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Blast near shrine in Pakistan, nine dead...

Blast near shrine in Pakistan, nine dead: police

At least nine people were killed by a blast targeting a security checkpoint outside a major Sufi shrine in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, officials said. The blast, one day after the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, took place close to the Data Darbar, one of the... read more »

Review Your Health Insurance Policy Befo...

Review Your Health Insurance Policy Before It’s Too Late

‘Change’ is the basic nature of life, as it keeps changing. With a change in everything, our insurance requirements also keep changing through different junctures of our lives. The changes in life may be changes in family composition, in expenses and income, liabilities and assets and what not.... read more »

Friday Prayers To Be Broadcast, 2-Minute...

Friday Prayers To Be Broadcast, 2-Minute Silence: New Zealand PM

The bodies of victims from New Zealand’s mosques mass shooting were carried in open caskets on the shoulders of mourners into a large tent at Christchurch’s Memorial Park Cemetery on Wednesday – the first burials of the 50 victims. Wrapped in white cloth, the bodies were laid to... read more »

Modi must take history lessons and classes with top BJP leaders: Digvijay Singh
Digvijaya Singh compared Modi with Hitle...

Digvijaya Singh compared Modi with Hitler and Mussolini

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the most infamous dictators of history, Hitler and Mussolini, as he tweeted about the need for love, peace and compassion in the world. He was responding to party chief Rahul Gandhi’s tweet condemning the... read more »

Flipkart targets sales worth $8 b in 2015

Leading online market place Flipkart is looking at sales worth $8-billion in the current year. The company has announced its ambitious plan at a Town Hall organised in a college auditorium... read more »

SBI shares rise 4% despite graft case against Deputy MD

SBI reports Q3 net profit of Rs 2,910 crore

State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday reported over 30 per cent jump in net profit at Rs 2,910 crore for the third quarter ended December 2014 on the back of stronger other income despite... read more »

China’s first female astronaut gives birth

China’s first female astronaut has begun training for her next mission after giving birth to her first child. The China Daily newspaper on Friday quoted Liu Yang as confirming the birth... read more »

WikiLeaks case: Hormone treatment approved for Chelsea Manning

Defence Department officials said on Thursday that hormone treatment for gender reassignment has been approved for Chelsea Manning, the former intelligence analyst convicted of espionage... read more »

Jackie Chan’s son Jaycee released from jail

Jaycee Chan, the son of actor Jackie Chan, was released from jail in China on Friday after serving a six-month sentence on drugs charges, state media said. The official Xinhua news agency said he was... read more »