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‘Modi not fit to be PM’ Maya...

‘Modi not fit to be PM’ Mayawati Attacks Again

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati launched a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, calling him “totally unfit” for the country’s top job and stressing that he should not get another term in office. In a statement released on Wednesday, Mayawati compared... read more »

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 »

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General Electric Invests $24 Million In Solar

GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of General Electric, and Welspun Renewables Energy Pvt. Ltd. (WREPL) have entered into a partnership to expand solar power generation in India. In its first... read more »

Axis Bank Q4 profit rises 18% to Rs1.8k crore

MUMBAI: Axis Bank has reported a net profit of Rs 1,842 crore for the quarter ended March 2014 – an increase of 18% over Rs 1,555 crore in the... read more »

Markets closed today for Lok Sabha elections voting in ...

Indian debt, currency and equity markets will be closed on Thursday as Mumbai takes part in the five-week long Lok Sabha Election process set to conclude in... read more »

Bharti Infratel net profit jumps 64% to Rs472 crore

New Delhi: Bharti Infratel Ltd, the telecom tower operator of Bharti Airtel Ltd, on Thursday said its net profit jumped 64% to Rs.472 crore for the fourth... read more »

Facebook Q1 revenue grows 72 percent on rising mobile a...

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg faces IPO lawsuit over misleading investors

Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) mobile advertising business accelerated in the first three months of the year, helping the Internet social networking company top... read more »

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Four Indian films to vie for Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Four Indian films to vie for Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Brisbane – Four Indian films – “Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya”, “Monsoon Shootout”, “The Lunchbox” and “Menstrual Man” have been nominated in... read more »

Don't want to dilute my moment of glory: Neetu Chandra

Don’t want to dilute my moment of glory: Nee...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai – Writ! e-ups suggesting that actor Randeep Hooda, once a very close friend of actress Neetu Chandra, showed up at the... read more »

Won’t make 3D film until I get it right: Rakesh R...

Won't make 3D film until I get it right: Rakesh Roshan

Chennai – Actor-filmmaker Rakesh Roshan, who is basking in the success of “Krrish 3”, said that he will make a 3D film only when he is... read more »

‘Bullett Raja’ is my homage to cinema Of 19...

'Bullett Raja' is my homage to cinema Of 1970s: Dhulia

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai – “Bullett Raja” is a homage to the cinema of the 1970s, and the camaraderie between Saif Ali Khan and Jimmy... read more »

Lady Gaga reveals `flying dress` at album launch party

Lady Gaga reveals `flying dress` at album launch party

New York – Lady Gaga has revealed a high-tech, white vehicle, which she bills as the world’s first flying dress, at a launch party for her new album at... read more »

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Popping aspirin daily could be hazardous for healthy people

Popping aspirin daily could be hazardous for healthy people

London – Health experts have warned that healthy people who take a daily aspirin in a bid to reduce their risk of disease should stop doing so because of potential health dangers. Many people... read more »

It’s official! Women are better multitaskers than men

It’s official! Women are better multitaskers than ...

London – Researchers have confirmed the popular belief that women are better at multitasking than men by testing the theory in the laboratory... read more »

Meet the Spanish man who is riding 2,000 miles on horse...

Meet the Spanish man who is riding 2,000 miles on horse-back for job!

New York – A jobless Spanish man has decided to ride his horse from Spain to Germany to find a job, as he can’t afford to pay for petrol to fill up... read more »

Average employee takes over year in sick leaves during ...

Average employee takes over year in sick leaves during working life

London – An average person spends almost a year of their working life off sick, it has been revealed. A study has shown that Britons take an average of... read more »

More men undergoing cosmetic surgery to enhance work op...

More men undergoing cosmetic surgery to enhance work opportunities

Melbourne – Men are increasing going under knife so as to increase their work opportunities, a researcher has said. Dr Russell Knudsen, past president of... read more »

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14 injured in group clash in Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar –  Fourteen people were injured when a clash broke out between two groups over a land dispute at Budhana town here, police said today. A clash broke out between one Mohsin and... read more »

Anil Ambani joins Swachh Bharat campaign, invites ...

Joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative to rid the country of litter and rubbish, Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani on Thursday... read more »

Fresh firing by Pakistan across border, six injured

Six people including a BSF jawan have been injured in fresh firing and mortar shelling by Pakistani troops along the international border on Wednesday... read more »

Billionaire Bill Gates impressed by Narendra Modi’...

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s commitment to improve health services and his focus on ending open... read more »

Anti-Kannadiga posters pop up in Chennai as Jayalalitha...

The Karnataka high court on Tuesday started hearing arguments in the bail plea of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa in the 18-year-old... read more »

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Andy Murray wins BBC award

‘Favourite’ Murray to miss BBC Sports Personality of the Year awa...

London – Andy Murray will not attend this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards as he continues his rehabilitation from back surgery, according to reports. According to the... read more »

Vettel slams double-points plan for final race of F1 season

Vettel slams double-points plan for final race of ...

London – Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel has criticised plans to award double points for the final race of the season from 2014,... read more »

Khloe and Lamar Odom separately attend Jay Z’s LA...

Khloe and Lamar Odom separately attend Jay Z's LA gig

Washington – Khloe Kardashian and estranged husband Lamar Odom separately attended Jay Z ‘s concert and never interacted with each other at... read more »

`Chic` Nicole Scherzinger spotted heading for night out...

`Chic` Nicole Scherzinger spotted heading for night out in London

London – Nicole Scherzinger was spotted looking chic as she headed out for a night in one of London’s swankiest restaurant. The former Pussycat Doll... read more »

Ex-soccer player Woodhouse claims football fixing `been...

Ex-soccer player Woodhouse claims football fixing `been going on for ages`

London – Former football star Curtis Woodhouse has said that he once got invited to bet on a club to lose by five or more goals and then saw them get... read more »

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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, mayor of San... read more »

Israel says UK Palestine vote undermines peace pro...

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

After nurse gets infected, US officials launch review o...

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... read more »

WHO calls Ebola modern world’s worst health crisi...

The World Health Organisation says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is ‘the most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times’ but adds... read more »

Tony Abbott says he’ll shirt front Vladimir Putin over ...

Indonesia's President Slams Australia's Abbott over Spying Claims

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has warned Russian President Vladamir Putin he will “shirt front” him when he arrives in Australia next month for the G20. Mr... read more »

Donald Trump to visit Asia in November, North Korea in spotlight.

Washington: Donald Trump will travel to Asia in November for the first time since becoming president, stopping in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines on a trip expected... read more »

Tom Alter, Padma Shri actor and writer, dies aged 67

MUMBAI: Veteran film, television and theatre actor and Padma Shri Tom Alter has died aged 67. The renowned actor and one-time sports writer and author had been battling stage four skin... read more »

China says one step forwards, two steps back no good for Japan ties.

China’s foreign minister on Thursday said that ties with Japan should not take two steps back for every step forward, after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a rare appearance at an... read more »

Somalia’s al-Shabaab militants kill 17 in attack

Somalia’s al-Shabaab fighters attacked a military base outside the capital Mogadishu using car bombs and guns, killing 17 soldiers and taking control of the base and a nearby town,... read more »

Wrote article disputing father on my own, says Jayant Sinha

NEW DELHI: Union minister Jayant Sinha today rejected suggestions that he wrote an article in an English daily disputing his father and former finance minister Yashwant Sinha’s contentions on... read more »