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SBI’s bad loans didn’t affect it much. H...

SBI’s bad loans didn’t affect it much. Here’s the proof

State Bank of India reported its highest profit in six quarters on lower provisions for bad loans last quarter, but investors were wary about the outlook for its asset quality after the amalgamation of its five subsidiary banks from April. SBI, which accounts for more than a fifth of India’s... read more »

Rename Babar Road After Lt Ummer Fayaz, ...

Rename Babar Road After Lt Ummer Fayaz, Demands Delhi BJP

New Delhi: A BJP leader has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding that Babar Road in the national capital be renamed after Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz who was killed by militants in his home state of Jammu and Kashmir on May 9. In his letter, Tejinder Pal Bagga, the spokesperson of the... read more »

Ready to Forego Power if CM Grants Total...

Ready to Forego Power if CM Grants Total Loan Waiver, Says Uddhav Thackeray

Nashik: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said he is prepared to forego power and withdraw all the party’s ministers from the BJP-led government in Maharashtra if Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is willing to announce a total loan waiver for debt-ridden farmers. Uddhav, however,... read more »

Moto Z2 Play in Lunar Gray colour with 5...

Moto Z2 Play in Lunar Gray colour with 5.5-inch display, 64GB storage, 4GB ...

By now, we already know that Motorola is working on Moto Z2, Z2 Play and Z2 Force. Although the company didn’t confirm the making of the handsets, innumerous rumours flying all across the webosphere does the needful. Adding on to the rumour mill, a new leak about the Z2 Play reveals new... read more »

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Putin pips Obama as 'most powerful person' in 2013 Forbes list

Putin pips Obama as ‘most powerful person’ in 2013 Fo...

London – Russian President Vladimir Putin has been declared the world’s most powerful person by Forbes magazine, leaving United States President Barack Obama in second position in the... read more »

Syria's future must be determined by Syrians: Assad

Syria’s future must be determined by Syrians...

Damascus – Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad said Wednesday that the future of Syria must be determined by the Syrian people only, noting... read more »

UN Human Rights chief criticises Maldives Supreme Court

UN Human Rights chief criticises Maldives Supreme Court

Geneva – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay Wednesday criticised the Maldives Supreme Court for “excessively” interfering in... read more »

Myanmar president meets Indian Army chief

Myanmar president meets Indian Army chief

Naypyidaw – Myanmar President U Thein Sein met visiting Indian Army chief Gen. Bikram Singh here Wednesday, media reports said. Gen. Bikram Singh is on a... read more »

Israel releases 26 Palestinian prisoners

Israel releases 26 Palestinian prisoners

Israel has freed the second of four batches of 26 Palestinian prisoners, as part of a deal for the resumption of so-called peace talks with the Palestinian... read more »

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Tech Mahindra Q4 revenue jumps 4 per cent

MUMBAI: Tech MahindraBSE 0.45 % reported a 4.3% jump in fourth-quarter (Q4) revenue on a sequential basis, helped by strong growth in its manufacturing business and in telecom services and the... read more »

Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio to share infrastructure

Bharti Airtel names Srikanth Karra as new HR direc...

NEW DELHI: Bharti AirtelBSE -0.45 % Thursday named Srikanth Karra as its new director for human resources for India and South Asia region. Karra will... read more »

Tata Communications posts net loss of Rs.123.19 crore i...

Tata Communications Ltd on Tuesday posted a consolidated net loss of Rs.123.19 crore for the March quarter compared with a loss of Rs.5.20 crore in the... read more »

Top-level changes in Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Satish Re...

Winds of change are blowing across Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) as far as the top management is concerned, with the board of directors at the pharma... read more »

Vijay Mallya, Saroj Poddar join hands for controlling s...

KOLKATA/MUMBAI: The battle to acquire controlling stake in Mangalore ChemicalsBSE 0.28 % & Fertilisers (MCF) intensified on Tuesday with Saroj... read more »

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Anushka Shetty supports AIDS awareness

Anushka Shetty supports AIDS awareness

Chennai – Actress Anushka Shetty and her “Singam” co-star Suriya have collaborated with TeachAIDS campaign, which aims to spread awareness about the disease among children. She says... read more »

I was little too pudgy in my teens: Aniston

I was little too pudgy in my teens: Aniston

Los Angeles – Actress Jennifer Aniston says she never took good care of her hair during her teenage years and experimented with hair... read more »

Sangram a do-gooder, says ladylove Payal

Sangram a do-gooder, says ladylove Payal

Mumbai – Actress Payal Rohatgi, whose wrestle! r-boyfriend Sangram Singh is a contestant in reality show “Bigg Boss Saath-7”, says he is a... read more »

Stalker never approached for job: Shruti Haasan

Stalker never approached for job: Shruti Haasan

Mumbai – Shruti Haasan Monday rubbished her stalker’s claim that he visited the actress’ residence in Bandra here to seek a job for his... read more »

‘Jackpot’ does not require censorship: Sunn...

'Jackpot' does not require censorship: Sunny Leone

Mumbai – The censor board has axed “Eggjactly” from being used in Sunny Leone starrer “Jackpot”. However the Indo-Canadian adult... read more »

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Washington exhibition explores yoga mysteries through art

Washington exhibition explores yoga mysteries through art

By Arun Kumar Washington – The mysteries of the ancient Indian practice of yoga and its profound meanings are explored in what is described as the world’s first exhibition of yogic art at... read more »

On Iqbal's birth anniversary, his legacy remembered

On Iqbal’s birth anniversary, his legacy rem...

