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Onions thrown at Nitish Kumar at poll ra...

Onions thrown at Nitish Kumar at poll rally, Bihar Elections 2020

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday faced onion attack while addressing an election rally in Madhubani district. Kumar was talking about jobs when the attack took place. But Kumar continued his speech and said this will not have any impact. “Keep throwing. You all can understand. This... read more »

4 Top Tips to Help You Understand Employee Needs
4 Top Tips to Help You Understand Employ...

4 Top Tips to Help You Understand Employee Needs

Understanding the needs of your employees is essential to building trust in your workforce, being an ethical and caring manager and ensuring that your team works hard for you. Any business owner or manager who is having issues understanding why satisfaction is below par, why productivity is low or... read more »

Top Tips to Help You Juggle Work and Par...

Top Tips to Help You Juggle Work and Parenthood

Working while being a parent is tackling two jobs without any overtime, and sometimes without any thanks, either. Though hard, it is entirely doable, and this fact has been proven again and again by working parents around the world. You can even further your career by taking on an online... read more »

Stories of Roaming Bureaucrats, Search F...

Stories of Roaming Bureaucrats, Search For Best CBSE School in Amravati

I and my husband are bureaucrats, we no doubt hold a very high position in the Government machinery. But the biggest trouble with us is our roaming life like tribal banjaras. We were this time transferred to Central India, but unfortunately to different cities. My husband was posted in Nagpur, The... read more »

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Al Qaeda militants kill over 100 Syrians near Damascus

Al Qaeda militants kill over 100 Syrians near Damascus

Damascus – Radical rebels from the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front have massacred more than 100 people in a suburb of the capital Damascus, the country’s foreign ministry said Monday. In a... read more »

Russia deploys missiles along borders with NATO countries

Russia deploys missiles along borders with NATO co...

Moscow – Russia confirmed Monday that it has deployed its tactical Iskander-M missiles along the borders with NATO countries, insisting the... read more »

$13 bn needed in 2014 for humanitarian aid, says UN

$13 bn needed in 2014 for humanitarian aid, says UN

Geneva – The United Nati! ons and humanitarian partners Monday appealed for some $13 billion in 2014 to help millions of people in humanitarian need... read more »

Israel fires into Lebanon in retaliation

Israel fires into Lebanon in retaliation

The Israeli army has said it fired across the Lebanese border in retaliation after accusing Lebanese troops of gunning down one of its soldiers as he drove... read more »

Iraqi forces free hostages in city council

Iraqi forces free hostages in city council

Baghdad – Iraqi security forces Monday freed the hostages held by gunmen who stormed the city council of Tikrit in the north. Six people were killed,... read more »

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Gold futures up at Rs. 26,870 on short-covering

NEW DELHI, NOV 24:   Gold rose 0.37 per cent to Rs. 26,870 per 10 grams at the futures trade today as participants covered-up their short positions even as the metal dropped from three-week high in... read more »

Kotak Mahindra’s insurance venture to get fr...

MUMBAI: Kotak Mahindra’s insurance venture is likely to get a fresh boost from the group’s deal to buy smaller rival ING Vysya BankBSE... read more »

Kisan Vikas Patra Vs Bank FD: What You Should Know

The government recently relaunched erstwhile popular small savings scheme Kisan Vikas Patra to provide more investment options with the aim to raise the... read more »

SBI’s $1 bn promise to Adani group: The public bank has...

State Bank of India (SBI) executive in bribery probe put on leave

The Rs 6,200 crore loan agreement the State Bank of India (SBI) signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Australian visit to fund Gautam Adani’s... read more »

‘Govt planning to auction more than 74 coal mines...

The auction will help meet the growing demand for the fuel, Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said in Mumbai on Friday, Nov 21. Of the 214 captive coal blocks... read more »

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Pak manager Moin Khan gives thumbs down to foreign coaches

Pak manager Moin Khan gives thumbs down to foreign coaches

Pak manager Moin Khan gives thumbs down to foreign coaches Karachi – Pakistan team manager Moin Khan has given thumbs down to a foreign coach for national team. Minutes before he boarded the... read more »

Sarfraz requests swift action in Shoaib’s match fixing allegations

Sarfraz requests swift action in Shoaib’s match fi...

Islamabad – Former Pakistan fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz has reportedly requested Islamabad High Court Justice to take swift action in Shoaib... read more »

Former NZC boss Vaughan disappointed over Black Caps’ I...

Former NZC boss Vaughan disappointed over Black Caps’ ICC match fixing allegations

Melbourne –  Former New Zealand Cricket (NZC) boss Justin Vaughan has said he is disappointed, rather than surprised, that Black Caps are linked to... read more »

`Devastated` Cairns says `100 percent in dark` about IC...

