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Hizbul commander Sabzar Ahmad Bhatt was ...

Hizbul commander Sabzar Ahmad Bhatt was a coward in death: Indian Army

Senior Army sources, privy to the operation in which Bhat was cornered and neutralised in Tral area of Kashmir, said that the slain Hizbul commander Sabzar Ahmad Bhat was no braveheart.   1.Sabzar Ahmad Bhat, the slain Hizbul commander was no braveheart                 2.Bhat... read more »

China warns India over Dhola-Sadiya brid...

China warns India over Dhola-Sadiya bridge in Arunachal

“We hope India adopts a cautious and restrained attitude on the issue before the final settlement of the border issue with China to jointly control disputes, safeguard peace and tranquility in the border areas,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry told IANS. Beijing: China on Monday asked... read more »

Southwest Monsoon hits Kerala, North Eas...

Southwest Monsoon hits Kerala, North East ahead of schedule

Highlights The normal onset date for monsoon to hit the Kerala coast is June 1 Monsoon has also hit the North East EW DELHI: The Southwest monsoon, which brings seasonal rain to the Indian subcontinent, hit Kerala and the North East on Tuesday, two days before its normal onset... read more »

Yogi Adityanath seeks explanation from S...

Yogi Adityanath seeks explanation from Swati Singh for inaugurating beer ba...

“Taking note of the media reports, CM Adityanath Yogi has asked Minister Swati Singh to explain her position on the entire issue,” an official release from the government said New Delhi, May 30: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath sought an explanation from his minister Swati... read more »

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50 percent of Pakistanis support government: Survey

Islamabad – Fifty percent of Pakistan’s population supports the present government, with 49 percent favouring the opposition, a survey has found. An opinion poll conducted Aug 1-26 by the... read more »

High level of polonium found in Arafat's Bones.

High level of polonium found in Arafat’s Bon...

Bern – A detailed investigation by Swiss forensic experts has found at least 18 times the normal levels of radioactive polonium in the late... read more »

Russia denies contacts with Taliban

Russia denies contacts with Taliban

Moscow – The Russian foreign ministry Wednesday denied media reports that a diplomat has held talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban movement over the... read more »

Japan to set up US-style security agency

Japan to set up US-style security agency

Tokyo – A committee under the Japanese lower house Wednesday passed a bill on establishing a US-style National Security Council (NSC) to make and... read more »

UN, India push for presidential re-vote in Maldives

UN, India push for presidential re-vote in Maldives

Male – A senior UN official began a two-day mission to the Maldives Wednesday along with Indian diplomats to push for free and fair presidential... read more »

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Isro to launch 5 foreign satellites on June 30

BANGALORE: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will launch five foreign satellites onboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C23) on June 30, the agency said on Friday. “The... read more »

SEBI issues draft norms to regulate research analysts

Sebi seeks clarity on tax benefits for REITs, infr...

“Sebi will soon finalise norms for REITs, but is awaiting clarity on taxation issues,” the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)... read more »

Emami acquires Royal Hygiene’s sanitary napkin br...

A move that marks its entry into Rs 2,000-crore sanitary napkin market in India, consumer goods maker Emami Ltd has acquired She Comfort, a sanitary napkin... read more »

HPCL-Mittal shuts VGO unit at Bathinda refinery after f...

HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd, part owned by steel tycoon L. N. Mittal, has shut a vacuum gas oil unit on Friday after a fire at its 180,000 barrels per day Bathinda... read more »

Rupee weaker on Iraq-led risk aversion

The rupee is weaker at 60.23/24 versus its previous close of 60.07/09 as continued concerns over Iraq violence led to risk aversion. The market is closely... read more »

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Lady Gaga bares all for Candy magazine

Lady Gaga bares all for Candy magazine

Washington – Lady Gaga has posed nude in the name of art cover for Candy magazine. According to Refinery29, the 27-year-old singer is literally stripping back the theatrics of trans-culture,... read more »

Lauren has picture of herself kissing Cowell as phone wallpaper

Lauren has picture of herself kissing Cowell as ph...

New York – Lauren Silverman has a picture of herself and Simon Cowell kissing as the wallpaper on her phone. The 36-year old pregnant gal-pal... read more »

Paul Walker died by impact and fire in car crash

Paul Walker died by impact and fire in car crash

London – Paul Walker had died by impact and a fire in the car crash, a post-mortem examination has revealed. The Los Angeles County coroner claimed that... read more »

Simon Cowell’s pregnant gal pal’s divorce finalized

Simon Cowell’s pregnant gal pal’s divorce finalized

Washington – Simon Cowell’s pregnant girlfriend, Lauren Silverman, is now legally divorced from her estranged hubby Andrew Silverman, it has been... read more »

It’s like being in a horror movie: Javed Akhtar o...

