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New Ransomware ‘Locky’ Sprea...

New Ransomware ‘Locky’ Spreading Through Email Attachment

The government has issued an alert for a new computer ransomware called ‘Locky’ which is spreading through a wave of emails with attachments. The malware can lock computer files with an encryption program and demand a ransom for them to be unlocked. More than 23 million messages have... read more »

17-year-old Russian girl, alleged master...

17-year-old Russian girl, alleged mastermind of Blue Whale challenge arrest...

A 17-year-old Russian girl has been arrested for allegedly being the mastermind behind the deadly Blue Whale Challenge, that encouraged players to commit suicide. The teenager, who was not identified by authorities, allegedly threatened her victims that she would murder them or their families if... read more »

Ghazipur collapse a man-made disaster &#...

Ghazipur collapse a man-made disaster – Kejriwal blames BJP-ruled MCD

Two persons died in East Delhi after a part of the Ghazipur garbage landfill collapsed on this Friday afternoon, sweeping several people on a road nearby into a canal. Kejriwal on Friday called the Ghazipur landfill collapse a ‘man-made disaster’, questioning the BJP-ruled municipal... read more »

5 Signs You Need to Make a Switch to LED...

5 Signs You Need to Make a Switch to LED Luminaires

LED lights are the lighting choice of the future and industries across the globe are adopting this technology at a fast pace. The lighting industry is witnessing a major overhaul, and this is all due to LED lights. As an efficient lighting solution, LED lights can fulfil every lighting role... read more »

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Saudi petrochem giant opens tech centre in Bangalore

No leniency for illegal foreign workers: Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Saudi Arabia said Saturday that there would be no leniency shown toward those organisations who hire illegal immigrants, Xinhua reported. Saudi Arabia launched a nation-wide inspection... read more »

Bangladesh deploys troops for parliamentary poll

Bangladesh’s five opposition leaders jailed ...

Dhaka – Bangladesh opposition’s five top leaders, who were detained late Friday night and early Saturday, have been sent to jail in... read more »

Differences exist among world powers over n-deal: Iran

Differences exist among world powers over n-deal: Iran

Tehran – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Saturday pointed out the existing differences among the world powers over a deal on Iran’s... read more »

South Korean president likely to visit India next year

South Korea leader warns of North's 'reckless provocations'

New Delhi – India and South Korea Saturday reviewed their strategic ties at a meeting of the joint commission here during which the possibility of a... read more »

Maldives court puts off presidential runoff

Maldives court puts off presidential runoff

The Maldives Supreme Court ordered the postponement of a presidential runoff election scheduled for Sunday, one day after the first round failed elect a clear... read more »

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Infosys net profit up in first quarter

Indian IT bellwether Infosys Ltd posted a net profit of Rs.2,866 crore for the first quarter (April—June) of this fiscal (2014—15), registering 21.6 percent year—on—year (YoY) and 3.5 percent... read more »

‘There was no big bang announcement for us’

The Union Finance Budget has no special announcements for high-income families, whose hopes for a massive restructuring of the tax system found no... read more »

Gold, silver rise on global cues

NEW DELHI: Gold prices rose by Rs 65 to Rs 28,125 per ten gram in the national capital on Wednesday on fresh buying by jewellers and retailers, tracking a firm... read more »

Robert Vadra silently shuts down six companies

While none of us are watching, Robert Vadra is shutting down six agro based or agro processing companies he had set up two years ago. The six companies are... read more »

Domestic passenger car sales increased 14.76 per cent t...

New Delhi: SpiceJet today launched a fire sale for travel beginning next calendar year, at fares which are about 35-40 percent lower than prevailing rates on... read more »

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Saif was really generous: 'Yaariyan' director

Saif was really generous: ‘Yaariyan’ director

Mumbai – Saif Ali Khan gave away the title “Yaariyan” to producer Bhushan Kumar for his wife Divya Khosla Kumar’s directorial debut for free. She says it was... read more »

Jennifer Hudson keeps pushing back wedding date

Jennifer Hudson keeps pushing back wedding date

Washington – Jennifer Hudson has revealed that she keeps pushing her wedding date. The ‘Black Nativity’ star told Essence magazine that she... read more »

Paris Hilton denies confusing Mandela with Martin Luthe...

Paris Hilton denies confusing Mandela with Martin Luther King in tweet

London – Paris Hilton has denied posting a tweet confused the late Nelson Mandela for famous American civil rights crusader Martin Luther King Jr. The... read more »

Zoe Saldana kept marriage secret to protect private lif...

"Avatar" actress Zoe Saldana won't mind breast implants

Washington – Zoe Saldana has confessed that she kept her wedding a secret for over 6 months to protect her private life. The 35-year-old actress told... read more »

I’m not here to make friends: Kareena Kapoor

I'm not here to make friends: Kareena Kapoor

Mumbai – Actor Ranbir Kapoor says his cousin Kareena Kapoor “hates all” her colleagues and the actress agrees and says she’s not in the... read more »

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Thinking too much about food could make us eat more

Thinking too much about food could make us eat more

Washington – A new analysis of 50 studies has found that thinking before eating may actually undermine people’s dieting goals. Jessie De Witt Huberts of Utrecht University says that we are... read more »

Excessive stress making kids lose appetite and sleep

Excessive stress making kids lose appetite and sle...

