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India successfully test-fires BrahMos mi...

India successfully test-fires BrahMos missile

India today successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, which is capable of carrying a warhead of 300 kg, from a test range along the Odisha... read more »

Chinese President Xi Jinping Wants ̵...

Chinese President Xi Jinping Wants ‘Great Wall Of Steel’ In Xin...

Xi issued the traditional military rallying call on Friday, during a session of the National People’s Congress, China’s annual parliament in Beijing, The Guardian reported. read more »

Goa’s Laxmikant Parsekar Loses; Cl...

Goa’s Laxmikant Parsekar Loses; Close Contest Between Congress, BJP

In a setback to BJP, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar was today humbled in his sitting seat Mandrem by Congress candidate Dayanand Sopte, as the ruling and opposition parties appeared locked in a… read more »

2012 vs 2017: A Comparison Of BJP’...

2012 vs 2017: A Comparison Of BJP’s Performance In The Two Polls

Leading in more than 300 of Uttar Pradesh’s 403 assembly seats, the BJP is well on its way to a massive victory in the state, being called its most crucial since winning the 2014 national election. read more »

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Ranbaxy shares sink after drug recall

NEW DELHI: Shares in Indian drug giant Ranbaxy fell as much as four per cent on Monday following news of a second recall of its cholesterol-busting generic drug. It was the latest blow for the New... read more »

ICICI Bank loan of Rs 1,000 crore given to women

On the occasion of Women’s Day ICICI Bank lending target of 10 million women have completed. The Bank’s Managing Director and CEO Chanda... read more »

Coal blocks scam: first charge sheet filed by the CBI

New Delhi – coal block allocation scam , the CBI ‘s first chargesheet filed on Monday . Economic Power Pvt Ltd and its two Nidskon CBI against... read more »

The case of increasing gas prices reached to the Supre...

Natural gas prices doubled to center of New Delhi , seeking a direction to stop while an NGO filed a petition in the Supreme . Natural gas prices are going to... read more »

New banking licenses will be issued in a few weeks: Rag...

Sharing of new banking licenses shall not preclude election code of conduct . Raghuram Rajan RBI Governor has made ​​it clear that approval of the Election... read more »

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Actress Kareena Kapoor has embarked on a new phase in her career

Didn’t refuse ‘Begum Samru’ due to bold scenes:...

Mumbai – Kareena Kapoor has shot down the reports that she refused to do Tigmanshu Dhulia’s “Begum Samru” due to bold scenes in the film. “I will do the films whose... read more »

'Bhavesh Joshi' no superhero film: Imran Khan

‘Bhavesh Joshi’ no superhero film: Imr...

Mumbai – Actor Imran Khan says his next film “Bhavesh Joshi” with director Vikramaditya Motwane is set in the real world and that... read more »

Cruise `doesn’t call ex Holmes by name and only communi...

Cruise `doesn’t call ex Holmes by name and only communicates by email`

Washington – Tom Cruise only communicates with his ex-wife, Katie Holmes by email and never refers to her by her name, it has been revealed. The... read more »

Lady Gaga set to become first person to sing in outer s...

Lady Gaga smoked weed to feel young

Washington – Lady Gaga is set to become the first artist to sing in outer space, it has been revealed. The 27-year-old singer will embark on a space... read more »

Didn’t succumb to any pressure: Swetha Menon

Didn't succumb to any pressure: Swetha Menon

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai – Malayalam actress Swetha Menon, who had accused senior Congress MP Peethamabara Kurup for allegedly groping her at a public... read more »

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Women more likely to be hit by `booze blues` than boys

Women more likely to be hit by `booze blues` than boys

London – A recent study has revealed that gender can determine the effects of alcohol on a person’s mood. Researchers in Denmark threw a party for 230 high-school students to examine how... read more »

Female doctors are better than their male counterparts

Female doctors are better than their male counterp...

Washington – A new study claims that the quality of care provided by female doctors is higher than that of their male counterparts, while the... read more »

People with migraine problem twice as likely to suffer ...

People with migraine problem twice as likely to suffer from depression

Washington – The prevalence of depression among those suffering from migraine is nearly twice as high as for those without the disease (men: 8.4 percent... read more »

Diet shakes could help obese people lose up to 22kgs

Diet shakes could help obese people lose up to 22kgs

Melbourne – A new study has revealed that extreme starvation-style meal-replacement diets can help obese adults to lose up to 22kgs in 16... read more »

Fish oil could cut brain abnormality risk in elderly

Fish oil could cut brain abnormality risk in elderly

Washington – High long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content in blood could cut small brain infarcts’ risk and other brain abnormalities in... read more »

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Nirbhaya’s nurse alleges gangrape in Punjab, two accused ar...

