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Chiranjeevi’s son Ram Charan gets ...

Chiranjeevi’s son Ram Charan gets Turbo Megha Airways flying licence

based Turbo Megha Airways today became the fourth company to receive flying licence from aviation regulator DGCA in the past two years to launch a regional airline. The company, which is partially owned by Tollywood actor Chiranjeevi’s son Ram Charan, would operate the regional airline under the... read more »

New born dies in Delhi after 3 govt hosp...

New born dies in Delhi after 3 govt hospitals refuse treatment

A day-old baby born was turned away by two government hospitals on Monday and died while waiting at a third. The baby was born prematurely to a 19-year-old woman on Sunday at a private hospital. Doctors diagnosed respiratory distress syndrome and inserted a chest tube in the tiny body to help the... read more »

Rupee down 13 paise against dollar in ea...

Rupee down 13 paise against dollar in early trade

The rupee weakened by 13 paise to 63.59 against the US dollar in early trade today, extending losses for the second day, due to appreciation of the American unit against other currencies overseas amid Greece’s crisis. Besides increased demand for the dollar from importers, a lower opening in... read more »

Asia markets mostly up but Shanghai tumb...

Asia markets mostly up but Shanghai tumbles again

Asian markets mostly recovered Tuesday from the previous day’s Greece-fuelled sell-off, but Shanghai sank again as analysts warned government measures to staunch a recent rout will likely not be enough. The euro held its ground after Greece’s weekend vote against creditors’... read more »

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Bombay Dyeing surges nearly 12.9 percent on stake-sale report

Bombay Dyeing surges nearly 12.9 percent on stake-sale report

Shares of Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Co (BDYN.NS) rose 12.9 percent on a local media report that at least three private equity funds are in talks to buy up to a 24 percent stake in the... read more »

The Reserve Bank expects 5 to 5.5% growth in current fiscal

The Reserve Bank expects 5 to 5.5% growth in curre...

The Reserve Bank on Friday said the economy would grow by 5 to 5.5 per cent in the current fiscal, pinning its hopes on good farm output and improved... read more »

Google acquires Indian origin techie floated gesture re...

Google acquires Indian origin techie floated gesture recognition software firm Flutter

London – Google has reportedly acquired Flutter, a start-up that develops human gesture-recognition software and is founded by Indian origin techies... read more »

Amazon boss tops Vanity Fair’s power list

Amazon boss tops Vanity Fair’s power list

Washington – Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has reportedly made it to the top of Vanity Fair’s New Establishment List, booting down last year’s leader Apple... read more »

Gold prices fell by Rs 290 to Rs 30,310 per ten grams

Gold prices fell by Rs 290 to Rs 30,310 per ten grams

Gold prices fell by Rs 290 to Rs 30,310 per ten grams in the national capital on Friday owing to slackened demand amid strengthening of the rupee against the... read more »

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Rahul Gandhi knows he is staring at defeat: BJP

Rahul Gandhi to file nomination in Amethi today

Amethi – Rahul Gandhi, the Congress vice president, is all set to file his nomination today in the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh from where he is seeking re-election for a... read more »

Soni Sori gets notice from EC for wearing cap insi...

Raipur, April 11: AAP candidate from Bastar, Soni Sori has sparked a controversy after she was photographed wearing her party’s cap on Thursday... read more »

Brahmins angry with Bhartiya Janata Party in Uttar Prad...

Lucknow: Brahmins in Uttar Pradesh, particularly in central and eastern parts of the state, are in a dilemma. The community is upset with the BJP and is... read more »

How can Amit Shah save UP when he can’t protect h...

New Delhi: The battle for 2014 Lok Sabha polls continues to get more personal as Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has now challenged BJP’s Uttar Pradesh... read more »

Lok Sabha polls 2014 : Kerala sees maximum voter turnou...

Ninety-one Lok Sabha seats across 11 states and three Union Territories went to polls on the first major day of the world’s biggest vote on Thursday,... read more »

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U.S., allies order Russia sanctions over Crimea referendum

 The United States and its European allies stepped up their pressure on Russia to end its intervention in Ukraine by imposing the most comprehensive sanctions against Russian officials since the... read more »

MH370: No explosion or crash detected

The Vienna-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation has confirmed that it did not detect either any explosion or crash that could be... read more »

Missing jet MH370 hijacked: Malaysian investigators

A Malaysian investigation into the missing flight 370 has concluded that one or more people with flying experience switched off communications devices and... read more »

Four stabbed to death in latest Chinese knife attack

Policemen guard around the site of a deadly stabbing incident in a residential block in Changsha, Hunan province, China, 14 March 2014. It’s said by... read more »

Japan hit by 6.3-magnitude earthquake

Earthquake off southern Japanese damages buildings and injures at least 17 people but no fatalities reported A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off... read more »

Maldives’ Ex-President Convicted, Calls for Protests

A former president of the Maldives called on his supporters to go out in the streets to protest his imprisonment after a quick and disputed trial that raised fears of more instability in... read more »

21 dead, 26 missing after Myanmar ferry sinks: police

A passenger ferry has sunk off the coast of western Myanmar leaving at least 21 people dead and 26 missing, police said Saturday. The “Aung Takon” was carrying more than 200... read more »

About 50 dead as Myanmar ferry sinks in bad weather

YANGON: About 50 people were believed to have drowned off Myanmar when a ferry sank in bad weather, government officials said on Saturday, though residents said they believed more people on... read more »

Not worried about Congress-RJD alliance, says Nitish

Nitish begins 24-hour fast against Land bill

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today went on a 24-hour fast in Gandhian style here as part of JD(U)’s state-wide agitation against the Centre’s land acquisition bill. Kumar came to... read more »

PM Modi offers prayers at Sri Maha Bodhi tree in Sri Lanka

Accompanied by Sri Lanka’s President, Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here and offered prayers at the sacred Sri Maha Bodhi tree. He also stopped at the Buddhist... read more »