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China’s Didi Kuaidi Firms Up Anti-...

China’s Didi Kuaidi Firms Up Anti-Uber Alliance, Invests in Ola

China’s most popular ride-hailing app Didi Kuaidi said on Monday it has invested in Indian peer Ola, forging a new alliance within a network of companies challenging US rival Uber Technologies Inc. Didi joins existing investors including SoftBank Corp, Falcon Edge, Singapore sovereign wealth... read more »

Ola Opens Up API for Mobile Apps, Indivi...

Ola Opens Up API for Mobile Apps, Individual Developers

Taxi aggregator Ola Saturday announced the public release of its API, allowing major mobile apps as well as individual developers to integrate the company’s offering with their platforms. “The public release of our API to developers is a giant leap in collaborative technology. With this... read more »

Dr Reddy’s climbs as drug maker la...

Dr Reddy’s climbs as drug maker launches Nexium’s generic

NEW DELHI: Shares of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories surged over 6 per cent in Monday’s trade after the drugmaker launched a generic version of Nexium following approval from the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA). Nexium is the world’s second most selling drug. It... read more »

Gold ETFs witness outflow of Rs 363cr in...

Gold ETFs witness outflow of Rs 363cr in Apr-Aug FY 2016

NEW DELHI: Investors continue to pull out money from gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but the pace of outflow has slowed down in the current fiscal on account of the sluggish equity market trends. The Gold ETFs witnessed a net outflow of Rs 363 crore in the first five months (April-August) of... read more »

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Gold price rises for 3rd day; up Rs 300 at Rs 30,700

New Delhi: Extending gains for the third day, gold prices rose by Rs 300 to Rs 30,700 per ten gram in the national capital Tuesday on sustained buying by stockists for the ongoing marriage season... read more »

Third day of spectrum auction takes off from Rs 45...

New Delhi: Telecom spectrum auction on Wednesday entered the third day with eight companies in fray for two sets of airwaves frequencies that can be... read more »

Sony planning to unload its PC business

Electronics giant Sony is planning to sell its personal computer business, Japanese media reported on Wednesday. Sony is in talks to sell the PC division to... read more »

Renault to launch sub-Rs. 4.5 lakh car in India

France’s Renault may launch a car priced below Rs. 4.5 lakh in India, a senior executive said on Monday, as the company looks to tap the biggest and... read more »

CNG price reduced by Rs. 15 per kg in Delhi

The price of compressed natural gas was slashed by Rs. 15 per kg in Delhi, oil minister M Veerappa Moily announced on Monday. The price of piped natural gas ... read more »

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Nicki Minaj flashes boobs in revealing Halloween costume

Nicki Minaj flashes boobs in revealing Halloween costume

London – Nicki Minaj recently posted some nearly-naked selfies while showing off her breasts in her revealing Halloween costume, on her Instagram page. In the snaps, the 30-year-old rapper... read more »

Blake Lively credits amazing figure to chocolate

Blake Lively credits amazing figure to chocolate

London – Actress Blake Lively attributes her perfect figure to chocolates, which she eats twice a day. The 26-year-old said that she does not... read more »

Salute to your spirit, B’town wishes King Khan

Salute to your spirit, B'town wishes King Khan

Mumbai – Saluting his ever lively spirit and enthusiasm, Bollywood celebrities conveyed their birthday wishes to superstar Shah Rukh Khan who turned 48... read more »

Miley Cyrus’ godmother Dolly Parton in `no position to ...

Miley Cyrus’ godmother Dolly Parton in `no position to give advice`

New York – Miley Cyrus’s godmother has revealed that as she never wanted advice, she is in no position to give it to her. According to Radio One, the... read more »

`Jobs` star Victor Rasuk to play Christian Grey’s love ...

`Jobs` star Victor Rasuk to play Christian Grey’s love rival in `50 Shades`

London – ‘Jobs’ star Victor Rasuk has been cast in the upcoming erotic film ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’, it has been revealed. The 29-year-old actor... read more »

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SC refuses to postpone UPSC preliminary examination

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Saturday dismissed a petition by a civil services aspirant seeking stay on the UPSC preliminary examination scheduled for tomorrow. While refusing to postpone the... read more »

The apex court takes on the NDA govt for not reach...

