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A Google blunder knocked £175 off the pr...

A Google blunder knocked £175 off the price of a Nexus 6

A technical blunder at Google meant late-night shoppers could have picked up a 32GB Nexus 6 for as little as £304 ($474). Normally, those phones sell for £479 ($746). The Independent spotted the £175 ($273) discount late on Thursday night. The reason for the drop remained unclear. However, a... read more »

PM Modi to visit Varanasi on July 16

PM Modi to visit Varanasi on July 16

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi on July 16, after he had to cancel an earlier trip here due to adverse weather conditions. Prime Minister Modi had on June 28 cancelled his plan to address ‘Vikas Sabha’ in his parliamentary constituency after heavy downpour led to water... read more »

KCR writes to PM Modi, calls for Jwala G...

KCR writes to PM Modi, calls for Jwala Gutta to be included in TOP scheme

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, also known as KCR, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, urging him to include the names of top shuttler Jwala Gutta and her doubles partner, Ashwini Ponnappa in the ‘Target Olympic Podium’ (TOP) scheme. As you are aware,... read more »

Dulat’s revelations: IC-814 was Va...

Dulat’s revelations: IC-814 was Vajpayee’s fault, but what woul...

It is India’s great fortune that we have not had a repeat of IC-814 incident. Had another plane been hijacked under similar circumstances, we would have known how much of “we-don’t-negotiate” bombast of the current politicians survived public pressure. So, the Congress can... read more »

US says ISIL makes $1 million-a-day selling oil – even to enemies

The US government is intensifying efforts to undermine the finances of ISIL, vowing to crack down on the islamic militant group’s black market oil business. To disrupt the market in oil... read more »

Canada Police: Shooter went from petty crime to terror

OTTAWA — Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was angry about a delayed passport that thwarted his plans to go to Syria when he shot dead a Canadian soldier and attempted a rampage through the... read more »

First Ebola case in New York; doctor tested positive

A physician with Doctors Without Borders who returned to New York City after treating Ebola victims in West Africa tested positive for the virus on Thursday, setting off fresh fears about... read more »

UK told to pay £1.7bn extra to EU

The UK has been told it must pay an extra £1.7bn (2.1bn euros) towards the European Union’s budget because the economy has performed better than expected in recent years. The payment... read more »

Ebola in New York: Doctor tests positive for deadly disease after...

Authorities in New York confirmed on Thursday night that a doctor who had recently returned to his home in Harlem after working for Doctors Without Borders in Guinea helping treat patients with Ebola... read more »