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Human shield: Paresh Rawal wants Arundha...

Human shield: Paresh Rawal wants Arundhati Roy be tied to Army jeep instead...

NEW DELHI: Veteran actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Paresh Rawal, last night, said that instead of a stone pelter, writer Arundhati Roy be tied to an Army jeep. “Instead of tying stone pelter on the army jeep tie Arundhati Roy!”, the Lok Sabha member from Gujarat said in a... read more »

Mercury on the rise in Kashmir and near ...

Mercury on the rise in Kashmir and near LoC: Army gears up to stop militant...

As summers start setting in Jammu and Kashmir, security forces expect more encounters and gun fights in the Valley as militants, waiting across the Line of Control, gear up for the snow to melt so that they infiltrate on the Indian side. This year, compared to the last, will witness relatively less... read more »

Mumbai-based businessman Sheikh Nabi Ahm...

Mumbai-based businessman Sheikh Nabi Ahmed jailed in Pakistan for lack of p...

Sheikh Nabi Ahmed, an Indian national, who was arrested in Pakistan for not possessing travel documents, is a Mumbai-based businessman, the Mumbai police said. Ahmed resides in Jogeshwari (East) with his family. The address on Ahmed’s passport is of Jogeshwari (East) but according to the... read more »

Hotel food at Dalit’s house: Yeddyurappa...

Hotel food at Dalit’s house: Yeddyurappa under attack, BJP rubbishes allega...

Congress and other parties alleged that BS Yeddyurappa didn’t consume the pulao made by the Dalit family and asked for idlis to be procured from outside. The BJP rubbished on Monday swirling allegations in Karnataka that state chief BS Yeddyurappa and other leaders didn’t consume the food made... read more »

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Syrian Army captures strategic town at approaches to Aleppo

Syrian Army captures strategic town at approaches to Aleppo

Beirut – Syria’s armed forces said on Friday they had captured a strategic northern town at the eastern gates of Aleppo, the former commercial hub long the scene of fierce fighting... read more »

East Turkestan movement behind Tiananmen crash cla...

BEIJING – China’s top security official blamed a little-known militant group for this week’s suicide car crash that killed five people in... read more »

Myanmar defence chief stresses border security with Ind...

Myanmar defence chief stresses border security with India

Yangon – Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar’s Defence Services Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing stressed the need for stability and security on the border... read more »

China supports Geneva II conference on Syria

China supports Geneva II conference on Syria

Damascus – China has supported efforts to find a political solution of persisting Syrian crisis and supported the Geneva II conference in this... read more »

‘Iran continues enriching uranium to 20 percent p...

'World powers to consider sanction relief for Iran'

Tehran – The Iranian atomic chief has said that Tehran is producing high-grade 20 percent uranium enrichment. “The 20 percent enriched uranium and... read more »

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Rupee down 12 paise on dollar demand

Rupee hits fresh high, up 95 paise against US dollar at 58.72

Extending its rising streak, the rupee appreciated by 95 paise at 10:15 am to trade at fresh high of 58.72 against the dollar in trade today on foreign capital inflows on expectations of stable... read more »

RBI best tool to control inflation interest rate: ...

A fortnight ahead of the next bi- monthly monetary policy review, Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan today said the “best tool”... read more »

Sensex up 1,400 Points Above 25,000 as NDA Leads in Ove...

Sensex opens on a positive note; Hindustan Zinc rallies 7%

The BSE Sensex soared over 1,400 points to a new record high as the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance headed for a win in the 16th Lok Sabha elections. The... read more »

Nokia XL Dual SIM Android smartphone Launched at Rs. 11...

Nokia has quietly listed its second Nokia X smartphone, the Nokia XL Dual SIM at Rs. 11,489. The smartphone is now available from the company’s online... read more »

Gold rebounds on wedding season buying

Gold regained its glitter to trade Rs. 150 higher at Rs. 30,100 per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday on increased buying by stockists and retailers... read more »

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My best investment was to join Bollywood: Saif Ali Khan

My best investment was to join Bollywood: Saif Ali Khan

By Uma Ramasubranian Mumbai – In over two decades of association with Hindi films – as an actor, and now as a producer – Saif Ali Khan says his best investment ever has been to join... read more »

Dedh Ishqiya : Actress Madhuri Dixit excited about the song choreographed by Remo D'Souza

Dedh Ishqiya : Actress Madhuri Dixit excited about...

Madhuri Dixit is excited about the song choreographed by Remo D’Souza in her much awaited movie Dedh Ishqiya and says that the dance director... read more »

Mr and Mrs Bachchan Junior moving out of the Bachchan h...

For six years now, since they married in 2007, Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan have been part of a traditional Indian joint family. As Mr and Mrs Bachchan... read more »

Britney Spears confesses love for beau David Lucado

Spears makes efforts for audience connect

Washington – Britney Spears has opened up about her beau, David Lucado, admitting that she is in love with him. In an interview with Entertainment... read more »

The top heroines turn me down: Sunny Deol

The top heroines turn me down: Sunny Deol

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai – Sunny Deol is seen romancing a much younger Urvashi Rautela in Anil Sharma-directed “Singh Saab The Great” and he... read more »

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Healthy lifestyle changes could help combat depression

Healthy lifestyle changes could help combat depression

Washington – New studies have showed that healthy lifestyle choices could have positive impact in depression treatment, the effects of aging, and learning. The experiences and choices people... read more »

Risk factors` related to child sexual assault revealed

Risk factors` related to child sexual assault reve...

