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Kulbhushan Jadhav aftermath: Now, mother...

Kulbhushan Jadhav aftermath: Now, mother of Mumbai-based engineer asks if P...

amid Ansari, a Mumbai-based engineer was the first Indian national to be tried and convicted by a Pakistani military court in January, 2016 for espionage, a year before Kulbhushan Jadhav’s conviction came to light. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs, while floating a request for consular... read more »

India a victim of terror, says Donald Tr...

India a victim of terror, says Donald Trump, calls upon Muslim nations to d...

Addressing a gathering of about 50 Muslim-majority countries, US President Donald Trump said India is among the countries victimised by terrorism. All countries must ensure that terrorists do not find sanctuary on their soil, Trump added. HIGHLIGHTS 1. India is among countries that have been... read more »

Tips to Reduce Your Factory & Wareh...

Tips to Reduce Your Factory & Warehouse Insurance Premium

While it is a necessity to buy a comprehensive insurance policy to insure your factory & warehouse, there are various pragmatic ways through which a business owner can get the complete value of money or in other ways, reduce the insurance premium. Let’s have a look at some of the tips through... read more »

Heavy Bikes, Luxury Yachts, Private Jets...

Heavy Bikes, Luxury Yachts, Private Jets to Attract 31 Percent GST PTI

Srinagar: Motorcycles of more than 350 cc engine capacity will attract a total of 31 percent tax under the GST regime, same as the tax incidence on private aircraft and luxury yachts. According to the rate structure finalised by the GST Council, all cars, buses, trucks and motorcycles including... read more »

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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 two-day official visit to Myanmar,... 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... read more »

Deadly storm hits Russia

Deadly storm reaches Russia

The St. Jude storm that had passed through and caused chaos in Northern Europe has now reached Russia. Tuesday, St. Jude caused a blackout in hundreds of... read more »

Saudi Arabia urged to free journalist

Saudi Arabia urged to free journalist

Beirut – Saudi authorities should immediately release a male journalist who expressed support for an end to the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia,... read more »

2,227 killed in US drone strikes in Pakistan: Minister

Six killed in US drone strike in Pakistan

Islamabad – The Pakistani Senate was informed Wednesday that a total of 2,227 people have so far been killed in 317 US drone attacks in the country since... read more »

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CBI questions ex-Sebi chief CB Bhave

NEW DELHI: The CBI on Monday questioned former Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) chairman CB Bhave in connection with grant of sanction to Jignesh Shah-founded Financial Technologies... read more »

Cipla to acquire 14.6% stake in Chase Pharma of US

Drugmaker Cipla on Monday said it will acquire 14.6% stake in US-based Chase Pharmaceuticals Corporation Inc for $1.5 million through its wholly... read more »

Sensex Scales above 24,000 for First Time on Exit Poll ...

Sensex down 36 points in early trade

The BSE Sensex surged over 500 points to edge above the psychological 24,000 mark for the first time on Tuesday as markets reacted positive to exit poll... read more »

Nifty breaches 7,000-level on capital inflows

Sensex trades flat in pre-noon session

The broader NSE Nifty on Monday crossed the 7,000 level for the first time on a strong rally in oil and gas, PSUs, banking and capital goods sector stocks... read more »

Cipla to pick up 14.6 p.c. stake in Chase Pharmaceutica...

Drug firm Cipla Ltd on Monday said it will invest $1.5 million to acquire 14.6 per cent stake in U.S.-based Chase Pharmaceuticals engaged in developing novel... read more »

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Could've enjoyed Boyzone days more: Keating

Could’ve enjoyed Boyzone days more: Keating

Los Angeles – Looking at the fun that the members of young band One Direction are having, singer Ronan Keating wishes boys of his group Boyzone would have done the same when they were... read more »

Don't compare my style with Lady Gaga: Kangana

Don’t compare my style with Lady Gaga: Kanga...

Mumbai – Kangana Ranaut makes many quirky fashion statements, and her style is sometimes also compared to that of international singer Lady... read more »

$24,000 gift for Miley Cyrus from father

$24,000 gift for Miley Cyrus from father

Los Angeles – Singer Miley Cyrus’ father Billy Ray Cyrus spent a whopping $24,000 to get three-wheeler motorcyle for her as her birthday... read more »

Sunny Leone to groove for Tamil film ‘Vadacurry&#...

