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South African cricket team arrives in In...

South African cricket team arrives in India for Gandhi-Mandela series

New Delhi: A formidable South African cricket team arrived in India on Sunday for a two-and-a-half month long series to begin on October 2 with the first T20 International (T20I) against India at Dharamsala. Big Proteas names like AB de Villiers (ODI captain), Hashim Amla (Test skipper), Faf du... read more »

Faf du Plessis expects to face an aggres...

Faf du Plessis expects to face an aggressive Team India

It won’t be wrong to say that the coming T20 series between India and South Africa will be the start of a tune-up for the two heavyweights in run-up to the ICC World Twenty20 next year; and considering it will be played in India, it holds more significance for the Proteas. With the Indian... read more »

Abhinav Bindra shoots gold as India fini...

Abhinav Bindra shoots gold as India finish on top

NEW DELHI: It is rare to see Abhinav Bindra pumping his fist in air after winning a medal. The Beijing Olympics gold medallist did just that after shooting his last shot in the final of men’s 10m air rifle on Sunday. The shot, a 10.4, confirmed his gold in the 8th Asian Air Gun Championship... read more »

Death toll of Indians in Haj stampede ri...

Death toll of Indians in Haj stampede rises to 45

Saudi authorities have put the total death toll from the stampede during Haj to 769, while the number of injured stands at 934. The number of Indians killed in a stampede at the Haj rose to 45 on Monday as authorities identified 10 more bodies among the victims of the worst tragedy in 25 years to... read more »

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Loan recast has gone “out of control,” says RBI official

Role of serendipity and Raghuram Rajan’s journey to Mint St...

Mumbai –  He took over as governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) barely six months ago, but Dr Raghuram Rajan confessed on Tuesday that he had expressed his desire to head the central... read more »

Domestic car sales down 7.59% in January, bikes up...

Greater Noida –Domestic passenger car sales declined 7.59 per cent to 1,60,289 units in January compared with 1,73,449 units in the same month... read more »

Sensex trades 72 points higher; Tata Motors jumps 2.6%

Mumbai -The 30-share bellwether BSE Sensex on Tuesday was trading higher in mid-day trading session tracking gains in the Asian stock markets. At 12.04pm, the... read more »

Delhi govt orders FIR against Mukesh Ambani, Moily and ...

NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday launched a fresh offensive against Reliance Industries limited accusing the company of creating... read more »

China’s gold demand surges, tops 1,000 tonnes

China’s gold consumption jumped 41 percent in 2013 to exceed 1,000 tonnes for the first time, an industry body said on Monday, as a sharp slide in prices... read more »

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MJ’s family feels Conrad Murray will `kill again if he gets medial license back`

MJ’s family feels Conrad Murray will `kill again if he gets medic...

Washington – Michael Jackson’s family believes that his former doctor, Conrad Murray, will kill someone else if he’s allowed to practice medicine again, it has been revealed. Family... read more »

Sons dole out fashion tips to Naomi Watts

Sons dole out fashion tips to Naomi Watts

Los Angeles – Actress Naomi Watts says her biggest fashion critics are her sons. The 45-year-old, who has two sons – Alexander (6) and... read more »

Amita Pathak’s next film a family drama

Amita Pathak's next film a family drama

Mumbai – Bollywood producer Kumar Mangat’s daughter Amita Pathak, last seen in “Bittoo Boss” says her next film will be a family drama.... read more »

SRK’s Red Chillies office designed by Riteish Des...

SRK's Red Chillies office designed by Riteish Deshmukh

Mumbai – Actor Riteish Deshmukh, who is an interior designer by qualification, is behind the design of the office premises of Shah Rukh and Gauri... read more »

India needs theatres to screen independent films: Indo-...

India needs theatres to screen independent films: Indo-Canadian filmmaker

By Nivedita Dharamsala – Independent filmmakers are known worldwide and it’s high time they got the right platform at home to showcase their films,... read more »

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Ceasefire violations: India-Pak to hold flag meet today

A day after India lodged a protest with Pakistan over escalating ceasefire violations, the two sides will hold sector commander-level flag meeting today (Wednesday) to defuse the situation on the... read more »

Don’t appoint chargesheeted persons as Ministers, ...

