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Black money compliance window will not b...

Black money compliance window will not be extended

With concerns being raised over misuse of information declared under recently notified one-time black money compliance window, the government has assured that confidentiality of individuals, who wants to come clean, would be maintained. It has, however, made it clear that there will not be any... read more »

Third round of coal auction takes off; J...

Third round of coal auction takes off; JSPL, others in race

The third phase of coal auction started on Tuesday, with companies such as Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) and Godawari Natural Resources queuing up for the two mines on offer on Day 1. Before the auction began, Coal Secretary Anil Swarup tweeted: “Auction of Bhaskarpara and Marki Mangli 1 coal... read more »

AirAsia India unveils Rs 990 flight offe...

AirAsia India unveils Rs 990 flight offer; Rs 3,699 sale for international ...

AirAsia India offer says all-in-fares have been slashed to as low as Rs 990 to celebrate the group having achieved the 300 mn passengers flown mark – the AirAsia Group reached the mark today. AirAsia India itself also announced that it has crossed the 1 million guests flown mark. The Rs 990... read more »

Xiaomi ties up with Foxconn in India, un...

Xiaomi ties up with Foxconn in India, unveils Redmi2 Prime as first locally...

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc has tied up with Taiwan’s Foxconn to start assembling phones in India – its first such move in the world’s third largest smartphone market as it seeks to expand its market share and cut costs. Since Xiaomi already sells its low-cost phones in... read more »

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Petrol prices may come down by Rs 2 a litre this week

Diesel price hiked by 50 paise per litre; petrol rates unchanged

Diesel prices were on Saturday hiked by 50 paise per litre but there will be no revision in rates of petrol this fortnight. The price increase, the 11th since January, excludes local sales tax or VAT... read more »

Gold extends gains on sustained buying, firm global cues

Gold extends gains on sustained buying, Rs 31,525 ...

New Delhi – Gold prices extended gains for the second straight day by adding Rs 205 to reach Rs 31,525 per ten grams here on Saturday on... read more »

Punching PIN must for debit card transactions from Sund...

Punching PIN must for debit card transactions from Sunday Dec.1 , 2013

Debit card holders will be required to punch in their PIN numbers every time they use the card from Sunday, Dec. 1, a move aimed at minimising frauds. In June,... read more »

Finance Minister P Chidambaram takes a dig at Gujarat C...

Finance Minister P Chidambaram takes a dig at Gujarat Chief Minister Modi for giving lesson in economy

New Delhi – In another dig at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said the BJP prime ministerial candidate... read more »

Positioning Nano as world’s cheapest car a mistake: Mr....

Positioning Nano as world’s cheapest car a mistake: Mr. Ratan Tata

Tata Motors’ Nano may have been a flop in India, but Ratan Tata, the former chairman of parent and conglomerate Tata Group still has hopes for the world’s... read more »

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‘Let Media Go, Mahabharat Bana Denge’: Threats for Fa...

Badaun, UP – The family of the two young girls who were gang-raped and found hanging from a mango tree in Katra Sahadat Ganj village in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, last week say they are now being... read more »

Police given free hand: Jayalalithaa

Jayalalithaa to Meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

New Delhi – Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi today amidst speculation that the BJP is... read more »

Union Minister Gopinath Munde dies in road accident

Union Minister Gopinath Munde died on Tuesday due to injuries sustained in a car accident at Moti Bagh around 6.30 a.m in Delhi. He was admitted in AIIMS... read more »

Supreme Court Stays Execution of 1993 Bombay Blasts Con...

New Delhi – The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of Yakub Memon, a death-row convict in the 1993 Bombay serial blasts case. The Supreme Court has... read more »

Maharashtra is Shiv Sena’s next goal: Uddhav Thac...

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Sunday that his party’s stellar performance in the Lok Sabha polls was only a precursor to its main goal:... read more »

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Immigration reform not impossible: US President Barack Obama

Rejecting the opinion that immigration reform is impossible, US President Barack Obama has urged the Congress to pass the legislation in this regard which when signed into law would pave the way for... read more »

Pakistani army airstrikes kill 15 militants

The Pakistani army said it has carried out airstrikes in a tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least 15 militants. An army statement... read more »

Fresh Gunfire at Karachi Airport, 24 Dead in Terror Att...

Islamabad – Pakistan’s security forces said Monday they have relaunched a military operation at Karachi airport as gunfire resumed several hours... read more »

Double Car Bomb Attack Kills Seven in Iraq: Officials

Baghdad: Authorities in Iraq say a back-to-back car bomb attack has killed seven people belonging to an ethnic minority in the country’s north. Police... read more »

Militants launch attack on north Baghdad

BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials say militants have launched an attack on a Sunni-dominated city north of Baghdad, killing seven members of the security forces and... read more »

Belgium thrash India 4-0 to reach final of Hockey World League

The Indian men’ s hockey team suffered a 0-4 loss at the hands of the aggressive Belgium side as they succumbed to pressure in the semi-final of the Hockey World League (HWL) here on... read more »

Your diabetes med could help you shed kilos

Diabetic and want to lose weight? Now you can do both with help of a single medicine, as a new study has shown that Liraglutide, an injectable diabetes drug, helps people shed kilos. US... read more »

Conjunctivitis, if left untreated, can cause sight threatening internal infections’

Conjunctivitis, or pink eye, is the most common eye problem that affects people of all age groups. It is also one of the most common eye infections in children. The condition becomes more... read more »

Physical exercise along with a proper diet can help maintain a healthy weight

A recent study has revealed that India has the third-highest number of obese and overweight people after US and China. Around 20% of the adult Indian population is overweight or obese and... read more »

Being a vegan helps lose weight

If you are looking for a size zero figure, then following a vegan diet that includes no animal products could offer better results than other weight-loss plans, says a study. “Vegetarian diets... read more »