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Former Prime Minister Ted Heath ‘raped b...

Former Prime Minister Ted Heath ‘raped boy, 12, after picking him up while ...

A man has said he was raped by former British Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath when he was just 12 years old. The claims come as police urge more potential victims of the former PM to come forward in an investigation into an alleged cover-up of child sex allegations. Meanwhile an alleged victim, now... read more »

LIVE: 31 dead in train derailments in MP...

LIVE: 31 dead in train derailments in MP, more than 200 rescued; death toll...

At least 31 people were killed and more than 70 injured when two trains derailed within minutes of each other while crossing a small bridge in Madhya Pradesh shortly before midnight on Tuesday. The Kamayani Express, headed for Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh from Mumbai, derailed near Harda town, 160 km... read more »

Live: Death toll in Madhya Pradhesh̵...

Live: Death toll in Madhya Pradhesh’s twin train tragedy rises to 30

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivrah Chouhan is headed to Harda where the Janata and Kamayani Express trains derail killing 30. He says he will speak to the media after taking stock of the situation. Former Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal criticised the government over the Harda tragedy saying that its... read more »

Parliamentary deadlock: Aggressive Sonia...

Parliamentary deadlock: Aggressive Sonia, Rahul may force BJP to dial back ...

On Tuesday , Congress MPs in the Lok Sabha didn’t enter Parliament. They instead stood outside and, led by party chief Sonia Gandhi, shouted slogans against the Prime Minister accusing him of only indulging in ‘mann ki baat’ and long speeches. In the Rajya Sabha, each time the... read more »

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State Bank of India (SBI) executive in bribery probe put on leave

State Bank of India (SBI) executive in bribery probe put on leave

State Bank of India (SBI) said it had asked a deputy managing director of the bank, Shyamal Acharya, who is under investigation by the CBI in an alleged bribery case, to go on leave. The police said... read more »

Sensex down 36 points in early trade

Sensex down 66 points in early trade

Mumbai – The BSE benchmark sensex on Tuesday fell by over 66 points in early trade as investors booked profits after Monday’s strong... read more »

Vijay Mallya : Diageo may have to part with Whyte &...

Kingfisher Airlines employees likely to go on hunger strike from today

Diageo, the world’s largest liquor company, may have to part with the 169-year-old scotch company Whyte & Mackay (W&M). W&M is part of United... read more »

Banks collect over $25 bn from special dollar swap wind...

Aadhaar is adequate to open a bank account: RBI

New Delhi – The Reserve Bank on Monday said about USD 25 billion has been received from special concessional swap windows for deposits by non-resident... read more »

FIPB to take up Vodafone’s Rs 10,141 crore propos...

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

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... read more »

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Modi may pick five BJP ministers from Maharashtra

Maharashtra is likely to be represented by at least five Cabinet ministers, including former BJP president Nitin Gadkari and senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde, in the Narendra Modi government in... read more »

MBA student arrested for anti-Narendra Modi messag...

Bangalore: An MBA student was arrested by Bangalore’s Central Crime Branch on Saturday for circulating offensive message against PM-elect... read more »

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

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 people in... 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 »

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Car bomb attack kills 10 people in Iraq

Baghdad: A car bomb explosion on Tuesday evening killed 10 people at an outdoor market in the Iraqi capital, officials said. Police officials said the blast took place at the fruit and vegetable... read more »

Boko Haram attack kills at least 24 Nigerian secur...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Boko Haram gunmen attacked a Nigerian military base and adjacent police barracks simultaneously in the north-eastern town... read more »

After South Korea Hospital Fire Kills 21, a Patient Is ...

SEOUL, South Korea — A fire broke out at a hospital annex in southwestern South Korea early Wednesday, killing 21 people and injuring seven others and... read more »

Barack Obama’s post-2014 plan: 9,800 troops to st...

U.S. will intervene in South Sudan: Obama

Kabul: Post-2014, the Obama administration has planned to withdraw all but 9,800 US troops from Afghanistan, signalling an end to more than a dozen years of... read more »

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

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... read more »

Tesla’s Q2 deliveries surge

Tesla’s second-quarter sales jumped 52 per cent, higher than the company had forecast, giving the Silicon Valley automaker important momentum ahead of the debut of its Model X... read more »

Aetna Agrees to Buy Humana for $37 Billion in Cash, Stock

Aetna Inc. agreed to buy Humana Inc., the second-largest provider of private Medicare insurance, for $37 billion in cash and stock to broaden its health-care coverage. The transaction... read more »

Hillary Clinton struggled to fit in with Obama’s White House, emails show

struggled to fit into the government of President Barack Obama after being appointed Secretary of State in 2009, according to emails released by the State Department on Tuesday.They showed... read more »

Andhra Govt. denies reports of convoy’s accident

officials on Friday said that the reports of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s convoy being involved in an accident in the West Godavari district are incorrect. The clarification... read more »

Expenditure on education, health an investment

Asserting that education and health are Delhi government’s topmost priority, CM and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal today said the expenditure on the two sectors is an investment. “We... read more »