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Sterlite Technologies acquires Elitecore...

Sterlite Technologies acquires Elitecore Tech for Rs 180-crore

NEW DELHI: Sterlite TechnologiesBSE 2.23 % today announced the acquisition of telecom software product firm Elitecore Technologies at Rs 180 crore in an all-cash deal to widen its telecom portfolio. “This acquisition widens Sterlite’s telecom portfolio of offerings to its global... read more »

Volkswagen unveils five-year investment plan to become world’s leading carmaker by 2018
Volkswagen emissions scandal spreads to ...

Volkswagen emissions scandal spreads to Europe and threatens to embroil mor...

The Volkswagen and Audi diesel emissions scandal which has thrown the global car industry into turmoil has spread to Europe and threatens to embroil more models and rival carmakers. The chief executive of Volkswagen AG, the parent company of Porsche, Seat, Skoda, Bentley, Lamborghini and Bugatti... read more »

French Court Confirms Ban on UberPOP Rid...

French Court Confirms Ban on UberPOP Ride-Sharing Service

PARIS: France’s highest court on Tuesday confirmed a ban on controversial ride-sharing service UberPOP, dismissing a constitutional appeal by the US company. France in January banned the low-cost service, which puts customers in touch with private chauffeurs at budget prices, after furious... read more »

Sri Lanka Rejects International War Crim...

Sri Lanka Rejects International War Crimes Probe

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Tuesday rejected a UN call for international involvement in an investigation into alleged war crimes. Ranil Wickremesinghe said talks were under way to establish a credible domestic mechanism to investigate abuses during the decades-long conflict with... read more »

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Canada's Detour Gold expects lower cash costs in 2014

Canada’s Detour Gold expects lower cash costs in 2014

Canada’s Detour Gold Corp said it expects cash costs to fall to $800-$900 per ounce sold and production to double to 450,000-500,000 ounces this year. Miners, stung by a near 25 percent drop... read more »

Bharti Airtel to invest Rs.4,000 crore in Punjab

Bharti Airtel rallies nearly 3% as Q3 net profit r...

New Delhi – Bharti Airtel rallied as much as 2.77 per cent in trade on Wednesday after the telecom major reported a consolidated net profit of... read more »

Indian rupee 32 paise to 62.19 against dollar in early ...

Rupee strengthens by 17 paise against dollar

The rupee appreciated by 32 paise to 62.19 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on increased selling of... read more »

Raghuram Rajan treads the tried and tested path : RBI

Raghuram Rajan treads the tried and tested path : RBI

The Reserve Bank of India’s move on Tuesday to hike key repo rate by 25 bps and address inflation over growth apparently shows the shaky wicket on which the... read more »

Gold import: Government may axe 80:20 scheme

Gold steady after two-day fall, economic optimism weighs

The government is considering doing away with the controversial 80:20 scheme for gold import, in a bid to partially relax the restrictions on import of the... read more »

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Heidi Klum turns old for Halloween

Heidi Klum turns old for Halloween

New York – Supermodel Heidi Klum surprised everyone by dressing up like a old lady. She used prosthetics for her annual Halloween party here. The 40-year-old had a bald cap with a gray wig,... read more »

Ranbir, Kareena Kapoor at no.1 position in Bollywood

Kareena, Ranbir Kapoor at no.1 position in Bollywo...

Ranbir’s Besharam and Kareena’s Satyagraha get the stars the top spot. Meanwhile, Salman and Katrina keep steady at No. 2 in Times... read more »

Bollywood film on Aarushi murders case

Bollywood film on Aarushi murders case

On May 16, 2008, 14-year-old Aarushi Talwar was found dead in her home in New Delhi. The following day, the Talwar’s domestic help Hemraj was found... read more »

Former Miss World Aishwarya Rai is celebrating 40th bir...

Former Miss World and Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is celebrating her 40th birthday today (1/11/2013). Even though the Bollywood beauty is not tech friendly (like her husband and father-in-law), fans across the globe took to social networking site Twitter to wish the actress and pour in their best wishes for her. With #Happy Bday Aishwarya trending on Twitter from the eve of her birthday, obviously Aishwarya Rai's popularity knows no bounds. Aishwarya's loving and doting husband Abhishek Bachchan thanked his wife's fans on her behalf for the birthday wishes. Abhishek Bachchan also promised that he would get Aishwarya to tweet a thanks message to her fans later in the day. "You guys are too sweet.Thank you all so much for your wishes for Aishwarya. Will get her to tweet you guys later. #HappyBirthdayAishwarya." Since her Miss World title 1994, Aishwarya Rai has become one of the most admired and revered woman in India and across the globe. She has been globally described as a dignified, statuesque, beautiful and charismatic person. Meanwhile, Aishwarya's in-laws Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan are busy attending Nita Ambani's 50th birthday bash in Jodhpur. Seems like Aishwarya will be celebrating a cozy birthday with her husband and little daughter Aaradhya, who will turn two on November 16.

