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Amitabh has sought police assistance for...

Amitabh has sought police assistance for his house

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has sought police security for his house. When asked about the reason, Big B said he didn’t know about it. Two days ago, Bachchan said he has sought police assistance to effectively manage his fans, who gather outside his residence every Sunday. The actor had said he... read more »

Four questions from CBI that may seal th...

Four questions from CBI that may seal the CM’s fate

The BJP is claiming a virtue out of necessity. After refusing for months to hand over the Vyapam scam to the CBI, chief minister Shivraj Chouhan and his colleagues are now saying they are relieved the Supreme Court has asked the agency to step in. “The learned Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi... read more »

PM Modi, Nawaz Sharif agree to cooperate...

PM Modi, Nawaz Sharif agree to cooperate to eliminate terrorism from South ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, who held bilateral talks in Ufa, Russia, have agreed to cooperate with each other to eliminate terrorism from South Asia, noting that both sides have a collective responsibility to ensure peace. The Foreign Secretaries of... read more »

Tweet about bomb forces emergency landin...

Tweet about bomb forces emergency landing of Jet Airways plane

A Dubai-bound Jet Airways flight from Mumbai with 61 passengers and crew made an emergency landing at Muscat airport following a tweet about presence of a bomb onboard, but was cleared for onward travel after it turned out to be hoax, second such incident in last two days. Flight No 9W 536 landed... read more »

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China's manufacturing activity at 18-month high

China’s manufacturing activity at 18-month high

London – China’s manufacturing activity has reportedly grown at its fastest pace since the past 18 months in October. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which determines... read more »

Qualcomm Inc. to join Cerberus to possibly bid for BlackBerry

Qualcomm Inc. to join Cerberus to possibly bid for...

Washington – Qualcomm Inc. is reportedly said to be in talks to join private-equity Cerberus Capital Management LP, to possibly bid for the... read more »

Facebook and Google went slow in start-up acquisitions ...

Facebook and Google went slow in start-up acquisitions in Q3

Washington – Two of the web giants, Facebook and Google have reportedly slowed down on their acquisition spree of start-ups in the third quarter. Both... read more »

Yahoo to allow three months `sabbatical` to senior empl...

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... read more »

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

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

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

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Modi worst than a butcher: Lalu Yadav

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad on Tuesday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is worse than a butcher. “Even a butcher is ashamed... read more »

Why Sonia, Modi avoided campaigning in each other&...

Raking up the Vadra controversy and the snoopgate scandal, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday asked whether the Congress and... read more »

AAP candidate Phoolka confident of winning Ludhiana, sa...

Ludhiana: The Aam Aadmi Party is on a high in Ludhiana with 1984 anti-Sikh riots lawyer HS Phoolka in the fray. Even as he is a new entrant in the industrial... read more »

SKorean President Apologizes for Ferry Response

South Korea’s president apologized Tuesday for the government’s inept initial response to a deadly ferry sinking as divers fought strong currents... read more »

Modi shows ‘mirror’ to Farooq Abdullah on s...

New Delhi: Reacting strongly to Farooq Abdullah’s remark that “those who vote for Modi should drown in the sea”, Narendra Modi tore into the National... read more »

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Musharraf’s treason case hearing resumes

ISLAMABAD: The special court constituted to try former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday resumed his trial for high treason after his formal indictment last month. Justice Faisal Arab,... read more »

Dozens of dead babies found in Brazil hospital hor...

RIO DE JANEIRO: The bodies of 40 newborn babies and fetuses have been found abandoned in a Brazilian hospital morgue, some forgotten for years,... read more »

Deadly bomb attack in Abuja is blamed on Boko Haram

The Nigerian capital Abuja is still reeling from Monday morning’s rush hour bomb. At least 71 people are said to have been killed in the blast, while some... read more »

Undersea drone hunt for Malaysian plane foiled by depth

Sydney / Perth – A US Navy underwater drone sent to search for a missing Malaysian jetliner on the floor of the Indian Ocean had its first mission cut... read more »

Could use of force in Ukraine’s east backfire?

Ukraine’s President Oleksander Turchynov has issued an ultimatum to pro-Russian activists and gunmen in the country’s east – lay down your... read more »

Islamic militants release 300 recently-kidnapped Kurds

Islamic insurgents have released 300 Kurdish men in the country’s north who were taken captive Sunday, a Kurdish official said on Monday. Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for the Kurdish PYD... read more »

Police kill 20 sandalwood smugglers in Andhra Pradesh

TIRUPATI: Twenty red sanders smugglers were killed in an alleged encounter with a joint team of special police and forest personnel in the Seshachalam forests of Chittoor district in the... read more »

Kejriwal to lead AAP rally against land bill

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) rally against the BJP’s land acquisition bill at Jantar Mantar and will also lead a march to Parliament on... read more »

Kenya al-Shabab attack: Bodies recovered from Garissa university

Grief-stricken relatives have gone to identify bodies at a university in north-eastern Kenya where al-Shabab militants killed at least 147 people. The BBC’s Anne Soy at Garissa... read more »

Iran, world powers seal ‘historic’ nuclear deal, here...

After months of negotiations, Iran and key world powers have agreed on the framework of a landmark deal that is aimed at addressing Western concerns about Tehran’s nuclear programme. The “Joint... read more »