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Brett Lee’s film ‘unINDIAN&#...

Brett Lee’s film ‘unINDIAN’ to release on October 15

Former Australian cricketer Brett Lee-starer “unINDIAN”, an Indian-Australian film, will hit theatres down under on October 15 this year. The cross-cultural comedy, starring the cricketer and Tannishtha Chatterjee, has been directed by Indian-origin Sydney-based filmmaker Anupam Sharma. The... read more »

Pizza maker Papa John’s hands insu...

Pizza maker Papa John’s hands insured for a whopping 10 M pounds

Seems like Papa John’s has taken their love for pizza to another level as the company has recently insured its founder’s hands for 10 million pounds. Tabloid media revealed that Papa John Schnatter is the first pizza maker in the United Kingdom to have his hands insured in the barmy... read more »

Haldiram products under scanner!

Haldiram products under scanner!

Maharashtra government today asked its health regulator to check samples of Haldiram’s packaged snacks to find if they are fit for human consumption. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been asked to collect packaged food samples of the Nagpur-based leading domestic snack-maker from all over... read more »

Amarnath pilgrims stranded on Jammu-Srin...

Amarnath pilgrims stranded on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway

Rains played havoc on Thursday and led to several landslides stranding Amarnath pilgrims, travelling to Kashmir, on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. In precautionary measures, the highway was closed for vehicular traffic following heavy landslides at several places due to overnight rainfall. “The... read more »

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787s are safe aircraft, company keeping watch: Boeing

787s are safe aircraft, company keeping watch: Boeing

New Delhi – US aircraft major Boeing said Wednesday its latest technologically advanced B-787 is a safe aircraft and the company is keeping a watch over every problem faced by the... read more »

Infosys to hire around 16,000 engineers next year

Infosys to pay $34 million in US visa fraud case

Bangalore – Indian IT bellwether Infosys Wednesday agreed to pay $34 million (Rs.208 crore) to resolve charges of misusing B-1 visas levelled... read more »

Govt asks RIL to surrender 81% of KG-D6 gas block

Reliance Industries (RIL) results beat estimates, Q3 net profit at Rs. 5,511 crore

New Delhi –  The government Wednesday asked Reliance Industries to give up 81 percent of its KG-D6 gas block, including five discoveries, as the time... read more »

Defer decision on AirAsia till Dec 11, court tells gove...

Defer decision on AirAsia till Dec 11, court tells government

New Delhi – The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the union government to not to take a decision on the AirAsia deal till Dec 11, the next date of hearing... read more »

Parikh recommends Rs 5/litre hike in diesel prices,Rs 2...

Kirit Parikh recommends Rs 5/litre hike in diesel prices,Rs 250 per cylinder hike

New Delhi – Diesel prices should be immediately hiked by Rs 5 per litre, the Kirit Parikh Committee has recommended while favouring reduction of the... read more »

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Thane horror: 13-year-old kidnapped, hacked to death after parent...

Four persons have been arrested in Thane district for allegedly kidnapping and then chopping a 13-year-old boy into multiple pieces when they found out that the parents of the child had approached... read more »

TMC sharpens attack on ‘arrogant’ Nare...

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress launched a fierce counterattack on Narendra Modi on Monday and demanded that he either prove that Mamata... read more »

PM saddened by half-brother’s decision to join BJ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said he was saddened by the decision of his half-brother Daljit Singh Kohli to join BJP.I feel very sad. I have no... read more »

Re-polling in five booths in Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow: Re-polling will be held at five polling stations of Firozabad and Etawah Lok Sabha constituencies as the Election Commission (EC) has received... read more »

Rahul Gandhi to address three rallies in Narendra Modi&...

Ahmedabad: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi as well as other national and local Congress leaders are all set to intensify their campaign in... read more »

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US urges countries to help Ukraine’s economic rescue

US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has urged other countries to contribute more to the economic rescue of Ukraine. He told the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that Ukraine’s “sizeable... read more »

Prosecutor to Pistorius: Did Reeva scream when you...

The prosecutor cross-examining Oscar Pistorius in his murder trial Friday tried to shred his version of events the night he shot and killed his... read more »

Salman Rushdie, Anish Kapoor lead anti-Modi charge in U...

London – Leading Indian-origin writers, artists and lawyers have warned against BJP’s Narendra Modi as India’s next Prime Minister, saying... read more »

US condemns Russia after Putin warning on gas supplies ...

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday that Russian gas supplies to Europe could be disrupted if Moscow cuts the flow to... read more »

Australian PM ‘very confident’ audio signals are from b...

BEIJING : Authorities are confident that a series of underwater signals in the Indian Ocean are coming from a missing Malaysian Airlines plane, Australia’s... read more »

Supreme Court stays trial court order summoning former PM Manmohan Singh in coal scam case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a summons issued to former prime minister Manmohan Singh by a special court in connection with a coal scam case. The apex court took up a petition... read more »

Indians evacuated from Yemen to reach Djibouti today en-route home

The 348 Indians dramatically evacuated by an Indian warship from the Yemeni port of Aden amidst an overnight bombardment are expected to reach Djibouti by mid-day on Wednesday. The group of... read more »

Buhari Leads in Nigeria Presidential Vote as Protests Endure

Former Nigerian military ruler Muhammadu Buhari took a lead in the presidential race with half of the 36 states reporting results from the March 28-29 general elections. Buhari led with... read more »

Singapore teen charged for insulting late founding father Lee Kuan Yew in a video

Singapore: A Singaporean teenager arrested for posting an expletive-laden YouTube video attacking Christianity and the country’s late founding leader Lee Kuan Yew will be charged... read more »

AAP infighting: Who will fill the space left vacant by Yadav-Bhus...

New Delhi: The churn within the Aam Aadmi Party, which resulted in the humiliating ouster of its four senior leaders, has altered the power hierarchy in the two-year-old political outfit. It was a... read more »