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Supreme Court issues notice to West Bengal govt over gang rape of tribal woman
Supreme Court Cancels ‘Tie Rakhi F...

Supreme Court Cancels ‘Tie Rakhi For Bail’ Order

The Supreme Court today scapped the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s order in a case of sexual assault — asking the accused to get “rakhi” tied by the woman to get bail –. The top court, which was hearing a petition from nine women lawyers, ordered that in such cases,... read more »

Everything To Know About An Epilator

Everything To Know About An Epilator

With more techniques and procedures being discovered for painless hair removal, there are four procedures that women mostly prefer: waxing, using a hair removal cream, shaving, and lasers. If you have tried all these and yet are dissatisfied with the results, there’s another one you can look... read more »

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if 3 crore ration cards were cancelled, matter “very serious” SC Observes...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it was a “very serious” matter if the Centre has really canceled around three crore ration cards, including those of tribals and the poor, solely because they could not be biometrically linked with Aadhaar. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Sharad A.... read more »

Top Indian cities where you can find gre...

Top Indian cities where you can find great coliving and managed accommodati...

It’s a tale as old as time. Starry-eyed students leave school and enter the brave new world of college. Ambitious young professionals take on the challenge of becoming real adults and start their first jobs. Millions of migrants leave behind the comforts of home to face the excitement and... read more »

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China wants more US high-tech imports

China wants more US high-tech imports

Beijing – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has urged the US to relax limits on China’s high-tech imports. “We expect the US to relax restrictions on high-tech exports to China and provide... read more »

Putin denies deployment of n-missiles in Kaliningrad

Putin denies deployment of n-missiles in Kaliningr...

Moscow – Russia has not deployed its Iskander tactical nuclear missiles in Kaliningrad, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. “Iskander... read more »

46 killed, 100 injured in Iraq violence

25 killed, 36 injured in Iraq violence

Baghdad – At least 46 people were killed and 100 wounded in violent attacks in Iraq Thursday, including a wave of bombings against Shiite pilgrims,... read more »

US has no plans to drop charges against Khobragade

US has no plans to drop charges against Khobragade

By Arun Kumar Washington – Even as it described the relationship with India as “incredibly important” the US has made clear that it has no... read more »

Diplomat issue: US talks to India, PM asks for full res...

Diplomat issue: US talks to India, PM asks for full resolution

New Delhi/Washington – Concerned over the anger in India at the humiliating treatment meted out to Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, top US officials... read more »

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Centre may go for partial rollback of bulk diesel prices : PS Vivek Rae

India hikes excise duties on diesel, petrol

India on Tuesday raised excise duties on petrol by 2.25 rupees per litre and on diesel by 1 rupee per litre with immediate effect, the finance ministry said in a statement to parliament. The... read more »

Alibaba founder Jack Ma in India; to meet Snapdeal...

NEW DELHI | MUMBAI: Alibaba founder Jack Ma is on a visit to India, his first to the country after a record-shattering initial share sale saw the... read more »

Reliance Capital gains as Nippon Life Insurance hikes s...

Reliance Capital surged 4.56% to Rs 503 at 13:09 IST on BSE after the company said Nippon Life Insurance has agreed to increase its stake in Reliance Capital... read more »

MTNL planning to raise around Rs 2,300 crore by selling...

MTNL gains on buzz Cabinet OKs spectrum refund

MUMBAI: State-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam is planning to raise around Rs 2,300 crore by selling bonds with ten-year maturity. A week ago, it had mobilised... read more »

American Tower Buys Bharti’s Nigerian Telecom Towers fo...

Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio to share infrastructure

NEW DELHI— Bharti Airtel Ltd , India’s biggest telecommunications company, has agreed to sell its telecommunications towers in Nigeria to American Tower... read more »

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Haddin reveals `daughter's battle against cancer` helped him play better in Ashes

Haddin reveals `daughter’s battle against cancer` helped hi...

Sydney –  Brad Haddin has credited his second coming as an Australian cricketer to the perspective offered by his daughter’s battle against cancer, according to reports. According to the... read more »

Daryl Tuffey says `shocked to hear match-fixing reports about himself`

Daryl Tuffey says `shocked to hear match-fixing re...

Sydney –  Former New Zealand cricketer Daryl Tuffey is seeking legal advice after expressing shock at being linked to a probe into match... read more »

Tanvir promises to `improve batting` for lending `more ...

Tanvir promises to `improve batting` for lending `more stability` to Pak team

Islamabad – There were barely any memorable moments for Sohail Tanvir in the recent back-to-back limited-over series against South Africa, and the... read more »

Bravo reveals Lara `told him to go out, make name for h...

