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CNG and LNG cars are viable alternatives...

CNG and LNG cars are viable alternatives till electric cars become affordab...

India has plans to promote the use of more efficient CNG and LNG cars till electric cars become mainstream. Globally, India is the fourth largest importer of crude oil. In recent years, the Indian automobile market has seen exponential growth. In a time like this, the nation is strained by the... read more »

Priyanka Chopra New York Fashion Week 2019
Priyanka Chopra was among the many high-...

Priyanka Chopra was among the many high-profile guests who turned up to att...

Actor Priyanka Chopra is currently busy with the promotions of her Hollywood film, Isn’t It Romantic that is set to arrive on Netflix on February 28. The actor has been making all the right noises ahead of the film’s release with back to back appearances at events and on TV shows. The former... read more »

Kangana Ranaut to Direct Her Own Biopic, Says 'It's Not a Propaganda Film'
Kangana Ranaut to Direct Her Own Biopic,...

Kangana Ranaut to Direct Her Own Biopic, Says ‘It’s Not a Propa...

After making an impressive directorial debut with her latest release Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, Kangana Ranaut has already revealed details about her sophomore project as a filmmaker. The actress will next be helming her own biopic, which will also be written by Manikarnika writer K V... read more »

Zoya Akhtar Dying to Work With Hrithik Roshan, Spills the Bean on 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobaara' Sequel
Zoya Akhtar says she is really keen to w...

Zoya Akhtar says she is really keen to work with Hrithik Roshan again ̵...

Zoya Akhtar’s latest film Gully Boy is getting critical acclaim. The film has opened in the cinema halls today and has brought Zoya back in the spotlight. Among other things, she is getting asked about the possibility of sequels of her films. She said, “I am not interested to just making my... read more »

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China urges personnel's safety in South Sudan

UNGA should play a greater role: China

United Nations – China called on the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to play a greater role in shaping the agenda of global development beyond 2015. Wang Min, China’s deputy permanent... read more »

Syrian chemical weapons disposal plan to be released next week: UN

Syrian chemical weapons removal programme on track...

United Nations – The head of the joint United Nation! s and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons team charged with eliminating... read more »

Putin favours amnesty proposal for inmates

Putin favours amnesty proposal for inmates

Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that a proposal about giving amnesty to inmates on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of... read more »

UN Security Council condemns slams attacks on aid worke...

UN Security Council extends sanctions on Liberia

United Nations – The ! UN Security Council (UNSC) has strongly condemned deadly attacks in two Afghan provinces last week which led to the death of nine... read more »

Petition questioning Musharraf’s trial rejected

Petition questioning Musharraf's trial rejected

Islamabad – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has rejected a ! petition challenging the constitution of a special court for the treason trial of former... read more »

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Business

Jaypee group shares fall after Reliance Power deal hits dead-end

Shares of Jaiprakash group companies fell as much as 24% in Thursday’s trade after Reliance Power and Jaiprakash Power Venures (JPVL) said that they called off talks over sale of the... read more »

India’s 100 richest are all billionaires; Mu...

For the first time, the 100 richest tycoons in India are all billionaires with Mukesh Ambani topping the league for the eighth consecutive year,... read more »

Cisco displays smart city concept

BANGALORE: How do you fancy living in a city where everything from the streetlights to the water pipes to parking space and waste management will be monitored... read more »

SpiceJet unveils scheme for MSME travellers

The airline unveiled a new dedicated self-booking platform, ‘SME Traveller’, for air travellers for this corporate segment, offering flexibility... read more »

SC to decide fate of 218 coal blocks today

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will on Wednesday decide the fate of the 218 coal blocks, which were allocated to companies illegally by the Centre. The top court... read more »

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Veena Malik's reception to be private affair

Veena Malik’s reception to be private affair

Dubai – Pakistani actress Veena Malik, who has married businessman Asad Bashir Khan Khattak, will host a reception here Thursday evening for close friends and family members. “Like her... read more »

Selena cooks up X'mas dinner with sister

Selena cooks up X’mas dinner with sister

Los Angeles – Pop star Selena Gomez and her six-month-old sister spent some time in the kitchen to prepare a delectable meal for... read more »

Pulkit Samrat to romance fashionista Sonam Kapoor

Talks are that for his forthcoming project, the actor-turned-producer has paired up ‘Fukrey’ famed Pulkit Samrat and fashionista Sonam Kapoor.... read more »

Alia Bhatt on fashion Highway : 20-year-old fashionist...

