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Police make more than a dozen arrests du...

Police make more than a dozen arrests during Ferguson protest after crowd b...

Police arrested more than a dozen people in Ferguson on Monday night after protesters blocked traffic during a fourth consecutive night of demonstrations marking the anniversary of the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. The gathering came about 24 hours after a demonstration along West... read more »

Chinese hackers snooped on five EU ministries, says US security firm
China gives former general suspended dea...

China gives former general suspended death sentence for bribery

BEIJING – A top Chinese military officer has been given a suspended death sentence for corruption, state media said Monday, in a case where he was exposed as owning dozens of homes, gold statues and luxury liquor. Gu Junshan was also stripped of his rank of lieutenant general, the official Xinhua... read more »

Detaining Yogendra Yadav has shown bruta...

Detaining Yogendra Yadav has shown brutal, dishonest face of Delhi Police: ...

Condemning the crackdown on Yogendra Yadav by Delhi Police, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Dialogue Commission (DDC) vice-chairman Ashish Khetan on Tuesday said the act has shown the brutal and dishonest face of the police. It is deeply unfortunate and condemnable that the Modi Government... read more »

Despite protests, Japan switches on firs...

Despite protests, Japan switches on first nuclear reactor since Fukushima d...

TOKYO — Japan switched on a nuclear reactor Tuesday on the southern island of Kyushu, marking a first, tentative return to nuclear energy following the catastrophic meltdowns at Fukushima four years ago. The reactor is the first to be restarted under strict new regulations governing safety at... read more »

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Now, savings account to fetch interest sooner than 3 months

Now, savings account to fetch interest sooner than 3 months

Bank customers will now get interest on their savings account as well as term deposits at an interval shorter than a quarter, as per a new directive of the Reserve Bank of India. Most of the banks... read more »

Indian economy grows 4.8 percent in Q2

Indian economy grows 4.8 percent in Q2

New Delhi – The Indian economy grew at a sluggish 4.8 percent in the second quarter of the current financial year due to disappointing... read more »

SEBI issues draft norms to regulate research analysts

SEBI issues draft norms to regulate research analysts

To ward off market manipulation through ‘independent’ reports on stocks and listed companies, SEBI on Friday proposed new norms to regulate research... read more »

Sensex up over 250 points ahead of GDP data

Sensex closes 50 points down; oil and ! gas stocks down

Mumbai – A benchmark index of Indian equities markets ended Friday’s trade 257 points or 1.25 percent up ahead of the national growth data... read more »

Gold prices recovered by Rs 105 to Rs 31,320 per ten gr...

Gold prices recovered by Rs 105 to Rs 31,320 per ten grams

Gold prices recovered by Rs 105 to Rs 31,320 per ten grams in the national capital on Friday on revival of buying at existing lower levels amid a firming... read more »

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Badaun Gang-Rape: Fifth Accused Arrested; Two Cops Booked for Ign...

Badaun / Uttar Pradesh – Police on Saturday arrested the fifth accused in the gang-rape and murder of two teen sisters in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district. Two policemen have also been... read more »

4 killed, 11 injured in Jammu hotel fire

Four persons were killed and 11 injured when a fire broke out in a hotel in Jammu in the early hours on Saturday. The incident occurred in Hotel... read more »

2 killed, 6 injured in Manipur blast

At least two persons were killed on the spot and six others wounded in a bomb blast on Thursday at Singjamei Chinga Makhong in Imphal West district. One of the... read more »

UP: Third Accused Arrested in Alleged Gang-Rape of Two ...

Badaun, UP: One more accused has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district in connection with the alleged gang-rape of two teenage sisters who... read more »

Don’t include my life’s struggle in school ...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday voiced his strong opposition to the plan to include lessons on his struggle in life in school curriculum in... read more »

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Iraq attacks and shelling kill 35

BAGHDAD: Violence across Iraq, including shelling of the conflict-hit city of Fallujah, killed 35 people today, as politicians haggle over forming a new governing coalition after April elections.... read more »

Obama to meet Ukraine’s new leader ahead of ...

WARSAW: US President Barack Obama meets Ukraine president-elect Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday, in a show of US support for Ukraine’s right to... read more »

Japan to grant N. Korea passage of food, medicine if ab...

Japan agreed to a North Korean request for food and medical supplies during talks last week in Sweden, but said the aid would be delivered through... read more »

Pakistan MQM leader Altaf Hussain’s arrest in London: T...

Karachi: Around 4,000 people blocked the main thoroughfare of Pakistan’s port city of Karachi late Tuesday to protest the arrest of Altaf Hussain, the... read more »

Underwater sound examined for links to missing jet

A team of Australian researchers looking into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 released data on Wednesday about an unusual underwater sound... read more »

Govt to sell stake in Oil India, NTPC, 3 other PSUs

The government will sell a minority stake in the nation’s biggest power producer NTPC, as well as in Oil India Ltd and three other PSUs as part of its disinvestment drive. The... read more »

India is now a $2-trillion economy

India’s GDP crossed the $2-trillion mark in 2014, according to data released by the World Bank in Washington late on Wednesday. After taking 60 years to reach the $1-trillion mark, India... read more »

DBS India posts Rs 275-cr loss in FY15 on provisioning

Singapore-based DBS Bank has posted a loss of Rs 275 crore in FY15. This is the first time the bank has incurred a loss in its India business since it set up its first branch in India in... read more »

A Google blunder knocked £175 off the price of a Nexus 6

A technical blunder at Google meant late-night shoppers could have picked up a 32GB Nexus 6 for as little as £304 ($474). Normally, those phones sell for £479 ($746). The Independent... read more »

PM Modi to visit Varanasi on July 16

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi on July 16, after he had to cancel an earlier trip here due to adverse weather conditions. Prime Minister Modi had on June 28 cancelled his plan to... read more »