Former Miss World and Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is celebrating her 40th birthday today (1/11/2013). Even though the Bollywood beauty is not tech... read more »

‘X-Men…’ will exceed fans expectation...

Hugh Jackman reveals skin cancer scare

Los Angeles – Actor Hugh Jackman feels that his upcoming movie “X-Men: Days of Future Past” will surpass the expectations of... read more »

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Ban on kids: How Mumbai’s dahi handi became a political eve...

If it is Dahi Handi, then Thane has been the place to take a crack at forming a human pyramid, reach the pot held up by a crane, touch it, and take the prize money home. Mandals, or groups from all... read more »

PM Modi inducts INS Kolkata into Indian Navy, says...

It is an advanced version, but significantly more versatile, of the Delhi-Class ships – INS Delhi, INS Mysore and INS Mumbai – which will add... read more »

Two sisters from Maharashtra’s Kolhapur may becom...

Two Kolhapur women, who were sentenced to death in 2001 for kidnapping 13 children and killing nine of them, may become the first women ever to be hanged in... read more »

Ram Sethu will not be demolished, says Nitin Gadkari

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday said the Centre will not allow demolition of the Ram Sethu. The minister did not elaborate on the... read more »

Indian jailed for 25 months in Little India riots

A 42—year—old Indian was on Thursday jailed for 25 months in Singapore for instigating the Little India riots last December, becoming the sixth Indian to... read more »

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Button backs McLaren to end `winless` 2013 F1 season with `podium spot` in Brazil

Button backs McLaren to end `winless` 2013 F1 season with `podium...

London – McLaren driver Jenson Button is convinced that his team will end a disappointing Formula One season with a podium spot in the final race of the year in Brazil this weekend. According... read more »

Fernando Alonso

Ferrari’s Alonso fears Red Bull will continu...

London – Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso has admitted that he is concerned Red Bull’s advantage is big enough to have a bearing during... read more »

Dhoni refuses to underestimate Windies

Mahendra Singh Dhoni hints he will miss Gautam Gambhir in South Africa

It would be a mistake to believe that India will enjoy an upper hand against the West Indies in the ODI series just because the Caribbean side has lost the... read more »

Vitali Klitschko’s wife says `time has come` for ...

Vitali Klitschko's wife says `time has come` for star to retire from boxing

Johannesburg – World heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko’s wife has urged her husband to hang up his gloves and retire. According to... read more »

Murray back on tennis court for first time since back s...

Murray crowned BBC Sports Personality of the year

London – Wimbledon Champion Andy Murray has posted a picture showing him practicing on a tennis court in Miami, raising hopes that he is on the road to... read more »

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Crisis talks on Ukraine prove difficult but ‘some progress&...

Ukraine crisis talks in Berlin Sunday were “difficult” but made “some progress”, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after meeting with his Ukrainian,... read more »

Barack Obama signed bipartisan budget deal and defence authorisation bill

Obama plans return to WH for Iraq, Ferguson meetin...

President Obama’s somewhat mysterious return to the White House from his Martha’s Vineyard vacation starts late Sunday night. The... read more »

Obama: Air strikes on Iraq dam ‘to protect US int...

US air strikes in support of Iraqi forces’ efforts to retake the country’s largest dam are aimed at protecting US interests there, President Obama... read more »

For Chinese, Pope Seems Worlds Away in South Korea

BEIJING — Pu Ge sat on a green bench outside Beijing’s oldest Catholic cathedral and stared at the ornate gray edifice, contemplating God and his shepherd.... read more »

Did Russia and Ukraine just start a war? What we know a...

On Friday, as a Russian “aid convoy” of 280 trucks neared the Ukrainian border, NATO said that a separate “incursion” of Russian... read more »

Sania Mirza to be conferred Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

NEW DELHI: Sania Mirza is all set to become the first woman tennis player to be conferred India’s highest sports award Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Times Now reported on Tuesday. Sania is... read more »

Kohli looks to end 22-year wait for series win in Sri Lanka

Indian Test captain Virat Kohli’s aggressive strategy to deploy five specialist bowlers will be tested when India begin the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka in Galle on... read more »

Yogendra Yadav’s detention violation of fundamental rights: Prashant Bhushan tells HC

Senior Supreme Court lawyer and Swaraj Abhiyan co-founder Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court against the ‘illegal detention’ of around 90 people late last night... read more »

Sexually harassed Punjab girl immolates self, dies at Chandigarh

Fed up of being sexually harassed by four youth from the Jat community, a 16-year-old Dalit girl from a village in Sangrur town of Punjab set herself ablaze on Saturday and succumbed to 70%... read more »

Black money compliance window will not be extended

With concerns being raised over misuse of information declared under recently notified one-time black money compliance window, the government has assured that confidentiality of individuals, who... read more »