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Former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat...

Former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat Credits Party Workers For Win

Mr Kamat romped home after defeating Bharatiya Janata Party candidateSharmad Pai Raiturkar by 4,900 votes. read more »

PM Modi Most Popular Leader Since Indepe...

PM Modi Most Popular Leader Since Independence: Amit Shah Victory Speech

BJP chief Amit Shah arrived at the BJP’s headquarters in Delhi on Saturday afternoon to a big welcome from hundreds of party workers singing and dancing to celebrate the party’s massive sweep of Uttar… read more »

World Facing ‘Largest Humanitarian...

World Facing ‘Largest Humanitarian Crisis’ Since 1945: United N...

The world is facing its “largest humanitarian crisis” since 1945, said the United Nations (UN), further issuing a plea for help to avoid “a catastrophe”. read more »

Srinagar-Jammu highway remains closed fo...

Srinagar-Jammu highway remains closed for 4th day

Efforts to restore the nearly 300-km highway, the only all-weather surface link between Kashmir and rest of the country, was hampered by continuous rain and snowfall in Ramban-Banihal-Qazigund sectors, forcing authorities to suspend traffic on the arterial road for the fourth day today, a spokesman... read more »

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Tata Motors gains on price hike hopes

Tata Motors is trading higher by over 2% at Rs 399 on the Bombay Stock Exchange on media reports of price hike in April. “Tata Motors is mulling increasing prices of its commercial vehicles... read more »

Sanjeev Bakshi new COO of Videocon

Homegrown consumer durables company Videocon today announced the appointment of Sanjeev Bakshi as its Chief Operations Officer. In his new role,... read more »

Bombay HC to hear Rana Kapoor’s Yes Bank appointm...

In what may prove to be yet another setback for Yes Bank MD & CEO Rana Kapoor, the Bombay High Court on Monday said that it will hear the matter involving... read more »

Saugata Gupta appointed Marico MD & CEO

Mumbai, March 25:   The board of directors of Marico Ltd, a leading consumer products company in the beauty and wellness space, today, approved the... read more »

See better sales in Mar; will launch Ciaz in Q2FY15

After the success of Celerio, Maruti is ready with yet another launch, the mid-sized Sedan Ciaz. The company will be launching it in Q2FY15. Celerio has done... read more »

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I'm a procrastinator: Keira Knightley

I’m a procrastinator: Keira Knightley

Los Angeles – Actress Keira Knightley admits to putting things off till the last moment. The 28-year-old says that there are times when she is very organised, but then she has long spells of... read more »

West to choose Kim Kardashian's wedding dress

West to choose Kim Kardashian’s wedding dres...

Los Angeles – Rapper Kanye West will decide the wedding outfits of her fiance Kim Kardashian for the D-day. However the socialite is reportedly... read more »

Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2013

Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2013

Moscow – Miss Venezuela Gabriela Isler was crowned Miss Universe 2013 here Saturday. The second place went to Miss Spain Patricia Yurena Rodriguez and... read more »

India’s Manasi Moghe out of Miss Universe race

India's Manasi Moghe out of Miss Universe race

Moscow – Manasi Moghe lost the run for the Miss Universe 2013 crown here Saturday, continuing India’s 13-year-long dry run at the coveted annual... read more »

We dedicate our ‘Dhoom machale’ to Sachin: ...

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan : Dhoom 3 as important as any of my own film

Mumbai – Cricketer Sachin Tendular’s retirement from test cricket has left Aamir Khan wanting to “celebrate his spectacular innings”.... read more »

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Smoking fruit-flavoured cigars new `dangerous trend` among teens

Smoking fruit-flavoured cigars new `dangerous trend` among teens

New York – Cigars flavoured to taste like fruit have become popular among teens, thus causing more minors to smoke, according to a government study. The study conducted to gauge their use found... read more »

How brain helps to resist temptation revealed

How brain helps to resist temptation revealed

Washington – A new study has found that the brain’s memory systems help in resisting temptations. Using paradigms like 10 dollars now, versus... read more »

Listening to favourite music can help relieve nagging p...

Listening to favourite music can help relieve nagging pain

London – Researchers have claimed that listening to favourite music can help you manage pain. A new survey by chemists at LloydsPharmacy has sown that... read more »

US beer-maker slammed for `Dumb Blonde goes down easy` ...

US beer-maker slammed for `Dumb Blonde goes down easy` campaign

Washington – The Texas-based Deep Ellum Brewery is under harsh criticism for a marketing campaign for its newest beer – called “Dumb... read more »

Older adults who use internet likelier to partake in ca...