`Devastated` Cairns says `100 percent in dark` about ICC match fixing allegations

Melbourne –  Former Black Caps all rounder Chris Cairns has said he was “100 percent in the dark” about the allegations of match fixing by... read more »

Proteas wins over India in first ODI

Proteas wins over India in first ODI

Johannesburg – South Africa’s Quinton de Kock batted out against India with a convincing 141-run win in the first one-day international at the... read more »

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Producers once matched dates with mine says Megastar Amitabh Bachchan

Producers once matched dates with mine says Megastar Amitabh Bach...

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has been a part of the Hindi film industry for over four decades, mulls over the time when producers used to line up and match dates for their projects with his... read more »

I'll have a Bengali wedding: Actress Bipasha Basu

I’ll have a Bengali wedding: Actress Bipasha...

Actress Bipasha Basu, who is reportedly dating Harman Baweja, refused to speak on her relationship status but said that she will have a typical... read more »

Sunny Leone credits husband Daniel Weber for success in...

From being an adult film actress to creating waves in Bollywood, Sunny Leone has come a long way in the past few years. The Indo-Canadian talent credits her... read more »

Ranbir Kapoor to replace Salman Khan as ‘Bigg Boss 8’ h...

Mumbai – The makers of ‘Bigg Boss’ seem to have a surprise in store for their viewers. If the latest buzz is anything to go by, then Bollywood’s... read more »

Review : Miss Lovely 2014

Review : Miss Lovely 2014

Shiny disco balls and Nazia Hassan’s distinctive vocals on Dum Dum De De juxtapose with the grime and squalor of 1980s Bombay. This is the not-so lovely... read more »

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Key to happiness may lie in matrimony

Key to happiness may lie in matrimony

London – Married people are much happier with their personal levels of success than others, who are just in relationships, a new poll has found. A Happiness Poll of 2,000 adults, by GE, found... read more »

Revellers usher in 2014

Revellers usher in 2014

South Africa’s top tourist drawcard Cape Town bid farewell to 2013 with a 3D video send-off of Nelson Mandela as the nation entered the new... read more »

Wrong habits may cause sleepless nights

Wrong habits may cause sleepless nights

New York – Habits like reading a book or keeping your mouth minty fresh may affect your sleep. Huffingtonpost.com shares some of the habits that are... read more »

Fructose itself has no impact on heart disease: study

Wrong habits may cause sleepless nights

Toronto – Fructose, naturally found in fruit, vegetables and honey, is the sugar often blamed for the obesity epidemic and doctors the world over warn... read more »

Slowing down eating speed reduces hunger

Slowing down eating speed reduces hunger

Washington – A new study by Indian origin researcher has suggested that the ability to control energy intake may be affected by the speed at which we... read more »

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Hazare 'extremely weak' on 10th day of hunger strike

I’ll start countrywide agitation or ‘Implement OROP:A...

Social activist Anna Hazare has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to implement the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme at the earliest, failing which, he would launch a countrywide... read more »

Brinda Karat says Kalyan Singh like spoke ‘R...

Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Wednesday said Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh had spoken ‘like an RSS... read more »

Omar Abdullah takes a jibe at Bobby Jindal’s R...

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has taken a jibe at United States presidential candidate Bobby Jindal after the later claimed that non-aligned... read more »

Parag Sawant, 7/11 train blasts victim, dies after 9yrs...

Parag Sawant, who was injured in the 7/11 serial train blasts in Mumbai, died at PD Hinduja Hospital in Mahim on Tuesday morning after battling his injuries... read more »

UP Police to deal with dissent, claims BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party, referring to the Barabanki incident, where a woman was allegedly set ablaze by two policemen, claimed that the Uttar Pradesh police... read more »

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Rahul Gandhi meets top leaders, CMs For holds strategy session

Rahul Gandhi meets top leaders, CMs For holds strategy session

In the first major poll exercise after the party’s drubbing in recent Assembly elections, Rahul Gandhi on Friday held a strategy session with top leaders and Chief Ministers of 12 Congress-ruled... read more »

Fresh snooping probe, a bid to tarnish Gujarat, says BJP

Fresh snooping probe, a bid to tarnish Gujarat, sa...

New Delhi – Reacting to thecentral government’s decision to appoint a commission to probe the alleged snooping on a young woman by... read more »

Two new faces in Mamata government

Two new faces in Mamata government

Kolkata – Two new ministers were inducted Thursday into the West Bengal government while a minister of state was elevated and given independent charge,... read more »

Congress in Kerala faces tough issues before polls

Congress in Kerala faces tough issues before polls

Thiruvananthapuram – The Congress in Kerala is facing a host of issues as general elections draw near and a leader said an assessment has been done on... read more »

Anna is my ‘guru’ and I would personally in...

