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Was it All About Money? Latest Developme...

Was it All About Money? Latest Developments in Sheena Bora Case

MUMBAI: Four days after Indrani Mukerjea, a former media executive, was arrested for the murder of her daughter, Sheena Bora, the police says it is looking at whether a complicated financial agreement was the likely motive. Here are the 10 new developments in this story: After Ms Mukerjea and her... read more »

Sports Ministry approves names for Drona...

Sports Ministry approves names for Dronacharya Award

Wrestling coach Anoop Singh and Paralympics coach Naval Singh were among the five names officially approved by the Sports Ministry for the prestigious Dronacharya Award this year. Based on the recommendations of the Committee and after due scrutiny, Anoop and Naval’s names were approved on the... read more »

Modi wants Posco to stay in India, PMO t...

Modi wants Posco to stay in India, PMO to take up issue with company offici...

The Prime Minister’s Office is likely to take up the issue of steel giant Posco’s proposed $10.5-billion integrated steel plant in Jagatsinghpur with the Odisha government and the company officials today. The PMO has called a meeting, which will be attended by the Cabinet Secretary,... read more »

Onion prices fall below Rs 50/kg at Lasa...

Onion prices fall below Rs 50/kg at Lasalgaon on export curbs

New Delhi: Wholesale prices of onion today fell below the Rs 50 per kg mark at the Lasalgaon in Maharashtra, Asia’s biggest onion market, due to curbs on exports and fear of action against hoarding. Even at Azadpur mandi in Delhi, wholesale onion price declined by Rs 3-5 per kg to Rs 53 today... read more »

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Gold steady after two-day fall, economic optimism weighs

Gold price posts weekly gain of Rs 430 per 10 gms

New Delhi – Both the precious metals, gold and silver, ended higher at the bullion market during the past week on fresh buying by stockists and retailers for the ongoing marriage season amid a... read more »

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella may unveil iPad version of Office on March 27

Indian-origin Satya Nadella still leading horse in...

Washington – The chase for Microsoft’s CEO has seen many business chiefs enter and exit the potential list, except the software maker’s... read more »

Samsung Galaxy J: 5 interesting features

Samsung Galaxy J: 5 interesting features

New Delhi – Samsung Electronics this month launched the Galaxy J, seen as a variant of its popular Galaxy S4 Smartphone in Taiwan. The phone with a metal... read more »

Chidambaram calls for high level of probity in capital ...

Chidambaram calls for high level of probity in capital market

Mumbai – Pitching for high level of probity, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said Indian capital markets are facing many concerns including low... read more »

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan meets FM ahead of monetary ...

Rajan meets FM ahead of monetary policy review

 Ahead of the mid-quarter policy review next week, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday met Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and discussed the macroeconomic... read more »

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235 SPG Commando security of Manmohan Singh, will spend 19 millio...

New Delhi. 235 SPG commandos to protect former Prime Minister is preparing to deploy. About this proposal has been sent to the Finance Ministry and is awaiting permission. Former prime minister on... read more »

Narco and Brain mapping tests of five accused in b...

Lucknow. Badaun Katra Sadtganj gang rape and murder case of two sisters named five accused in the case yesterday, Lai Detection, Forensic... read more »

Tarun Tejpal’s bail extended till July 1

New Delhi. Supreme Court founding editor of Tehelka Tarun Tejpal caught in a sexual assault case against the interim period is extended until July. Tejpal... read more »

Delhi court summons sonia, rahul in national herald cas...

NEW DELHI: A local Delhi court has ordered Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi to appear before it in a case alleging... read more »

Andhra Pradesh: GAIL Pipeline Fire Killed 15

The blast took place at 5:30 am in a pipeline owned by the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) in East Godavari district. Reports suggest the number of dead... read more »

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C.I.A. Station Chief Will Be Leaving Berlin Soon , Officials

Germany’s decision to ask the CIA station chief in Berlin to leave the country was an inevitable response to fresh allegations of U.S. spying on Berlin, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter... read more »

Three rockets explode in the Be’er Sheva are...

Israel’s Operation Protective Edge entered its fifth day on Saturday as Hamas continued to fire rockets into Israel and the Palestinian death... read more »

C.D.C. Closes Anthrax and Flu Labs After Accidents

After potentially serious back-to-back laboratory accidents, federal health officials announced Friday that they had temporarily closed the flu and anthrax... read more »

Kerry Pushes for Solution to Afghanistan Election Crisi...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Obama administration had hoped that after years of frustration with President Hamid Karzai, a successful election in Afghanistan... read more »

Narendra Modi’s first visit to White House likely...

Hours after US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns on Friday delivered the formal invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Washington DC,... read more »

NGT fines civic bodies Rs 100 crore for polluting Ulhas, Waldhuni river

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed four civic bodies, along with the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), and... read more »

Madhya Pradesh police arrive at AIIMS with scribe’s viscera samples

A police team from Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh on Thursday arrived at AIIMS in the national capital with the viscera samples of TV journalist Akshay Singh who died under mysterious circumstances... read more »

Cabinet approves inquiry into Gujarat snooping

Amit Shah blows poll bugle in Bengal, says trained workforce will defeat Mamata

BJP national president Amit Shah today said the party’s trained workforce will win the 2016 assembly polls in West Bengal and its road to victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls will be... read more »

Honda Jazz 3.0 version out; Features and specifications!

The third generation version of Japanese carmaker Honda’s premium hatchback Jazz made a comeback in the Indian market on Wednesday. With the car’s launch, the company offred a brand... read more »

The easiest way to lose weight: a glass of waterThe easiest way t...

“Diet and exercise” – that’s the mantra that most people swear by, when it comes to losing weight the healthy way. But the word “diet” is more than just the food put on a plate. A very... read more »