In a landmark verdict the Supreme Court on Wednesday advised the Prime Minister or Chief Minister of a State not to induct charge sheeted persons... read more »

Shooter Tara Shadeo’s husband arrested

national-level shooter Tara Shadeo, who accused her husband Rakibul Hasab aka Ranjit Kumar Kohli of assaulting her because of her refusal to convert to... read more »

’Mangalaya Nidi’ cess unconstitutional: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court has struck down as unconstitutional the State Government’s decision to levy a ’Mangalya Nidi’ cess on weddings and associated... read more »

Jaswant Singh still in coma

Former union minister and former Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh is still in coma and on ventilator support on the 20th day Wednesday, a doctor... read more »

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FIFA to use `vanishing spray` during 2014 Rio World Cup to designate distances for free kicks

Blatter blames European companies for `animal-like` work conditio...

Johannesburg – FIFA chief Sepp Blatter has slammed criticism over work conditions on 2022 FIFA World Cup venues in Qatar and accused European companies, saying that France and Germany had... read more »

Ronaldo, Messi, Ribery shortlisted for Ballon d'Or

Messi says Berbatov move to Barcelona in January `...

London – Argentine football star Lionel Messi has poured scorn on reports linking Barcelona with a January move for Fulham’s Dimitar... read more »

Bold` Spurs boss Villas-Boas `sensationally` rules club...

Bold` Spurs boss Villas-Boas `sensationally` rules club out of PL title race

London – Tottenham Hotspur boss Andre Villas-Boas has sensationally declared his club out of this season’s Premier League title race after just... read more »

Woods’ gal Lindsey Vonn calls `recent skiing inju...

Woods' gal Lindsey Vonn calls `recent skiing injury` only `temporary setback`

Washington – Tiger Woods’ girlfriend and Olympic downhill racing champ Lindsey Vonn has posted an update on her Facebook page telling fans that she... read more »

Cristiano Ronaldo `not obsessed` with winning Ballon d&...

Cristiano Ronaldo `not obsessed` with winning Ballon d'Or award

London – Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted that he is not obsessed with winning the Ballon d’Or award but refused to admit that he... read more »

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U.S. Writer Held by Al Qaeda Affiliate in Syria Is Freed After Ne...

Held for nearly two years in a prison run by an affiliate of Al Qaeda in Syria, an American freelance writer was unexpectedly freed on Sunday, following extensive mediation by Qatar, the tiny Gulf... read more »

Congo confirms first Ebola cases

The deadly Ebola virus has emerged in another African country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing two people in a remote region where many... read more »

6.0 quake rattles Bay Area, sending about 170 people to...

e little-known West Napa Fault shook for about 20 seconds early Sunday, enough to leave the San Francisco Bay Area with its biggest earthquake in 25 years —... read more »

Iraqi troops foil jihadists’ attack on country...

Iraqi government forces battled Sunni militants for control of the country’s biggest refinery on Thursday as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki waited for a... read more »

Islamic State: Radical shifts needed to combat threat

US defence chiefs have spelled out their conviction that a complex long-term war will be needed, with intervention in both Syria and Iraq, if Islamic... read more »

Google takes anti-net neutrality stance in India: Report

Global search engine giant Google is possibly lobbying against net neutrality in India by asking the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) to support zero rating plans that allow... read more »

North Korean troops ordered onto war footing by Kim Jong-un

Korea Central News Agency has issued a lengthy rant about South Korean “puppet war maniacs,” Julian Ryall in Tokyo writes. The statement warns the South Korean military to act... read more »

Rupee Falls to Nearly Two-Year Low of 65.90/Dollar

The Indian rupee fell to 65.90/dollar on Friday amid fears of a currency war after China’s depreciation of its yuan. This is lowest value of the rupee since September 6, 2013, when it... read more »

Bangkok bomb: Thai TV apologises for bomb re-enactment

The re-enactment on Thursday evening sparked outrage among Thais at the shrine and online. Executives at Nation TV have since acknowledged it was insensitive and disrespectful to the... read more »

Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe takes office as new Prime Ministe...

Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister on Friday as the island nation’s two major political parties signed an agreement to work together in the new parliament. His... read more »