Washington – A new study has revealed that affluent girls residing in two-parent homes are less likely to be sexually assaulted than other... read more »

Government clueless about sorry state of Maulana Azad&#...

Government clueless about sorry state of Maulana Azad's mausoleum

New Delhi – Union Minority Affairs Minister K. Rahman Khan Monday was clueless about the sorry state of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s mausoleum here... read more »

Carrots, pumpkin seeds can make your skin glow

Carrots, pumpkin seeds can make your skin glow

New York – Don’t let dry chilly weather rob your skin and hair of their glow and shine. Look in your kitchen for carrots, pumpkin seeds and pineapple... read more »

Top four foods to stay alert at work

Top four foods to stay alert at work

New York – Soon after lunch, people experience afternoon slump. Citrus fruits or dark chocolates can help you in being more productive at work. Chips... read more »

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No one can give warning to India, Rajnath Singh says

NEW DELHI: No one can give a warning to India, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, a day after China objected to India building road along the border. “No one can give a warning... read more »

After Bangalore, racism in Gurgaon: 2 northeast me...

A day after the attack on Manipuri men in Bangalore, two young men from Nagaland were brutally beaten up in Gurgaon by a gang of locals. The locals... read more »

Modi govt shifts finance secy Arvind Mayaram to tourism

The central government has transferred finance secretary Arvind Mayaram to the tourism department and brought in Rajasthan chief secretary Rajiv Mehrishi to... read more »

ONGC sends second lot of relief aid for ‘Hudhud&#...

The ONGC said here said on Thursday that they have second lot of relief aid forcyclone Hudhud affected people in form of 1.2 lakh liters water, transported... read more »

Minor boy burnt alive in Bihar

A 15-year-old boy was burnt alive as his goat grazed on a farmer’s paddy field in Bihar’s Rohtas district. Police said on Thursday that the gory... read more »

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India 31 for one at lunch; leads by 67 runs

India 31 for one at lunch; leads by 67 runs

Veteran Zaheer Khan polished off the South African tail taking three of the last four wickets, as India bowled out the home team for 244 thereby taking a first innings lead of 36 runs on the third... read more »

Nadal, Serena win 2013 Men's, Women's Champions of the Champions award

Nadal, Serena win 2013 Men’s, Women’s ...

Washington – Serena Williams has won the Women’s Champions of Champions while Rafael Nadal took home the Men’s Champions of... read more »

Gazza hoping 2014 will be `his year` after `suffering` ...

Gazza hoping 2014 will be `his year` after `suffering` in `unlucky` 2013

London – Troubled England football legend Paul Gascoigne is vowing to clean up his act and says 2014 is going to be ‘his year’, according to... read more »

Tyson says he is now a reformed character who `lives li...

`Iron Mike` Tyson finds accepting responsibility `biggest battle` in life

London – American boxing legend Mike Tyson has insisted that his tearaway days of drink, drugs and girls are all behind him as he ‘lives like a... read more »

Rosberg’s Mercedes car suffers tyre failure at 200 mph ...

Rosberg’s Mercedes car suffers tyre failure at 200 mph during Pirelli test

London – Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg had reportedly suffered a tyre failure while driving at 200 mph during a private test for Italian tyre giants... read more »

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Kim Jong-Un warns war can break out without any prior notice

Kim Jong-un ill admitted to a hospital in North Korea

The North Korean media has officially said that the country’s Leader, Kim Jong-un, was suffering from a health condition. This is the first official acknowledgement of the Supreme leader’s... read more »

Missing Flight MH370: New search images reveal

International Desk: The team searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, have revealed detailed images of the underwater terrain... read more »

Pakistan needs to concentrate on internal issues instea...

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Saturday that Pakistan should stop making Kashmir a parachute of politics and instead concentrate... read more »

Lawsuit against Modi will not have any impact on Indo-U...

New York: The lawsuit filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi by a human rights group in New York would have no impact on “his very important visit” to... read more »

Ebola death toll passes 3,000 in West Africa: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that more than 3,000 people have died as a result of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. According to reports,... read more »

Modi-Abbas meet raises hope for captives’ kin

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said the leaders discussed the issue of Indians being held hostage in Iraq. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Palestine President Mahmoud... read more »

UP horror: Mob kills man, assaults his son over rumour they were eating beef

His family reportedly never carried out sacrifices on Bakri-Eid to avoid any confrontation with other villagers, but on Monday night a mob surrounded the house of Mohammad Akhlaq in Uttar... read more »

It takes two livers to save an obese patient

An obese man requiring liver transplant had to seek donation from two of his family members as the portion of liver donated by one was not sufficient. Sameer Mitra, 46, weighed 93kg.... read more »

India to soon launch 23 foreign satellites

Sriharikota: India has signed up contracts to launch 23 foreign satellites soon, an official of Antrix Corporation said here on Monday. Antrix Corporation is the commercial arm of Indian... read more »

Jeev to captain Asia in EurAsia Cup

Seasoned Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh will captain the Asian team against a Darren Clarke-led Europe in the EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM in Kuala Lumpur from January 15-17 next year. Clarke... read more »