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Kyrgios in ‘racist’ spat wit...

Kyrgios in ‘racist’ spat with swim legend Fraser

Temperamental Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios slammed swimming legend Dawn Fraser as a “blatant racist” today after she told him to “go back to where his parents came from” following his stormy Wimbledon exit. Kyrgios’s colourful antics, on show at the All England... read more »

Serena, Sharapova set for Wimbledon semi...

Serena, Sharapova set for Wimbledon semi-final showdown

Serena Williams survived a scare to book a Wimbledon semi-final showdown with old rival Maria Sharapova as the world number one battled back to defeat Victoria Azarenka 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 today. Williams was in danger of a shock quarter-final exit after a slow start on Centre Court, but the five-time... read more »

Bengal Tiger-Sourav Ganguly turns 43

Bengal Tiger-Sourav Ganguly turns 43

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is happy celebrating his 43rd birthday with family and friends here today as wishes poured in on the social media from the cricket fraternity all over the world. On the eve of his birthday, Ganguly had said, “Nothing new… This time, I’m in Kolkata and... read more »

Army foils infiltration bid in Jammu and...

Army foils infiltration bid in Jammu and Kashmir

Army today foiled an infiltration attempt by three armed militants from across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Sunderbani sector in the Jammu region a Defence spokesman said. “Three unidentified militants were trying to sneak in through Line of Control in the general area Sukhtao Nala in... read more »

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Chidambaram to inaugurate Delhi Economics Conclave today

India offers huge foreign investment opportunity: FM P. Chidambar...

Expressing confidence that India will see a long spell of high, sustained growth, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said the country offers huge opportunity for foreign investment with high... read more »

Rupee drops 25 paise to 62.18 against dollar in late morning trade

Rupee drops 25 paise to 62.18 against dollar in la...

Persistent dollar demand for the American currency from banks and importers led the Indian rupee drop by 25 paise to 62.18 against the dollar in the... read more »

Janet Yellen: married to economics Nobel prize winner a...

Janet Yellen: married to economics Nobel prize winner and mother of economics professor

Janet Yellen, whom President Barack Obama is poised to pick Wednesday to lead the Federal Reserve, is likely to keep the US central bank on the track mapped... read more »

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) launches $1...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) launches $1 billion bond programme for India

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) – a member of the World Bank Group – on Wednesday announced the launch of a $1 billion offshore rupee... read more »

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) move fuels rally on Dal...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) unlikely to cut rates despite dip in food prices

New Delhi –  The S&P BSE Banking index rose a little over 3 per cent in morning trade on Tuesday, after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced the... read more »

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SC says no to new SIT probe against Modi

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a petition seeking to reconstitute the Special Investigation Team for probing the 2002 Gujarat riots…….The petitioner, Advocate Fatima, had... read more »

No govt can afford to scrap Aadhaar project, says ...

Nandan Nilekani, Congress candidate for Lok Sabha elections from Bangalore South constituency, today said Aadhaar project would be continued... read more »

Amit Shah to seek review of Election Commission’s...

New Delhi: BJP leader Amit Shah has said he would request the Election Commission (EC) to review its order that bans him from addressing rallies in Uttar... read more »

AAP compromising clean politics for Arvind Kejriwal in ...

Partial success, but principles more important: AAP on compromise deal

New Delhi – Has the numbers game finally taken over Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s professed claim to do clean politics? Jailed don Mukhtar Ansari’s... read more »

Parrikar predicts BJP’s victory as Goa votes

Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar predicted victory for the BJP candidates by huge margins in the two Lok Sabha constituencies in Goa, which witnessed 19 per... read more »

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Search planes fail to find missing Malaysian jet debris in Indian...

Search planes sent to find objects in the south Indian Ocean that may be from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet began returning without success on Friday, and an Australian official said the hunt... read more »

No reason to believe Pakistani leadership knew pre...

WASHINGTON: There is no reason to believe that anyone in the highest ranks of the Pakistan government knew about the location of slain al-Qaida chief... read more »

Satellites spot possible objects from missing Malaysian...

Military planes from Australia, the U.S. and New Zealand are searching for two objects spotted by satellite in the southern Indian Ocean that could be related... read more »

How seriously does Putin take American threats?

US President Barack Obama’s threats of “costs” did not sway Vladimir Putin’s calculations on Crimea. Now he must see if the pain he... read more »

Experts see robust radar along jet’s potential pa...

Hong Kong –  If the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner flew north over the Asian mainland after it lost contact with ground controllers on March 8, it... read more »

Ratan Tata invests in Paytm, takes up advisory role

Ratan Tata’s tryst with India’s consumer internet space continues. The Tata Sons chairman emeritus has now thrown his weight behind Paytm. The 76-year-old has made an undisclosed... read more »

Ikea to invest Rs 600 crore in Maharashtra

MUMBAI: Furniture retailer Ikea India, the Indian subsidiary of Swedish furniture retailer Ikea AB, has inked a pact with the Maharashtra government to invest Rs 600 crore for setting up... read more »

Government cuts import tariff on gold and silver

NEW DELHI: The government has slashed import tariff value on gold to $375 per 10 grams and silver to $512 per kg following weak global price trends. During the first fortnight of the month,... read more »

Last chance to Sahara to negotiate deal for Subrato Roy’s release: SC

New Delhi: Sahara Group on Friday was granted the third and last opportunity by the Supreme Court to negotiate a deal for selling its offshore properties for raising Rs 10,000 crore to... read more »

Nigeria: Boko Haram bomb factory uncovered in troubled northeast

Nigerian troops discovered a Boko Haram bomb factory this week after they seized a northern town from the extremists, the military said. The factory was tucked inside a fertilizer company in Buni... read more »