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elp for Mumbai auto driver with paralyse...

elp for Mumbai auto driver with paralysed wife after photo of him carrying ...

A powerful photo of Versova autorickshaw driver Mohammad Saeed, 26, who lets his two-year-old son sleep on his lap while he works, recently went viral, resulting in donations pouring in for the family. Two weeks ago, Saeed’s wife, Yasmin, 24, suffered a stroke, which left her paralysed.... read more »

Five carcasses wash up on Juhu beach in ...

Five carcasses wash up on Juhu beach in one month

Reagan Creado who regularly visits Juhu beach for walks on Tuesday shared that he found a dead and probably half eaten olive ridley turtle carcass and decided to alert the Forest department helpline. A 36-year-old Juhu resident who has documented the carcasses of five marine species being washed... read more »

Behind China’s Silk Road vision: C...

Behind China’s Silk Road vision: Cheap funds, heavy debt, growing ris...

BEIJING: Behind China’s trillion-dollar effort to build a modern Silk Road is a lending programme of unprecedented breadth, one that will help build ports, roads and rail links, but could also leave some banks and many countries with quite a hangover. At the heart of that splurge are... read more »

AC Put Up At Slain BSF Trooper’s Home, R...

AC Put Up At Slain BSF Trooper’s Home, Removed After Yogi’s Visit

The family members of slain BSF head constable Prem Sagar were befuddled when the Deoria district administration installed a window air conditioner, put up a sofa and carpet at their home ahead of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s visit on Friday. They were in for even a greater shock when... read more »

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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 foreign ministry said Saturday. Saudi... read more »

5 dead, 38 injured in Beijing car blaze

Chinese company supplies trains to Delhi Metro

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

More tsunami advisories issued after strong quake hit o...

More tsunami advisories issued after strong quake hit off NE Japan

TOKYO – More tsunami advisories were issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) early Saturday after a 7. 1 magnitude quake hit off Fukushima... read more »

Iran hangs 16 rebels ‘in reprisal for border deat...

Iran lodges strong protest with Pakistan over killing of 14 border guards

Sixteen rebels have been hanged in Iran in retaliation for the deaths of at least 14 border guards in an ambush, say Iranian news agencies. The rebels were... read more »

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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg faces IPO lawsuit over misleading investors

Facebook Q1 revenue grows 72 percent on rising mobile ads

Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) mobile advertising business accelerated in the first three months of the year, helping the Internet social networking company top Wall Street’s financial... read more »

RBI worried over the rising online banking frauds

The apex bank Reserve bank of India is quite concerned over the increasing online banking frauds. In order to control these frauds RBI has suggested... read more »

Tata Consultancy services joins top 10 global IT servic...

n a positive note to Indian IT industry, India’s largest IT services provider, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has broken into the league of top 10... read more »

Maruti Suzuki loses No 2 slot to Nissan in car exports;...

NEW DELHI: Maruti SuzukiBSE 0.60 % lost its coveted second slot in the lucrative car exports, 10 years after it ceded the crown to South Korean, Hyundai Motors... read more »

BSE Sensex hits new all-time high of 22,853 pts; NSE Ni...

The benchmark indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty touched record highs on Tuesday as they edged higher ahead of the April series expiry. The BSE benchmark, the... read more »

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Veena Malik to marry businessman Umar Farooq !

Veena Malik to marry businessman Umar Farooq !

Veena has been spotted with her Norway-based boyfriend a couple of times in the last few months and now the buzz is that the two are ready to take their relationship to the next level, but not... read more »

'Singh Saab The Great' is my contribution to the society: Anil Sharma

‘Singh Saab The Great’ is my contribut...

New Delhi – Anil Sharma, who has yet again united with Sunny Deol after the success of ‘Gaddar-Ek Prem Katha’, calls his upcoming... read more »

HC asks CBFC to file affidavit on certification to ‘Ram...

