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Rohtak Gangrape: Victim’s Head & Fac...

Rohtak Gangrape: Victim’s Head & Face Smashed, Oesophagus Missing

The Haryana Police have arrested two people after a young woman from Haryana’s Sonepat district was allegedly abducted, gangraped and brutally killed by them, police officials said on 13 May. The shocking incident, a cruel reminder of the December 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case in New... read more »

Kulbhushan Jadhav case: D-Day for India ...

Kulbhushan Jadhav case: D-Day for India as New Delhi and Islamabad to battl...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will be holding public hearings in the Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav case today. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) was last a battleground for India and Pakistan nearly 18 years ago when Islamabad sought its intervention over the shooting down of... read more »

10 gunned down near China ‘Belt an...

10 gunned down near China ‘Belt and Road’ projects in Pakistan

HIGHLIGHTS The attack on the Pakistani labourers took place some 20 kilometres from the emerging port city of Gwadar Gwadar’s deep-water port is the exit point for a planned route from China’s far-western Xinjiang region to the Arabian Sea. QUETTA: Ten labourers were gunned down in... read more »

KKR vs MI: Kolkata aim to rubber-stamp p...

KKR vs MI: Kolkata aim to rubber-stamp play-off spot with win over Mumbai

Kolkata Knight Riders find nemesis Mumbai Indians in their way for a top-two finish as the two heavyweights clash in the final round of the Indian Premier League at Eden Gardens, here on Saturday. After a flying start to their respective campaigns, both the teams have started showing some wear and... read more »

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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes off Japan's east coast: USGS

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes off Japan’s east coast: US...

Tokyo –  A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan on Monday, the US Geological Survey reported, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake hit at a depth of 26... read more »

China aims at common development with neighbours: Xi Jingping

China aims at common development with neighbours: ...

Beijing – Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing will strive for a sound neighbouring environment for its own development and seek common... read more »

Pakistan supports Saudi Arabia rejection of UN seat

Pakistan supports Saudi Arabia rejection of UN seat

Islamabad – Pakistan has supported Saudi Arabia’s rejection of its non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council, praising its call for reform, the... read more »

Chinese company supplies trains to Delhi Metro

5 dead, 38 injured in Beijing car blaze

Beijing – CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive, a subsidiary of major Chinese train manufacturer, CSR Corporation Ltd., has sold 21 trains to Delhi Metro Rail... read more »

Pak court extends Musharraf’s custody in 2007 Lal...

Pak court extends Musharraf's custody in 2007 Lal Masjid case

Islamabad – A Pakistani court has extended the custody of former President retired General Pervez Musharraf in the 2007 Lal Masjid raid case, banning him... read more »

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Special discount fares fail to get SpiceJet more passengers

NEW DELHI: Low-cost carrier SpiceJet’s special discount fares, which began in January has not helped the airline carry more passengers. For the month of March 2014, the airline carried 11%... read more »

General Electric Invests $24 Million In Solar

GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of General Electric, and Welspun Renewables Energy Pvt. Ltd. (WREPL) have entered into a partnership to expand... read more »

Axis Bank Q4 profit rises 18% to Rs1.8k crore

MUMBAI: Axis Bank has reported a net profit of Rs 1,842 crore for the quarter ended March 2014 – an increase of 18% over Rs 1,555 crore in the same... read more »

Markets closed today for Lok Sabha elections voting in ...

Indian debt, currency and equity markets will be closed on Thursday as Mumbai takes part in the five-week long Lok Sabha Election process set to conclude in... read more »

Bharti Infratel net profit jumps 64% to Rs472 crore

New Delhi: Bharti Infratel Ltd, the telecom tower operator of Bharti Airtel Ltd, on Thursday said its net profit jumped 64% to Rs.472 crore for the fourth... read more »

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I hope audiences accept me doing comedy: Dimple

I hope audiences accept me doing comedy: Dimple

Mumbai – Veteran actress Dimple Kapadia, whose forthcoming film is the quirky comedy “What The Fish”, hopes that the audience accepts her in a comic avatar. “I loved doing a... read more »

Our film will be special: Deepika on Salman

Our film will be special: Deepika on Salman

Mumbai – Actress Deepika Padukone is yet to share screen space with Salman Khan, but says whenever they will do a film together, it will be a... read more »

Bollywood Actress Rekha rejects offer to work with Amit...

Rekha rejects offer to work with Amitabh Bachchan

Bollywood Actress Rekha, who debuted as a heroine in the successful Kannada film Goa Dalli CID 999 opposite Rajkumar in 1969, has reportedly turned down an... read more »

I’ll just be myself on ‘Boogie Woogie’...

I'll just be myself on 'Boogie Woogie': Small screen actress Sargun

New Delhi: Small screen actress Sargun Mehta will step into the anchor`s shoes for dance reality show `Boogie Woogie`. She says she will just be herself... read more »

K. Kardashian stars in beau Kanye West’s hot new ...

K. Kardashian stars in beau Kanye West's hot new video 'Bound 2'

Washington – Kim Kardashian is the star of Kanye West`s new single music video `Bound 2`. The 36-year-old rapper`s label announced in a release that... read more »

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Murder themes rampant in children’s classic books

Murder themes rampant in children’s classic books

Washington – If you thought that modern children’s books are too violent for their young readers, try re-reading classic books for kids from the past. From Snow White to Tarzan of the Apes to... read more »

Carrots tipped as new sperm superfood

Carrots tipped as new sperm superfood

Washington – A new study has found that eating orange and yellow fruits and vegetables may make sperm swim faster. According to researchers at... read more »

Technology increases productivity in office by 500 pc

Technology increases productivity in office by 500 pc

London – Researchers at the Centre for Economic and Business Research have revealed that office productivity is nearly five times greater now than it was... read more »

Lasers could potentially cure Alzheimer’s and Parkinson...

