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Total telephone subscriber base rises to...

Total telephone subscriber base rises to 100.69 crore

The total telephone subscriber base in the country rose marginally to reach 100.69 crore at the end of June, sectoral regulator TRAI said today. The subscriber base stood at 100.20 crore at the end of May, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said. The wireless base (GSM and CDMA) rose 0.51... read more »

Four killed, 56 injured in suicide bomb ...

Four killed, 56 injured in suicide bomb attack in Pakistan

Peshawar: At least four persons were killed and 56 others injured today when a suicide bomber targeted a vehicle of a line officer in Pakistan’s restive northwestern tribal region, officials said. An earlier blast in Peshawar. Image courtesy: ReutersAn earlier blast in Peshawar. Image... read more »

Second Ukrainian policeman dies from inj...

Second Ukrainian policeman dies from injuries after clashes in Kiev

Kiev: A second Ukrainian policeman died Tuesday from injuries suffered in street battles with protesters in Kiev, and more than 140 people were being treated in hospital, officials said. The clashes flared outside parliament on Monday as demonstrators protested at legislation approved on first... read more »

Bangkok bomb suspect arrested at Thai-Ca...

Bangkok bomb suspect arrested at Thai-Cambodia checkpoint: Thailand PM

Bangkok: Thailand’s prime minister said Tuesday a second foreign man has been arrested at a checkpoint on the Cambodian border on suspicion of involvement in last month’s deadly shrine bombing. It was the second confirmed arrest in connection with the 17 August blast that tore through a... read more »

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Infosys board member V. Balakrishnan Resigns

Infosys board member V. Balakrishnan Resigns

IT major Infosys has been hit by yet another resignation, with board member V. Balakrishnan resigning from the company. This is the eighth top-level exit the software services exporter has seen since... read more »

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

Gold prices losses by Rs. 205 to Rs. 30,160 per te...

Gold prices extended losses for the second straight session by falling Rs. 205 to Rs. 30,160 per ten grams in the national capital on Friday on... read more »

Zuckerberg sells 41mn Facebook shares to help pay taxes

Zuckerberg sells 41mn Facebook shares to help pay taxes

Wellington – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly selling the social networking company’s shares to help pay taxes. Zuckerberg, along with... read more »

RIL shares up nearly 3%

RIL shares up nearly 3%

Shares of Reliance Industries on Friday rose by nearly 3 per cent after the Cabinet decided to allow the energy major to double the price of natural gas from... read more »

Higher rates will help increase domestic gas output: Mo...

Higher rates will help increase domestic gas output: Moily

Oil Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Friday said higher rates will help raise domestic gas production and cut dependence on imports. While the government had in... read more »

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Thousands queue on Day 2 of admissions at Delhi University but co...

The Delhi University campus was a packed house on Wednesday as thousands of aspiring students formed long queues on the second day of admissions. As always, colleges like Shri Ram College of Commerce... read more »

Assam Chief Minister Gogoi set to be replaced next...

The Congress high command is likely to replace Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi early next week. Gogoi, who has been heading the state since 2001,... read more »

Shankaracharya wages war on Sai Baba, backed by Naga sa...

Bhopal: The controversy over the deification of Sai Baba of Shirdi threatens to spill on the streets with the Naga sadhus accepting the call of the... read more »

You’ve created a million Tapas Pals :Open letter ...

Roughly a decade back, my trip back home from college began with a fair bit of wrestling with College Street. Ducking the boy lost in his mobile phone and... read more »

Sudhir Gupta insists that Sunanda Pushkar’s postm...

The controversy over the death of ex-Union minister Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushar continues, after a dramatic claim by AIIMS doctor Sudhir Gupta... read more »

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Kate Upton likes men with moustaches

Kate Upton likes men with moustaches

Washington – Kate Upton has confessed that she prefers men with moustache. The 21-year-old model, who is promoting the Gillette campaign to help raise funds for prostate and testicular cancer,... read more »

King of Good Times` Mallya confident of India hosting F1 Grand Prix in 2015

King of Good Times` Mallya confident of India host...

Washington – Indian business magnate and the co-owner of Formula One side Force India, Dr. Vijay Mallya has said he is confident that there... read more »

Serena Williams beats Kvitova in straight sets to reach...

Australian Open : Serena Williams wastes little time in reaching third round

Johannesburg – Defending champion Serena Williams has ensured a place in the semi-finals of the WTA Championships with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Petra Kvitova,... read more »

Fergie ‘doesn’t know meaning of ‘loyalty’, says e...

Fergie ‘doesn't know meaning of ‘loyalty’, says ex-Man U captain Keane

London – Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has slammed his old manager Sir Alex Ferguson over revelations in his new autobiography. Keane... read more »

Azarenka beats `injured` Sara Errani to win WTA Champio...

Azarenka beats `injured` Sara Errani to win WTA Championships opener

Johannesburg – World number two Victoria Azarenka has won the opening match of the WTA Championships on Tuesday by beating Italian Sara Errani 7-6 (4),... read more »

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Germany is a valued friend: Modi to Merkel

On his return journey from the BRICS summit in Brazil, Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his brief stopover in Frankfurt to telephone German Chancellor Angela Merkel, congratulate her for her 60th... read more »

Dozens injured in French train collision

Dozens of people were wounded in a train collision in southern France, BBC reported on Friday. The accident occurred when a high-speed TGV train on... read more »

MH17 ‘terrible tragedy’: Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama described the crashing of Malaysian Airlines passenger aircraft MH17 as a “terrible tragedy” on Thursday afternoon,... read more »

Israel launches ground offensive in Gaza

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ordering a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip on the 10th day of a military operation against the coastal... read more »

Ukraine: We did not shoot at any plane

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says his country’s armed forces did not shoot at any airborne targets, after reports that a Malaysian Airlines plane... read more »

Mobile app for paperless tickets in Mumbai suburban

Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday launched a mobile ticketing app for unreserved tickets that will cover 35 stations between the 123 km long Churchgate -Dhauroad suburban... read more »

Brett Lee’s film ‘unINDIAN’ to release on October 15

Former Australian cricketer Brett Lee-starer “unINDIAN”, an Indian-Australian film, will hit theatres down under on October 15 this year. The cross-cultural comedy, starring the... read more »

Pizza maker Papa John’s hands insured for a whopping 10 M pounds

Seems like Papa John’s has taken their love for pizza to another level as the company has recently insured its founder’s hands for 10 million pounds. Tabloid media revealed that... read more »

Haldiram products under scanner!

Maharashtra government today asked its health regulator to check samples of Haldiram’s packaged snacks to find if they are fit for human consumption. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)... read more »

Amarnath pilgrims stranded on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway

Rains played havoc on Thursday and led to several landslides stranding Amarnath pilgrims, travelling to Kashmir, on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. In precautionary measures, the highway was closed... read more »