It's like being in a horror movie: Javed Akhtar on back pain

By Subhash K. Jha New Delhi – Last month lyricist Javed Akhtar woke up to the most terrifying experience of his life – simply put, he just... read more »

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How teens choose their pals

How teens choose their pals

Washington – While it is a common perception that teenage friendships are formed by joining cliques, a new study has revealed that the courses students take have powerful effects on the... read more »

Foods that may help you manage weight revealed

Foods that may help you manage weight revealed

Washington – Lean protein, satiety, low carbohydrates and fat burning are four buzzwords that are commonly associated with weight... read more »

Stepparents `not always evil to stepchildren`

Stepparents `not always evil to stepchildren`

Washington – Researchers have claimed that that the so-called “Cinderella effect” – which states that it is biologically inevitable that parents... read more »

Women get mad with men even if they annoy them in their...

Women get mad with men even if they annoy them in their dreams!

London – A new study has discovered that 50 percent women stay in a bad mood with their husbands or boyfriends even if they get annoyed with them in a... read more »

Rosemary and spearmint extract may help stave off Alzhe...

Rosemary and spearmint extract may help stave off Alzheimer’s disease

Washington – A new study has revealed that enhanced extracts made from special antioxidants in spearmint and rosemary reduce deficits caused by mild... read more »

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Didi demands CBI probe into ‘chit fund benefits’ to media

Giving a clean chit to her party members in the multi-crore Saradha financial scam, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday trained her guns at a certain section of “paid media” for trying to... read more »

Shiv Sena can join government only after trust vot...

MUMBAI: BJP has turned the tables on Matoshree on Wednesday, making it clear that Shiv Sena can join the new government only after it backs the trust... read more »

Dhanbad: 16-year-old boy detained for wearing t-shirt w...

A teenaged boy has been detained at Jharia police station in Dhanbad after he was seen wearing a t-shirt with the words ‘ISIS’ and ‘Pakistan’ etched on... read more »

Modi likely to reshuffle Cabinet by Monday; Parrikar ma...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to reshuffle his Cabinet by Monday amid strong possibility of Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar joining the... read more »

Two nabbed with Rs 10 lakh fake notes in West Bengal

Kolkata: Two people were arrested and Rs 10 lakh fake Indian currency notes (FICN) seized from them near the Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Malda... read more »

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

All is well between MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir

Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir is struggling to impress the selectors but he insists that not getting the comeback call is due to reasons like “form and fitness’, clarifying that rift... read more »

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

Supreme Court keeps on hold Lalit Modi’s ret...

The Supreme Court on Monday did not declare the results of the Rajasthan Cricket Association elections held in Jaipur on December 19. It effectively... read more »

World number one Serena Williams wins Brisbane Internat...

Brisbane – World number one Serena Williams won the season-opening Brisbane International tennis tournament when she beat second seed Victoria Azarenka... read more »

Somdev D. enters 2nd round in Australian ATP event qual...

Somdev Devvarman recovered from his shock Chennai Open defeat against little-known compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan to edge past Belgium’s Niel Desein in a... read more »

Formula 1: A friend of Michael Schumacher claims the fo...

Formula 1: A friend of Michael Schumacher claims the former world champion

The German has been in an induced coma in Grenoble University Hospital since suffering critical head injuries in a skiing accident in the French Alps on... read more »

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Obama contragulates Satyarthi, Malala on Nobel Peace prize

The U.S. President Barack Obama has congratulated Indian anti-child labour activist Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai on winning the Nobel Peace Prize, saying this is a... read more »

Twitter stocks jump 2.5% post Christmas day

Twitter CEO, staff members received death threats ...

Washington, Oct 11 (ANI): Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has accepted that he, and his staff members have been receiving death threats from ISIS for... read more »

7 killed in stampede at Imran Khan’s rally in Pak

At least seven people were killed and 40 others wounded in a stampede following a political rally by opposition politician Imran Khan in central Pakistan on... read more »

After Satya Nadella’s gaffe, Microsoft board to l...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella may unveil iPad version of Office on March 27

A well-known picture in tech circles, taken in 1978, shows the first 11 employees at Microsoft. Two are women. One of them left two years later after a pay... read more »

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un misses shrine visit, KC...

The mystery surrounding the whereabouts of Kim Jong Un deepened Friday after the North Korean leader appeared to have missed a ceremony to pay tribute to his... read more »

DRDO Test-Fires BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile From Odisha Coast

India successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a test range along the Odisha coast today. The missile is capable of carrying a warhead of 300 kg. read more »

Haqqanis, LeT, JeM should be treated like terror groups: India

“The unimpeded and increasingly brutal terrorist attacks, the territorial gains by terrorist groups with support from outside Afghanistan and the emerging grave humanitarian crises... read more »

India successfully test-fires BrahMos missile

India today successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, which is capable of carrying a warhead of 300 kg, from a test range along the Odisha... read more »

Chinese President Xi Jinping Wants ‘Great Wall Of Steel’ In Xinjiang

Xi issued the traditional military rallying call on Friday, during a session of the National People’s Congress, China’s annual parliament in Beijing, The Guardian reported. read more »

Goa’s Laxmikant Parsekar Loses; Close Contest Between Congr...

In a setback to BJP, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar was today humbled in his sitting seat Mandrem by Congress candidate Dayanand Sopte, as the ruling and opposition parties appeared locked in... read more »