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Yahoo buys social media site focused on ...

Yahoo buys social media site focused on shopping

Yahoo has once again gotten the urge to go shopping — and this time the internet company has acquired a social shopping site. Yahoo announced late on Friday that it had agreed to acquire Polyvore for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2007 by three former Yahoo engineers, Polyvore made a name for... read more »

Pressure rising on RBI to cut rate Tuesd...

Pressure rising on RBI to cut rate Tuesday

NEW DELHI: Pressure is mounting on RBI to cut interest rate in its third monetary policy review of this fiscal on Tuesday while experts are divided over the issue, saying high retail inflation may hold it back from doing so. Most bankers and experts believe that the possibility of an interest rate... read more »

SMS alerts for train delays, water vendi...

SMS alerts for train delays, water vending machines on anvil

NEW DELHI: SMS alerts to passengers on train delays and setting up of 4,615 water vending machines at a number of railway stations are among the new initiatives of the railways to improve facilities for passengers. Minister of state for railways Manoj Sinha, while replying to questions in the Lok... read more »

HDFC Bank, Snapdeal launch e-commerce cr...

HDFC Bank, Snapdeal launch e-commerce credit card

HDFC Bank and Snapdeal on Monday launched the country’s first co-branded e-commerce credit card in partnership with Visa. Snapdeal said that the move is aimed at encouraging more people from tier-II and tier-III cities to go for digital payments. Though the e-commerce website Snapdeal has 70... read more »

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FIPB to take up Vodafone's Rs 10,141 crore proposal on Dec 6

FIPB to take up Vodafone’s Rs 10,141 crore proposal on Dec ...

New Delhi – The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) will on December 6 consider the Rs 10,141 crore proposal of UK telecom giant Vodafone to acquire the remaining stake in its Indian... read more »

Sensex gains 388 points as crude price drops

Sensex gains 388 points as crude price drops

Mumbai – A benchmark index of Indian equities markets ended 388 points or 1.92 percent up Monday as crude price dropped after a breakthrough... read more »

Gold prices falling by Rs 50 to Rs 31,050 per ten grams

Gold prices falling by Rs 50 to Rs 31,050 per ten grams

Gold extended losses for the second straight session by falling Rs 50 to Rs 31,050 per ten grams in the national capital on Monday on sustained selling by... read more »

Sensex soars on Iran nuclear deal: 3 reasons why the ma...

Sensex trades flat during pre-noon session

The Indian markets are rejoicing after Iran and six world super powers signed the historic nuclear deal over the weekend. As per the deal, Iran will take steps... read more »

SBI shares rise 4% despite graft case against Deputy MD

SBI shares rise 4% despite graft case against Deputy MD

Mumbai – In tandem with a bullish trend in bank stocks, shares of SBI on Monday rose as much as 4 percent even as its deputy MD Shyamal Acharya was asked... read more »

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MBA student arrested for anti-Narendra Modi message on WhatsApp

Bangalore: An MBA student was arrested by Bangalore’s Central Crime Branch on Saturday for circulating offensive message against PM-elect Narendra Modi on WhatsApp, reports said Monday. The... read more »

13 killed, including three youth as storm hits eas...

As many as 13 people were killed and several injured in a storm that hit eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, officials said. The storm killed... read more »

Mauritius PM Navinchandra Ramgoolam arrives in Delhi fo...

Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam arrived here today with a delegation to attend prime minister-designate Narendra Modi’s swearing-in... read more »

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to attend Narendra...

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will attend the inauguration of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi, his spokesman said on Saturday. A statement from... read more »

Gilani flays Omar Abdullah’s oppressive policies in IOK...

Omar Abdullah for resolution of political issues through dialogue

Srinagar – In occupied Kashmir, the veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani has said that the puppet Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, instead of learning... read more »

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In pointed moves, Pope prays at Bethlehem wall, invites leaders t...

BETHLEHEM (West Bank): Pope Francis made a surprise stop on Sunday at the wall Palestinians abhor as a symbol of Israeli oppression, and later invited presidents from both sides of the divide to the... read more »

Xinjiang government calls for suspects to come for...

Beijing : The death toll from Thursday’s terrorist attack in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has risen to 39, with a total of... read more »

Taliban frees 24 Afghan hostages

TALIBAN militants have released 24 hostages who were seized in northeastern Afghanistan last week, an official says. Taliban fighters captured Yamgan, a remote... read more »

Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

No need for fresh sanctions on Iran: Obama

President Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Sunday as his administration plans to end the nation’s longest war at the end of this year, and... read more »

Thailand coup leaders will detain former Prime Minister...

Ready to dissolve parliament, says Thai PM

Thailand’s coup leaders will detain former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Cabinet members and anti-government protest leaders for up to a week to... read more »

Skal slams Phuket dolphinarium plan

The tourism industry body’s Phuket and Southern Thailand chapter has called on its members and the broader travel industry to protest against the project, saying that any educational aims... read more »

Air India welcomes 21st Dreamliner

The new twin-aisle jet touched down at New Delhi‘s Indira Gandhi International Airport on 28 June 2015, following a direct delivery flight from the Boeing factory in Seattle. Air India... read more »

Scholarship exam now for class 5th and 8th in Maharashtra

Maharashtra government has decided to stop scholarship examinations for class 4th and 7th students, and instead conduct them for those studying in class 5th and 8th. “The exam will... read more »

Say no to vitamin B12 to keep pimples at bay

Tired of pimples on your skin? A new research claims that staying away from vitamin B12 will keep off painful acne. According to the new UCLA research, the activity of the vitamin tweaks... read more »

Donna Karan resigns from her fashion house as chief executive

Renowned American designer Donna Karan has withdrawn her name as a chief executive from her company Donna Karan International (DKI). Donna Karan New York (DKNY) owner said that after considering the... read more »