Bravo reveals Lara `told him to go out, make name for himself` after first day of Kiwi Test

Wellington –  West Indies player Darren Bravo has revealed that cricket legend Brian Lara messaged him after the first day of the New Zealand Test and... read more »

Haddin hails Clarke as `best batsman in world` after `s...

Clarke batted at No.10 during early grade cricket days: Report

Johannesburg –  Michael Clarke’s stylish 148 on day two of the second Ashes test against England on Friday was another glorious consummation of... read more »

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Sameera Reddy tied the knot with Mumbai-based businessman Akshai ...

Sameera Reddy tied the knot with Mumbai-based businessman Akshai Varde at a small ceremony on Tuesday. The groom, who is the co-owner of Vardenchi motorcycles, arrived in style on a customised... read more »

Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner and doyen of Telugu...

Hyderabad – Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner and doyen of Telugu cinema, legendary actor and producer Akkineni Nageswara Rao (fondly called... read more »

Socialite Kim Kardashian wants daughter

Socialite Kim Kardashian wants daughter

Socialite Kim Kardashian wants her daughter North West to walk her down the aisle with her stepfather Bruce Jenner. The 33-year-old is set to marry her fiance,... read more »

Will Salman Khan’s ‘Jai Ho’ girl Dais...

Debuting with a top star is no guarantee that you will become one too. Here’s looking at the girls who made their debut with Salman Khan, and if... read more »

AR Rahman supports singers in the royalty war against m...

AR Rahman supports singers in the royalty war against music companies

Artists versus music companies war is still on. And the master of music, Rahman has already chosen his side Not so long time ago, Abhay Deol was openly... read more »

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Fictional dose for your voracious appetite

Fictional dose for your voracious appetite

An ace crime journalist is killed, and a honeymoon goes awry; a kidnapping somewhere on the streets of Karachi and love blossoming when least expected – aren’t these themes interesting... read more »

‘Made in China’ plant can fight chroni...

New York –  Suffering from chronic pain? Well, a plant used in Chinese medicine may be of help. A plant used for centuries as a pain reliever... read more »

Insured people use emergency rooms more

New York – People covered under health care plan use emergency rooms 40 percent more than those who do not have health insurance, claimed a... read more »

‘Junk DNA’ in brain may cause schizophrenia

'Junk DNA' in brain may cause schizophrenia

Tokyo – Often dubbed ‘junk DNA’, retrotransposons – short sequences of DNA that autonomously amplify and move around the genome –... read more »

Smoking affects good night’s sleep too

Smoking affects good night's sleep too

New York – Here is a wake-up call. Smoking ruins productive sleep, leading to cognitive dysfunction, mood disorders, depression and anxiety. “This... read more »

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Naxals kidnap school boy from hostel, release him later

Suspected Naxalites kidnapped a student from a reputed residential school in Maoist-hit Jamui district in the wee hours on Thursday. The Maoists released the boy after four hours after making him... read more »

NGT fines civic bodies Rs 100 crore for polluting ...

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed four civic bodies, along with the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), the Maharashtra... read more »

Madhya Pradesh police arrive at AIIMS with scribe’...

A police team from Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh on Thursday arrived at AIIMS in the national capital with the viscera samples of TV journalist Akshay Singh who died... read more »

Army foils infiltration bid in Jammu and Kashmir

Army today foiled an infiltration attempt by three armed militants from across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Sunderbani sector in the Jammu region a Defence... read more »

Chiranjeevi’s son Ram Charan gets Turbo Megha Air...

based Turbo Megha Airways today became the fourth company to receive flying licence from aviation regulator DGCA in the past two years to launch a regional... read more »

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Ensure free 700 litres water for all Delhiites: Congress

Ensure free 700 litres water for all Delhiites: Congress

New Delhi – Shortly after the Delhi government announced provision of 700 litres of free water per day to every household with a water connection, the Congress Monday questioned the move and... read more »

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Will return to BJP, says Yeddyurappa

Ending months of speculation, former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Monday said he would return to the BJP, which he had deserted to... read more »

BJP dares Rahul to let Adarsh scam be probed

BJP dares Rahul to let Adarsh scam be probed

New Delhi – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nalin Kohli on Monday criticised Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, saying the latter should allow for... read more »

Maharashtra Minister Hasan Mushrif gets ‘milk bath’ aft...

