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Successful Mars mission helps ISRO end year on high note
Isro successfully launches Astrosat, six...

Isro successfully launches Astrosat, six other satellites

SRIHARIKOTA: Isro on Monday successfully launched India’s first astronomy satellite Astrosat, eleven years after the government cleared the project. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C30) carrying Astrosat and six other satellites lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in... read more »

In a first, France launches air strikes ...

In a first, France launches air strikes on Islamic State training camp in e...

Paris: Six French jet fighters targeted and destroyed an Islamic State training camp in eastern Syria, President Francois Hollande said on Sunday, making good on a promise to go after the group that the President has said is planning attacks against several countries, including France. The... read more »

PM Narendra Modi to Indian Diaspora: ...

PM Narendra Modi to Indian Diaspora: ‘India is waiting for you’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Indian diaspora in California that it is time the brain drain became a “brain gain” for India. “India is waiting for you,” he declared in an address to as many as 18,000 heady Indian-Americans gathered at the SAP center in San Jose on... read more »

Hajj stampede: Death toll of Indian pilg...

Hajj stampede: Death toll of Indian pilgrims in Mecca rises to 18

Mina: The death toll of Indian pilgrims has risen to 18 in the grisly stampede at the Hajj which has so far claimed the lives of 717 people, the worst tragedy to hit the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in 25 years. “18 Indian Hajis are now confirmed dead,” Spokesperson in the Ministry... read more »

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Government will take necessary steps to ensure financial stability : P Chidamabaram

Government will take necessary steps to ensure financial stabilit...

New Delhi – The Finance Ministry today said the US Federal Reserve’s decision to trim its monetary stimulus will not affect the Indian markets and all steps would be taken by the RBI and... read more »

Government asks DGCA to treat MPs as VIP’s a...

In a controversial decision, government has asked private airlines to give special privileges like lounge access and faster security clearance to... read more »

Canada’s Detour Gold expects lower cash costs in ...

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... read more »

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

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

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 Rs 610... 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 »

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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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Canadian Prime Minister praises India

Toronto: India and Canada have long standing and positive bilateral relations based on mutual interests, Prime Minister Stephen Harper?has said and lauded the contributions of Indo-Canadians to the... read more »

Heavy rain in Uttarakhand claims 24 lives

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the loss of lives due to heavy rain in Uttarakhand.Heavy rain has wreaked havoc in Pauri... read more »

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

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... read more »

PM Modi inducts INS Kolkata into Indian Navy, says no o...

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

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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 »

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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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Islamabad on edge as Imran Khan, Qadri supporters reach Parliamen...

Pakistan protesters reached the Islamabad parliament building in the early hours of Wednesday morning in their bid to force Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign, but did not go inside. Reuters... read more »

sraeli strike targeted Hamas military chief, group...

Israeli and Palestinian officials traded blame early on Wednesday for the collapse of the Cairo negotiations aiming to secure a long-term truce in... read more »

India-headed Nigerian dies showing Ebola symptoms

ABU DHABI: A 35-year-old Nigerian woman, who was travelling to India for treatment of cancer, died while in transit after showing symptoms similar to those of... read more »

Strong quake hits remote area in southwest Iran

TEHRAN, Iran — A strong, magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolted a sparsely populated mountainous province near Iran’s border with Iraq on Monday, Iranian state... read more »

Tear Gas and Flares: Ferguson Erupts Again as Night Fal...

FERGUSON, Mo. — Chaos erupted in Ferguson, Missouri, Sunday night as the city prepared for a state-imposed curfew almost a week after the police-involved... read more »

PM Modi takes took tour of Masdar City in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took a tour of the Masdar City, a hub of cleantech and science and technology innovation, here on the second day of his two-day UAE visit.... read more »

Isil used chemical weapons against Kurds in Iraq, say German troops

German troops involved in a coalition training mission in Iraq have reported that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) fighters have used chemical weapons on a Kurdish militia. The... read more »

Tianjin explosions: The big questions that still remain

Tianjin, China (CNN)When the wind blows in this Chinese port city, shards of glass still rain down from damaged buildings. But many here are now more worried about a potential threat they... read more »

Two arrested over Bangladesh blogger Niloy Neel killing

Bangladesh police say they have arrested two suspected members of a banned Islamist group over the killing of atheist blogger Niloy Neel. The two men were suspected members of Ansarullah... read more »

Pakistan to hang Peshawar school massacre plotters

ISLAMABAD: Six militants who plotted and aided Pakistan’s worst ever terrorist attack at a Peshawar school are set to be hanged after Army Chief General Raheel Sharif confirmed their death... read more »