Alia Bhatt on fashion Highway : 20-year-old fashionista of Bollywood

Alia Bhatt is just one film old but makes herself count amongst the most sought out actresses in Bollywood. Returning to the silver screen after more than an... read more »

Actress Denise Richards keeping Sheen away from kids

Actress Denise Richards denies keeping Sheen away from kids

Los Angeles – Actress Denise Richards has denied reports that she has banned her ex-husband Charlie Sheen from spending Christmas with their kids. The... read more »

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The Kisser `least favourite` at staff Christmas parties

The Kisser `least favourite` at staff Christmas parties

London – The Kisser is the least popular character at every staff Christmas party, it has been revealed. According to experts, faces may change over the years but the same types including the... read more »

Ear acupuncture could help win battle of bulge

Ear acupuncture could help win battle of bulge

Washington – Researchers have said that a 5 point stimulation of outer ear can help shed the pounds. According to the small study, using... read more »

`Baby illusion` makes parents see their youngest smalle...

`Baby illusion` makes parents see their youngest smaller than they really are

Washington – In an attempt to explain the common phenomenon where parents claim that their first child seems to have grown suddenly after the birth of... read more »

Chinese docs save man’s severed hand by sewing it to hi...

Chinese docs save man’s severed hand by sewing it to his ankle

Washington – Chinese surgeons have successfully conducted a reattachment surgery on a man’s severed right hand after he lost it in an accident at... read more »

Cambodian monks call for action against Buddha’s ...

Cambodian monks call for action against Buddha's relics theft

Phnom Penh – About 150 Buddhist monks Tuesday held a protest here, calling for the Cambodian government to take action against the theft of the... read more »

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National

Growth rate has more than doubled: PM

Coal scam: Former PM Manmohan Singh says truth will prevail

Extremely upset with the summons issued to him in connection with the coal blocks allocation scam, former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that the truth will prevail in the case.... read more »

AAP MLAs fire letter salvo at dissidents Yadav and...

Demanding the expulsion of dissidents Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, more than 50 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators have signed a letter that... read more »

Former MP DP Yadav sentenced to life imprisonment

DEHRADUN: Uttar Pradesh strongman DP Yadav, who was convicted of killing former MLA Mahendra Singh Bhati, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the CBI... read more »

Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan Tried to Ensure We Los...

NEW DELHI: Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan were removed from a key decision-making panel of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) because they attempted to ensure the... read more »

Masarat Alam’s release row: J&K CM phones Raj...

New Delhi: Amid raging controversy over the release of separatist leader ​Masarat Alam, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Tuesday... read more »

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Politics

UPA holding back funds for Uttar Pradesh: SP

UPA holding back funds for Uttar Pradesh: SP

Lucknow – The Samajwadi Party (SP) has accused the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre of holding back Rs.30,000 crore meant as central funds for Uttar... read more »

Rajiv Shukla pulls up Modi, says ‘PM aspirant should stop fighting with everyone’

Rajiv Shukla pulls up Modi, says ‘PM aspirant shou...

New Delhi – Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs, Rajeev Shukla on Saturday appealed to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra... read more »

Digvijay Singh has lost his ‘mental balance’: M G Vaidy...

Digvijay Singh has lost his ‘mental balance’: M G Vaidya

Nagpur – Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader M G Vaidya on Saturday said Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh should not be taken seriously as... read more »

Tight security for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi...

Tight security for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's Pune rally today

Mumbai – The Maharashtra Police and the Gujarat Police have made tight security arrangements for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s Pune rally... read more »

Modi to meet Patna blast victims

Modi to meet Patna blast victims

Patna – BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will visit Bihar Saturday to meet the injured and families of those who were killed in... read more »

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Latest iPad Air `extremely hard` to repair

Latest iPad Air `extremely hard` to repair

Washington – For those in awe of the latest Apple iPad Air, for its lightest, thinnest form, here comes a bitter pill that points to the tech giant’s innovation being extremely hard to... read more »

Google shuts down iGoogle service

Google shuts down iGoogle service

Washington – Google has reportedly shut down its personalized homepage iGoogle service. The service, started in 2005, had been long marked for... read more »

Reindeers` eyes` change colour from gold to blue over c...

