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L&T gets Rs 1,700-cr job order to b...

L&T gets Rs 1,700-cr job order to build Bangladesh power plant

Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday said it has bagged a Rs 1,700 crore order from Japan’s Marubeni Corporation to set up a 400-MW gas-based power plant in Bangladesh. “Bangladesh Power Development Board awarded the EPC contract for setting up the... read more »

Sun Pharma enters into agreement to acqu...

Sun Pharma enters into agreement to acquire InSite Vision

Drug major Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has entered into an agreement with InSite Vision to acquire the US-based eyecare firm for around $48 million plus related debt and other transaction costs to strengthen its branded ophthalmic portfolio in the US. One of the company’s subsidiaries has... read more »

Hewlett-Packard To Cut Up To 30,000 Jobs

Hewlett-Packard To Cut Up To 30,000 Jobs

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has embarked on a new round of job cuts as it prepares to be split in to two units. The technology firm said between 25,000-30,000 roles would go at HP Enterprise, a business it is creating to bundle together its data analysis and software divisions – separating them from... read more »

Pak Senate chief warns against another m...

Pak Senate chief warns against another military takeover

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Senate chief has warned that constitutional checks to prevent yet another military takeover have become redundant in the country which has seen army rule for nearly half of its 68 years of independence. Raza Rabbani was winding up the debate in the upper house to... read more »

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Cabinet may clear raising LPG cylinder cap at next meeting: Oil Minister

No proposal to raise subsidised LPG cylinder quota : Vivek Rae

The government has no proposal before it to raise the quota of subsidised LPG cylinders from nine to 12 per household a year, Oil Secretary Vivek Rae said on Monday. “There is no proposal in my... read more »

Reliance Infra fall on reports about power tariff cut

Reliance Infra fall on reports about power tariff ...

Shares in power producers declined on media reports that the state government in Maharashtra is planning to cut power tariffs. A business newspaper... read more »

Kingfisher Airlines employees likely to go on hunger st...

Kingfisher Airlines employees likely to go on hunger strike from today

New Delhi – Trouble seems to be brewing once again for the crisis-hit Kingfisher Airlines with its employees threatening a hunger strike from Monday... read more »

Services downturn worsens in Dec but hiring picks up

Activity in India’s services sector shrank at a faster pace last month as new orders dwindled, but firms hired at their fastest in five months, a survey... read more »

Government auditor CAG can investigate private telecom ...

Government auditor CAG can investigate private telecom companies, rules Delhi High Court

Government auditor CAG can investigate private telecom companies, rules Delhi High Court New Delhi:  The Delhi High Court today said the national auditor, the... read more »

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Telugu Actor 'Sher Khan' Srihari dies at 49

Telugu Actor ‘Sher Khan’ Srihari dies at 49

Hyderabad – Well-known Telugu actor ‘Sher Khan’ Srihari (49) died on Wednesday at Mumbai’s Leelavathi Hospital where he was undergoing treatment for a liver disorder. Srihari... read more »

Shraddha Kapoor excited to work with Mohit Suri : `The Villain`

Shraddha Kapoor excited to work with Mohit Suri : ...

Mumbai –  After working with Mohit Suri in `Aashiqui 2`, actress Shraddha Kapoor is working with the director in his next, titled `The... read more »

Anil Kapoor strikes gold with ’24’

Anil Kapoor strikes gold with '24'

Anil Kapoor’s “24” is a much needed break from the dreadfully boring days of Saas-Bahu conflicts shown on the small screen as it brings a... read more »

Shah Rukh Khan to play Gujarati don in actor-filmmaker ...

Shah Rukh Khan to play Gujarati don in actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar's next ?

After the box office success of the ‘Don’ franchise, actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar will be teaming up with Shah Rukh Khan yet again but for a Rahul... read more »

Directors don’t take me seriously : Bollywood act...

Directors don't take me seriously : Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat

Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat rues that directors do not take her seriously because of her glamorous image; as a result she has no challenging roles in... read more »

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Won’t allow injustice to UPSC students: govt.

