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India score 255 runs against Zimbabwe

India score 255 runs against Zimbabwe

It’s a feast for a sports lover today as Ind-Zim, Ban-SA, Eng-Aus and Federer vs Murray. A second string Indian side will take on Zimbabwe. It is India’s first assignment after heart-breaking series-defeat against Asian neighbours Bangladesh and taking the hosts lightly is hardly an option... read more »

Stanford University commends Mukesh Amba...

Stanford University commends Mukesh Ambani

Stanford University of US has commended Mukesh Ambani for his decade long support to students keen on pursuing higher studies through scholarships. Ambani, who had enrolled at the Stanford University for a management degree in the 80s but returned midway due to his father’s failing heath, had... read more »

Rupee at at 63.39

Rupee at at 63.39

The benchmark BSE Sensex trimmed initial gains and fell by 9 points in late morning trade, dragged down by FMCG sectors, while fresh selling was seen in IT, consumer durables, teck and refineries sectors. However, buying interest after a fall in previous three sessions was seen in banks, pharma and... read more »

BRICS bank to start lending in local cur...

BRICS bank to start lending in local currency by April

The New Development Bank (NDB), set up by five BRICS nations including India, will start lending in local currency by April next year and member countries will primarily be the focus of credit facility, its chief and eminent banker K V Kamath said here today. He said a decision to open membership... read more »

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Yahoo to allow three months `sabbatical` to senior employees

Yahoo to allow three months `sabbatical` to senior employees

Tokyo – Yahoo Inc. has reportedly announced that it will begin allowing senior employees leave for up to three months with one month’s pay. The company officials said that the ‘sabbatical... read more »

Gold price posts biggest weekly loss in 7 weeks on Fed worries

Gold price posts biggest weekly loss in 7 weeks on...

London – Gold prices fell about 1 percent on Friday, posting its biggest weekly loss in seven weeks, as renewed anxiety about the US Federal... read more »

Samvat 2069 ends on cheerful note at all-time closing h...

Mumbai – The Samvat 2069 ended on a cheerful note with benchmark BSE Sensex on Friday settling at a new all-time closing high of 21,196.81 on buying in... read more »

Gold prices drops on weak global trend, ‘Dhanteras’ Can...

Gold extends gains on sustained buying, firm global cues

New Delhi – Gold prices fell for the fifth straight day in the national capital on Friday on heavy selling by stockists in line with weak global... read more »

Petrol price cut by Rs1.15/ litre, diesel hiked by 50 p...

Petrol prices may come down by Rs 2 a litre this week

New Delhi – Petrol price on Thursday was cut by Rs. 1.15 per litre, while diesel rate was hiked by 50 paise a litre, both excluding of local state... read more »

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Jayalaltihaa condemns twin bomb blast on train

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Thursday strongly condemned the twin bomb blasts on a train and expressed her grief at the death of one young woman and several who were injured. In a... read more »

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

In farewell speech, PM Manmohan Singh says ‘...

In his farewell speech to the Planning Commission, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India’s growth story is “work in... read more »

Youth commits suicide by hanging himself; 2 others cons...

A 25-year-old youth allegedly committed suicide in Sambhalhera village of the district, police said on Wednesday. Sanjiv, who got married a fortnight ago,... read more »

After Supreme Court rap, Centre comes up with black mon...

The Centre fell in line a week after the Supreme Court stepped up attack for not divulging names of Indians who have allegedly stashed black money in foreign... read more »

EC orders police complaint against Modi for holding pre...

Narendra Modi mocks Prime Minister at NRIs' meet, hints at 'better times' after polls

Narendra Modi on Wednesday triggered a controversy after he openly sought votes for the BJP at a press conference while holding aloft his party’s lotus... read more »

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Snapchat plays down threat of hackers accessing users’ phone numbers

Canada arrests first suspected Heartbleed hacker

A Canadian cyber crime unit has arrested a 19-year-old Ontario teen for allegedly hacking into the country’s tax agency using the Heartbleed Internet security bug. Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes... read more »

Robotic submarine completes third search mission t...

A mini-submarine deployed to locate the missing Malaysian plane’s wreckage on the floor of the Indian Ocean has completed a full 16-hour mission... read more »

Crimea on bumpy road to becoming a Russian province

Natalia Rudenko’s ears were still ringing from being shouted at by a father demanding that the Ukrainian-language school she has run for 17 years in... read more »

10 injured, 7 missing in China chemical plant blast

China Pumps Up the Volume Against Japan

An explosion at a chemical factory today in East China’s Jiangsu Province has left ten people injured and seven others missing. The blast took place at... read more »

2 dead as South Korea ferry with 476 passengers sinks

Dozens of military boats and helicopters scrambled on Wednesday to rescue more than 470 people, including 325 high school students on a school trip, after a... read more »

RBI warns of rising tide of NPAs

RBI policy: Raghuram Rajan holds rate but sends out a strong message to banks to act

For a change, there wasn’t any surprise in the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) first bi-monthly policy of fiscal year 2016. The status-quo in the repo rate and cash reserve ratio (CRR)... read more »

‘Over 3000 Indian nationals rescued from Yemen’: S.U. Singh

Djibouti, Apr. 7 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs General (retired) S.R. Singh has stated that over 3,000 Indian nationals have been introduced again residence from strife-hit... read more »

Beef ban in Maharshtra won’t extend to goats, clarifies Advocate General

Mumbai: A day after the Bombay High Court, while hearing a slew of petitions against the beef ban, asked the government to explain why the ban only extends to the slaughter of cows and... read more »

Delhi’s Most Wanted Gangster, Neeraj Bawana, Arrested

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s most wanted gangster Neeraj Bawana, who has dozens of cases of murder, attempt to murder and extortion against him, was arrested in the wee hours today by the... read more »

Supreme Court refers pleas challenging NJAC Act to larger bench

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred to a larger bench a batch of petitions challenging constitutional validity of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act meant to... read more »