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Maharashtra minister attends wedding of ...

Maharashtra minister attends wedding of gangster Dawood’s kin in Nashik, la...

Mumbai city news: The controversy started after a Marathi news channel IBN Lokmat started showing clips of the wedding reception Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan is in controversy after reports that he attended the wedding reception of a relative of gangster Dawood Ibrahim in Nashik on May... read more »

Saharanpur violence: Curfew imposed; UP ...

Saharanpur violence: Curfew imposed; UP govt sacks top district administrat...

Even as the Uttar Pradesh government scrambled with firefighting measures, violence-hit Saharanpur remained on the edge on Wednesday, after another murder was reported in the wake of inter-caste clashes that have rocked the city since early May. The situation remained tense in the district,... read more »

Researcher Claims That India, Not China,...

Researcher Claims That India, Not China, Is The World’s Most Populous...

This potentially radical suggestion was made Monday by Yi Fuxian, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, during an event at China’s Peking University. HIGHLIGHTS China’s official population estimates wrong, a researcher has claimed If so, it means India has overtaken... read more »

Why Major Nitin Gogoi is a real hero for...

Why Major Nitin Gogoi is a real hero for the entire country

What cannot be overlooked is that the ‘out of box’ solution put in force by Major Gogoi saved the lives of his men, EC officials as well as stone pelters without firing a single bullet. When the news of Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat awarding Major Nitin Leetul Gogoi a commendation card... read more »

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'Date for Syria peace talks not finalised'

‘Date for Syria peace talks not finalised’

Geneva – The UN and Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said Tuesday that the tripartite meeting of the UN, Russia and the US failed to set a date for the Syria... read more »

Experts gather in Cyprus to remove Syria's chemical weapons

Syria wants chemical weapons destroyed elsewhere

The Hague – The chief of the global chemical weapons watchdog is confirming that Syria wants its poison gas and nerve agent stockpile destroyed... read more »

World powers prepare for Syria peace talks

World powers prepare for Syria peace talks

Geneva – Delegates from the UN, Russia and the US arrived here Tuesday for a trilateral meeting to prepare for the long-delayed peace talks on... read more »

151 get death in Bangladesh mutiny case

151 get death in Bangladesh mutiny case

Dhaka – A court in Bangladesh Tuesday awarded the death sentence to 151 guards of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), previously known as Bangladesh Rifles... read more »

US defends Mehsud’s killing amidst admitting tensions w...

US defends Mehsud’s killing amidst admitting tensions with Pak

Islamabad –  The US has reportedly admitted to tensions with Pakistan but defended its killing of the Tehreek-e-Taliban leader HakimullahMehsud in the... read more »

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Chidambaram expresses disappointment over sub-5 per cent growth

NEW DELHI: Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram today expressed disappointment over sub-five per cent growth recorded in 2013-14, but hoped that the figures would be revised upwards. The... read more »

Vodafone executives meet government, want to settl...

NEW DELHI: NEW DELHI: Vodafone, which has served an arbitration notice on India in connection with its Rs 20,000 crore tax dispute, sought to reach... read more »

Larsen & Toubro net profit rises 52.33% in the Marc...

Sales rise 11.08% to Rs 20079.10 crore Net profit of Larsen & Toubro rose 52.33% to Rs 2723.48 crore in the quarter ended March 2014 as against Rs 1787.94... read more »

Gold Prices Drop to 16-Week Low

Gold prices sank to their lowest level in 16 weeks as worries about political friction in Eastern Europe subsided and amid signs that the U.S. economy... read more »

Tata Power posts Rs 145.33 crore loss in Q4

Tata Power today reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 145.33 crore in the three months ended March 2014, mainly on account of Mundra project. The leading... read more »

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Spears makes efforts for audience connect

Spears makes efforts for audience connect

Los Angeles – Singer Britney Spears says her upcoming shows at the Las Vegas residency will make the audience feel involved. The 32-year-old will launch her show, Britney: Piece of Me, at... read more »

Paul Walker's death is a blow to car subculture he loved

Paul Walker’s death is a blow to car subcult...

In Los Angeles’ automotive community, Paul Walker wasn’t just an actor. He was a car guy. The inaugural “Fast and Furious”... read more »

British Style Award for Singer Harry Styles

London – Singer Harry Styles, who has not only impressed fans with his vocals but also with hi! s fashion sense, was named the best styled celebrity at... read more »

‘Dhoom 3’ to create Rs.300 crore club

"Dhoom 3" box office collection : 368.23 cr

Mumbai – Imran Khan feels that his uncle and superstar Aamir Khan-starrer “Dhoom 3” has the potential to set a new box office... read more »

Sunny Leone poses provocatively in new ‘Jackpot&#...

A new poster of Jackpot starring Sunny Leone, Naseeruddin Shah and Sachiin Joshi was released which features the porn star-turned-actress in a seductive... read more »

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Boy King Tut may not have died in horrific chariot crash

Boy King Tut may not have died in horrific chariot crash

Washington – A new study has rebuked claims made in a British documentary that young King Tutankhamun passed away because of his deadly injuries that resulted from a horrific crash with a... read more »

How tea can better our mood

How tea can better our mood

New York – Research has found that tea might play a role in changing your mood, helping you feel less depressed, more alert or even... read more »

Model of world’s largest Hindu temple unveiled in...