With Union Public Service Commission examination candidates intensifying their agitation against the C-SAT (Aptitude Test) paper in English, the government assured Parliament on Friday that it would... read more »

SC gives green signal to cut 697 trees for wider r...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the go ahead for felling of 697 trees in over four hectares of protected forests in the Taj Trapezium zone for... read more »

Hearing begins on T.N. move to release Rajiv case convi...

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing cases related to the validity of the release of seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi... read more »

India votes in support of UNHRC resolution on Gaza

India along with BRICS countries on Wednesday voted in support of a UN Human Rights Council resolution to launch a probe into Israel’s offensive on... read more »

India, U.S., Japan joint naval exercise in Pacific toda...

India, the United States and Japan are embarking on joint naval manoeuvres in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday as part of the Malabar series of exercises. The... read more »

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There was lot of pressure: Rohit Sharma

There was lot of pressure: Rohit Sharma

It was the perfect Test debut that Rohit Sharma had been dreaming of as he struck a hundred to rescue India from crisis in the opening Test against the West Indies but the magnitude of his... read more »

Woods describes meeting Mandela in 1998 as `most inspiring time`

Woods says was tested for drugs five times in 2013

Edinburgh – World number one Tiger Woods has claimed that he might have been tested for drugs five times this year, adding that it is the usual... read more »

Vettel hates `dominance` term despite current `era of s...

Vettel hates `dominance` term despite current `era of success`

Washington – Red Bull star Sebastian Vettel, who claimed seven straight successive race victories last weekend, has said that he does not like the word... read more »

Armstrong admits was `wrong` to use cancer story to boo...

Armstrong warns son not to repeat `doping mistakes` or risk getting f***ed

Wellington – Disgraced American cyclist Lance Armstrong has said that he was ‘wrong’ to use the story of his fight against cancer to boost... read more »

Nadal seals World No.1 spot by beating Wawrinka in ATP ...

Nadal seals World No.1 spot by beating Wawrinka in ATP World Tour Finals

Johannesburg – World number one Rafael Nadal has reportedly guaranteed that he will finish 2013 on top of the world rankings with a 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (8/6)... read more »

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China Rescue Efforts Slowed by Rain After Quake Kills 398

Torrential rains slowed rescue efforts after a magnitude-6.5 earthquake killed at least 398 people in southwest China, as Premier Li Keqiang flew to the region to oversee the response to the... read more »

Israel, Palestinians Trade Blame in Breaking Truce

Israel and the Palestinians each accused the other of breaking the fragile seven-hour cease-fire early Monday that was intended to allow refugees a... read more »

Six Minutes into Ceasefire, Airstrike in Gaza Kills 8-Y...

Gaza City / Palestinian Territories – A child was killed and 30 people wounded in a strike on a refugee camp in Gaza City on Monday just minutes into an... read more »

Senate blocks aid to Israel

In the end, the Senate couldn’t even agree to deliver emergency aid to one of the United States’ closest allies. A last-ditch effort to deliver aid to... read more »

Death toll in Indonesia boat accidents up to 34

Rescuers in Indonesia recovered more bodies after vessels carrying villagers to celebrations of Id-ul-fitr capsized in two separate rivers, raising the death... read more »

Former President APJ Abdul Kalam’s Body Brought to Delhi

GUWAHATI: The body of former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who died on Monday in Meghalaya, has been brought to Delhi from Guwahati in Assam. The three service chiefs were present at the... read more »

APJ Abdul Kalam congratulated cop shortly before he collapsed

Former President APJ Abdul Kalam congratulated a policeman for remaining vigilant through the 100-km drive from Guwahati to Shillong shortly before he collapsed at the IIM in the Megahalaya... read more »

Seven-Day State Mourning for Former President APJ Abdul Kalam but No Holiday

The Government has announced a seven-day state mourning in honour of former President APJ Abdul Kalam, however, there will be no holiday. “As a mark of respect to the departed... read more »

Qualcomm appoints Sunil Lalvani as India head

Qualcomm Incorporated has appointed Sunil Lalvani as vice president and president of its India operations, a company statement said here on Monday. Lalvani’s appointment will be... read more »

Sensex Slumps 500 Points Amid P-Note Jitters. Don’t Panic, ...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has sought to calm investors after the Sensex fell more than 500 points on Monday, amid jitters over a recommendation for stiff norms for participatory notes or P-Notes... read more »