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Qualcomm appoints Sunil Lalvani as India...

Qualcomm appoints Sunil Lalvani as India head

Qualcomm Incorporated has appointed Sunil Lalvani as vice president and president of its India operations, a company statement said here on Monday. Lalvani’s appointment will be effective July 27 and he will report directly to Cristiano Amon, executive vice president and co-president,... read more »

Sensex Slumps 500 Points Amid P-Note Jit...

Sensex Slumps 500 Points Amid P-Note Jitters. Don’t Panic, Says Jaitl...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has sought to calm investors after the Sensex fell more than 500 points on Monday, amid jitters over a recommendation for stiff norms for participatory notes or P-Notes and a steep 8 per cent plunge in China markets. Mr Jaitley promised that “the government will... read more »

Former PM Deve Gowda begins hunger strik...

Former PM Deve Gowda begins hunger strike on farmers’ suicide issue

Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Monday began a hunger strike here demanding discussion in Parliament on the farmers’ suicide in the country. Flanked by party MPs, MLAs, and Samajwadi Party supporters at Jantar Mantar here, the JD(S) leader said that his hunger strike will continue... read more »

To fullfill Sardar Patel's unity dream, ways of violence will not work: Modi
PM Modi Meets Ministers Over Punjab Atta...

PM Modi Meets Ministers Over Punjab Attack

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and other senior ministers over a terror attack in a Punjab town that left nine people dead. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu also attended the meeting.Parrikar had earlier... read more »

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Sensex up by 286 pts in late morning trade

Sensex up by 286 pts in late morning trade

The BSE benchmark Sensex firmed up further for the second consecutive day by gaining 286 points in the late morning trade on persistent buying in view of firm Asian cues coupled with sustained... read more »

Loan recast has gone “out of control,” says RBI official

Loan recast has gone “out of control,” says RBI of...

 Stating that the overall asset restructuring in the banking system has touched Rs. 3.25 lakh crore as of June, RBI Executive Director B. Mahapatra... read more »

IDBI Bank to raise Rs. 1,200-cr fresh capital through Q...

IDBI Bank to raise Rs. 1,200-cr fresh capital through QIP

State-run IDBI Bank on Saturday said it will raise up to Rs. 1,200 crore through institutional placement of shares. The bank needs an additional Rs. 3,000 this... read more »

Gold prices jumped by Rs. 25 to Rs. 31,850 per ten gram

Gold declines further on reduced offtake, global cues

Gold prices advanced further by Rs. 25 to Rs. 31,850 per ten gram in the national capital on Saturday on sustained buying for the wedding season demand while... read more »

JPMorgan reaches $4.5 billion settlement with investors

JP Morgan agrees to record $13bn settlement with US regulators

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached a $4.5 billion settlement with investors over mortgage-backed securities. The settlement, announced on Friday, covers 21... read more »

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New Supreme Court bench to hear Sebi-Sahara case

NEW DELHI: A new bench will now hear the case involving two Sahara Group companies that have been asked to pay about Rs 24,000 crore to market regulator Sebi to be returned to investors in their... read more »

Election Results 2014: BJP Leads in All 7 Seats in...

New Delhi: As the Narendra Modi-led BJP looked set to form India’s next government shortly after the counting of votes began on Friday, the... read more »

Google doodle salutes Indian election

New Delhi – Google doodle saluted the Indian parliamentary election Friday, a day when the vote count was held. Some 550 million votes are being counted... read more »

Narendra Modi posters already flooding the streets of V...

Before the verdict is announced or the counting has even begun for Lok Sabha elections of 2014, posters congratulating Narendra Modi on his win are already... read more »

Election Results 2014: Narendra Modi’s BJP Set to...

New Delhi: Election Results 2014: Within an hour of the start of counting, the BJP and allies seem set to form the next government under Narendra Modi. The... read more »

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Oscar Pistorius trial resumes today as ballistics expert cross-ex...

Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers today start what they said may be last week of their bid to undermine the prosecution’s case that the Paralympic gold medalist murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp... read more »

Libya : At least 40 drown as boat to Europe capsiz...

Tripoli, Libya: Libyan officials said on Sunday that the bodies of at least 24 migrants attempting to make it to Europe were found after a boat... read more »

Ukraine leaders denounce independence poll as ‘a farce’...

Ukraine has condemned a rebel referendum in eastern regions that its pro-Russian organisers claim gives them the right to split from the country. According to... read more »

Death toll in bus crash rises to 15

Dubai: The death toll in Saturday’s fatal accident on Emirates Road in Dubai has risen from 13 to 15 as two of the 14 injured died in hospital, Senior Chief... read more »

Nigeria’s president vows to defeat Boko Haram

Nigeria’s president has said that his country will win its “war on terror”, despite another attack by Boko Haram fighters in the northeast... read more »

Body of lynched school principal brought to Krishnapur Police station

The lynched body of the Nalanda school principal, where two students were allegedly beaten to death yesterday, was on Monday brought to Krishnapur Police station. The students were... read more »

World take to mat, bend, twist to mark inaugural Yoga Day

Thousands of yoga enthusiasts across the world on Sunday took to mats and stretched, bent and twisted their bodies in multiple complex postures as they marked the inaugural International... read more »

India needs to regain its global standing in education: President Pranab Mukherjee

India needs to retain the place it had during ancient times in the world education map, and for that there is a need to link education to research and improve quality of education — this... read more »

UK Queen will be on charm offensive during Germany visit

Queen Elizabeth II, who has always impressed people with her sense of style, has something big in her bag for Germany this time, as Prime Minister David Cameron believes she will play a... read more »

China aggressively building islands on reefs claimed by Philippin...

China is reportedly proceeding with the construction of artificial islands on at least two reefs, which are claimed by the Philippines, despite Beijing promising to end some work soon. Mayor Eugenio... read more »