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Gujarat University MCA and MBA seats vac...

Gujarat University MCA and MBA seats vacant

The Gujarat University has said that 72 per cent of the seats in the Master of Computer Application (MCA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) will stay vacant this year because the online admission process ended on Wednesday — only 7,000 students had registered against the availability of... read more »

Thai consulate in Istanbul attacked afte...

Thai consulate in Istanbul attacked after Uighurs deported

Some 200 Turkish demonstrators stormed the Thai consulate in Istanbul in protest at the deportation of dozens of Uighur Muslims to China, reports said Thursday. The attack was the latest in a series of nationalist-tinted protests in Turkey during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan over... read more »

Two Indonesian pilots may pose security ...

Two Indonesian pilots may pose security threat

Australian authorities believe two Indonesian pilots may pose a security threat after being radicalised by Islamic State, a leaked intelligence document obtained by an investigative website shows, although officials today refused to confirm its veracity. The Australian Federal Police “Operational... read more »

New dinosaur with ‘halo’ of ...

New dinosaur with ‘halo’ of horns found in Canada

Scientists have discovered one of the oldest horned dinosaurs – a one-tonne behemoth that roamed the Earth about 79 million years ago and had a ‘fantastically adorned’ skull with forward-curling hook-like horns. The striking new species of horned dinosaur (ceratopsian) was discovered... read more »

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Coal India stake sale by year-end: Jaiswal

Coal India stake sale by year-end: Jaiswal

The government on Monday said the five per cent stake sale in State-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) is likely to take place either in November or December. “It is likely that it (stake sale in Coal... read more »

Bharti Infratel posts 12 percent net profit in Q2

Bharti Infratel posts 12 percent net profit in Q2

Mumbai – Telecommunications tower operator Bharti Infratel Ltd reported on Monday a 12 percent rise in quarterly profit on higher sales from... read more »

Sensex trades flat during pre-noon trade

Sensex trades flat in pre-noon trade

Mumbai – A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading flat at about 25.08 points or 0.12 percent up in the pre-noon trade Monday. Good buying... read more »

Gold and silver jump on Diwali buying, global cues

Gold futures up 0.14 per cent on global cues

Gold and silver prices climbed in the national capital on Saturday on frantic buying by stockists and jewellery fabricators for the approaching Diwali festival... read more »

UPA’s education loan scheme has unleashed revolution: C...

UPA’s education loan scheme has unleashed revolution: Chidambaram

The impact of the ‘revolutionary’ education loan scheme of the United Progressive Alliance government would be felt in another 10 years, Finance Minister P... read more »

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Kejriwal slams Modi, Rahul for “massive poll spending”

Pitching his ‘aam-aadmi’ credentials, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday hit out at BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for their... read more »

Jharkhand court issues arrest warrant against BJP ...

BOKARO (Jharkhand): A court here on Wednesday issued arrest warrant against former Bihar minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh for his inflammatory... read more »

Regional parties will back Congress

Regional leaders like Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and her West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee will prefer to go with a Congress-supported... read more »

In Tamil Nadu, a daddy, lady and Modi in final election...

Chennai – References to “daddy” and a “lady” in political speeches added a twist of humour to the final round of campaigning in... read more »

Arch rivals Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav agree on one th...

Patna – Narendra Modi has done the unimaginable. Brought arch Bihar rivals Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav to the same side of an argument. Both insist that... read more »

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14 arrested over deadly tribal clashes in Upper Egypt

Fourteen people have been arrested over deadly tribal clashes in Aswan that have killed 25 since Friday. They were detained on Monday morning as police fought with crowds that had blocked a main road... read more »

India kicks off world’s biggest election wit...

The first electors cast their votes in the world’s biggest election on Monday with Hindu nationalist opposition candidate Narendra Modi seen... read more »

Pakistan to work with new Afghan govt for peace: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while felicitating the people of Afghanistan on the successful presidential and provincial council polls said on Sunday... read more »

Train accident in Indonesia, Five killed

Train derailed after hitting mounds of mud caused by landslides following torrential rain buried part of the tracks at a dark junction in heavy downpour... read more »

5.3-magnitude earthquake hits southwest China

Beijing – At least three people were injured and several houses damaged after a 5.3-magnitude quake jolted a town in southwest China early today,... read more »

Congress lashes out at Bharatiya Janata Party over SC order on Section 66A

Congress on Tuesday hit back at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Supreme Court order on Section 66A of the IT Act noting that Arun Jaitley who had dubbed the law as “online... read more »

French Alps air disaster: Investigators seek clues into the Germanwings mystery day after ...

French investigators will sift through wreckage on Wednesday for clues into why a German Airbus ploughed into an Alpine mountainside, killing all 150 people on board including 16... read more »

Taiwanese President Flies to Singapore to Pay Last Respects to Lee Kuan Yew: Reports

TAIPEI: Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou flew to Singapore today, a source familiar with the matter said, amid local media reports that Ma would pay his last respects to Singapore’s... read more »

Nirbhaya documentary: SC seeks response from 2 lawyers for making derogatory remarks again...

New Delhi: As the ban on the telecast of controversial BBC documentary “India’s Daughter” on the December 16, 2012, gang-rape continues, the Supreme Court on Tuesday... read more »

Blast in LPG refills-laden lorry

A lorry laden with LPG refills caught fire and the cylinders exploded one after the other on the National Highway No.44 near Enugumarri in Kurnool District in the early hours of Thursday and... read more »