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Meghalaya Class 10 merit list leak blame...

Meghalaya Class 10 merit list leak blamed on technical glitch, casts shadow...

Controller of examinations, MBoSE, says a possible technical glitch by National Informatics Centre could have led to the leak of the Meghalaya Class 10 board merit list online. GUWAHATI Leak of the merit list online overshadowed declaration of results for the Class 10 (SSLC) board exams in... read more »

IAF Sukhoi Su-30 MKI from Tezpur airbase...

IAF Sukhoi Su-30 MKI from Tezpur airbase in Assam goes missing in Arunachal...

A Sukhoi 30 MK1 aircraft of the Indian Air Force lost radio contact and went off-radar on Tuesday, reports said. The aircraft had taken off from Tezpur’s Salanibari Air Force station in Assam. Two pilots who were onboard the plane are also missing. According to CNN-News18, the aircraft went... read more »

Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-Hye...

Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-Hye goes on trial Read more at: http...

SEOUL: South Korea’s ousted president Park Geun-Hye, grim-faced and brought to court in handcuffs, went on trial Tuesday over a sprawling corruption scandal that saw millions take to the streets and led to her downfall. Only two months after leaving the presidential palace in disgrace, Park... read more »

Indonesian men caned for gay sex before ...

Indonesian men caned for gay sex before jeering crowd in Aceh

HIGHLIGHTS The men stood quietly, their heads down, as spectators heckled them and shouted insults. Up to 1,000 people watched as the two men received 82 lashes each. BANDA ACEH: Two Indonesian men were caned Tuesday in front of a jeering crowd as a punishment for Gay Sex in a first for the... read more »

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Pakistan's provincial assembly adopts anti-drone resolution

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 drone strikes and called upon the federal... 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... read more »

Kerry denies tensions between U.S., Saudi Arabia

Kerry denies tensions between U.S., Saudi Arabia

RIYADH – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry denied on Monday reports of tensions between the United States and Saudi Arabia amid current crises in the... read more »

US drone attacks violate Pak sovereignty: Sharif

US drone attacks violate Pak sovereignty: Sharif

The U.S. drone campaign violates the sovereignty of Pakistan, which will not allow its national security policies to be determined by foreign powers, Prime... read more »

Egypt court adjourns Mohamed Morsi trial to January 8

Egypt court adjourns Mohamed Morsi trial to January 8

Cairo – An Egyptian court on Monday adjourned to January 8 the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi over his alleged involvement in the death of... read more »

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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 for the central bank, says a DBS... 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... 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 »

Google is building a car without a steering wheel

Sergey Brin, co-founder of the technology titan, told a Southern California technology conference on Tuesday evening that Google will make 100 prototype cars... read more »

Former Samsung India Mobile Head Vineet Taneja named CE...

Stepping up the battle in the Indian mobile handset market, domestic mobile brand Micromax has roped in Samsung India’s former Head of IT and Mobile... read more »

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Anil Kapoor to soon start second season of TV series "24"

Anil Kapoor to soon start second season of TV series “24...

After completing the shoot of the first season of TV series “24,” Anil Kapoor is set to soon start with the second season. The aim is to create a better product, says the... read more »

Kate Moss to be honored at British Fashion Awards

Kate Moss to be honored at British Fashion Awards

London – Kate Moss is set to be honored at the British Fashion Awards. The blonde beauty will receive the ‘Special Recognition Award’ at... read more »

Piggy Chops unveils GUESS’ 2013 holiday campaign in Mum...

Piggy Chops unveils GUESS’ 2013 holiday campaign in Mumbai

New Delhi – Priyanka Chopra, who has been chosen as the face of the international clothing brand GUESS, unveiled the brand’s 2013 holiday campaign in... read more »

Jennifer Lawrence says fame has ruined personal life

Actress Jennifer Lawrence Named 2013's Entertainer Of The Year By The Associated Press

London – Jennifer Lawrence has said that fame has ruined her personal life. The ‘Hunger Games’ star said that her high-profile acting career has... read more »

Yash Raj Films ‘Gunday’ will be released in...

'Gunday' trailer delights at DIFF

New Delhi – Director Ali Abbas Zafar’s forthcoming project ‘Gunday’ will be dubbed in Bengali for the audience in West Bengal. Produced... read more »

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Aerobics helps healthy aging adults improve memory and brain health

Aerobics helps healthy aging adults improve memory and brain heal...

