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BMC issues notice to RJ Malishkha over m...

BMC issues notice to RJ Malishkha over mosquito breeding

MUMBAI: The BMC on Tuesday sent a notice to a radio jockey (RJ) after mosquitoes were found breeding in her home at Pali Naka in Bandra-west. The notice comes barely a few days after the RJ ran a audio and video questioning Mumbaikars on whether they trusted the BMC or not and her pointing out the... read more »

China may have quietly moved tonnes of w...

China may have quietly moved tonnes of war gear into northern Tibet, claims...

may have quietly moved tonnes of military gear while it was conducting military exercises in the remote mountainous Tibet region, the PLA Daily, the official mouthpiece of Chinese military, has claimed. The PLA had conducted 11-hour long live-fire exercises at an altitude of 5,000 meters on the... read more »

18th IIFA Awards 2017: Why Dangal Was Ig...

18th IIFA Awards 2017: Why Dangal Was Ignored In The Nominations

When the nominations for the 18th edition of the International Indian Film Academy or IIFA Awards were announced in May, the Internet swiftly fixated on the gaping Dangal-shaped holeNEW DELHI: Aamir Khan’s well-known disdain for award shows appears to have kept Dangal out of the IIFA list.... read more »

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan’s poe...

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan’s poetic tweet hints at entry into polit...

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan set his Twitter followers and others wracking their minds with a Tamil poem that sounded like signaling entry into politics. “Let us criticise as nobody now is the king. We will stand up as we are not a king like you. Defeated and dead then militant. If I decide,... read more »

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Nawaz Sharif to visit Bangkok for summit

Nawaz Sharif to visit Bangkok for summit

Islamabad – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will undertake an official visit to Bangkok between Nov 17 and 19 to participate in the Connect Asia Pacific Summit, the foreign ministry said... read more »

Pakistan seeks to hold talks with Taliban: Sharif

Pakistan seeks to hold talks with Taliban: Sharif

Islamabad – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Friday that the government wanted to resolve issues with the Taliban through talks. A... read more »

Iran nuclear talks to stretch into third day

World powers' representatives in consultations about Iran n-talks

Geneva – High-stakes talks between Iran and global powers on reining in its nuclear programme will stretch into a third day today in Geneva, US officials... read more »

100 dead in Strong Philippines typhoon

100 dead in Strong Philippines typhoon

More than 100 people were killed and nearly 800,000 displaced in the Philippines after one of the strongest typhoons on record flattened homes and triggered... read more »

125,604 evacuated as typhoon hits Philippines

125,604 evacuated as typhoon hits Philippines

Manila – More than 125,000 people were evacuated to safety as typhoon Haiyan, believed to be the strongest cyclone of the year, made landfall over Guiuan... read more »

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Price Stabilisation Fund Scheme may be modified

The Union Commerce Ministry is trying to modify the Price Stabilisation Fund Scheme so as to lower the price threshold at which the fund gets activated. The Rs.500-crore Fund, which lapsed in 2013,... read more »

Bank employees look for earlier wage revision

The representatives of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday, seeking his intervention for early... read more »

Gold extends losses on stockists selling, global cues

Continuing its losing streak for the third straight session, gold prices on Saturday drifted by Rs. 120 to Rs. 28,530 per ten gram in the national capital on... read more »

Gold extends losses on stockists selling, global cues

Continuing its losing streak for the third straight session, gold prices on Saturday drifted by Rs. 120 to Rs. 28,530 per ten gram in the national capital on... read more »

Gold prices fall on subdued demand, global cues

Gold prices fell by Rs. 10 to Rs. 28,650 per 10 grams in the national capital on Friday on decline in demand for the metal at prevailing levels amid a weak... read more »

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Entertainment

Jennifer Hudson keeps pushing back wedding date

Jennifer Hudson talks about playing Winnie Mandela

Washington – Jennifer Hudson has revealed how it was to play Winnie Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela in the film ‘Winnie’. The 32-year-old singer told Essence magazine that she was so... read more »

Sonu's injured leg delayed his action scenes in 'R...Rajkumar'

Sonu’s injured leg delayed his action scenes...

Mumbai – Actor Sonu Sood, who is a part of latest Bollywood release “R…Rajkumar”, says he suffered a fractured leg before the... read more »

Even today, reaping benefits of ‘Bobby’: Di...

Even today, reaping benefits of 'Bobby': Dimple Kapadia

By Uma Ramasubramanian Mumbai – Dimple Kapadia is certainly not a one film wonder, but the National Award winning actress says her secret of survival in... read more »

Viaan is a star, Shilpa

Viaan is a star, Shilpa

New Delhi – Actress Shilpa Shetty, who recently celebrated the fourth anniversary of her marriage with husband Raj Kundra, feels sad about leaving her... read more »

When fractured leg became a problem for Sonu Sood

When fractured leg became a problem for Sonu Sood

Mumbai – Actor Sonu Sood, who is a part of latest Bollywood release “R…Rajkumar”, says he suffered a fractured leg before the shooting... read more »

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Men with good-looking wives lead happy married life

Men with good-looking wives lead happy married life

Washington – A new study has found that an attractive wife can make a man’s marital life quite satisfactory as compared to an unattractive wife. For the four-year study, psychologist Andrea... read more »

Smoking synthetic marijuana likelier to cause strokes among teens

Smoking synthetic marijuana likelier to cause stro...

