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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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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ease liquidity as govt holds on to cash

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for overhaul of financial benchmarkin...

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday suggested an overhaul of existing financial benchmarks, including steps to strengthen the quality, methodology and governance framework. Apart from this, the... read more »

Capital goods stocks drop

Capital goods stocks drop

A bout of volatility was witnessed as key benchmark indices hovered in negative zone in morning trade. The barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex,... read more »

Finance minister P Chidambaram attacks BJP for ‘c...

Finance minister P Chidambaram attacks BJP for 'cherrypicking' on Adarsh scam

Finance minister P Chidambaram on Thursday attacked BJP for “cherrypicking” on Maharashtra government’s statement that no criminality was... read more »

Gold prices rose by Rs. 246 to Rs. 28,664 per 10 gm

Gold Market Update : Gold Hit High Of $1262

New Delhi – Gold prices rose by Rs. 246 to Rs. 28,664 per 10 gm in futures trade today as speculators created fresh positions taking positive cues from... read more »

Diesel cars lose steam ; Hyundai sales zoom on petrol v...

Diesel cars lose steam; Maruti, Hyundai sales zoom on petrol variants

Automobiles companies with heavy line up of diesel vehicles have started to face the heat as buyers shift their preference back to petrol cars over... read more »

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Acting is what I live for: Vidya Balan

Acting is what I live for: Vidya Balan

New Delhi – She loves campaigning for causes, but National Award winning actress Vidya Balan has no intention of stepping out of the arclights to make it a full-time career because acting is... read more »

The Jiah Khan case has taken a new international twist after the dead actress' mother Rabiya Khan asked the US to intervene and has sought help from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to aid in the investigations in the case of her daughter's demise. The US government's legal attaché at its New Delhi embassy and chief of American Citizen Services Unit at the Mumbai consulate Rosemary Macray have forwarded their appeal to the state Home ministry, seeking approval to involve the FBI and provide forensic and technical assistance to the city police in the case. On Monday (January 27), Rabiya and her lawyer Dinesh Tiwari were called to the Consulate office at Bandra-Kurla Complex to inform her that they had sought approval from Home Minister RR Patil. The offer to help came after Rabiya wrote a letter to US Ambassador to India Nancy J Powell last October asking for help, as Jiah was an American passport holder. Confirming the same, Rabiya said, "Once the Indian authorities agree, the FBI will assist in the probe," She added that in a week's time, she would file a petition in the High Court, asking for a fresh probe, saying the police suppressed facts into its probe. Rabiya said that the police had not investigated the case thoroughly. "If Jiah committed suicide, how could the blood in the other room belong to her?" she questioned about the presence of Jiah's blood samples in two different rooms, adding that the police had not explained that in the chargesheet. Another important aspect that the police failed to explain was the injury marks on Jiah's face and neck that were present in the photographs taken by the police, she added. "I want to find out if Jiah was killed by someone and I want the police to investigate this," said Rabiya. Her lawyer Tiwari also claimed that the statements taken by the police of witnesses were completely contrary to their statements in the chargesheet filed by the cops. "The facts have been changed and there are many such reasons why we want the FBI to intervene."

Jiah Khan’s mother files petition, seeks CBI...

Mumbai – Late actress Jiah Khan’s mother Rabiya Khan has filed a fresh petition in the Bombay High Court alleging that her daughter could... read more »

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India rescues 58 more nurses from troubled Iraq

India has rescued 58 Indian nurses from violence-hit Iraq in an “extremely difficult” operation, days after rescuing 46 Indian nurses who were in the control of the Sunni jihadists in... read more »

‘Corruption, faulty design are reasons for poor qu...

Leader of the Opposition Jagadish Shettar during a debate on the demands of the Public Works Department in the Legislative Assembly in Bangalore on... read more »

10 students killed as train rams bus in Medak

More than 10 students were killed when a train rammed into a school bus at an unmanned level crossing near Masaipet village of Medak district, about 60... read more »

Top Naxal commander killed in Jharkhand

In a pre-dawn operation, security forces on Wednesday killed a prominent Naxal commander operating in Jharkhand in the forests of Khunti district of the... read more »

Govt. to formulate new health policy: Harsh Vardhan

Delhi in ICU: Harsh Vardhan

The government is in the process of formulating a new health policy, which will also address the issue of high cost of medical devices and equipment used in... read more »

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Atletico cruise into Champions League last 16

Atletico cruise into Champions League last 16

Madrid – Atletico Madrid booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League with a comfortable 4-0 win at home to Austria Vienna. Atletico went into the game Wednesday as clear... read more »

Arsenal upset Dortmund in Champions League

Arsenal upset Dortmund in Champions League

Berlin – Aaron Ramsey’s header smoothed the way for Arsenal’s 1-0 triumph over Borussia Dortmund at a sold-out Signal Iduna Park in... read more »

Lunch scoreboard: India vs West Indies

Lunch scoreboard: India vs West Indies

Kolkata – The following is the scoreboard at lunch on the second day of the first cricket Test between India and the West Indies at the Eden Gardens here... read more »

India 120/5 at lunch against West Indies

India 120/5 at lunch against West Indies

Kolkata – Despite a steady start, India finished 120/5 at lunch following a middle order collapse on day two of the India West Indies Test match at the... read more »

Ronaldinho to play in World Club Championship

Ronaldinho to play in World Club Championship

Brasilia – Two-time World Player of the Year, Ronaldinho Gaucho, has confirmed he is winning his race to be fit for the World Club Championship in... read more »

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Gas explosions kill 24, injure 271 in Taiwan

At least 24 people were killed and 271 others injured when several underground gas explosions ripped through Taiwan’s second-largest city overnight, hurling concrete through the air and blasting... read more »

10 killed in Bangladesh train-bus collision

At least 10 people were killed and 50 injured on Friday when a train collided with a bus at a railway crossing in Bangladesh’s Jhenaidah... read more »

Gary McKinnon is warned off seeing sick father in Scotl...

Gary McKinnon has been warned not to visit his sick father in Scotland in case the Nationalist government allows a revived American bid to extradite him. The... read more »

Public service whistleblowers ‘treated shockingly...

Whistleblowers who risk their careers to uncover wrongdoing within public services are being victimised by managers who nearly always escape sanction, a public... read more »

Meriam Ibrahim arrives in US

A Sudanese woman who refused to recant her Christian faith in the face of a death sentence arrived on Thursday in the United States, where she was welcomed... 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, Says Jaitley

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... read more »

Former PM Deve Gowda begins hunger strike on farmers’ suicide issue

Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Monday began a hunger strike here demanding discussion in Parliament on the farmers’ suicide in the country. Flanked by party MPs, MLAs, and... read more »

To fullfill Sardar Patel's unity dream, ways of violence will not work: Modi

PM Modi Meets Ministers Over Punjab Attack

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and other senior ministers over a terror attack in a Punjab town that left nine people dead. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley... read more »