HC asks CBFC to file affidavit on certification to ‘Ram-Leela’

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to file an affidavit stating if it had followed the guidelines framed... read more »

Longoria goes public with Mexican boyfriend

Longoria goes public with Mexican boyfriend

Los Angeles – After keeping her relationship under wraps for the past few weeks, actress Eva Longoria recentl! y went public with her new boyfriend,... read more »

KBC over, film tension starts: Big B

Bollywood Megastar Amitabh Bachchan celebrities ‘Makar Sankranti’, ‘Happy Lohri’

New Delhi – Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is biting his nails because of tension as he gets back to film shooting after wrapping up TV game show “Kaun... read more »

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`Superstitions all about trying to control fate`

Washington – A psychology professor has said that superstitions are behaviors that people perform in an attempt to affect or control their future. Don Saucier, associate professor of... read more »

Aerobic exercise boosts memory in persons suffering from MS

Aerobic exercise boosts memory in persons sufferin...

Washington – A new study has provided evidence for beneficial effects of aerobic exercise on brain and memory in people afflicted with multiple... read more »

One in four men fake `I Love You` during sex

One in four men fake `I Love You` during sex

Melbourne – A new study has found that men are more likely to fake an “I love you” during sex. The study revealed that 25.4 percent or a quarter of... read more »

Slapping smoking ban in offices not enough to make work...

Slapping smoking ban in offices not enough to make workers kick the butt

Washington – Despite many workplaces putting a ban on smoking to reduce exposure to second-hand smoke and to encourage employees to quit smoking, the... read more »

Experimental drug could potentially treat lung cancer

Experimental drug could potentially treat lung cancer

Washington – An experimental drug that has shown promise in the treatment of melanoma has also shown early potential as an effective treatment for... read more »

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PM Modi at Madison Square Garden: Promises goodies to spoiled NRI...

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

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

Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the metaphor of cost of travel by auto in Ahmedabad to the expenditure incurred in the landmark Mars Orbiter... 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 »

Want to pocket a cool $10,000 in US? Deliver court summ...

New York: The civil rights body behind a lawsuit filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots case has offered a reward... read more »

Jayalalithaa found guilty in disproportionate assets ca...

Population, capacity should dictate size of state allocation: Jayalalithaa

Bangalore: In a huge setback to J Jayalalithaa, a special court on Saturday held the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister guilty of amassing Rs 66.65 crore wealth... read more »

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Wayne Rooney tops Premier League's richest footballers list

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 million pounds, a poll by Wealth-X... read more »

Mo Farah says Usain Bolt is his inspiration

Mo Farah says Usain Bolt is his inspiration

London –  British long-distance runner Mo Farah has revealed Usain Bolt is his inspiration. Farah said that Bolt inspired him on a daily basis... read more »

Neymar scores first hat-trick as Barca crushes Celtic i...

Neymar scores first hat-trick as Barca crushes Celtic in Champions League

Johannesburg – Brazilian footballer Neymar has scored his first Barcelona hat-trick as the Catalans secured top spot in Group H of the Champions League... read more »

Johnson relishing England’s `hit-out approach` against ...

Johnson relishing England’s `hit-out approach` against his `chin music` regimen at Perth

Sydney –  Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has reportedly welcomed England’s intention to adopt a hit out policy to counter his chin-music... read more »

Sebastian Vettel’s F1 helmet fetches eye-popping $118,0...

Sebastian Vettel’s F1 helmet fetches eye-popping $118,000 in charity auction

Washington – Four-time Formula One world champion, Sebastian Vettel’s race helmet reportedly fetched a whopping 118,000 dollars at a charity auction in... read more »

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Scottish independence: Voting under way in referendum

People in Scotland have begun voting on whether the country should stay in the UK or become an independent nation. Voters will answer “Yes” or “No” to the referendum question:... read more »

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

Public beheading fears: Tony Abbott confirms polic...

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... read more »

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

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

Arun Jaitley pitches India story, finds takers in fund managers

NEW DELHI: Asserting that India’s macroeconomic parameters are sound, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said that foreign investors are looking for alternatives to China when it... read more »

Bomb Scare: Eiffel Tower Closed Down For Visitors

The anti-terrorist police closed down for visitors the World famous Eiffel Tower in Paris on 20 September after a suspected terror threat. Officers said three “suspected terrorists”... read more »

PM Modi to tour US, Ireland from 23-29 Sept: Here’s what his plans are

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US and Ireland later this week is being watched closely, not just by the business community but even the average citizen.They’re... 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 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 Madhesis... read more »