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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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Over 62,000 migrants arrived in Yemen this year: UN

Syria chemical disarmament on track as rebels cause blackouts

Damascus – Syria is set to hand over a detailed plan for destroying its chemical arsenal Thursday, the international watchdog says, as a rebel attack near Damascus triggered power outages... read more »

Assad declares willingness to run for re-election

Assad declares willingness to run for re-election

Johannesburg – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has declared he is willing to run for re-election. In a television interview broadcast, Assad... read more »

Syrian government not to negotiate with ‘terroris...

Syrian government not to negotiate with 'terrorists'

Damascus – Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi has stressed on his country’s readiness to participate in the planned Geneva II conference... read more »

New anti-terror force needed in Pakistan: PM Sharif

New anti-terror force needed in Pakistan: PM Sharif

Lahore – Emphasising that his government is firm on establishing its writ, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said a new anti-terrorism force... read more »

Saudi Arabia rejects UN seat

Saudi Arabia rejects UN seat

Saudi Arabia is rejecting its seat on the U.N. Security Council and says the 15-member body is incapable of resolving world conflicts. The move came just hours... read more »

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Tech Mahindra acquires big data start-up FixStream Networks

BANGALORE: India’s fifth-largest IT services company Tech MahindraBSE 0.46 % has acquired US-based big data analytics startup FixStream Networks for around Rs 60 crore. Tech Mahindra has... read more »

Mitsubishi deal to add $375 million incremental re...

MUMBAI: India’s largest information technology company Tata Consultancy ServicesBSE 0.16 % has merged its Japanese unit with Mitsubishi... read more »

Wipro to hire 150 frontline sales staff in United State...

BANGALORE: Wipro will hire some 150 frontline sales staff in the United States in a singular development that denotes the company’s twin ambitions of... read more »

TCS, Mitsubishi sign agreement; to merge IT units

India’s largest software services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has signed an agreement with Japanese major Mitsubishi Corporation to form a single... read more »

RIL telecoms unit in tower lease pact with ATC

Conglomerate Reliance Industries'(RELI.NS) telecommunications unit, which holds nationwide 4G permits, has agreed to lease mobile phone masts from... read more »

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Helen Mirren wins best actress London theatre award

Helen Mirren wins best actress London theatre award

London – Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren received the best actress award at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards for playing Queen Elizabeth II in the play “The... read more »

Big B hails 'Ram-leela', in awe of young talent

Big B hails ‘Ram-leela’, in awe of you...

Mumbai – Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh-starrer “Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela” has left megastar Amitabh Bachchan in awe of... read more »

Male executives dominate music industry: Lily Allen

Male executives dominate music industry: Lily Allen

Los Angeles – Singer Lily Allen says that women are controlled by male executives in the music industry. According to the 28-year-old, females are urged... read more »

I owe everything to Potter: Daniel Radcliffe

I owe everything to Potter: Daniel Radcliffe

London – Actor Daniel Radcliffe says he owes everything to “Harry Potte! r”, but adds that after working in a franchise for a long time one... read more »

Filmdom going through a strange phase: Sunny Deol

Filmdom going through a strange phase: Sunny Deol

Mumbai – Bollywood veteran Sunny Deol, who has been in the industry for three decades, says filmdom is going through a strange phase as content has taken... read more »

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Sugar-sweetened beverage tax could curb obesity and diabetes in India

Sugar intake not directly linked with fatty liver disease

Washington – A new study has claimed that sugar intake is not directly associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, as it was earlier believed. Rather, high-calorie diets promote the... read more »

Anti-aging strategies can boost self-esteem

Anti-aging strategies can boost self-esteem

Washington – Anti-aging strategies like using creams and skin-improvement methods can improve appearance and boost self esteem, say... read more »

Billionaire investment guru Bill Gross apologizes for b...