Sunny Leone to groove for Tamil film 'Vadacurry'

Chennai – Indo-Canadian adult film actress Sunny Leone, who has featured in Bollywood films like “Jism 2” and “Shootout at... read more »

Armaan’s anger upsets few ‘Bigg Boss’...

Armaan's anger upsets few 'Bigg Boss' inmates: Elli

New Delhi – Swedish-Greek actress Elli Avram believes that many people inside the house of reality show “Bigg Bos! s – Saath 7” are... read more »

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Rabindranath Tagore's memorial wall inaugurated

Rabindranath Tagore’s memorial wall inaugurated

New Delhi – Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Swedish embassy jointly inaugurated a Nobel Memorial Wall at at a busy interchange here Saturday to display different facets of the life... read more »

Women prefer Ferraris over men’s personalities

Women prefer Ferraris over men’s personalities

Melbourne – A video has proven that girls are more impressed by the type of a car a guy drives, rather than his personality, intelligence or... read more »

Sri Lankan couple set new world record with 126 bridesm...

Sri Lankan couple set new world record with 126 bridesmaids at wedding

London – A Sri Lankan couple has broken a Guinness world record by having 126 bridesmaids at their wedding. The newly married couple, Nisansala and... read more »

Facial shapes of gay and straight men may be different

Facial shapes of gay and straight men may be different

London – Scientists have claimed that there are “significant” facial shape differences in homosexual and heterosexual men. Researchers carried out... read more »

Underage drinkers likelier to use life-threatening caff...

Underage drinkers

Washington – A new research has found that college-age drinkers often combine caffeine and alcohol, which results in risky decision making and endangers... read more »

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

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 has moved inland is now a deep depression... read more »

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

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... read more »

Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP to share daily photos of ga...

Taking forward its initiative for cleanliness, Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today said it would daily send photographs of garbage and litter... read more »

Swachh Baharat Abhiyan: Punjab National Bank adopts two...

VARANASI: With an intent to take forward Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resolve of a Swachh Baharat Abhiyan, the Punjab National BankBSE -0.09 % here has... read more »

Cop shot dead, another seriously hurt by gunmen in Delh...

In the second such attack in three days, a Delhi Police constable was killed while another was seriously injured when some persons opened fire on the police... read more »

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Boxer MC Mary Kom ready to return to ring

Imphal – Boxer MC Mary Kom, who has been in the limelight gracing a string of corporate, government and NGO-sponsored programmes across the country since her feat at the London Olympics in... read more »

Supreme Court keeps on hold Lalit Modi's return as Rajasthan Cricket Association chief

Lalit Modi allowed to contest RCA elections

Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi on Wednesday received a shot in the arm after a Supreme Court appointed observer cleared his nomination to contest... read more »

We have moved on after Sachin Tendulkar’s retirem...

We have moved on after Sachin Tendulkar's retirement: MS Dhoni

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni Tuesday said the team has accepted the fact that they are into an era without cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and has moved... read more »

India vs South Africa 1st Test LIVE SCORE : Visitors go...

India vs South Africa 1st Test LIVE SCORE: Visitors go into Lunch at 74/2

Pitch Report Good grass cover and swing movement is expected with the new ball. The pitch will open up and pose problems for batting after Day 2. The side... read more »

Adidas’ ‘no personality’ funny ad fal...

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

London – Andy Murray may have won the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, and after his main sponsors Adidas joked whether his... 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 »

Ganpati Visarjan: Over 50,000 idols immersed in Mumbai

A peaceful ‘visarjan’ of Lord Ganesha idols marked the end to the ten-day long festival Monday as lakhs of devotees bid adieu to the elephant-headed deity, including the famous... read more »

Jayalalithaa announces Amma mobile phones for women groups

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday announced Amma mobile phone scheme for women self-help groups in her state. Jayalalithaa’s government plans to spend Rs 15 crore to... read more »

John Kerry asks Nawaz Sharif to take action against LeT, Haqqani network

San Jose: US Secretary of State John Kerry has asked Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to take action against terrorist groups like Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and the dreaded... 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 larger Bodrum... read more »