Maharashtra Minister gets ‘milk bath’ after ink attack

Mumbai – In a public display of blind faith, NCP workers bathed Maharashtra Labour Minister and party leader Hasan Mushrif in milk to ‘purify’ him... read more »

Harshvardhan congratulates Kejriwal; doubts alliance wi...

Harshvardhan congratulates Kejriwal; doubts alliance with Congress will last

New Delhi – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Harshvardhan on Saturday said that alliance between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress was not... read more »

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Fear of pain worse than pain itself

Fear of pain worse than pain itself

Washington – When faced with inevitable pain, most people choose to “get it out of the way” as soon as possible, a new study suggests. In the study, which was conducted from the Institute... read more »

How playing video games make people think and feel alike

How playing video games make people think and feel...

Washington – A new study suggests that playing computer games makes brains feel and think alike. People adopt each other’s poses and... read more »

How flu evolves to escape immunity

How flu evolves to escape immunity

Washington – Researchers have discovered a new way  to improve future flu vaccines after finding that seasonal flu is able to escape immunity from... read more »

LG apologizes for Smart TV snooping on customers

LG apologizes for Smart TV snooping on customers

London – Television-maker LG has apologized to its customers for unauthorized spying by its Smart TVs on their viewing habits, even after the privacy... read more »

Mangalyaan sends first pictures of earth

Mangalyaan sends first pictures of earth

Chennai – The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said that Mars Orbiter “Mangalyaan” has beamed back its first pictures of Earth,... read more »

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Rival batsmen felt that I was an easy target: Moeen

He has been one of England’s finds in the ongoing Test series against India and off-spinner Moeen Ali feels that visiting team’s batsmen took him lightly which ensured a bagful of wickets for... read more »

Dhoni’s tactics in Tests are strange and oft...

Wellington: New Zealand batting great Martin Crowe has slammed the “illogical” captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the ongoing Test... read more »

Bharat Ratna For Dhyan Chand?

NEW DELHI: Recommendations have been received for conferring the Bharat Ratna on hockey great Major Dhayan Chand and they have been forwarded to the... read more »

World Kabaddi League players may be banned

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PUNE: The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) is going the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) way. Apart from starting an IPL-style league... read more »

Rugby returns to Olympic programme at Nanjing

Rugby will make its return to the Olympic programme after 92 years at the second Youth Olympic Games scheduled to open in Nanjing on Saturday in the form of... read more »

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A day of remembrance for the women of Turkey and Syria

Turkey marked International Women’s Day yesterday with nationwide events where problems women face were highlighted and debated. For Turkish women, domestic violence and discrimination are... read more »

40 killed as Kurds battle for Daesh-controlled tow...

At least 40 people have been killed during clashes between Kurdish fighters and Daesh (ISIS) militants as they battled for control of a key town in... read more »

India and Australia condemn woman killing in Sydney

India’s foreign ministry has said it has taken up the murder of an Indian woman in a Sydney park with the premier of New South Wales. Prabha Arun Kumar,... read more »

Dimapur rape and mob justice: Five lessons from this do...

Several sobering lessons need to be learnt from the lynching of 35-year-old Syed Farid Khan in Dimapur on 5 March, allegedly for the rape of a 20-year-old Naga... read more »

Ohio terrorism suspect wanted to shoot Obama in head

A man accused of plotting an attack at the U.S. Capitol said in an interview with an Ohio television station if he hadn’t been arrested he would have gone to... read more »

Law school trashes apex court ruling on 377

Opposition leaders’ plea for tallying of 50 per cent of EVMs with VVPAT, SC seeks EC respo...

The Supreme Court Friday sought the Election Commission’s response on a plea by Opposition leaders seeking counting of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips of 50 per cent of... read more »

Christian Terrorist Shoots Muslims in Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, 49 Dead

Christchurch: Several people were reported dead when a gunman opened fire at a crowded mosque in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, during afternoon prayers on Friday. Localmedia... read more »

Bridge collapsed in Mumbai near VT station

Milind Deora, Congress on Mumbai foot over bridge collapse: If the govt wants to send a message to the common Mumbaikars that this won’t happen again then they should immediately... read more »

Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir Compares Dalai Lama to Masood Azhar

Pakistan`s senior journalist Hamid Mir on Wednesday stoked a stupid controversy when he compared Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar to Nobel laureate the Dalai Lama. After he put out a... read more »

First Indo-Pak Meet On Kartarpur held in cordial enviroment

The first meeting between India and Pakistan experts to discuss the modalities and draft agreement for facilitation of pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib was held today in a “cordial... read more »