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Turkish Airlines emergency landing: Plan...

Turkish Airlines emergency landing: Plane leaves for Istanbul from Delhi

An Istanbul-bound Turkish Airlines flight from Bangkok which landed in emergency conditions here on Tuesday following a bomb scare, departed early Wednesday for its destination after being grounded for over 13 hours. The flight took off at 0316 hrs from the Indira Gandhi International ( IGI)... read more »

Hazare 'extremely weak' on 10th day of hunger strike
I’ll start countrywide agitation o...

I’ll start countrywide agitation or ‘Implement OROP:Anna to PM ...

Social activist Anna Hazare has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to implement the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme at the earliest, failing which, he would launch a countrywide agitation for the same. In his letter, Anna said that the country must take care of its farmers and... read more »

Brinda Karat says Kalyan Singh like spok...

Brinda Karat says Kalyan Singh like spoke ‘RSS pracharak’

Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Wednesday said Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh had spoken ‘like an RSS pracharak’ when he demanded that the word ‘adhinayak’ be dropped from the national anthem. Karat also termed the demand as a ‘huge... read more »

Omar Abdullah takes a jibe at Bobby Jind...

Omar Abdullah takes a jibe at Bobby Jindal’s ‘leadership’...

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has taken a jibe at United States presidential candidate Bobby Jindal after the later claimed that non-aligned nations like India are ‘desperate’ for American leadership. Omar took to twitter to share his contempt for Jindal’s... read more »

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Gold futures up 0.14 per cent on global cues

Gold rose by Rs 300 to Rs 30,650 per ten grams

Gold rose by Rs 300 to Rs 30,650 per ten grams in the national capital on Monday on sustained buying by stockists on rising seasonal demand amid a firm global trend. Traders said sustained buying by... read more »

Rupee up 5 paise at 61.95 against the dollar

Rupee down 21 paise to 61.65 against dollar in ear...

The rupee fell by 21 paise to 61.65 against the dollar in early trade today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market, mainly due to demand from... read more »

Bombay Dyeing surges nearly 12.9 percent on stake-sale ...

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... read more »

The Reserve Bank expects 5 to 5.5% growth in current fi...

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

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 »

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BJP eyeing post-poll allies to reach magic figure

While confident of emerging as the biggest party in the Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party is banking not only on the popularity of its prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi but also on... read more »

Kerry says Israel to blame for talks crisis

Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has ordered government ministries to cut off high-level contacts with the Palestinians on non-security... read more »

FC Bayern Munich brush aside Manchester United to reach...

Robin van Persie backs 'leading man' David Moyes to turn things around for Manchester United

Munich – Holders Bayern Munich romped into the UEFA Champions League semi-finals with a 3-1 victory at home to Manchester United in Wednesday’s... read more »

British envoy visits Nagpur to ‘experience’...

Nagpur – British High Commissioner Sir James David Bevan today visited Nagpur to witness the polling process in Naxal-hit Vidarbha region during the... read more »

N. Modi in Maharashtra: Rakes up death of YC leader to ...

Taking the battle to late Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh’s home turf of Latur on Wednesday, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi raked up the... read more »

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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 southern Japan early on Friday injuring 17... read more »

Malaysia jet MH370 search enters Day 7; focus on I...

The needle-in-a-haystack hunt for a missing Malaysian airliner spread to the vast Indian Ocean Friday after the White House cited “new... read more »

Secretary of State John Kerry calls Lavrov on Ukraine b...

Kerry shows optimism on Israel-Palestinian peace talks

Ahead of their key meeting in London, Secretary of State John Kerry called Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to express concern over the referendum in... read more »

MH370 plane mystery

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is the kind of mystery that’s not supposed to be possible any more. The Information Age is also the... read more »

Malaysia failing credibility test as flight confusion d...

KUALA LUMPUR: One of the world’s most perplexing aviation mysteries is casting a harsh spotlight on Malaysia’s government, as a leadership unused... read more »

Smriti Irani dropped from BJP’s new 111-member all-powerful national executive body

Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Najma Heptuallah and film-star-turned MP Hema Malini were today dropped from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Executive as party President Amit... read more »

India, Sri Lanka sign four agreements during PM Modi’s visit

India and Sri Lanka on Friday signed four agreements during Narendra Modi’s maiden visit to the country, the first bilateral tour by an Indian premier in 28 years, with the Prime... read more »

K M Mani presents Budget amidst violent Oppn protests in Kerala Assembly

Kerala Assembly today witnessed unprecedented and ugly scenes as opposition members went on a rampage destroying Speaker’s podium and indulged in scuffle with the watch-and-ward staff... read more »

Fisheremen issue will take sometime to resolve: Modi

India and Sri Lanka on Friday inked four agreements, including on cooperation in customs, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena in... read more »

Death toll rises to 7 after Bangladesh cement factory collapse

DHAKA, Bangladesh — The death toll from the collapse of the roof of a five-story cement factory in Bangladesh rose to at least seven Friday, a government official said. M. Jahangir Alam, the... read more »