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Nifty hits record high; HDFC & Axis ...

Nifty hits record high; HDFC & Axis Bank up 3-4%, GAIL dips

The Nifty touched record high at 8628 today, up 68.55 points or 0.80 percent at 8619.25 while the Sensex rose 249.88 points or 0.88 percent to 28511.89. About 1557 shares have advanced, 1142 shares declined, and 300 shares are unchanged on the Bombay Stock Exchange. Indiabulls Housing shares in... read more »

Air traffic rises 15% in December, Spice...

Air traffic rises 15% in December, SpiceJet registers highest percentage of...

New Delhi: Domestic air passenger traffic increased by 15.29 percent in December to 64.40 lakh passengers — up from 55.86 lakh in the corresponding month last year, official data showed.According to data from the civil aviation ministry, passengers carried in 2014 rose 9.70 percent and stood... read more »

Twitter acquires Indian mobile marketing...

Twitter acquires Indian mobile marketing startup ZipDial

Twitter has just acquired an Indian startup ZipDial, a mobile marketing and analytics company based in Bangalore. ZipDial came into prominence in 2013, when it effectively converted missed calls into business, allowing users to call a business and hang up before being charged, and subsequently... read more »

Sri Lanka: Police raids Mahinda Rajapaks...

Sri Lanka: Police raids Mahinda Rajapaksa’s country home

Colombo – Embattled former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s country home in the southern province has been raided by police who were looking for a luxury sports car but the search drew a blank. “They raided our house in Tangalle yesterday looking for a Lamborghini car,” said... read more »

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Court allows Tytler to go abroad

Court allows Tytler to go abroad

New Delhi – A court here Friday allowed Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, char! ge sheeted in a case of alleged forgery of a letter sent to the prime minister, to go abroad for a sport-related... read more »

Do to Ganguly what was done to Tejpal, says Kiran Bedi

Do to Ganguly what was done to Tejpal, says Kiran ...

Panaji – Retired IPS officer and a! ctivist Kiran Bedi tweeted Friday that Kolkata and Delhi Police must take tips from Goa Police, and handle... read more »

Justice Ganguly case: Delhi Police to contact victim

Justice Ganguly case: Delhi Police to contact victim

New Delhi – A day after an apex court three-member panel indicted former judge A.K. Ganguly for “unwelcome behaviour” with a law intern in a... read more »

Fundamental issues with Anti-Communal Violence Bill: D ...

Fundamental issues with Anti-Communal Violence Bill: D Raja

New Delhi – Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D Raja said on Friday there are fundamental issues with the ‘Prevention of Communal and Targeted... read more »

Extremely disappointed with handling of ex-Justice Gang...

Modi's blog on latest court verdict on Godhra riots intensely political: Sibal

New Delhi – Communication and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said on Friday that he is extremely disappointed with the handling of the... read more »

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Maldives President Mohamed Waheed steps down

Maldives President Mohamed Waheed steps down

Maldives President Mohamed Waheed on Friday stepped down as president as the country prepared to hold the second round of the presidential election. In a farewell speech, Mr. Waheed said one of the... read more »

Don’t turn Commonwealth into ‘judgemental’ body: Mahinda Rajapaksa

Don’t turn Commonwealth into ‘judgemental’ body: M...

With some countries like Britain and Canada seeking to bring human rights violations in the Sri Lankan war against LTTE under the scanner during the... read more »

FIFA opens South African match-fixing probe

FIFA opens South African match-fixing probe

Frustrated with South African delays, FIFA’s ethics committee prosecutor has opened an investigation into allegations of match-fixing in international... read more »

Obama announces change to address health insurance canc...

Modest relief for Iran if it halts activity: Obama

President Obama defended his health-care law during a long question and answer session about the Affordable Care Act Friday. “I’m not going to walk... read more »

Philippine govt defends typhoon response

Philippines typhoon toll touches 5,209

The Philippine government on Friday defended its efforts to deliver assistance to victims of Typhoon Haiyan, many of whom have received little or no... read more »

Nuclear deal with Iran would help Obama salvage his battered legacy

Washington: A nuclear deal with Iran would be a rare coup for a beleaguered President Barack Obama already seeking to shape his White House legacy, but analysts caution that renewing full... read more »

Islamic State beheads American hostage Peter Kassig, Obama calls it pure evil

Islamic State militants have beheaded another American hostage, Peter Kassig, issuing a video claiming the killing on Sunday and warning the United States they would kill other US citizens... read more »

Britain firm on Lanka probe into war crimes

David Cameron warns of looming global financial crisis

Prime Minister David Cameron has warned of an impending global financial crisis, saying that “red warning lights are once again flashing on the dashboard of the global... read more »

Vladimir Putin cautious about being listed as "most powerful person"

Global economy to suffer as Putin quits G20 early

David Cameron may have hailed the G20 meetings in Brisbane over the weekend as a success for the global economy. But in reality, the gathering of the world’s most powerful leaders will be... read more »

North-eastern people not ‘second class citizens’: San...

Shillong: North-eastern people are not “second class citizens” of India, former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno A Sangma said here Saturday.We are no less than others. How are we second class... read more »