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Gold, silver prices rise on brisk buying, global cues
Gold drops Rs 400, silver plunges by Rs ...

Gold drops Rs 400, silver plunges by Rs 1,350

Gold prices tumbled by Rs 400 to hit one-week low of Rs 26,750 per 10 grams at the bullion market today amid a weak global trend and low demand from jewellers and retailers. Silver also plunged by Rs 1,350 at Rs 36,650 per kg on poor offtake by industrial users and coin makers. Bullion merchants... read more »

AAP hits back at BJP for protests outsid...

AAP hits back at BJP for protests outside Arvind Kejriwal residence

New Delhi: Hitting back at the BJP over its protests outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence against the road rage incident, the AAP on Thrsday took a jibe at the saffron party saying, does Prime Minister Narendra Modi approve of the ‘Naxalite’ and... read more »

Satyam verdict: Ramalinga Raju, the man ...

Satyam verdict: Ramalinga Raju, the man who knew too much, gets 7 years in ...

A special court in Hyderabad found all the ten accused in the Satyam scam guilty of cheating, forgery, destruction of evidence and criminal breach of trust. This includes the founder and the Chairman of the company B Ramalinga Raju. The court pronounced a seven year-jail term for the founder and... read more »

8 years later, court finds Satyam’...

8 years later, court finds Satyam’s Raju, 9 others guilty of corporat...

A special court in Hyderabad today convicted former chairman B Ramalinga Raju and other nine accused following a seven-year trial. Sentencing in the case will be pronounced tomorrow ( 10 April, 2015). The 10 were convicted under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 120B... read more »

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Parliament Adjourned in 15 minutes:lost 6.75 crores in two days

The Lok Sabha ran for a mere 15 minutes today before raucous Andhra Pradesh lawmakers, shouting slogans in favour of and against the proposal to create Telangana, forced its adjournment for the day.... read more »

Plans to make 100-crore Shivaji statue

Mumbai:  The Maharashtra cabinet today approved a proposal to allocate Rs. 100 crore for installation of a statue of warrior king Shivaji off the Mumbai... read more »

In Congress-NCP rival, Mumbai waits for its Police Comm...

Mumbai:  It’s been a week since Satyapal Singh quit as Mumbai Police Commissioner and joined the BJP, but the Maharashtra government hasn’t been... read more »

Delhi power firm, targeted by Arvind Kejriwal, goes to ...

New Delhi:  A Delhi power distribution company backed by Anil Ambani has moved the Supreme Court challenging a move to cut off power supply to it from Monday... read more »

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At first Christmas as pope, Francis urges openness to God

Pope Francis, celebrating his first Christmas as leader of the wo...

Pope Francis, celebrating his first Christmas as leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, on Tuesday urged people to shun pride and selfishness and open up their hearts to God and... read more »

Pakistan to try ex-president Musharraf for high treason

Pakistan to try ex-president Musharraf for high tr...

Islamabad – A special court here is scheduled to begin Tuesday trial of Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf for abrogating the... read more »

US court dismisses Sikh group’s case againstBadal

US court dismisses Sikh group's case againstBadal

Chicago – A US Court of Appeals has again dismissed a human rights violation case against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on the ground that a... read more »

Japan raises defence spending budget

Japan raises defence spending budget

Tokyo – Japanese cabinet Tuesday approved a record-high 95.88 trillion yen (about $922 billion) budget for fiscal 2014, of which the defence spending was... read more »

Egypt declares Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group

Egypt declares Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group

Cairo – Egyptian Interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi Tuesday declared Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s oldest and most influential Islamist... read more »

How fermented foods help the body

Many opt for fermentation because it helps in increasing the nutritional value of food. It also has several other benefits. We take you through some of them… Digestion: Fermented... read more »

Can your beauty salon harm you?

The quickest way to pamper yourself is to indulge at the salon. However, a recent study claims that a simple fish pedicure that involves tiny toothless carp nibbling away at dead skin could... read more »

PRECIOUS-Gold rebounds to 5-month high after ECB launches QE program

Gold turned higher and touched a five-month high above $1,300 per ounce on Thursday, after the European Central Bank (ECB) launched a multi-billion euro bond-buying program aimed at... read more »

Paes, Bopanna, Sania crash out in Australian Open doubles

On a largely disappointing day for Indian tennis players, Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza lost their respective doubles matches in the second round of the Australian Open... read more »

Taylor's double-century puts Kiwis into `strong position` in first Windies Test

New Zealand beats Sri Lanka by 108 runs, leads series 3-1

New Zealand’s Luke Ronchi blasted 170 not out and Grant Elliott made 104 in a record unbroken 267-run partnership which lifted the Black Caps to a 108-run over Sri Lanka on Friday, taking an... read more »