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IPTL will help bolster Indian Tennis, cl...

IPTL will help bolster Indian Tennis, claims Sania Mirza

New Delhi: International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) will help in the overall development of the game in India, the country’s top female player Sania Mirza has claimed. “The quality of players in IPTL is tremendous. It will do a lot in the development of Indian tennis. I hope it inspires a lot... read more »

Bharti Retail Plans to borrow up to 2k c...

Bharti Retail Plans to borrow up to 2k cr

MUMBAI: A year after parting ways with Walmart, billionaire Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Retail plans to borrow up to 2,000 crore to accelerate store openings and spruce up operations. The company board has already passed the fund-borrowing resolution, according to Bharti Retail’s recent... read more »

More Steps to Rationalise Subsidies on A...

More Steps to Rationalise Subsidies on Anvil: Arun Jaitley

New Delhi: Assuring India Inc of NDA’s commitment to carry forward economic reforms, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government will come out with more steps to rationalise subsidies. “I had a series of meeting with the Expenditure Management Commission. They are... read more »

Aurobindo Pharma completes $132.5-millio...

Aurobindo Pharma completes $132.5-million Natrol acquisition

NEW DELHI: Drug firm Aurobindo PharmaBSE -0.68 % has completed the acquisition of assets of nutritional supplement maker Natrol Inc and its other affiliate entities for $ 132.5 million (over Rs 810 crore). Aurobindo Pharma acquired “manufacturing assets, personnel, commercial infrastructure... read more »

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Radia tapes: Centre, CBI asked to file replies

Radia tapes: Centre, CBI asked to file replies

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file replies on a plea seeking to direct the government to take action on findings of Serious Fraud... read more »

Bulldozers enter illegal Mumbai Campa cola Complex

Bulldozers enter illegal Mumbai Campa cola Complex

Mumbai – A demolition squad of the civic corporation, escorted by a massive police force, bulldozed into an illegal building complex in south... read more »

Modi or Mahatma, who would prevail in 2014?

Modi or Mahatma, who would prevail in 2014?

By Arun Kumar Washington – Describing Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as the “poster child for... read more »

Campa Cola Society row: SC stays demolition after takin...

SC to hear Campa Cola illegal flats case Jan 6

New Delhi/Mumbai – The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed further demolition of illegal flats in the Campa Cola Compound in South Mumbai’s posh... read more »

PM did not boycott CHOGM, had assembly elections in min...

PM did not boycott CHOGM, had assembly elections in mind: Khurshid

Gurgaon – India clarified Tuesday that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not going for the 53-nation Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Colombo was... read more »

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Japan extends clean-up deadline around crippled Fukushima nuke plant to 2017

Japan extends clean-up deadline around crippled Fukushima nuke pl...

Tokyo – Japan has extended the deadline on decontamination plans of six towns and villages surrounding the radiation leaking Fukushima nuclear plant by three more years. The environment... read more »

The US has killed civilians in unlawful drone attacks on north-west Pakistan, Amnesty International has said, alleging the Obama administration may be guilty of war crimes.

The US drone strikes may be war crimes, Amnesty I...

The US has killed civilians in unlawful drone attacks on north-west Pakistan, Amnesty International has said, alleging the Obama administration may... read more »

The Maldives sets November 9 presidential poll after vo...

The Maldives sets November 9 presidential poll after vote halted

Nasheed, who won the Maldives’ first free election in 2008 and was frontrunner for Saturday’s halted vote, warned on Sunday of a... read more »

Verdict on Bo Xilai’s appeal on Friday

Verdict on Bo Xilai's appeal on Friday

Beijing – A Chinese high court will on Friday give its verdict on disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai’s appeal against the life sentence given to him... read more »

US rejects Sharif’s call to get involved on Kashm...

US rejects Sharif's call to get involved on Kashmir

Washington – Even before Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif landed here for a four-day visit, the US rejected out of hand his call for Washington to... read more »

Tata Motors bags orders for 928 buses under JnNURM scheme in South India

Tata Motors on Tuesday said it has received another order to supply 928 Tata Marcopolo built buses to the State Transport Authorities in South India. The order comprises 487 units bagged... read more »

7.3-magnitude quake hits off El Salvador — USGS

BEIJING – An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale jolted late Monday the Pacific off the coast of El Salvador and Nicaragua, killing at least one person. Wilfredo Salgado,... read more »

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2014: BJP tops in number of rallies across state as Congres...

As the race to win maximum number of seats in the assembly election intensifies, BJP seems to be taking the lead in holding the maximum number of rallies across Maharashtra. After... read more »

Israel says UK Palestine vote undermines peace prospects

Israel on Tuesday warned that a vote by British parliament in favour of recognising a Palestinian state risked undermining the prospects for peace. “Premature international... read more »

After nurse gets infected, US officials launch review of Ebola pr...

Dallas: The Texas nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for a dying Liberian man repeatedly visited his room from the day he was admitted to the intensive care unit until the day before he died,... read more »