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Hurriyat leaders released hours after ho...

Hurriyat leaders released hours after house arrest

Just hours after they were placed under house arrest, Kashmiri separatist leaders were on Thursday released by authorities in Srinagar indicating a confused response to their proposed meeting with Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz. Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah... read more »

Pentagon Plans to Increase Drone Flights...

Pentagon Plans to Increase Drone Flights by 50 Percent

Faced with escalating aggression from Russia and China, the Pentagon is planning to increase its use of drones by about 50 percent over the next several years. The Pentagon decided to add Army and civilian-operated missions to the mix because the Air Force, which had been running about 65 combat... read more »

British national killed in Bangkok bombi...

British national killed in Bangkok bombing

A British national was among at least 20 people killed in Monday’s bomb attack in Bangkok, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has confirmed. He said the female Briton was a Hong Kong resident and that British Embassy staff in Thailand were “assisting her family at this very difficult... read more »

Morgan Freeman mourns granddaughter foun...

Morgan Freeman mourns granddaughter found stabbed to death

A man has been charged in the murder of E’Dena Hines, the granddaughter of Morgan Freeman. New York police found Hines, 33, early Sunday morning lying in the street outside her apartment in Manhattan’s Washington Heights with some 16 stab wounds to her chest, police said. A man,... read more »

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Microsoft to bring back Start Menu in upcoming Windows 8.2

Microsoft leads disruption of largest infected global PC network

San Francisco – Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it had disrupted the largest network of compromised personal computers, involving some 2 million machines around the world, since it stepped up... read more »

Sensex down 36 points in early trade

Sensex down over 26 points in early trade

The benchmark BSE Sensex on Friday fell by over 26 points in early trade due to profit-booking by funds and speculators after yesterday’s rally... read more »

Rupee up 13 paise against dollar in early trade

Rupee down 40 paise

Continuing its rising streak for the third straight day, the rupee on Friday appreciated by 13 paise to 61.62 against the dollar in early trade at the... read more »

Rupee rules at one-month high; up 30 paise vs Dollar

Rupee rules at one-month high; up 30 paise vs Dollar

The rupee continued to rule at a one-month high, firming up another 30 paise to 61.75 against the dollar on Thursday, after exit polls predicted a strong... read more »

Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 launched; priced at Rs 10,990

Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 launched; priced at Rs 10,990

New Delhi – Expanding its smartphone range, Korean handset maker Samsung Electronics Thursday launched a mid-range Galaxy phone at Rs 10,990. The phone... read more »

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44 Toll Plazas in Maharashtra to be Shut Down

Mumbai – There’s good news for motorists in Maharashtra as the state government has decided to do away with 44 toll plazas in the state. The announcement was made by Deputy Chief... read more »

Delhi Power-Hungry. Huge Outages in Record-Setting...

New Delhi – Sweltering heat in Delhi and massive power outages have the capital begging for relief. Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal called... read more »

AAP MLAs stage protest outside Harsh Vardhan’s house

As Delhi continued to face long power cuts, over 20 AAP MLAs on Tuesday staged a protest outside Union Minister Harsh Vardhan’s house in East Delhi demanding... read more »

Reviving economy is priority: Pranab Mukherjee

Putting the economy back on track is of paramount importance for the government, said President Pranab Mukherjee, addressing the first joint sitting of both... read more »

Tibetan Exiles a Source of Tension in China-India Ties

New Delhi – China’s state news media has welcomed India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi, as a pragmatic new partner on economic matters,... read more »

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‘4 bombs in Cairo metro stations, at least 2 hurt’

Four makeshift bombs exploded within minutes of each other at three Cairo metro stations during morning rush hour on Wednesday, wounding at least two people, Egyptian police said. One bomb went off... read more »

Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama’s political reu...

WASHINGTON: First Lady Michelle Obama has shot down speculation that she is poised to enter politics while maintaining that the United States should... read more »

Pakistan: Gunmen open fire on plane at Peshawar airport...

Bannu: Gunmen opened fire on a passenger jet as it landed in Pakistan’s troubled northwest, killing a woman passenger and wounding two crew in an attack... read more »

More than 60 women, girls abducted in Nigeria: local of...

Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and young girls in restive northeast Nigeria, a local official and a vigilante leader said... read more »

Kerry in Kurdistan to urge leaders to be part of nation...

US Secretary of State John Kerry struggles to keep Middle East peace talks on track

ARBIL: US Secretary of State John Kerry was in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday to urge its leaders not to withdraw from the political process in Baghdad after their... read more »

Rajinikanth rejects Drishyam remake

Superstar Rajinikanth rejected an offer to star in the Tamil remake of Malayalam blockbuster Drishyam because he feared that two particular scenes in the film would not have gone down too... read more »

Kim Kardashian, Kanye West are ‘opposites’

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has admitted she and rapper husband Kanye West are two very different people. “You can’t expect me to jump up onstage and start singing, it’s not what I... read more »

Shahrukh Khan gives a miss to Iftaar Party by Baba Siddiqui; Salman shows up with family

Baba Siddiqui’s popular Iftar party which is celebrated popular for its star presence was celebrated yesterday at Taj Land Ends. The party which made news for last year for Shahrukh and... read more »

After “Premam”, Kamal’s “Papanasam” in piracy row

After Malayalam movie “Premam”, it is now newly released Kamal Haasan-starrer Tamil blockbuster “Papanasam” which is facing the menace of piracy. The pirated copies of the movie,... read more »

Blue-eyed people have this bad habit

People with blue eyes might have a greater chance of becoming alcoholics, according to an interesting new study. The study by researchers at the University of Vermont in the US is the first to make a... read more »