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Donald Trump Arrives For Talks With Pale...

Donald Trump Arrives For Talks With Palestinian Leader Mahmud Abbas In Beth...

US President Donald Trump’s visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories is part of his first trip abroad as president, and follows an initial leg in Saudi Arabia, where he urged Islamic leaders to confront extremism. BETHLEHEM, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Donald Trump made the short trip... read more »

Market Live: Sensex, Nifty remain sluggi...

Market Live: Sensex, Nifty remain sluggish; pharma stocks continue to bleed

Sun Pharma and Cipla were the top losers on both indices, while Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra and Mahindra, Eicher Motors and Hindalco gained the most. Moneycontrol News 2:45 pm Earning Update: Hitachi Home has reported 89.7 percent jump in its Q4FY17 net profit at Rs 25 crore versus Rs 13 crore, in a... read more »

RBI outlines broad plans on $150 billion...

RBI outlines broad plans on $150 billion bank bad loan resolution

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) outlined the broad contours of a plan to resolve the $150 billion bad debt problem plaguing the country’s banks Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) outlined on Monday the broad contours of a plan to resolve the $150 billion bad debt problem plaguing the... read more »

GST: Govt dictating prices goes against ...

GST: Govt dictating prices goes against free-market spirit; will anti-profi...

In an interview  on Monday, revenue secretary, Hasmukh Adhia, gave out an explicit warning to companies planning to increase prices on products ahead of the launch of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on 1 July. Adhia, in his not-so-indirect threat, openly asked companies to hold back rate increases... read more »

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Pakistani will pursue talks with Taliban

Pakistani will pursue talks with Taliban

Islamabad – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told cabinet ministers that his government will pursue talks with the Taliban despite the killing of its chief Hakimullah Mehsud in a recent US... read more »

Two South Korean firms in Kaesong to close operations

Two South Korean firms in Kaesong to close operati...

Seoul – Two South Korean companies in the Kaesong industrial complex have decided to close operations due to the unfavourable business... read more »

Relief from sanctions to take time, says Iran

Relief from sanctions to take time, says Iran

Tehran – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Monday that nobody should expect sanction relief will take place in a short time. “Removing the... read more »

Pakistan’s provincial assembly adopts anti-drone ...

Pakistan's provincial assembly adopts anti-drone resolution

Islamabad – Lawmakers in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly late Monday unanimously adopted a resolution against the US... read more »

40 percent of Syrians need humanitarian aid: UN

40 percent of Syrians need humanitarian aid: UN

United Nations – The United Nations estimates that around 9.3 million people in Syria or about 40 percent of the population need humanitarian assistance... read more »

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Hero MotoCorp Shares Fall 3.5% on Q4 Earnings

Shares in Hero MotoCorp, India’s largest two-wheeler maker, fell nearly 3.7 per cent in early trade on Thursday after its net profit declined for the fifth time in last seven quarters. But its... read more »

Sensex gains 388 points as crude price drops

Sensex falls more than 150 points; Infosys slumps

The BSE Sensex falls 0.69 percent, while the broader Nifty is lower 0.56 percent. If sustained until the close, it would mark the Nifty’s third... read more »

RBI to leave repo rates unchanged next week: DBS

The Reserve Bank of India is likely to leave the key interest rate unchanged in the monetary policy review next week as inflation control remains a priority... read more »

Pradhan Takes Charge as Oil Minister

BHUBANESWAR: Newly appointed Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan took charge of office on Tuesday. After assuming... read more »

RBI tells Uday Kotak to lower stake in Kotak Mahindra B...

The RBI on Tuesday told Kotak Mahindra Bank to reduce its promoter shareholding to 40% from the existing 43.58% by September 2014, the private sector lender... read more »

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Superstar Salman Khan to launch 'Jai Ho' trailer with fans

Superstar Salman Khan to launch ‘Jai Ho’ trailer with...

Superstar Salman Khan is set to launch the trailer of his forthcoming film ‘Jai Ho’ at a single-screen theatre here in the presence of moviegoers. Salman Khan and his director-brother... read more »

Kapil Sharma is dating ‘Comedy Nights With k...

Kapil Sharma, one of TV’s most popular funny men, has always kept his personal life under wraps. There have been romantic rumours in the past... read more »

Kate wants to take mum Carole as ‘travel nanny’ on Aust...

Kate Middleton wants to take mother Carole as ‘travel nanny’ to look after her son Prince George when she embarks on a tour to Australia with hubby Prince... read more »

Hollywood Actor Paul Walker, star of Fast & Furiou...

Paul Walker's death certificate released

Paul Walker, the star of the “Fast & Furious” movie series, died Saturday in a car crash that killed one other person north of Los Angeles, his... read more »

‘Ragini MMS 2’ to be the scariest movie eve...

Newcomer Sunny Leone beats Katrina Kaif, becomes most searched personality on Google 2013

Mumbai – Ragini MMS 2 is an upcoming Bollywood horror-thriller 3D film directed by Bhushan Patel and co-produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under... read more »

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Meet the hubby, wife and lover who live together

Meet the hubby, wife and lover who live together

London – In one of the most oddest situation, a UK woman has managed to convince her husband and lover to live together in the same house, as she loves them both and cannot choose between the... read more »

Men prefer winters for sex than summers

Men prefer winters for sex than summers

London – A new survey has discovered that men are more sexually attracted to their partners, and consequently like to indulge in sexual... read more »

`Hopeful` scientists say e-cigarettes could save millio...