Washington – A new study has found that engaging in a physical exercise regimen helps healthy aging adults improve their memory, brain health and physical fitness. This finding by researchers... read more »

Francis Bacon artwork sells for all time record price of $142.4 M

Francis Bacon artwork sells for all time record pr...

London – A painting by artist Francis Bacon, which recently sold for 142.4 million dollars, has become the most expensive work of art ever sold... read more »

Children with parental supervision less likely to gambl...

Children with parental supervision less likely to gamble

Washington – Adolescents who had poor parental supervision at age 11, and which continued to decrease through age 14, were significantly likelier than... read more »

Bosses watching porn at work infect corporate networks ...

Americans world’s biggest porn lovers

Washington – Corporate networks are infected with malware if executives visit infected porn websites, a new survey has revealed. The survey conducted by... read more »

Diabetes could also cause bone deterioration

Diabetes could also cause bone deterioration

Washington – Researchers including two Indian-origin scientists have confirmed that osteoporosis could be caused by type 2 diabetes. Senior author... read more »

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Shiv Sena credits SC with divulging foreign bank account holders&...

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, Shiv Sena on Wednesday credited the... read more »

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

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

2G court summons Maran brothers in Aircel-Maxis case

A special 2G court summoned on Wednesday before it on March 2 former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and others in the Aircel-Maxis deal. Special CBI court... read more »

Govt submits 627 names of foreign account holders to Su...

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday submitted a list comprising names of 627 Indians with foreign bank accounts in a sealed cover to the Supreme Court in an... read more »

25 booked under charges of gang rape during communal vi...

MUZAFFARNAGAR: Twenty-five persons accused of gang rape during Muzaffarnagar riots have been booked under one more section which includes charges of gang rape... read more »

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Bell rues `bad habit` of repeated failures of England top-order batsmen to `cash in`

Bell rues `bad habit` of repeated failures of England top-order b...

Sydney – England batsman Ian Bell has said that the repeated failure of England’s top order to cash in on starts has become a match-losing habit’. Each of England’s top seven... read more »

Djokovic to defend Australian Open title without `official preparation`

Djokovic to defend Australian Open title without `...

Sydney – Serbian tennis ace Novak Djokovic has said that he will attempt to win his fifth Australian Open title without an official match under... read more »

Murray shrugs off defeat to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at World...

Murray shrugs off defeat to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at World Tennis Championship

Johannesburg – Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has shrugged of his straight sets defeat to France’ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the World Tennis... read more »

Tottenham draws 1-1 with West Brom in Premier League

Tottenham draws 1-1 with West Brom in Premier League

Johannesburg – New Tottenham Hotspur manager Tim Sherwood has suffered a frustrating start to his reign after the club drew 1-1 with West Bromwich Albion... read more »

Ferrer begins new season with easy win over Wawrinka

Ferrer begins new season with easy win over Wawrinka

Madrid – Spain’s David Ferrer kicked off the new season with a convincing 7-5, 6-1 victory Thursday over Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka at... read more »

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Islamic State video shows beheading of British hostage Alan Henni...

LONDON: British taxi driver Alan Henning, who skipped Christmas with his family to raise funds to purchase ambulances and medical equipment and join an aid convoy to Syria, has been beheaded by... 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... 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 »

Bomb at bus station in northwest Pakistan kills 5

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A powerful bomb exploded Saturday at a bus station in northwest Pakistan, killing five people and wounding three others, police... read more »

Ajit Doval calls up Nepal PM as tensions flare at India-Nepal border, promises probe

National security adviser Ajit Doval spoke to Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Friday amid rising anti-India sentiments after media reports claimed a Nepali national was shot... read more »

Nasa finds ‘missing’ Chandrayaan-1 after 8 years

Eight years after it was considered “lost”, India’s first lunar spacecraft, Chandrayaan-1, has been “re-discovered” by Nasa’s ground-based radars, the... read more »

Supreme Court issues warrant against Calcutta high court judge C S Karnan

The Supreme Court on Friday took a stern view of Calcutta high court judge C S Karnan defying its direction to present himself in court and, in an unprecedented decision, issued a bailable... 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 company’s... read more »