Older adults who use internet likelier to partake in cancer-preventive behaviours

Washington – A new study has revealed that older men and women who are consistent internet users are twice as likely to participate in screening for... read more »

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We will have to adapt quickly to conditions, says CSK skipper Mah...

Chennai Super Kings’ campaign in the last edition of Indian Premier League was hampered due to Dwayne Bravo’s injury which hurt the balance of their side and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is happy... read more »

Obama fell prey to Indian propaganda, says Hafiz Saeed

Pakistan says no case against 26/11 mastermind Haf...

Despite growing clamour in India that Pakistan should bring designated terrorist and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed to justice, Pakistan High Commissioner... read more »

Digvijaya takes on Rajnath for ignorance of ‘Love Jihad...

Digvijaya Singh lauds shift in Modi's thought process

Congress general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh has taken a dig at Home Minister Rajnath Singh for denying any knowledge of ‘Love Jihad.’ In... read more »

Uttar Pradesh by-poll results: Amit Shah, Yogi Adityana...

Results of the by-polls in Uttar Pradesh reaffirm the faith in secular India. The BJP can mourn their losses, but for most of us Indians, it is a time to... read more »

Narendra Modi’s magic has paled in the first 100 ...

Trinamool Congress on Tuesday claimed that ‘Modi magic’ has gone pale in the 100 days of BJP-led NDA being in power at the Centre and asserted... read more »

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Phelps says “could come back, if feels like”

Phelps says “could come back, if feels like”

Beijing –  Former US Olympic Swimmer Michael Phelps has said “if he feels like coming back, he could” leaving open the possibility of competing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The 18-time... read more »

Shane Warne set to launch 99 not out beer!

Shane Warne set to launch 99 not out beer!

Sydney – Shane Warne has joined forces with New Zealand’s Moa brewing to bring out a beer, named 99 SKW Not Out Pale Ale to mark his failure... read more »

Pak manager Moin Khan gives thumbs down to foreign coac...

Pak manager Moin Khan gives thumbs down to foreign coaches

Pak manager Moin Khan gives thumbs down to foreign coaches Karachi – Pakistan team manager Moin Khan has given thumbs down to a foreign coach for... read more »

Sarfraz requests swift action in Shoaib’s match fixing ...

Sarfraz requests swift action in Shoaib’s match fixing allegations

Islamabad – Former Pakistan fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz has reportedly requested Islamabad High Court Justice to take swift action in Shoaib Akhtar’s... read more »

FIFA to decide on Qatar 2022 World Cup dates in 2014

Brazil's special force to safeguard World Cup

London –  FIFA will take a decision over whether to switch the dates for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in December 2014. Sepp Blatter, the president of... read more »

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The Islamic State is forcing the West out of its Iraq war wound

The first anniversary of the chemical weapons attack carried out by the Assad regime on a suburb of Damascus was just two weeks ago. Following that attack that killed at least 1,400 people, the... read more »

U.S. missionary with Ebola en route to Nebraska fo...

A third U.S. health missionary infected with the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia left the West African country’s capital on Thursday in a plane... read more »

Hackers shatter into Obamacare website, no consumer inf...

WASHINGTON — Hackers successfully breached HealthCare.gov, but no consumer information was taken from the health insurance website that serves more than 5... read more »

11 held in China for sale of toxic capsules

BEIJING: Eleven people have been arrested for production and sale of toxic capsules on massive scale in east China’s Zhejiang Province. Police arrested... read more »

The rise of ISIS: Group of 10,000 fighters now controls...

ISIS now controls territory the size of the UK, is making £600,000 a day from selling oil and ransoming hostages and has a fighting force of 10,000 militants,... read more »

Canada ‘takes back’ asylum refusal of drowned three-year-old Syrian boy’...

The family of three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi, whose photograph was taken at the Turkish beach where his body washed ashore, was seeking asylum in Canada but the family’s... read more »

The little Syrian boy who’s become the face of Europe’s migrant crisis

Aylan Kurdi lost his life crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. His five-year-old brother Galip and their mother also drowned in a desperate attempt to find a better life.Aylan’s... read more »

REFILE-UPDATE 8-Guatemala’s president quits, jailed pending hearing on corruption ch...

Guatemala’s Otto Perez resigned as president and was jailed on Thursday while a judge weighs charging him in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged the country... read more »

Search ramps up as death toll in Malaysia boat tragedy hits 15

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian authorities on Friday stepped up a search for survivors from a boat that sank while crammed with Indonesian migrants as the death toll rose to 15, the Malaysian... read more »

Migrant crisis: Hungary train stand-off enters second day

A tense stand-off between police and migrants on a train in Hungary is continuing into a second day. On Thursday, police let the migrants board the train in Budapest but then tried to force them off... read more »