A nurse, who is posted at Safdarjung hospital and had treated December 16 gangrape victim Nirbhaya was gangraped in Budhlada town of Mansa district of Punjab on Monday. A case has been registered... read more »

Don’t Cancel Bar Licences Yet, Says Supreme ...

A division bench of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday rejected petitions from bar hotel owners, challenging the government order to close 730 bar... read more »

Arvind Kejriwal asks L-G to withdraw letter to Presiden...

New Delhi: Messing up the process of government formation in Delhi, a delegation of Aam Aadmi Party leaders on Wednesday met Lt Governor Najeeb Jung and urged... read more »

Muzaffarnagar riots: SIT asked to complete probe in 45 ...

MUZAFFARNAGAR: The SIT, probing the Muzaffarnagar riots, has been directed by the Inspector General of Meerut Zone to complete its investigation within next 45... read more »

Kejriwal submits CD of sting operation to Delhi Lt. Gov...

The Aam Aadmi Party leaders Arvind Kejeriwal and Manish Sisodia met the Liutenant Governor of Delhi. Sisodhia told ANI, “We have met the LG today, also... read more »

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500-mln-dollar revamp of Billie Jean King National Tennis Center to start in February

500-mln-dollar revamp of Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ...

New York –  The 500 million-dollar revamp of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center begins in February, and will continue on and off while the site plays host to the U.S. Open, according... read more »

Guwahati hosts boxing tournament to encourage young pugilists

Guwahati hosts boxing tournament to encourage youn...

Guwahati- The success of Mary Kom, Shiva Thapa and Devendro Singh in the boxing arena has motivated northeast youngsters to take up boxing as a... read more »

Johnson says `was great feeling` to `join elite club` a...

Johnson says `was great feeling` to `join elite club` after taking 200 Test wickets

Sydney –  Australian Test bowler Mitchell Johnson has said that reaching over 200 wickets in the format is an elite club and one gets compared to greats... read more »

Taylor’s double-century puts Kiwis into `strong p...

Taylor's double-century puts Kiwis into `strong position` in first Windies Test

Dunedin –  A double century from Ross Taylor has set up New Zealand beautifully after the end of Day 2 of the second Test against the West Indies, as... read more »

Three Brazil stadiums to miss FIFA deadline for next ye...

Spain, Holland in 2014 Brazil World Cup `group of death`

London –  FIFA has said that three stadiums being built for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will not be ready for the deadline of the end of the... read more »

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Imam held for supplying T-shirts with ISIS slogan

In a significant breakthrough, the Ramanathapuram police have arrested a Tirupur-based Imam, who had procured T-shirts and printed slogans in support of the Islamic State in Iraq and al Shams (ISIS)... read more »

Barack Obama signed bipartisan budget deal and defence authorisation bill

IS, Frankenstein’s monster unleashed

U.S. President Barack Obama has labelled the jihadist juggernaut that calls itself the Islamic State a “cancer,” while his Defence Secretary,... read more »

Abe praises Indian judge, tells Modi every Japanese kno...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Narendra Modi that Japan still honours a dissenting Indian judge from a World War II military tribunal, a report said... read more »

US jets again strike jihadists around Iraqi dam

WASHINGTON: The United States carried out another round of air strikes on Monday against militants from the so-called Islamic States battling Iraqi and Kurdish... read more »

‘No military solution’ to Ukraine crisis, UN chief warn...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Western powers on Tuesday “there is no military solution” to the Ukraine crisis, after the government in Kiev... read more »

Total telephone subscriber base rises to 100.69 crore

The total telephone subscriber base in the country rose marginally to reach 100.69 crore at the end of June, sectoral regulator TRAI said today. The subscriber base stood at 100.20 crore at... read more »

Four killed, 56 injured in suicide bomb attack in Pakistan

Peshawar: At least four persons were killed and 56 others injured today when a suicide bomber targeted a vehicle of a line officer in Pakistan’s restive northwestern tribal region,... read more »

Second Ukrainian policeman dies from injuries after clashes in Kiev

Kiev: A second Ukrainian policeman died Tuesday from injuries suffered in street battles with protesters in Kiev, and more than 140 people were being treated in hospital, officials... read more »

Bangkok bomb suspect arrested at Thai-Cambodia checkpoint: Thailand PM

Bangkok: Thailand’s prime minister said Tuesday a second foreign man has been arrested at a checkpoint on the Cambodian border on suspicion of involvement in last month’s deadly... read more »

Sheena’s biological father comes out in open, FSL gets samples

A day after gory details of Sheena Bora murder case were revealed by police in court, her biological father today came out in the open for the first time while skeletal remains purportedly of the... read more »