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Beheaded Mumbai Woman Had Been Married J...

Beheaded Mumbai Woman Had Been Married Just 5 Days, Husband Arrested

Priyanka Gurav, 24, who was living with her in-laws in Worli, went missing on May 5. Her torso was found a day later in a drain in Navi Mumbai, about 50 kms from where she lived. HIGHLIGHTS Mumbai woman killed five days after marriage Headless torso found first, tattoo helped identify her Head... read more »

Death toll rises: 3 dead as Honda City f...

Death toll rises: 3 dead as Honda City falls off Delhi flyover with 7 stude...

Seven students were on their way to appear for an exam in Narela in the Honda City car when the accident took place. The police claim the car was being driven by a student named Rajat at high speed when the mishap occurred. The toll in Monday’s Honda City accident rose to three after a teenager... read more »

UP governor Ram Naik blames previous gov...

UP governor Ram Naik blames previous governments for state lagging behind o...

Governor Ram Naik today lauded the Yogi Adityanath dispensation for its “resolve” to transform Uttar Pradesh into a developed state, while indirectly blaming previous governments for the state lagging behind others. In his 35-minute address, marred by uproar, to the joint sitting of the state... read more »

Banks Asked To Update ATM Software To Pr...

Banks Asked To Update ATM Software To Prevent ‘WannaCry’ Cybera...

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India has asked banks to follow the instructions of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), a government organisation, to prevent attack by ransomware ‘WannaCry’ which has impacted various IT networks in over 150 countries. CERT-In has come... read more »

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No confirmation on invitees for Syria conference: UN

Syrian refugees in Lebanon exceed 800,000: UN

Beirut – The number of Syrians who have fled their war-torn country to neighbouring Lebanon has exceeded 800,000, the latest UN refugee agency report said Sunday. While more than 713,000... read more »

Wave of bomb attacks kill 56 in Iraq

Wave of bomb attacks kill 56 in Iraq

Baghdad – A fresh wave of car bombs struck the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad and the country’s northern region Sunday, killing 56 people... read more »

Shinzo Abe issues fresh warning to China for activity o...

Japan to set up US-style security agency

Tokyo – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has issued a fresh warning to China against its increasing maritime activities near the disputed Senkaku... read more »

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes off Japan’s east...

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

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... read more »

China aims at common development with neighbours: Xi Ji...

China aims at common development with neighbours: Xi Jingping

Beijing – Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing will strive for a sound neighbouring environment for its own development and seek common development... 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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Terrorism, economy major focus areas for India, US

Tackling terrorism, climate change and promoting economic growth is going to be the major focus of India and the United States strategic partnership. The vision Statement for the US India Strategic... read more »

16 die as TN reels under verdict

CHENNAI: At least 16 people committed suicide or died of cardiac arrest across Tamil Nadu after a special court in Bangalore convicted AIADMK supremo... read more »

O Panneerselvam sworn-in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister

Chennai: After a special court in Bangalore announced its verdict in the disproportionate assets case and sentenced J Jayalalithaa to four years imprisonment,... read more »

After BJP goes alone in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena MP Anant...

Mumbai: After Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party parted ways in Maharashtra, Sena MP Anant Geete to resign from the Narendra Modi’s Cabinet after the... read more »

Odisha: Man murders 7-year-old thinking it will cure hi...

A man murdered a seven-year-old boy in Odisha’s Balangir district thinking that the act would cure his mental illness. The man and a self-proclaimed tantric,... read more »

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Nadal wins charity poker tournament in Prague

Nadal wins charity poker tournament in Prague

Johannesburg – Rafael Nadal showed he was not tired of dethroning world number one players when he saw off Daniel Negreanu to win a charity poker tournament in Prague on Thursday, according to... read more »

Saina Nehwal wins after successive defeats in World Superseries Finals

Saina Nehwal wins after successive defeats in Wor...

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... read more »

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard will be out for at lea...

Gerrard plays down talk of Liverpool winning Premier League title

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

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It’s United Kingdom: Scotland says ‘No’ to inde...

Scotland has rejected the historic vote for independence as an overwhelming majority of the 32 areas rejected leaving the United Kingdom. Nearly all the votes have been declared so far and only 5 ,... read more »

First French Ebola victim to be flown home from Li...

PARIS: The first French Ebola patient was set to be flown home on Thursday, as the World Bank warned the spiralling epidemic is threatening economic... read more »

Libya’s Zawiya refinery, El Sharara oil field shu...

TRIPOLI: Libya’s 120,000 barrels-a-day Zawiya refinery has been shut down due to damaged storage, an oil ministry official said on Thursday. The El... read more »

Nigeria’s $9.3M Scandal: Arms Meant For Armed Forces, N...

$1m is conservatively N163m. so, $9.3m is N1,514,502,583.61 at today’s exchange rate of $1 : N163. It means almost N2 billion cash found its way out of... read more »

Barack Obama and US Lawmakers Turn Up Heat on Islamic S...

WASHINGTON:  Barack Obama and US lawmakers ratcheted up the pressure on the Islamic State on Wednesday, with the president declaring there was no hiding... read more »

Infosys in Focus on Buzz of Winning Contract for GST Network

Infosys shares edged higher by 0.30 per cent on Monday after reports, citing sources, said the IT major has bagged the contract for building the goods and services tax (GST) network across... read more »

Govt likely to implement Companies Act fully by March 2016

The Companies Act, 2013, is likely to be implemented fully by March 2016, says president of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), Atul H Mehta. Addressing a press meet here,... read more »

Government Mulls Raising FDI Cap to 100 Percent for DTH, Cable Networks

Government is considering a proposal to raise FDI limits to 100 percent in broadcasting carriage and content services, including DTH and cable networks, aimed at attracting overseas... read more »

Larsen & Toubro bags orders worth Rs 1,810 crore

Engineering major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Monday said it has bagged orders worth Rs 1,810 crore across various verticals so far in this month. The company’s construction... read more »

Indian IT companies among world’s worst paymasters

NEW DELHI: Indian IT companies are among the 10 worst paymasters in the world, says a survey — a mid-level IT manager draws an average salary of $41,213 while his Swiss counterpart gets over... read more »