November 5, commenced on Sunday at the... read more »

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Hockey World Cup: Indians look to plug holes against Spain

Bogged down by two successive losses, an under-pressure Indian hockey team will be confronted by Spain’s livewire strikers when the two teams clash in their preliminary league encounter of the... read more »

Sharapova on verge of third Paris final in a row

Paris: Clay has long been Maria Sharapova’s least favoured surface, but the Russian, who takes on Eugenie Bouchard on Thursday, is on the brink... read more »

Football Fever Grips Namma City as World Cup Draws Clos...

BANGALORE: Cricket may reign supreme in the country, but in Bangalore, football is not far behind. Just last year, Bangalore got its first home club... read more »

Proteas skipper more of a servant than leader, says ‘ho...

COMMON sense among sport suits can be rare, but Cricket South Africa’s board got it right on Tuesday by confirming Hashim Amla as the national team’s Test... read more »

Syed Kirmani awarded Ceat international lifetime achive...

Mumbai June 4: CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International Awards 2014 felicitated outstanding perfomances in the international arena. Players like Shikhar Dhawan... read more »

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US trains Iraqis for house-to-house battle against IS

TAJI BASE, Iraq: A team of camouflage-clad Iraqi soldiers lines up near the door of a one-storey house north of Baghdad with rifles ready, preparing to enter and search it. For now, there are no... read more »

Israeli general says not worried by Palestinian mo...

WASHINGTON – Israel’s top military officer said on Thursday he was disappointed rather than worried about a Palestinian move to join the... read more »

Thailand begins impeachment hearing of ousted PM

Thai caretaker PM refuses to step down

Bangkok: Thailand’s military-appointed legislature began impeachment hearings on Friday against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a move... read more »

Indonesian official says ‘pings’ detected i...

Search and rescue teams looking for the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 have detected pings which may have come from the plane’s cockpit voice and data... read more »

Sri Lanka’s new Prez Maithripala Sirisena: Man wh...

In an outcome that many would have seemed impossible until a few weeks ago, Sri Lanka’s united opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena defeated... read more »

Deepika Padukone’s “Padmavati” Breaks Record of Fastest Views For a Hind...

Sanjay Leela Bhansali maybe looking at yet another success at his hands. Padmavati’s trailer has garnered the highest number of views in 24 hours on YouTube for a Hindi trailer. It made... read more »

Happy Birthday Too “Amitabh Bachchan”, what makes Big B the Master of reinvent...

It is difficult to don’t forget a time whilst Amitabh Bachchan turned into now not Ruling India’s collective cognizance. we bear in mind a young and angry massive b channeling the... read more »

North Korean Hackers Stole US and South Korean Wartime plans, Seoul Lawmaker says

Tokyo: North Korean hackers stole a large trove of classified U.S. and South Korean Navy documents last year, along with a plan to “Decapitate” the leadership in pyongyang in... read more »

Terror Attacks in Jammu and Kashmir: a Timeline of Latest Incidents

Two Air force garud personnel had been killed in an come upon with militants in hajin, bandipora, on wednesday. according to officers, two militants associated with the lashkar were also... read more »

US, Turkey Mutually drop Visa offerings in Escalating Row

ISTANBUL, TURKEY:The United States and Turkey on sunday scaled returned visa issuing offerings in every different’s nations in a deepening diplomatic Row sparked via the arrest of a turkish... read more »