An assertive Supreme Court, which had consis-tently kept the UPA govern-ment on tenterhooks by questioning its policies and showing zero tolerance... read more »

Audacious Pak attack on LoC: 22 BSF posts targeted, arm...

Jammu: In a major escalation, Pakistani troops on Saturday indulged in heavy “unprovoked” shelling and firing on 22 border outposts and 13... read more »

Two petrol pump workers murdered in Mumbai

Two men working at a petrol pump were on Saturday murdered by a youth who allegedly intended to rob them, police said. The duo, Sajid Ansari and Ayub Ansari,... read more »

K.V. Thomas takes over as PAC chairman

Congress leader K.V. Thomas took over as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament on Wednesday. He will be the 94th PAC Chairman. Convention The... read more »

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Webber `proud` of F1 achievements ahead of final race of career in Brazil

Webber `proud` of F1 achievements ahead of final race of career i...

London – Red Bull driver Mark Webber has said that he is proud of what he has achieved in Formula One as the Australian heads into the final race of his career in Brazil this weekend. According... read more »

Webber retirement 'a loss' for Red Bull: Vettel

Webber retirement ‘a loss’ for Red Bul...

Sao Paulo – Four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel says he will miss the challenge of competing alongside — and often... read more »

Ashes: England fold up for 136 in reply to Australia’s ...

Ashes Test: Engl and shot out for 136

Pacemen Mitchell Johnson and Ryan Harris led the carnage to skittle England for 136 on Friday, giving Australia a 159—run first innings lead in the opening... read more »

Canadian squash player killed in road crash

Canadian squash player killed in road crash

Toronto – Canadian squash player Adrian Dudzicki has been killed in a road ac! cident, the Squash Canada has announced. The 23-year-old Dudzicki died... read more »

Raina, Jadeja spin Windies out for 211

Raina, Jadeja spin Windies out for 211

Indian spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Suresh Raina exploited the conditions effectively and shared six wickets between them to bundle out the West Indies for a... read more »

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Malaysia finally able to mourn, as first bodies from MH17 are flo...

CARRIED by soldiers and draped in the national flag, coffins carrying Malaysian victims of Flight MH17 returned home today to a country still searching for those on-board another doomed jet and a... read more »

1 S. Korean dead, 1 seriously injured in landslide...

SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) — A South Korean man was confirmed dead and his wife seriously injured in deadly landslides that have hit the outskirts... read more »

After nights of tension, calm reigns in Ferguson Wednes...

ERGUSON – Following 11 days of riots and arrests, Wednesday night in Ferguson was marked by relative calm. Authorities said there were very fewer incidents... read more »

Israel PM slams beheading of US journo, says ISIS is li...

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has likened the Hamas to the barbaric Sunni extremists from Iraq and Syria – the ISIS, calling them the branches of the same... read more »

Opposition, Pakistan govt deadlock continues

The US has said that it does not support any extra-constitutional changes in Pakistan, where deadlock continues between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and two key... read more »

Small explosive thrown from bridge over river in Bangkok

Aug 18 A man threw a small explosive from a bridge in central Bangkok on Tuesday, police said, but it caused no injuries, a day after a bomb at a city shrine killed 22 people, including... read more »

Indonesia Plane Crash: Relatives Mourn The Dead As Plane Crash Wreckage Found With No Surv...

People walk outside the terminal at Sentani Airport in Jayapura, Papua province, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, after a Trigana Air Service flight originating from there went missing. An... read more »

Watch: PM Modi announces Rs 1.25 lakh crore package for Bihar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday presented a package of Rs 1.25 lakh crore for poll-bound Bihar saying it will change the fate of the state. “I promise you I will implement... read more »

Pranab Mukherjee’s wife passes away

President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife, Suvra Mukherjee, passed away on Tuesday morning at 10.51 am. She had been ill for sometime and had complained of respiratory problems recently. Ms... read more »

Threat letter: SC bars law interns, visitors in high security zon...

New Delhi: In the wake of heightened threat perception, the Supreme Court has curtailed the entry of visitors including law interns in the high security complex and requested advocates to be... read more »