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Bihar polls: BJP focusses on women, yout...

Bihar polls: BJP focusses on women, youth, backward castes in first list of...

New Delhi: BJP on Tuesday night released the first list of 43 candidates for the high-stakes Bihar polls, giving about 60 per cent representation to those from SC and backward castes in an apparent attempt to target the base of rival JD(U)-RJD combine. Five nominees in the list are Yadavs, the most... read more »

Blast Accused Missing, His Wife and Chil...

Blast Accused Missing, His Wife and Children Questioned by Police

JHABUA: The wife and children of the man wanted for a massive explosion that killed over 90 this weekend in Madhya Pradesh were tracked down and questioned by the police last night. But Rajendra Kasawa, the main accused in the restaurant blast at Jhabua, remains missing. Sources say the police are... read more »

UAE deports 4 Indians for suspected Isla...

UAE deports 4 Indians for suspected Islamic State link

Four young men from Kerala who had been staying in the UAE were sent back to India Tuesday for allegedly sharing Islamic State (IS) propaganda. Intelligence agencies, meanwhile, have learnt that a man from Kerala, identified only as Riyaz, had been instrumental in getting the youths together and... read more »

India says Indians bombed in boats betwe...

India says Indians bombed in boats between Yemen and Somalia

Warplanes bombed two boats carrying 20 Indian crew members as the vessels traveled between Somalia and Yemen, India’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, a day after the Yemeni coast guard said a Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemeni Shiite rebels bombed boats off the war-torn country’s... read more »

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FICCI submits recommendations to boost textile industry

FICCI submits recommendations to boost textile industry

Industry body FICCI has suggested measures like labour reforms and keeping textile industry under the lowest slab of GST to boost the country’s textile & clothing industry and raise India’s... read more »

Anand Sharma expresses optimism for Indian economy in 2014

Anand Sharma expresses optimism for Indian economy...

New Delhi –  Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma expressed optimism for the economy in 2014. In a statement, Sharma said:... read more »

2013: year of maximum Internet IPOs since 2000

2013: year of maximum Internet IPOs since 2000

Washington –  2013 reportedly saw the maximum number of Internet IPOs since 2000, a researcher has revealed. Birinyi Associates has revealed that 26... read more »

Apple denies knowledge of iPhone exploit allowing NSA i...

Apple denies knowledge of iPhone exploit allowing NSA interception

Washington –  Apple has reportedly denied that it had any knowledge about the potential exploit in its iPhones that might have helped the US spy... read more »

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allows refiners to impo...

No plans to roll back gold import curbs: FM P. Chidambaram

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed gold refiners to import dore up to 15 per cent of their gross average viable quantity, based on their licence... read more »

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College girl gang-raped

A 19-year-old college girl was on Friday gang raped by four youths after tying her 24-year-old male friend to a tree in a grove at Rayakottai village of Denkanikottai taluk in Krishnagiri district.... read more »

Parents happy with ban on children under 12 taking...

“It is good that they have finally banned children below 12 years from participating in Dahi handis. It is so dangerous! I think anyone aged below... read more »

Most rape victims in 2013 knew culprits: NCRB

In almost 95 out of every 100 cases of rape registered last year, the culprits were known to their victims, according to a report by the National Crime Record... read more »

Manipuri man beaten to death in Delhi

A 30-year-old Manipuri man was allegedly beaten to death by a group of men in Kotla Mubarakpur area of South Delhi, police said on Monday. The deceased Shaloni... read more »

CM promises amendments to laws to ensure strict punishm...

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has asserted that the government will enact stringent laws to punish rapists and those involved in sexual harassment of women to... read more »

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Tiger Woods topped Golf Digest 50's income list for 2013

Tiger Woods shoots golf balls from Europe to Asia!

Johannesburg – Golf’s world number one Tiger Woods had reportedly brought the Turkish capital to a standstill for 20 minutes after he hit golf balls from one continent to another ahead of... read more »

Shelly-Ann, Adams, Hejnova to vie for female World Athlete of the Year award

Shelly-Ann, Adams, Hejnova to vie for female World...

London – Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has been shortlisted alongside shot putter Valerie Adams and hurdler Zuzana Hejnova for the... read more »

Roy Keane slams Ashley Young for `conning` ref in Man U...

Keane says Fergie still wants `power, control` of Man U

London – Former Irish footballer Roy Keane has reportedly accused Manchester United winger Ashley Young of ‘conning’ the referee during... read more »

Viktor Troicki’s doping ban reduced to 12 months ...

Viktor Troicki's doping ban reduced to 12 months by CAS panel

Johannesburg – Serbian tennis player Viktor Troicki’s 18-month doping ban has been reduced to 12 months by The Court of Arbitration for... read more »

Tendulkar strikes as West Indies reach 192/7

Tendulkar strikes as West Indies reach 192/7

Kolkata – India reduced the West Indies to 192 for seven at tea on the opening day of the first Test at the Eden Gardens here Wednesday. The session... read more »

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Ebola outbreak: pan-African airline halts flights to west African...

Pan-African airline ASKY has suspended all flights to and from the capitals of Liberia and Sierra Leone, and the Liberian football association cancelled games as fears grow of the spread of... read more »

‘The world stands disgraced’ – I...

United Nations officials described the killing of sleeping children as a disgrace to the world and accused Israel of a serious violation of... read more »

US House approves lawsuit against Obama

The U.S. House on Wednesday approved a lawsuit against President Barack Obama over alleged abuse of executive power. The 225-201 vote fell along party lines,... read more »

Former Libyan deputy prime minister kidnapped in Tripol...

TRIPOLI: Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped Libya’s former deputy prime minister Mustafa Abu Shagor, a parliamentarian confirmed. The gunmen... read more »

Deny India access to detainees: senator

An Australian senator has criticised the government’s decision to allow the Indian Consular officials to assess the identity of 157 asylum seekers currently... read more »

Kejriwal in trouble as constables file FIR against him for referring to Delhi cops as R...

New Delhi: A Delhi Police constable has lodged a complaint of criminal defamation against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly using a derogatory word about cops during a recent... read more »

We were sick and tired of losing: Sikander Raza

Harare: “We were sick and tired of just competing against better nations and losing in the end,” said Zimbabwe’s stand-in cricket captain Sikander Raza as he lavished... read more »

Pro Kabaddi League’s Jadhav chose the sport over cricket, movies

Cricket and movies are two obsessions that Indians can never get enough of. For 21-year-old Onkar Jadhav, though, when a choice came up to pursue one of the two as a career, he chose... read more »

All-party meet ends in deadlock

Setting the stage for confrontation in Parliament, an all-party meeting called here on the eve of the Monsoon session on Monday ended in a deadlock over controversies related to Lalit Modi... read more »

Jet Airways slash business class prices, announces special fares

Jet Airways has announced special premiere fares for all passengers travelling on its domestic network between July 20 and October 15. The all inclusive premiere fares will start from Rs 6,999 for... read more »