Model of world's largest Hindu temple unveiled in Bihar

Patna – Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday unveiled a model of the world’s largest Hindu temple with a towering height of 405 feet and a... read more »

200,000 Dawoodi Bohras attend Mumbai’s Moharram d...

200,000 Dawoodi Bohras attend Mumbai's Moharram discourses

Mumbai – Nearly 200,000 Dawoodi Bohras from all over the world attended the 10-day Moharram observance which culminated here Wednesday as Ashura, under... read more »

Hornbill Festival to host national dance competition

Hornbill Festival to host national dance competition

Kohima – For the first time, the Hornbill Festival in Nagaland will feature Footloose, a national dance competition. Participants from other states and... read more »

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It’s not over yet! BJP, Sena play tug-of-war over Maha home...

Following a prolonged stand-off with the BJP, the Shiv Sena finally swallowed its pride and came around. It took a call from BJP’s strategy expert Amit Shah for the Sena to see sense. After... read more »

President's rule recommended in delhi : Najeeb Jung

Delhi government formation: Lieutenant Governor Na...

Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on Monday invited main parties BJP, Congress and AAP – for talks, kick-starting fresh efforts to install an... read more »

Wagah suicide bombing: Death toll rises to 61, 20 suspe...

Lahore: The death toll in the horrific suicide attack that shook Pakistan minutes after the popular flag-lowering ceremony at Wagah climbed to 61 on Monday,... read more »

Wagah Border suicide bombing: Death toll rises to 61; 2...

The death toll in the horrific suicideattack that shook Pakistan minutes after the popular flag-lowering ceremony at Wagah climbed to 61 on Monday, even as... read more »

CM Devendra Fadnavis keeps Home, Eknath Khadse gets Rev...

Newly sworn-in Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has decided to keep critical portfolios of home and urban development with him. He has also... read more »

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`Sacked` Villas-Boas hints next managing job may be away from England

`Sacked` Villas-Boas hints next managing job may be away from Eng...

London – Sacked Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas has reportedly hinted that his next job may be away from England, although he added that he will take a six-month sabbatical before... read more »

Mourinho rules out Chelsea, Arsenal from Premier League title race

Mourinho rules out Chelsea, Arsenal from Premier L...

London – Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has ruled out his own club and Arsenal from the Premier League title race and said that Liverpool can be... read more »

Man City boss Pellegrini says decision to drop Hart has...

Man City boss Pellegrini says decision to drop Hart has helped goalie regain form

London – Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has said that his decision to take goalkeeper Joe Hart out of the firing line has helped him regain his... read more »

Johnson may become fourth Oz bowler in history to colle...

Johnson may become fourth Oz bowler in history to collect 40 Test wickets in England series

Sydney – Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson may reportedly cap his impressive international comeback by being only the fourth Australian bowler to... read more »

Nadal says staying fit in 2014 more important than winn...

Rafael Nadal at Australian Open third round

Johannesburg – World number one Rafael Nadal has said that staying fit is more important for him than adding to his 13 Grand Slam titles. The Spaniard... read more »

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New worries emerge as nurse in Spain gets Ebola

Washington: Raising fresh concern around the world, a nurse in Spain on Monday became the first person known to catch Ebola outside the outbreak zone in West Africa. In the US, President Barack Obama... read more »

Myanmar: Vow to Free 3,073 Prisoners

President Thein Sein pledged on Tuesday to release thousands of prisoners for the sake of “peace and stability.” The State Department welcomed... read more »

Ebola contagion in Spain raises fears for Europe

Madrid: Doctors in Spain hospitalised four more people and rushed to identify dozens of others at risk on Tuesday after a nurse was infected with the deadly... read more »

Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes northern Mexico, no damage ...

Mexico City: A magnitude 6.2 quake struck Mexico on Tuesday in the Gulf of California, 75 miles (121 km) west south-west of the city of El Dorado, the U.S.... read more »

Egypt: Army offensive kills 16 militants in Sinai

El-ARISH, Egypt: Egyptian military officials say troops have killed 16 members of an al-Qaida-inspired militant group in the restive Sinai Peninsula. The... read more »

SC refuses to order CBI probe against scribes in Agusta deal

A bench of justices Dipak Misra, A M Khanwilkar and M M Shantanagoudar said it could not direct probe against the media without having credible evidence as it would amount to violating... read more »

Early signs of El Nino this year, warn forecasters

In what could spell bad news for this year’s monsoon, international weather agencies have begun predicting an El Nino event in the second half of... read more »

‘Green nods given to projects that don’t meet criteria’

It said the environmental clearances (EC) were granted to many projects during the period “without checking the compliance conditions” in the previous EC. read more »

Some bank bulls grow wary on policy uncertainty

(Reuters) – Bank shares have been the runaway winners of the post-election U.S. stock market boom as investors wagered that higher interest rates, lighter regulation, lower taxes and... read more »

Reliance Jio, Paytm apologise for using PM Narendra Modi’s ...

Reliance Jio and Paytm have apologised for “inadvertently” using PM Narendra Modi’s name and photograph in their advertisements, the consumer affairs ministry informed Rajya Sabha... read more »