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MP Home Minister dismisses call for CBI ...

MP Home Minister dismisses call for CBI enquiry

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur on Monday dismissed calls for a CBI enquiry into the deaths of those involved in the Vyapam scam. “One who has come will eventually go. The prisoners die daily because of illness. There is no need for a CBI enquiry,” Gaur said. As per reports,... read more »

HDFC Bank breaches RBI limits on loans t...

HDFC Bank breaches RBI limits on loans to Reliance Industries

Leading private sector lender HDFC Bank has “exceeded” the single-borrower limits prescribed by regulator RBI in case of its credit exposure to corporate giant Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL). The bank, however, said its board of directors approved “the said excess in respect of this... read more »

L&T secures new orders worth Rs 2,0...

L&T secures new orders worth Rs 2,035 crore

Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today said it has received orders worth Rs 2,035 crore across various business verticals. “The construction arm of L&T won orders worth Rs 2,035 crore across various business segments in June 2015,” the... read more »

Anthony Anderson cracks ‘whiteR...

Anthony Anderson cracks ‘white’ joke on 2015 BET awards winner ...

If Sam Smith isn’t available to collect his ” Best New Artist” title at the 2015 BET awards, Anthony Anderson will wear his wig and do it for him, but not without a joke. Wearing Smith’s signature look, the 44-year-old actor collected the award on the singer’s behalf,... read more »

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Nitin Gadkari most corrupt politician, AAP’s agenda to defe...

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Anjali Damania on Saturday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nitin Gadkari was the most corrupt politician and that voters should vote for any independent... read more »

Rahul Gandhi knows he is staring at defeat: BJP

Rahul Gandhi launches ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan’...

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi threw his weight behind keeping politicians out of sports bodies in the country and said sportspersons... read more »

Morphine accessibility to improve after Rajya Sabha pas...

India's growth momentum will revive, says PM Manmohan Singh

Accessibility to morphine will improve further with the passing of The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2011, said city doctors who... read more »

Multivitamin supplements may lower cataract risk

Long-term daily multivitamin supplement use may lower cataract risk in men, a new study has claimed. Researchers based at Brigham and Women’s Hospital... read more »

Guru to rival: how Anna may spoil Kejriwal’s part...

Social activist Anna Hazare is set to challenge his onetime protégé Arvind Kejriwal by backing independent candidates in the 2014 general elections, some... read more »

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Merkel extremely dismayed over Schumacher's fall

Merkel extremely dismayed over Schumacher’s fall

Berlin – German Chancellor Angela Merkel was “extremely dismayed” as she heard about the skiing accident of German racing legend Michael Schumacher, her spokesperson said... read more »

'Russian blasts necessitate upgrading anti-terror system'

‘Russian blasts necessitate upgrading anti-t...

Moscow – Russian experts Monday urged an upgrade of the terror prevention system after two suicide bombings hit the Volgograd city within 24... read more »

44 Iraqi lawmakers resign over anti-Sunnis government a...

44 Iraqi lawmakers resign over anti-Sunnis government actions

Baghdad – As many as 44 members of Iraqi parliament announced their resignation Monday to protest against the government’s latest moves on Sunni... read more »

China to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam

China to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam

Beijing – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday that the country is willing to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam, Xinhua reported. The... read more »

Indian student assaulted in Australia, brother seeks ju...

Indian student assaulted in Australia, brother seeks justice

Melbourne – A 20-year-old Indian student was seriously injured after he was brutally assaulted and robbed in Australia’s Melbourne city, a media... read more »

Sri Lanka to secure delay of UN war crimes report

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said on Thursday he was optimistic about securing a delay in the release of a UN report on alleged war crimes during his country’s... read more »

South Korean airline boss’ daughter imprisoned for one year in ‘nut row’

The daughter of a South Korean national airline’s boss has been imprisoned for a period of one year for hampering aviation safety as she forced a plane to return to the New York gate... read more »

US officer who assaulted Indian grandfather arrested; FBI to probe incident

Washington: An Alabama policeman, who allegedly assaulted a 57-year-old Gujarati man, has been arrested, six days after the brutal accident sent shockwaves among the Indian community. In... read more »

INS Viraat to be decommissioned in 2016

The Navy is learnt to have taken the call to retire the decrepit warhorse INS Viraat, the aircraft carrier that has had a service life of 56 years as on date — first as HMS Hermes in the... read more »

Cricket World Cup launched with quirky opening ceremony

Children mingled with cricketing greats in “backyard” matches and Maori warriors shared the stage with morris dancers as the Cricket World Cup opened today with a vibrant and quirky ceremony in... read more »