Reindeers` eyes` change colour from gold to blue over course of seasons

London – Scientists have discovered that reindeer eyes changes colour from gold to blue over the course of the year. The study revealed that the reindeer... read more »

Google’s secret `floating SF Bay data center` turns out...

Google’s secret `floating SF Bay data center` turns out to be luxury Google X showroom

Washington – Mystery surrounding Google’s rumoured oversized ‘floating data center’ in San Francisco Bay’s Treasure Island has been reportedly... read more »

Mindful people less affected by immediate rewards

Mindful people less affected by immediate rewards

Washington – A new study has showed that people aware of their own thoughts and emotions are less affected by others’ positive feedback. University of... read more »

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Hockey World Cup: England beat India 2-1

THE HAGUE: India crashed to their second defeat in the men’s hockey World Cup by conceding a late goal yet again to go down 1-2 against England at the Kyocera Stadium on Monday. Hockey World... read more »

FIFA offers 180,000 extra World Cup tickets

About 180,000 tickets will be available during the final World Cup sales phase beginning Wednesday, football’s governing body FIFA has... read more »

Laxman, Kirmani back Indo-Pak ties

Indian batting legend, VVS Laxman has joined the chorus in wanting India and Pakistan to resume bilateral cricketing ties. He also felt that India would be the... read more »

Pandey’s winner, Pollard’s stunner, Mishra’s folly: The...

The IPL 7 has finally come to an end with the Kolkata Knight Riders ending up as worthy winners. It was a long journey and this edition gave us a lot of... read more »

FIFA offers 180,000 extra World Cup tickets

About 180,000 tickets will be available during the final World Cup sales phase beginning Wednesday, football’s governing body FIFA has announced. Tickets... read more »

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World

Sri Lankan president concedes defeat after decade in power

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa lost his bid for a third term on Friday, ending a decade of rule that critics say had become increasingly authoritarian and marred by nepotism and... read more »

Car bomb kills 37 at Yemen police academy

SANAA: A car bomb tore through dozens of Yemenis lined up at a police academy in Sanaa Wednesday, leaving 37 dead in the latest attack to highlight... read more »

Canada vows to accept 13,000 more refugees from Syria a...

anada is opening its doors wider for refugees fleeing a Middle East civil war and the Islamic State’s reign of terror, announcing it will accept another... read more »

Uganda army confirms rebel LRA commander in custody

Uganda confirmed on Wednesday that U.S. forces in Central African Republic were holding Dominic Ongwen, a child recruit to the Lord’s Resistance Army who... read more »

Pro-Russia group says it hacked Merkel website

Merkel extremely dismayed over Schumacher's fall

A WEBSITE affiliated with pro-Russia hackers took responsibility for an online attack that brought down key German government websites, including that of... read more »

Rahul Gandhi in Gujarat stay updates: Congress vice president reaches ahmedabad

Beginning the second one leg of his navsarjan yatra in ballot -certain gujarat, congress vice-president rahul gandhi is scheduled to visit diverse districts of the country on monday.... read more »

Row over Amit Shah’s son: Rs 100cr defamation suit and 10 developments

A political typhoon hit the Narendra Modi-led authorities and the bharatiya janata celebration (BGP) after a news internet site pronounced that a business enterprise run with the aid of... read more »

Doklam Returned Again: are there different hidden goals that China pursuits to gain

The Ministry of external affairs has denied that there’s any trade in the reputation quo at doklam as agreed on august 25 paving manner for “disengagement” on the disputed... read more »

Grenfell Tower: protection cash no longer Launched, Councils say

The government has now not released finances to make tower blocks secure following the grenfell tower fire, according to a few councils. numerous local government in England and wales say... read more »

GST council eases rules:a pain Reliever Certainly,however GST no ...

Has the slew of adjustments in the goods and offerings Tax (GST) regime okayed all through the twenty second assembly of the gst council on friday made it an awesome and simple tax? has it ironed out... read more »