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Mexico: Death toll 27 after truck hits r...

Mexico: Death toll 27 after truck hits religious procession

MEXICO CITY: The death toll rose to 27 on Thursday and authorities listed 149 others as injured after a truck lost control and slammed into a religious procession in a central Mexico town. A Public Safety Department official for the state of Zacatecas confirmed the figures and said some of those... read more »

Taliban confirm Mullah Omar’s deat...

Taliban confirm Mullah Omar’s death, name new leader

confirmed the death of longtime leader Mullah Mohammad Omar and appointed his successor Thursday, as a new round of peace talks was indefinitely postponed amid concerns over how committed the new leadership is to ending the militant group’s 14-year insurgency.The Afghan Taliban Shura, or... read more »

Narendra Modi speaks at a Vijay Shankhnad rally in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Bihar polls: Modi takes charge in bid to...

Bihar polls: Modi takes charge in bid to crush Nitish in his own den

After declaring a war on his principal rival, Nitish Kumar, at his earlier rally held last week in Muzaffarpur, a northern town known as the ‘political capital’ of Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi now seems to be pumping in his all energies to win the battle in this key eastern Indian state.... read more »

MH370 search: Malaysian experts on way t...

MH370 search: Malaysian experts on way to island to study plane debris R...

The loss of communication and bizarre flight path of MH370 led a US intelligence assesment and many aviation experts to speculate that the plane was deliberately steered off course. However, mechanical failure remains a strong possibility. So while the discovery of the debris provides a significant... read more »

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Metal stocks extend Monday's gains on China's economic reform plans

Metal stocks extend Monday’s gains on China’s economi...

A bout of volatility was witnessed as key benchmark indices recovered from lower level after giving away almost entire initial gains in morning trade. The barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was... read more »

SEBI tightens corporate disclosure norms

SEBI tightens corporate disclosure norms

Concerned over large-scale discrepancies in mandatory disclosures by listed firms, SEBI on Monday tightened its regulations in this regard and asked... read more »

Rupee up 70 paise to 62.41 against dollar amid firm equ...

Rupee down 4 paise against dollar

The rupee gained 70 paise, the most in one and a half months, to 62.41 against the dollar on Monday amid a sharp rise in local equities and dollar sales by... read more »

RBI offers Rs.5,000 crore liquidity support to small fi...

RBI offers Rs.5,000 crore liquidity support to small firms

Mumbai – The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monday said it will provide Rs.5,000 crore liquidity support to micro and small enterprises to help them tide... read more »

TRAI wants fresh process for CDMA spectrum

TRAI wants fresh process for CDMA spectrum

Telecom regulator TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has told the government that it cannot suggest a price for auction of spectrum in CDMA-band in... read more »

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BJP Parliamentary party to meet on May 20 to elect Modi

The BJP Parliamentary Party will meet on May 20 to formally elect Narendra Modi as its leader, a formality before his appointment as Prime Minister. This was decided a meeting of the Parliamentary... read more »

India's growth momentum will revive, says PM Manmohan Singh

PM Manmohan Singh Calls Narendra Modi to Congratul...

New Delhi – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called opposition leader Narendra Modi on Friday to congratulate him on the victory of his Bharatiya... read more »

Aam Aadmi Party India Election Impact Seen Greater Than...

AAP seeks public views on government formation

Though India’s upstart antigraft party is poised to snag just four seats in the general election, that number belies its outsize impact on the... read more »

Election Results 2014: Narendra Modi Wins India. BJP an...

Snooping issue: Congress steps up pressure on Modi

New Delhi – Eight months after the BJP named him its prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, 63, proved he was worth the opposition the party... read more »

Sonia Gandhi And Rahul to Offer Resignations After Cong...

New Delhi – Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi will offer to resign, sources say, a day after they both accepted responsibility for... read more »

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Turkey coal mine explosion: Death toll reaches 201, hundreds stil...

Istanbul: At least 201 people were killed and hundreds more remained trapped underground after an explosion and fire in a coal mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa, the energy minister said... read more »

Former Israeli Premier to Serve 6 Years for Briber...

JERUSALEM — Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli prime minister, was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison by a judge who likened him to a... read more »

Germany Renews Diplomatic Effort to Ease Ukraine Crisis

BERLIN — Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany arrived Tuesday in Kiev on Berlin’s latest diplomatic effort to defuse the crisis that has... read more »

Body found in South Korean ferry as weather eases

six dead as tourist ferry sinks off Thai resort: Report

Seoul: Divers found another body trapped in a sunken South Korean ferry today as the search for more than two dozen missing passengers resumed after strong... read more »

Boko Haram willing to negotiate release of Nigerian gir...

Seven Boko Haram militants killed in Nigeria

Islamist extremist sect Boko Haram Monday said it is willing to negotiate with Nigeria’s government over the release of more than 200 schoolgirls it abducted... read more »

Outdated fashion rules that men need to break

Stylish men are always in fashion but there are certain taboos that they need to break and throw the outdated fashion rules out of the window says fashion gurus. Choosing an outfit that... read more »

Taliban ambush kills 11 soldiers in western Afghanistan

Taliban militants ambushed a convoy of army forces in western Afghanistan, killing 11 soldiers, the government said on Monday, as the insurgents step up attacks after the withdrawal of most... read more »

Pak PM Sharif postpones Karachi visit

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has reportedly postponed his visit to Karachi, where he was expected to take stock of the law and order situation and frequent power outages in... read more »

Saeed Ajmal says ICC clean bowled ‘mystery spinners’

Out-of-favour Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal believes that the International Cricket Council (ICC) has brought an end to mystery spinners and their varieties, which left many batsmen... read more »

Gatlin cruises to 200m win at US championships

Justin Gatlin continued his blistering pace of the season as he became the fifth-fastest 200m sprinter in history by winning the final at the American Athletics Championships. The American clocked... read more »