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Aamir Khan’s ‘PK’ tax free in Uttar Prad...

Aamir Khan’s ‘PK’ tax free in Uttar Pradesh

Amidst row and demonstrations over Aamir Khan-starrer ‘PK’, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to exempt the movie from entertainment tax. “Chief Minister Akilesh Yadav has watched the movie and has directed that such films should be exempted from the entertainment tax,” a senior... read more »

Saradha chitfund scam: Entire Bengal wil...

Saradha chitfund scam: Entire Bengal will burn if Mamata Banerjee is arrest...

Kolkata: A prominent member of the West Bengal’s ruling party Trinamool Congress has threatened of dire consequences in the event of his party chief and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s arrest in connection with the multi-crore rupees Saradha chitfund scam.“If Mamata Banerjee is... read more »

Defence agents to be legalised by mid-Fe...

Defence agents to be legalised by mid-February: Manohar Parrikar

In an interaction with journalists late Tuesday night, he also said that the ministry is thinking of giving conditioned and limited approval to dealing with banned firms, and a ban has been lifted to get spare parts for Tatra trucks. “Representatives from defence firms are already allowed in... read more »

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis likely ...

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis likely to go for cabinet expansion soon

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is likely to undertake the cabinet expansion next month. This was revealed by Minister for Cooperation and Marketing Chandrakant Patil on Tuesday. “ The cabinet expansion is high on the agenda. There is still scope to induct atleast 12 ministers in the cabinet,”... read more »

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Aap gives alternative; hand over raw footage or accept sting video as doctored

Aap gives alternative; hand over raw footage or accept sting vide...

New Delhi – Rejecting the sting operation against some of its leaders, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Friday said the tapes were doctored and it was mulling legal action against the organisation who... read more »

Tejpal's 2011 casual sex remark in Goa haunting him?

Tejpal’s 2011 casual sex remark in Goa haunt...

Panaji – “Now you are in Goa, drink as much as you want, eat…sleep with whoever you think of, but get ready to arrive early at the... read more »

Heavy rain, high wind lash Andhra as cyclone nears coas...

Heavy rain, high wind lash Andhra as cyclone nears coast

Hyderabad – Heavy rain accompanied by strong winds lashed coastal Andhra Pradesh as cyclonic storm Helen is all set to hit the coast near Machilipatnam... read more »

CBI, Kerala get SC notice in ice cream parlour sex case

Why no dialysis unit in every district, asks SC

New Delhi – The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Kerala government on a petition seeking a CBI... read more »

Supreme Court rejects PIL against Modi declaration

Supreme Court rejects PIL against Modi declaration

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL accusing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of filing incomplete details by leaving blank the column... read more »

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Snowden seeks international help to persuade US to drop espionage charges against him

Snowden seeks international help to persuade US to drop espionage...

Wellington – NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has reportedly sought international help in a bid to persuade the US to drop its espionage charges leveled against him for leaking highly... read more »

East Turkestan movement behind Tiananmen crash cla...

BEIJING – China’s top security official blamed a little-known militant group for this week’s suicide car crash that killed five people in... read more »

Phone hacking trial: Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks

Phone hacking trial: Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks

Rebekah Brooks poured out her heart in a letter to David Cameron’s ex-spin doctor Andy Coulson as he tried to end their secret affair, an Old Bailey jury... read more »

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gave ‘no as...

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gave 'no assurance' to Obama on Hafiz Saeed

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gave “no assurance” to US President Barack Obama when he was virtually grilled by his host for not taking... read more »

Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer signs ‘Don’t To...

Strauss-Kahn's lawyer signs 'Don't Touch My Whore' petition

Washington – French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer has signed the petition titled “Don’t Touch My Whore,” which... read more »

Federer edges del Potro at ATP World Tour Finals

Federer targets number one spot as race for London heats up

PARIS: Roger Federer is taking his battle with Novak Djokovic for the world number one spot down to the wire as he arrives at the Paris Masters, which begins on Monday as the hottest player... read more »

3 years after Arab Spring, Tunisia holds first poll

TUNIS : Tunisians expressed tentative hope for the future as they lined up on Sunday to choose their first five-year parliament since they overthrew their dictator in the 2011 revolution... read more »

14-year-old wounded in US school shooting dies

MARYSVILLE: One of the teenagers wounded in a Washington state high school shooting died Sunday night, raising the number of fatalities from when a student opened fire in a cafeteria to... read more »

Prosecutors seek death penalty for South Korea ferry disaster captain

GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA: South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for the captain of the Sewol ferry that sank in April, saying he had abandoned the more than 300 people... read more »

IndusInd Bank hits record high on FIPB nod for hike FII limit

Indusind Bank is trading higher by 3% to Rs 703 on National Stock Exchange (NSE) on reports that the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has allowed the bank to raise foreign institutional... read more »