Lasers could potentially cure Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

Washington – Scientists have discovered that photo acoustic therapy might be the long-awaited cure for brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s,... read more »

Dos and Don’ts of dating after break-ups

Dos and Don’ts of dating after break-ups

Washington – Dating after a break-up can be hard and extremely uncomfortable for a majority of people, but sooner or later everyone has to face the... read more »

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Man arrested for murdering live-in partner in South Delhi

NEW DELHI: A 32-year-old man has been arrested for murdering his live-in partner in their flat in Neb Sarai, south Delhi, after he was fed up with her increasing demand for money. The incident was... read more »

Murder Accused Presents Turban to Rajnath Singh in...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  A controversy has erupted over an activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS and accused in a murder case placing a... read more »

PM Modi at Madison Square Garden: Promises goodies to s...

Narendra Modi would probably have gotten away with reading the Manhattan phone book from the revolving stage at Madison Square Gardens. A capacity crowd... read more »

Journey to Mars cheaper than auto ride, says Prime Mini...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the metaphor of cost of travel by auto in Ahmedabad to the expenditure incurred in the landmark Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)... read more »

Maharashtra ‘buried’ those wanting to conqu...

Mumbai: Apparently targeting its former ally Bhratiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena on Saturday said that it was its leader Bal Thackeray who stood up for Hindutva... read more »

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Saina Nehwal wins after successive defeats in World Superseries Finals

Saina Nehwal wins after successive defeats in World Superseries ...

After two successive defeats, ace India shuttler Saina Nehwal finally managed to post a hard-fought victory over Yeon Ju Bae of Korea in her last Group B match of the BWF World Superseries Finals... read more »

Gerrard plays down talk of Liverpool winning Premier League title

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard will be out for a...

Liverpool –   Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard will be out for at least four weeks with a hamstring injury, leaving the English Premier... read more »

Not surprised to see India struggle in South Africa, F...

Not surprised to see India struggle in South Africa, Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar

Karachi –  Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar is not at all surprised to see Indian batsmen struggle in the team’s ongoing tour of South... read more »

Japanese tennis star Kei Nishikori hires Michael Chang ...

Japanese tennis star Kei Nishikori hires Michael Chang as part-time coach

Tokyo –  Japanese tennis star Kei Nishikori has enlisted the help of Michael Chang as he looks to break into the top 10 in 2014. Chang will join... read more »

Wayne Rooney tops Premier League’s richest footba...

Wayne Rooney tops Premier League's richest footballers list

London – Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has topped the latest rich list of English-born Premier League stars. Rooney is worth a whopping 45... read more »

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Indonesia's President Slams Australia's Abbott over Spying Claims

Public beheading fears: Tony Abbott confirms police believed terr...

Fairfax Media understands police will allege that the suspects were planning to snatch and behead a random member of the public, then drape them in the flag of the Islamic State, also known as... read more »

Iran Minister: Islamic State Won’t Be Eradic...

NEW YORK—Sunni extremist group Islamic State cannot be destroyed by Western bombing attacks, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said... read more »

Aus cops foiled ISIS beheading plot: PM Abbott

Intelligence showed that militants connected with Islamic State were planning to behead a member of the public in Australia, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on... read more »

French parliament approves jihadist travel ban

PARIS: France’s parliament on Tuesday approved a new anti-terror bill aimed at preventing potential jihadists from travelling to Iraq, Syria or elsewhere... read more »

Fighting has just begun, Islamic State video warns U.S.

Update policies on Cuba: Obama

The militant Islamic State group has released a video warning the United States that fighters await it in Iraq if President Barack Obama sends troops there, as... read more »

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat pitches for review of reservation policy

NEW DELHI: Amid the continuing Patel quota stir in Gujarat, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has pitched for a review of the reservation policy, contending it has been used for political ends and... read more »

Nepal gets its new constitution, but here’s why it has got India worried

India has reasons to be perturbed about the volatile situation in Nepal, a country with which India shares an open and contiguous 1751-km-long border. India’s biggest concern is that... read more »

Jagmohan Dalmiya: The man who drove BCCI forward as a commercial powerhouse

Kolkata: President Jagmohan Dalmiya, who passed away in Kolkata today, will forever be remembered as the man who made Indian cricket a self sufficient entity and engineered a shift of power... read more »

Apple’s iOS App Store suffers first major attack

BOSTON: Apple Inc said on Sunday it is cleaning up its iOS App Store to remove malicious iPhone and iPad programs identified in the first large-scale attack on the popular mobile software... read more »

This day, that year: Yuvraj Singh hits six sixes off Stuart Broad

For whatever he has achieved as an Indian cricketer, Yuvraj Singh will perhaps most be associated with September 19, 2007. For it was on this unforgettable day at Kingsmead that he etched his name... read more »