Billionaire investment guru Bill Gross apologizes for being `too rich`

Melbourne – Renowned founder of Pacific Investment Management Company, Bill Gross, is apparently feeling sorry for the fact that he is too wealthy. To... read more »

Shake off that burnt out feeling with exercise, dance

Shake off that burnt out feeling with exercise, dance

London – Long working hours and hectic schedules often leave people totally drained and exhausted. Dancing and exercising can be termed the best solution... read more »

Men `kinder and less macho` than women think they are

Men `kinder and less macho` than women think they are

London – Contrary to the popular belief, a new survey has found that men are more kind hearted, less macho and more in touch with their inner feelings... read more »

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Population, capacity should dictate size of state allocation: Jayalalithaa

Jayalalithaa found guilty in disproportionate assets case; protes...

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 disproportionate to known sources of her income... read more »

Bangladesh ministers quit for poll-time government formation

Sheikh Hasina rules out mid-term polls in Banglade...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out holding mid-term polls in Bangladesh or the possibility of having a dialogue with the Khaleda Zia-led... read more »

China, India vow to further bilateral ties

United Nations: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj agreed on Thursday to further develop relations... read more »

Chandigarh : Hooda files nomination, says Congress read...

Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Friday filed his nomination for next month’s assembly elections in the state and said they will form the... read more »

After Break Up, Shiv Sena Calls for Mission 150, BJP fo...

Don't worry about Maharashtra: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray draws line for N. Modi

An unattached BJP has dismissed all speculation that it could look at a new partnership with the Nationalist Congress Party or NCP, also newly divorced from... read more »

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Allan Border warns of England fightback in Perth Test

Allan Border warns of England fightback in Perth Test

Sydney –  Former Australian captain Allan Border has warned of England fighting back in the third Ashes Test beginning Friday in Perth. Border said that England has barely fired a shot in the... read more »

Clarke hoping to create history by leading Oz to win in his 100th Test at Perth

Clarke hoping to create history by leading Oz to w...

London – Australian captain Michael Clarke has expressed hope of winning the Perth Test, as he prepares for his 100th Test. Clarke said that... read more »

Athletics will never be drug free: Michael Johnson

Athletics will never be drug free: Michael Johnson

Doha – Athletics will never be free of drug cheats and, without the Olympics, the sport would be dead, America’s four-time Olympic champion Michael... read more »

Bell says `will be no shortage of fight` from England i...

Bell rues `bad habit` of repeated failures of England top-order batsmen to `cash in`

London – England cricketer Ian Bell has said that he knows his team has let themselves down so far in the Ashes but there will be no shortage of fight... read more »

Gilchrist says Oz public `looking beyond flashy cars` t...

Gilchrist says Oz public `looking beyond flashy cars` to accept Clarke as `fighter`

Sydney – Adam Gilchrist has said that he believes the Australian public are finally looking beyond the flashy cars and clothes and accepting Michael... read more »

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Beijing police formally arrest Jackie Chan’s son in drug case

The Beijing police have formally arrested the son of Hong Kong martial arts film star Jackie Chan on suspicion of allowing other people to consume drugs, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of... read more »

13 new polio cases found in Pakistan

At least 13 new cases of crippling poliovirus have been detected in Pakistan, taking this year’s total of the new victims to 158, reports said on... read more »

Pakistan suspends execution of Shoaib Sarwar

Pakistan called off the scheduled hanging of Shoaib Sarwar convicted on murder charges in what would have been the first execution of a civilian in six years,... read more »

Current Iranian uranium nutritive program not tolerable...

ions over its nuclear program are set to expire, Iran still holds positions far from those acceptable to the United States, a senior Obama administration... read more »

Sri Lanka, China settle defence cooperation and maritim...

Sri Lanka and China on Tuesday clinched defence and maritime security cooperation deal with Colombo pledging to sup port silk trade route, a pet project of... 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... read more »

Hockey India upholds Gurbaj Singh ban, player to move court

Hockey India decided to uphold the nine-month ban imposed on midfielder Gurbaj Singh, after they found his appeal and explanation unsatisfactory. The decision virtually renders him... read more »

Ajinkya Rahane honoured with life membership by CCI

Ajinkya Rahane, India’s most consistent batsman in the last couple of years, has been conferred with the honorary life membership by the Cricket Club of India (CCI) here on Friday. Honouring... read more »