Anna is my 'guru' and I would personally invite him for the swearing-in ceremony oath : Kejriwal

 AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said he would personally invite his “guru” Anna Hazare for his swearing-in... read more »

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Brown fat cells may harbour diabetes, obesity cure

Brown fat cells may harbour diabetes, obesity cure

Washington – A team led by Indian origin researchers has identified brown fat stem cells in adult humans which they believe may lead to new treatments for heart and endocrine... read more »

Effects of alcohol grow stronger with age

Blame your genes for your alcoholism

Washington – New studies of families and twins have found evidence that genetics plays an important role in the development of... read more »

Samsung ordered to pay $290.45 million in damages to Ap...

South Korean electronics major Samsung named India's most trusted brand

London – Samsung has been ordered to pay 290.45 million dollars in damages to Apple for copying features from the iPhone. A jury sitting in a retrial... read more »

Gamma-ray burst breaks record for biggest cosmic explos...

Gamma-ray burst breaks record for biggest cosmic explosion

Washington – Cosmic explosion caused by the death of a star in a distant galaxy became the focus of astronomers around the world after it occurred in... read more »

ISRO posts first Snap of Earth taken by Mars probe

Mangalyaan sends first pictures of earth

The Mars orbiter currently revolving around Earth has sent its first pictures. The single greenish, yellow and cream picture of India and its neighbourhood... read more »

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Uthappa hopeful of securing a berth in India’s World Cup te...

Having had a poor run in the recently concluded India A team’s tour of Australia where he failed to make a mark, discarded opener Robin Uthappa is now eyeing the Ranji Trophy to make his case... read more »

India in England: Mahendra Singh Dhoni Three Defea...

New Delhi: Mahendra Singh Dhoni might have forged a formidable coach-captain combination with Stephen Fleming for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian... read more »

Kapil to head Arjuna Awards selection committee

Former India cricket captain Kapil Dev will head the Arjuna Awards selection committee for choosing this year’s outstanding sportspersons of the country... read more »

Xavi retires from national team

Xavi Hernandez, Spain’s leading playmaker in its run of three major titles, has retired from international duty after a disappointing World Cup. “I have... read more »

Rousing welcome for silver-winning Indian hockey team

With a Commonwealth Games silver medal proudly hanging on their necks, the Indian men’s hockey team returned home to a rousing welcome by Hockey India (HI),... read more »

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21 injured in arson attacks as violence returns to Bangladesh

At least 21 people were injured in overnight arson attacks on buses and trucks hours after a court here upheld the arrest warrant issued against opposition leader Khaleda Zia and called her a... read more »

The recovery of bodies goes on after Donetsk mine ...

More bodies have been brought out of the east Ukrainian coal mine where yesterday at least 33 people died in an underground blast. Throughout the... read more »

US ambassador to South Korea injured in knife attack

The U.S. ambassador to South Korea was slashed by a man screaming demands for Korean unification Thursday morning in Seoul, and was hospitalized with wounds to... read more »

Delhi rape convict’s remarks ‘unspeakable&#...

Preparations for upcoming Geneva II on track: UN chief

The remarks by one of the Delhi gangrape convict blaming the victim for the assault are “unspeakable”, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s... read more »

Court bans December 16 documentary, filmmaker says will...

A Delhi court has banned a documentary film about the December 2012 fatal gang rape of a woman in the Capital over concerns that derogatory comments made by... read more »

“Stop Misuse Of Armed Forces’ Work In Polls”: Admiral L Ramdas, Ex-Navy ...

Former chief of naval staff, Admiral L Ramdas (retired), has written to the Election Commission of India (ECI) expressing “concern” and “dismay” over what he sees as the misuse of... read more »

“We Can Also Abuse, But We Are Hindus”: Arvind Kejriwal responds Over BJP lead...

Maharashtra BJP spokesperson Avdhut Wagh Friday abused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after which the Kejriwal reported to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “rein in the person whom... read more »

Supreme Court Ordered Mediation in the Ayodhya Title Suit Under the Chairmanship of Justic...

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered mediation to settle the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi passed... read more »

Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi gets bail from SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi who was convicted in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots case. The court granted him bail on health grounds. The... read more »

U.S. Senators say Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has Gone...

US lawmakers accused the kingdom of a litany of misdeeds and criticized its crown prince as going “full gangster.” Senators at Abizaid’s confirmation hearing including Trump’s... read more »