Washington – Case studies by researchers have revealed that the stroke risk could be added to the various other health hazards that may be... read more »

How your boss could be screwing you up!

How your boss could be screwing you up!

Sydney – It is difficult to be an employee – you are either working overtime without any extra pay or you are underemployed and struggling to get... read more »

Bedtime aspirin may reduce risk of heart attacks

Bedtime aspirin may reduce risk of heart attacks

Washington – Taking aspirin at bedtime instead of in the morning might reduce acute heart events, a new study has found. Low-dose daily aspirin is... read more »

Back pain affects sex life

Back pain affects sex life: survey

London – Back pain can be fatal for a happy and healthy sex life, according to a new survey conducted in Britain. The survey, conducted on 2056 people,... read more »

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No women or dogs allowed in library: AMU ban on female students i...

The prestigious Aligarh Muslim University, it seems, has added another item to the list of things which most anxious academic institutions suspect can ‘distract’ students. And the item is... read more »

8 women dead, 25 critical after Chhattisgarh steri...

Organised by the Chhattisgarh government in the home district of state health minister Amar Agarwal, the camp saw 83 women being operated upon on... read more »

Boy dies as teacher ‘bangs his head against wall&...

NALGONDA: A six-year-old boy studying in Class I of a private school died on Sunday after he was allegedly beaten up by his class teacher on Saturday for not... read more »

Bengaluru has 27% of top 30 Indian IT product firms

MUMBAI/BENGALURU: Away from the e-commerce euphoria, there’s a bunch of Indian software product companies that is bolstering the domestic startup... read more »

Can’t rule out privatization of Air India in futu...

NEW DELHI: Privatization of national carrier Air India will not happen immediately, but cannot be ruled out in future and there have been suggestions from... read more »

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Victoria Azarenka easily into 4th round

Two-time defending champion Victoria Azarenka made it all look routine Saturday in defeating unseeded Yvonne Meusburger 6-1, 6-0 in a third-round match at the Australian Open. Azarenka broke... read more »

We won't experiment in New Zealand, says MS Dhoni

We won’t experiment in New Zealand, says MS ...

Having spent almost a week in New Zealand, Team India goes into the first ODI against the hosts at Napier with a fair idea about local conditions... read more »

Australian Open: Murray, Federer advance to fourth roun...

Three-time finalist Andy Murray advanced to the fourth round at the Australian Open for the sixth straight year with a 7—6 (2), 6—4, 6—2 win over No.... read more »

Robin van Persie backs ‘leading man’ David ...

Robin van Persie backs 'leading man' David Moyes to turn things around for Manchester United

Coming out in support of David Moyes, Manchester United striker Robin van Persie has said that the manager needs time to turn things around for the... read more »

Serena Williams powered past Daniela Hantuchova 6-3 6-3...

Serena Williams powered past Daniela Hantuchova 6-3 6-3 at the Australian Open on Friday to advance to the fourth round. The world number one had lost their... read more »

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Hunt for 100 Trekkers Missing After Deadly Nepal Storm

KATHMANDU:  Nepalese rescuers on Thursday scoured Himalayan hiking routes for more than 100 trekkers who have been out of contact since a snowstorm and avalanche that have killed around 32 people,... read more »

Indian-American woman Vanita Gupta appointed to ke...

Indian-American Vanita Gupta, a top lawyer from American Civil Liberties Union, has been appointed to head the civil rights division of the US... read more »

Bishop, Putin attend summit in Italy

Putin denies deployment of n-missiles in Kaliningrad

MS Bishop and the Russian president will be among the senior politicians and leaders attending the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Milan which starts on Thursday... read more »

Obama: Risk of Widespread US Ebola Outbreak ‘Very...

President Barack Obama says the risk of a widespread Ebola outbreak in the United States is ‘very, very low,’ if all the proper protections are... read more »

India, China to have border mechanism talks in New Delh...

Indian and Chinese officials will hold their first meeting of a bilateral border mechanism here today. Media reports quoted officials sources, as saying that... read more »

Watch Tubelight teaser: Salman Khan is a simpleton stuck in the 1962 Indo-China war

The teaser of Tubelight, directed by Kabir Khan, and starring Salman Khan and Zhu Zhu in the lead roles, is finally here. Perhaps, there can not be a better and more successful... read more »

Deepika Padukone attacks foreign media for confusing her with Priyanka Chopra: ‘It is raci...

Over the last few months, on several occasions, the foreign media mistook Bollywood star Deepika Padukone for her contemporary Priyanka Chopra, but the actor chose to reserve her reaction... read more »

Parineeti & Shraddha battle it out to perform at the Bieber concert:

The two leading ladies of Bollywood who share not just acting talent but are also competing to emerge as who’s the better singer are in a fight right now. Looks like Parineeti... read more »

Pak International Airlines to suspend Mumbai-Karachi flight from May 11

MUMBAI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), which operates a weekly flight between Mumbai and Karachi, will suspend its service from May 11. The national flag carrier of Pakistan... read more »

Delhi gang rape case: Finally Nirbhaya Got Justice: SC confirms d...

A juvenile involved in the crime was released some time back while another convict committed suicide in the Tihar Jail. “She was an object for their enjoyment… for their gross, sadistic... read more »