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ISRO’s heaviest commercial launch ...

ISRO’s heaviest commercial launch today

Making the heaviest commercial launch, Indian space agency ISRO will on Friday launch five British satellites on board PSLV-C28 from the spaceport of Sriharikota. According to ISRO, the 62.5 hour countdown which began on July 8 at 07.28 AM will officially launch at 09.58 PM today. Indian Space... read more »

Former RAW chief expresses regret over f...

Former RAW chief expresses regret over failed talks with Geelani

Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief AS Dulat has expressed regret over failed talks between the Indian administration and Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani. In an interview with a Pakistani television network, Dulat said that Geelani was, for many years, the ‘only credible... read more »

Suresh Prabhu flags-off four new train s...

Suresh Prabhu flags-off four new train services in J-K

Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu has flagged off four new diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) train services from Nowgan railway station in Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh were also present on the occation along... read more »

Mobile app for paperless tickets in Mumb...

Mobile app for paperless tickets in Mumbai suburban

Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday launched a mobile ticketing app for unreserved tickets that will cover 35 stations between the 123 km long Churchgate -Dhauroad suburban section in Western Railway. He also launched two other IT-based initiaves- a SMS destination alert service for... read more »

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SC refuses to pass order allowing Subrata Roy to go abroad

SC refuses to pass order allowing Subrata Roy to go abroad

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to pass any interim order for allowing Sahara chief Subrata Roy to go abroad before his group files a review petition seeking to modify the court’s earlier... read more »

Govt hikes tariff value on imported gold

Govt hikes tariff value on imported gold

New Delhi – Amid short supply of gold in domestic market during the festival season, the government on Wednesday hiked the import tariff value... read more »

Bharti Airtel Q2 net profit drops 29% to Rs. 512 crore

Bharti Airtel to acquire Warid's Congo-Brazzaville operations

Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Wednesday reported a 29 per cent decline in consolidated net profit at Rs. 512 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2013,... read more »

Gold prices dropped by Rs 420 to Rs 31,930 per ten gram

Gold prices dropped by Rs 420 to Rs 31,930 per ten gram

Gold prices dropped by Rs 420 to Rs 31,930 per ten gram in the national capital on Tuesday owing to slackened demand driven by weak global trend and investors... read more »

Tata Elxsi Q2 net zooms 10-fold

Tata Elxsi Q2 net zooms 10-fold

Bangalore – Leading IT product design firm Tata Elxsi posted a Rs.20 crore net profit for the second quarter (July-Sept) of this fiscal (2013-14),... read more »

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Manmohan Singh and family unhappy with Daljeet Singh Kohli’...

According to news reports, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s extended family has condemned stepbrother Daljeet Singh Kohli’s inclusion into Bharatiya Janata Party. Family members stated... read more »

2G kickback case: ED files charge sheet against Ra...

Former Telecom Minister A. Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and 17 others were on Friday charged in a special court by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in... read more »

500 homes destroyed in fire at slum in South Delhi

New Delhi – A huge fire is being reported at a large slum in Vasant Kunj in South Delhi, which has nearly 500 huts. 28 fire engines have been sent to... read more »

Support to BJP only because of Mr. Modi : Maharashtra N...

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray may have chosen to support the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, but he admits to being... read more »

Narendra Modi to address five rallies in whirlwind tour...

New Delhi – Narendra Modi – who spent much of Thursday in a sea of saffron at Varanasi in what was billed as the biggest road show of these... 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 »

Buhari wins in Nigeria, defeating Goodluck Jonathan

ABUJA: Amid anger over an Islamic insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives, Nigerians threw out the incumbent and elected a 72-year-old former military dictator in a historic transfer... read more »

World’s oldest person Misao Okawa dies in Japan

The world’s oldest living person, Japan’s Misao Okawa, has died from heart failure at the age of 117. She died in a nursing home in Osaka, the city she was born in on 5 March... read more »

Sailing away from troubles: Navy evacuates 348 Indians stranded in war-torn Yemen

New Delhi: Indian Navy Tuesday night evacuated 348 Indians from strife-torn Yemen. INS Sumitra rescued the Indian nationals after New Delhi got permission to dock its ship at the Aden... 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 hom...

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 men,... read more »