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When Should You Start Investing For Your...

When Should You Start Investing For Your Child’s Education?

The answer is As soon as possible. Remember, Farhan Qureshi of the 3 Idiots movie? His father, Mr. Qureshi wanted him to become an engineer and he even started planning from the day his son was born. Though we don’t want to discuss the senior’s Qureshi career choice, i.e.; engineering and... read more »

After Sharif, who could be Pakistan’s ne...

After Sharif, who could be Pakistan’s next PM? Brother, ally among probable...

Nawaz Sharif was ousted from the prime minister’s office by the Supreme Court, but as the head of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party he will be able to nominate his successor. Sharif’s chosen candidate will be put to a vote in the National Assembly: a rubber stamp affair as... read more »

Vodafone Rs 244 prepaid plan with 70GB 4...

Vodafone Rs 244 prepaid plan with 70GB 4G data: All you need to know

The new plan from Vodafone is applicable for new prepaid customers who have a new 4G prepaid SIM card. The plan gives users 1GB 4G data per day for 70 days. Old Vodafone customers get similar benefits with 56 days of validity for Rs 346. The Rs 346 plan offers unlimited voice calling to any... read more »

Saudi coalition downs Yemen rebel missil...

Saudi coalition downs Yemen rebel missile near Mecca

A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels toward the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia was shot down late on Thursday, said the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen. Air defence forces downed the missile over the Wasaliyah area of Taif province, 69 km from Mecca,... read more »

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World powers fail to seal Iran nuclear deal

World powers fail to seal Iran nuclear deal

The five United Nation veto powers and Germany failed to agree on an initial nuclear deal with Iran that would have asked for mutual concessions, after three days of high-level talks in Geneva. “A... read more »

Pakistan PM to attend CHOGM in Colombo

Pakistan PM to attend CHOGM in Colombo

Islamabad – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka next week, state... read more »

World powers’ representatives in consultations ab...

World powers' representatives in consultations about Iran n-talks

Geneva – Representatives of the US, Britain, France, Russia and China, plus Germany, are consulting with their countries prior to the start of the... read more »

China to discuss key economic reforms in `secret` Third...

China to discuss key economic reforms in `secret` Third Plenum

London – China is all set for a four-day meeting, called Third Plenum, to discuss significant economic reforms for the next decade. The areas expected to... read more »

Western powers may defreeze $50 bn Iranian assets in re...

Western powers may defreeze $50 bn Iranian assets in return for interim nuke deal

Melbourne – Western powers may offer to defreeze Iranian assets worth 50 billion dollars, but any broad dilution of sanctions in the interim deal on... read more »

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Bullet trains: Is Modi courting a dream or a nightmare?

The one thing that gave me considerable cause for pause in Sadananda Gowda’s Railway Budget was his proposal for a bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Gowda said: “It is the wish... read more »

Car sales increase 14.76 pct, two-wheelers 13 pct ...

Domestic passenger car sales increased 14.76 per cent to 1,60,232 units in June as compared to 1,39,624 units in the year-ago month. Motorcycle sales... read more »

SpiceJet Today Offers Ten Lakh Tickets For Fares Starti...

No-frills carrier SpiceJet today put ten lakh seats on the block with base fares starting as low as Rs. 999, for a one-way journey under a limited period... read more »

Oil India completes 50% acquisition in Western Siberian...

Exploration and production firm Oil India Ltd (OIL) on Friday announced it has completed acquisition of 50 per cent shareholding in a subsidiary of PetroNeft... read more »

Gold ends stabilize; silver rise on stockists buying

Gold dropped Rs. 275 to Rs. 29,900 per ten grams

Gold ended steady at Rs. 28,400 per ten gram in the national capital on Friday in the absence of worthwhile activity even as it edged higher overseas. On the... read more »

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Sonakshi thanks audience for love

Sonakshi thanks audience for love

Actress Sonakshi Sinha has thanked the audience for appreciating her latest release “R..! .Rajkumar”, and says she is dancing with joy. “Your appreciation and pyaar have us dancing... read more »

J.Lo seeks legal name change following split from Marc Anthony

J.Lo seeks legal name change following split from ...

Washington –  Jennifer Lopez has filed documents in response to her divorce from Marc Anthony, seeking to restore her name from Jennifer... read more »

Aditya Roy Kapur enjoys Habib Faisal’s direction

Aditya Roy Kapur enjoys Habib Faisal's direction

Mumbai – Actor Aditya Roy Kapur, who is working under filmmaker Habib Faisal’s direction in “Daawat-e-Ishq”, says he is one of the... read more »

Protest over parole for Sanjay Dutt

Protest over parole for Sanjay Dutt

Pune – A group of Republican Party of India (RPI) activists demonstrated outside the Yerawada Central Jail here Saturday, protesting the likely release... read more »

I’m still waiting to work with Dilip Kumar: Asha ...