London – Almost half of children are losing sleep due to stress, while more than one in ten are not able to eat, a new study has... read more »

1 in 10 women love pets more than partners

1 in 10 women love pets more than partners

Washington – A new study has revealed that one in 10 women feels more strongly about her pet than her actual partner. The poll conducted by the Brooke,... read more »

Alcoholics paid in beer and tobacco to clean streets in...

Science behind bottled beer bubbling over when tapped revealed

Washington – Dutch officials are paying alcoholics 10 euros along with half-packet of rolling tobacco and five cans of beer to clean the streets. Rainbow... read more »

Obesity may actually alter our sense of taste

Obesity may actually alter our sense of taste

Washington – A new study has suggested that obesity could change the way our tongues react to different foods. Lead scientist Kathryn Medler, PhD, UB... read more »

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5 Dead at Rampal’s Ashram Including 18-Month-Old: 10 Develo...

HISAR, HARYANA:  Four bodies have been found at controversial guru Rampal’s ashram in Haryana’s Hisar and two more including an infant died in hospital after thousands of his supporters... read more »

Adarsh scam: Bombay High Court rejects CBI’s...

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rejected CBI’s plea to drop the name of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in Adarsh scam... read more »

Man With AK-47 Tried to Kidnap Top Hyderabad Executive

A man armed with an AK-47 tried to kidnap a top industrialist in Hyderabad from his car this morning. K Nityananda Reddy, Vice Chairman of Aurobindo Pharma,... read more »

Headless body in two parts found in sacks

A headless body of a man chopped into two pieces was recovered from Southeast Delhi’s Ambedkar Nagar area on Sunday morning. While the torso was found in one... read more »

Manohar Parrikar mulling new policy for defence lobbyin...

PANAJI: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is considering the introduction of a new policy on the vexed issue of blacklisting defence equipment suppliers... read more »

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Australian veteran Brad Hodge earns Twenty20 recall for remaining...

Sydney –  Veteran batsman Brad Hodge was Thursday recalled to Australia’s Twenty20 squad, boosting his chances of playing in the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh in March-April. The... read more »

Former South African cricketer Gary Kirsten keen t...

Hyderabad – Former South African cricketer Gary Kirsten is keen to set up a cricket academy in India, if he gets an opportunity. The former... read more »

Ranji Trophy : Karnataka hold the edge

Maharashtra dethrone Mumbai to enter Ranji Trophy quarter finals

At the end of a 20-minute hit, Manish Pandey walked out of the nets, whipped off his helmet and busied himself with unstrapping his pads. As he was about to... read more »

A new challenge for Viswanathan Anand in Zurich

Viswanathan Anand gets `quick chance` to fight back from losing world crown

Zurich – Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand will find himself in the unfamiliar position of starting as the lowest-ranked player when he takes on a tough... read more »

India won gold in men’s Basketball at Lusofonia G...

India on 27 January 2014 won the basketball gold in the men’s section at the Lusofonia Games by defeating Angola 77-70 at the Shyam Prasad Mukherjee Indoor... read more »

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US says ISIL makes $1 million-a-day selling oil – even to enemies...

The US government is intensifying efforts to undermine the finances of ISIL, vowing to crack down on the islamic militant group’s black market oil business. To disrupt the market in oil derived... read more »

Canada Police: Shooter went from petty crime to te...

OTTAWA — Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was angry about a delayed passport that thwarted his plans to go to Syria when he shot dead a Canadian soldier... read more »

First Ebola case in New York; doctor tested positive

A physician with Doctors Without Borders who returned to New York City after treating Ebola victims in West Africa tested positive for the virus on Thursday,... read more »

UK told to pay £1.7bn extra to EU

The UK has been told it must pay an extra £1.7bn (2.1bn euros) towards the European Union’s budget because the economy has performed better than... read more »

Ebola in New York: Doctor tests positive for deadly dis...

Authorities in New York confirmed on Thursday night that a doctor who had recently returned to his home in Harlem after working for Doctors Without Borders in... read more »

Kapil Mishra ‘shares evidence’ against Arvind Kejriwal in Rs 400 crore scam

Mishra alleged that the investigation into the tanker scam that dated back to Sheila Dikshit’s tenure as CM was repeatedly delayed and influenced by Kejriwal and “his two... read more »

My tears are not my weakness: IPS Charu Nigam

HIGHLIGHTS Emotional IPS Charu Nigam today said that “her tears are not her weakness.” I am not weak because I had tears in my eyes. It was due to the tenderness associated... read more »

Indian woman says forcibly married to Pakistani man, wants to be repatriated

Uzma, a resident of New Delhi, says she was forcibly married to Pakistani national Tahir Khan and that she won’t leave the Indian mission in Islamabad till she is repatriated home. An... read more »

Shraddha Kapoor on Saina Nehwal biopic: ‘I can’t wait to learn (badminton) from her’

The excitement in Shraddha Kapoor is palpable. The actress with the girl next door image, is thrilled to have bagged the ace badminton player Saina Nehwal biopic while she is in the midst... read more »

Sadak 2: Pooja Bhatt, Sanjay Dutt and Mahesh Bhatt to re-team for...

Remember the 1991 Mahesh Bhatt film Sadak starring Sanjay Dutt?   Dutt played a young man in love with a sex worker (played by Pooja Bhatt) and fights against all odds to be with her. Now we... read more »