E-cigarettes `may not` significantly reduce heart disease risk

London – If all smokers in the world switched from cigarettes to electronic cigarettes, it could save millions of lives, scientists have... read more »

Ultimate `James Bond suit` to release soon!

Ultimate `James Bond suit` to release soon!

Melbourne, November 13: A bulletproof protection three-piece suit will soon be released by a Canadian tailor. The company, Garrison Bespoke, has claimed that... read more »

India’s best bridal jewellery revealed

India’s best bridal jewellery revealed

New Delhi – The influence of jewellery and other precious adornments has been ample throughout history. These precious objects are not just a symbol of... read more »

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Big Bang Swearing-in for BJP in Mumbai with Bollywood Art Directo...

Devendra Fadnavis’ big moment on Friday is being designed by award winning art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai, who has designed sets for Bollywood blockbusters like Jodha Akbar, Lagaan... read more »

70 crore Indians have been issued Aadhaar numbers

NEW DELHI: Around 70 crore citizens across the country have till now received their unique identification (Aadhaar) number. According to unique... read more »

Stray dogs rein terror in Shimla

SHIMLA: Tourist town of Shmla is grappling with the problem of stray dog menace. With roads and parks becoming shelter homes for stray dogs residents and... read more »

Shiv Sena credits SC with divulging foreign bank accoun...

MUMBAI: Snubbing the Centre for revealing the identity of only a few foreign bank account holders in the first tranche with regard to the blackmoney issue,... read more »

Tamil Nadu CM finds fault with CBSE’s Udaan scheme, see...

CHENNAI: Alleging design flaws in the Centre’s Udaan scheme, Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to... read more »

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Azarenka says battling to be fit to face Serena in Thai exhibition match

Azarenka says battling to be fit to face Serena in Thai exhibitio...

Johannesburg – Women tennis’ world number two Victoria Azarenka has said that she is battling to get her fitness back on track after a disappointing 2013 as she prepared to face world... read more »

Murray beats Wawrinka in World Tennis Championship quarter-finals

Murray beats Wawrinka in World Tennis Championship...

Johannesburg – Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has recorded his first victory since returning to action after a three-month injury lay-off by... read more »

Ferrer, Djukovic win semifinal in Abu Dhabi

Ferrer, Djukovic win semifinal in Abu Dhabi

Dubai – David Ferrer won the semifinal against his fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal clear in two sets, while Serbia’s Novak Djukovic was victorious... read more »

Hope to make another strong appearance in Chennai: Wawr...

Hope to make another strong appearance in Chennai: Wawrinka

World No. 8 Stanislas Wawrinka had a terrific 2013 and he is keen to start the coming year on a high at one of his favourite tours, Chennai Open, to be held... read more »

Steyn, Morkel strike as India reaches 271 for 5 at tea

Steyn, Morkel strike as India reaches 271 for 5 at tea

Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel on Friday struck in the extended second session as they dismissed Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli... read more »

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Battling Ebola: US to enhance passenger screening, says Barack Ob...

Washington: As the first patient diagnosed with Ebola on American soil, fights for his life in Dallas hospital, Barack Obama on Monday reiterated that the epidemic was a top national security... read more »

Islamic State video shows beheading of British hos...

LONDON: British taxi driver Alan Henning, who skipped Christmas with his family to raise funds to purchase ambulances and medical equipment and join... read more »

Ebola death toll rises to 3,439 – WHO

The world’s worst Ebola outbreak on record has now killed 3,439 people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. There had been 739 deaths in... read more »

ISIS poses major threat to global security: Angela Merk...

Merkel extremely dismayed over Schumacher's fall

Berlin: Warning that Islamic State in Iraq and Syria posed a major threat to global security, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called upon the nations... read more »

Remains of five more MH17 victims reach Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: The remains of five more victims onboard the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have returned to Kuala Lumpur, a media report said... read more »

State-owned carrier Air India understated losses – CAG

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s state-owned airline Air India understated its operating losses by nearly $1 billion over three fiscal years to March 2015, the federal auditor said... read more »

India’s Avenue Supermarts IPO oversubscribed 106 times

MUMBAI (Reuters) – The last day of bidding for an initial public offering (IPO) by India’s Avenue Supermarts Ltd saw investors clamouring for the shares, tempted by the... read more »

India’s industrial output up 2.7 percent in January

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s industrial output rose 2.7 percent in January from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday. ... read more »

Volkswagen, Tata Motors plan to cooperate in India

NEW DELHI/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German carmaker Volkswagen said on Friday it had signed a memorandum of understanding to explore a partnership with Tata Motors to jointly develop auto... read more »

Centre may go for partial rollback of bulk diesel prices : PS Vivek Rae

Maharashtra; Petrol, diesel & liquor to cost more

MUMBAI: Petrol, diesel, liquor, cigarettes and gold will cost more from tonight in Maharashtra. These items will cost more as the state government has decided to levy a surcharge. A surcharge of Rs... read more »