I'm still waiting to work with Dilip Kumar: Asha Parekh

By Uma Ramsubramanian Mumbai – From evergreen Dev Anand to superstar Rajesh Khanna, Asha Parekh has worked with most leading stars of Indian cinema... read more »

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Casual sex may be double edged sword for health

Casual sex may be double edged sword for health

Washington – A new study has suggested that poor mental health and casual sex feed off each other among teens and young adults, with each one contributing to the other over time. Researchers... read more »

Obama signs bill for HIV organ donation

Obama signs bill for HIV organ donation

Washington – US President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday a bill that allows scientists to carry out research into organ donations from... read more »

Make-up secrets for healthy glowing skin revealed

Make-up secrets for healthy glowing skin revealed

New Delhi – Bobbi Brown Cosmetics experts have shared tips and tricks for achieving the perfectly healthy glowing skin with the help of concealer,... read more »

Bigger bowls make kids want more food

Bigger bowls make kids want more food

Washington – Bigger dishes can cause adults to serve and consume more food, and the same thing apply to kids who also become vulnerable to this bowl-size... read more »

Researchers trying to create graphene condoms for great...

Researchers trying to create graphene condoms for greater pleasure

Melbourne – Scientists from the University of Manchester are trying to create thinner, stronger, safer and more pleasurable condoms, using world’s... read more »

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Manohar Parrikar mulling new policy for defence lobbying

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

High Court slams government for not being able to ...

Hisar: Punjab and Haryana High Court has slammed the state government for not being able to produce godman Rampal on the scheduled date of... read more »

Don’t pin any hopes on us in the future: Shiv Sen...

Mumbai: Shiv Sena on Monday ruled out rapprochement with former ally BJP saying the ruling party has “shattered the hopes of the people” after what... read more »

Suicide bomber kills 13 in Nigerian market: police

KANO: At least 13 people were killed Sunday and 65 others injured when a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a busy mobile phone market in restive... read more »

North-eastern people not ‘second class citizens&#...

Shillong: North-eastern people are not “second class citizens” of India, former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno A Sangma said here Saturday.We are no less... read more »

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Supreme Court keeps on hold Lalit Modi's return as Rajasthan Cricket Association chief

Lalit Modi’s return will intensify the heat on BCCI

When the New Year had started, everything seemed to be going great for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). First, the Supreme Court held back Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA)... read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have revealed the ...

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have revealed the 2014 Mercedes – the W05 – in the Jerez pitlane ahead of the first pre-season test. As a... read more »

Punjab Warriors thrash Mumbai Magicians 5-3 to register...

Hero Hockey World League Final

Putting behind their last night’s defeat against Delhi, Punjab Warriors made a promising start to the encounter and created trouble for the Mumbai... read more »

Saina Nehwal ends title drought, wins Syed Modi

Saina Nehwal slips to ninth in world badminton rankings

Top seed Saina Nehwal prevailed over compatriot and second seed PV Sindhu 21-14, 21-17 to win the $120,000 Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold... read more »

Back problem made it impossible to win Australian Open:...

Rafael Nadal at Australian Open third round

World No1 Rafael Nadal shed tears during the Australian Open trophy ceremony following an emotional roller-coaster against Stanislas Wawrinka, and said a... read more »

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Islamic State among world’s richest militant groups: US

WASHINGTON: The Islamic State has fast become one of the world’s wealthiest terror groups, generating tens of millions of dollars a month from black market oil sales, ransoms and extortion,... read more »

More Hikers Rescued From Deadly Nepal Route

Authorities in Nepal have closed a popular trekking route in the Himalayas after new hikers had to be rescued from the Annapurna area days after... read more »

Pakistan charity boss Abdul Sattar Edhi ‘heartbro...

Abdul Sattar Edhi, 86, was asleep when a gang of armed men raided the Karachi slum building that serves as his residence and charity headquarters. They made... read more »

Turkey facilitating transfer of Iraqi Kurdish fighters ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday that Turkey was facilitating the passage of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters to Kobani to aid Syrian... read more »

Japan trade, justice ministers quit amid scandals

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s trade and justice ministers resigned Monday after allegations they misused campaign funds in the biggest setback so far for Prime... read more »

PIX: Irrfan, Sunidhi on The Kapil Sharma Show

Irrfan Khan and Deepak Dobriyal visited The Kapil Sharma Show to promote their film Hindi Medium. They were accompanied by Dishita Sehgal, who plays Irrfan’s daughter in the film,... read more »

Rajinikanth’s 2.0 is Shankar’s baby all the way, says writer of the highly awa...

B Jeyamohan, the controversial writer of short stories, novels and screenplays, is co-writing the script for 2.0, India’s most expensive movie ever, piping Baahubali: The Conclusion to... read more »

Farm loan waiver: As Maha CM Fadnavis ‘studies’ UP model, parties discard ideo...

Isn’t it odd that a party which has its nominee in the Maharashtra government led by Devendra Fadnavis should organize an agitation demanding the waiver of loans to farmers? And that the... read more »

Goa CM Manohar Parrikar asks health department to list priority areas

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has sought inputs from the health department on identifying priority areas so as to improve medical facilities in the state. “The chief minister... read more »

Marathwada droughts: Sinking wells and rising debts have left far...

Parth MN is travelling across Maharashtra’s Marathwada province on a People’s Archive of Rural India fellowship to chronicle agrarian issues in the region, over a period of 6-8 months.... read more »