Aligarh – Celebrating the 136th birth anniversary of renowned poet and philosopher Allama Mohammed Iqbal, speakers at a function here demanded... read more »

It’s time to ‘Cook it up with Tarla Dalal&#...

It's time to 'Cook it up with Tarla Dalal' again

Mumbai – In a bid to pay a tribute to India’s first celebrity chef Tarla Dalal, who died here earlier this week following a cardiac arrest,... read more »

Maidenform’s `shapewear` sued as it doesn’t `prom...

Maidenform’s `shapewear` sued as it doesn't `promote fat destruction`

New York – A lawsuit has been filed against Maidenform Brands Inc.’s ‘shapewear’ which contains caffeine capsules, as two women have alleged that... read more »

scanner to calculate calories in food

scanner to calculate calories in food

New York – A new food scanner has been designed which uses lasers to determine an item’s chemical composition and then sends the calorie and ingredient... read more »

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India-Myanmar relations rooted in history: Mukherjee

There is consensus on economic reform: Pranab

President Pranab Mukherjee believes that there is a cross-party consensus in India on the core principles of economic liberalisation and policy reform. After the initial focus on building industrial... read more »

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2014: BJP tops in n...

As the race to win maximum number of seats in the assembly election intensifies, BJP seems to be taking the lead in holding the maximum number of... read more »

One Army Jawan injured in encounter with terrorists in ...

One Army Jawan has been critically injured in an encounter with suspected terrorists here on Monday in the state’s Kupwara district, even as the... read more »

Cyclone Hudhud: Focus shifts to relief; PM to visit Vis...

Visakhapatnam: Port city Visakhaptanam is slowly limping back to normalcy, a day after Cyclone Hudhud hammered in at with wind speed of up to 195kmph. Hudhud... read more »

SC dismisses plea against removal Sai Baba’s idol...

The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a petition by an NGO seeking direction to the central government to step in to prevent the removal of the Sri Sai Baba idols... read more »

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FIFA to use `vanishing spray` during 2014 Rio World Cup to designate distances for free kicks

FIFA to use `vanishing spray` during 2014 Rio World Cup to design...

Johannesburg – FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said that a vanishing spray, which is being currently used at the Club World Cup in Morocco to designate distances for free kicks, will also be... read more »

Red Bull engineer fears too many restrictions on c...

London – Red Bull engineer and its current chief technical officer Adrian Newey has warned that too many restrictions on cars will harm... read more »

Abbey Clancy, Coleen Rooney set to star in `Loose Women...

London – Abbey Clancy and Coleen Rooney have been approached to star in ITV’s show ‘Loose Women’, it has been revealed. Sources revealed that the... read more »

Former India captain Kapil Dev to get C.K. Nayudu Lifet...

Chennai – Former India captain Kapil Dev has been nominated for the C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award by the Board of Control for Cricket in India... read more »

India’s weighty issues

India found itself at the wrong end of the reforms announced by wrestling’s world governing body FILA. With the new rules, the country is staring at a... read more »

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4 schoolchildren killed in China knife attack

BEIJING: Four primary schoolchildren were killed in a knife attack by a man in south China’s Guangxi autonomous region, the latest such incident in the country in recent years. The four... read more »

Australian Muslims Wary of Antiterror Initiatives

Australia—After Australian police last week said that they foiled an imminent Islamic State-linked plot to behead members of the public in central... read more »

Australian Muslims Wary of Antiterror Initiatives

Australia—After Australian police last week said that they foiled an imminent Islamic State-linked plot to behead members of the public in central Sydney,... read more »

Clashing Goals in Syria Strikes Put U.S. in Fix

BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Obama said the American-led airstrikes in Syria were intended to punish the terror organizations that threatened the United... read more »

FBI identifies militant beheading videos of the Islamic...

WASHINGTON – The masked militant Islamic state seen in the videos of the beheading of two Americans has been identified, said the FBI director, James... read more »

Dalai Lama remains at Mayo Clinic for evaluation, cancels October US visit

Rochester: The Dalai Lama remains at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic after canceling his US appearances for the month of October. A Mayo spokeswoman confirmed on Sunday that the 80-year-old... read more »

Another 17 refugees drown off Turkish coast

The boat was carrying 37 people, 20 of whom were rescued, when it sank in the Aegean Sea. The eight-metre boat had set off from the coastal village of Gumusluk. The area is part of the... read more »

500 migrants rescued in Mediterranean, says Italian coastguard

Some 500 migrants were rescued in seven operations launched over the weekend in the Mediterranean, the Italian coastguard said. A spokesperson told AFP on Sunday that four of the rescue... read more »

Maldives president escapes speedboat blast, wife injured

Maldives president Abdulla Yameen was saved from an explosion on his speedboat unhurt but his wife and two aides were injured on board when the boat approached the capital Male on Monday, a... read more »

China’s Didi Kuaidi Firms Up Anti-Uber Alliance, Invests in...

China’s most popular ride-hailing app Didi Kuaidi said on Monday it has invested in Indian peer Ola, forging a new alliance within a network of companies challenging US rival Uber Technologies... read more »