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EU holds emergency summit after forcing ...

EU holds emergency summit after forcing through migrant deal

Brussels: European Union leaders will gather for an emergency summit on the migration crisis on Wednesday, a day after ministers forced through a controversial deal to relocate 120,000 refugees in a major blow to unity within the bloc. Interior ministers briskly voted through the deal Tuesday,... read more »

US backs India’s bid for permanent UNSC ...

US backs India’s bid for permanent UNSC seat

The US has said it is committed to India’s inclusion as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, days after the General Assembly adopted a negotiating text for the long-pending reforms of the powerful wing of the world body. The reaffirmation from the US comes in the backdrop of the maiden... read more »

Somnath Bharti an embarrassment to party...

Somnath Bharti an embarrassment to party, should surrender: Kejriwal

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday described his former law minister Somnath Bharti as an “embarrassment” to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and said he should surrender in a case of attempt to murder and domestic violence filed by his wife. The chief minister’s comment was in... read more »

Face Of Patel Reservation Movement, Hard...

Face Of Patel Reservation Movement, Hardik Patel Goes Missing After Organis...

The face of the Patel agitation, Hardik Patel, spearheading the Patel reservation movement in Gujarat, gave the police a slip when they tried to detain him for organising a public meeting without prior permission, at a village in Aravalli district. After Hardik addressed the meeting at Tenpur... read more »

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No plans to roll back gold import curbs: FM P. Chidambaram

No plans to roll back gold import curbs: FM P. Chidambaram

Mumabi – India is not planning any changes to its record import duty on gold and other restrictions on imports until the current account deficit is firmly under control, Finance Minister P.... read more »

My parents couldn't afford a blazer for me: RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan

My parents couldn’t afford a blazer for me: ...

New Delhi –  Recalling his days as a student whose parents could not afford a blazer for him, and the way he used to enjoy playing the banjo,... read more »

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) unlikely to cut rates d...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) unlikely to cut rates despite dip in food prices

The Reserve Bank of India will likely hold interest rates steady when it meets next week thanks to easing inflation and as it waits for more data, according to... read more »

China January manufacturing PMI falls to 49.6, first co...

China Pumps Up the Volume Against Japan

Beijing – Activity in China’s factory sector contracted in January for the first time in six months as new orders declined, a preliminary private... read more »

All pre-2005 notes go out of currency from March 31

RBI on Wednesday decided to withdraw all currency notes issued prior to 2005, including Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 denominations, starting March 31. The step was... read more »

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Shraddha Kapoor not in 'Singham 2'

Shraddha Kapoor not in ‘Singham 2’

Mumbai – Actress Shraddha Kapoor has denied featuring in Rohit Shetty`s ‘Singham 2’. The ‘Aashiqui 2’ star said she has not even been approached for the film. “I haven`t been... read more »

Jackson's doctor Murray released after two years in jail

Jackson’s doctor Murray released after two y...

LOS ANGELES – Conrad Murray, the doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson’s death, was released from jail on... read more »

I wish I could be who I am without the fame, says Miley...

Miley Cyrus

London – Miley Cyrus has confessed that she does not enjoy media attention and wished she could be who she is without the fame. The 20-year-old singer... read more »

Raj wants someone to write a book on wife Shilpa

Raj wants someone to write a book on wife Shilpa

Mumbai – Businessman Raj Kundra, who has turned author with his book “How Not To Make Money”, believes a good book can be written on his... read more »

At 71, Bachchan hits the gym everyday

At 71, Bachchan hits the gym everyday

Mumbai – Megastar Amitabh Bachchan does not associate himself with lethargy and the exhaustion that comes with age. He still makes it a point to workout... read more »

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Justice Katju strikes again: Claims Allahabad HC judge was corrup...

Justice Markandey Katju is continuing his onslaught against corrupt judges in the judiciary. In his latest blog post, the former Supreme Court judge has alleged that there was a “judge in a... read more »

Rajya Sabha hails Tendulkar's Bharat Ratna

Sachin under attack in Rajya Sabha for prolonged a...

Sachin Tendulkar was again under attack in Rajya Sabhatoday for his prolonged absence even as the cricket icon sought to control damage by applying... read more »

Jaswant Singh’s condition remains critical

India's foreign policy trapped between its borders: Jaswant Singh

Former cabinet minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh continued to remain on life support systems and under the continuous observation of medical experts in... read more »

Body found at Kumari Selja’s home in Delhi

A 42-year-old man was found dead at the residence of former Union minister and Congress leader Kumari Selja in Sunehri Bagh here this morning, police... read more »

Four injured in Pakistan firing in Jammu

Two troopers and two women were injured on Monday as Pakistan Rangers opened fire at Indian positions on the international border in Jammu district, an... read more »

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Cannot imagine Tendulkar without cricket: Anjali

Cannot imagine Tendulkar without cricket: Anjali

Mumbai – Anjali Tendulkar said Saturday that it would be difficult to imagine her husband Sachin without cricket as the legend is all set to end his 24-year fairytale journey here at the... read more »

Ricky Martin to sing Word Cup theme

Ricky Martin to sing Word Cup theme

Rio De Janeiro – Ricky Martin has been confirmed by world football’s governing body FIFA as the voice of next year’s World Cup in... read more »

Life comes full circle for Tendulkar

Life comes full circle for Tendulkar

By Abhishek Roy Mumbai – Exac! tly 24 years to date, Sachin Tendulkar made his Test debut against Pakistan, and perhaps he walked off with the bat in... read more »

West Indies reeling at 43/3, trail by 270 runs

West Indies reeling at 43/3, trail by 270 runs

Mumbai – West Indies were in trouble at 43 for three in their second innings, trailing India by 270 runs at stumps on day two of the second Test at the... read more »

India 495 all out, lead by 313

India 495 all out, lead by 313

Mumbai – Rohit Sharma (111 not out) scored his second successive ton as India were bowled out for 495 in their first innings taking a 313-run ! lead... read more »

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Pope Francis to take message of peace to Korea on first Asia trip

Pope Francis’ five-day visit to South Korea will be the first time in a quarter-century that a pope has been on the divided Korean peninsula, and the pontiff plans to bring a message of peace... read more »

Saudi Arabia give UN $100m to fight terrorism

United Nations: Saudi Arabia handed over a check for $100 million (Dh367 million) to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday to help finance... read more »

Brazil presidential candidate Campos dies in jet crash

Campos, a socialist who has been running third in the polls, was on board a jet that crashed into a gym and houses in the city of Santos, breaking into pieces... read more »

Police clash with Michael Brown shooting protesters in ...

Police in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo. used tear gas and smoke bombs Wednesday to disperse protesters, some of whom threw Molotov cocktails and other... read more »

Israel bombs Gaza in response to rocket fire

Israeli jets bombed targets across Gaza early Thursday, retaliating to Palestinian rocket attacks in spiralling violence that left a truce extension teetering... read more »

Police make more than a dozen arrests during Ferguson protest after crowd blocks traffic

Police arrested more than a dozen people in Ferguson on Monday night after protesters blocked traffic during a fourth consecutive night of demonstrations marking the anniversary of the... read more »

Chinese hackers snooped on five EU ministries, says US security firm

China gives former general suspended death sentence for bribery

BEIJING – A top Chinese military officer has been given a suspended death sentence for corruption, state media said Monday, in a case where he was exposed as owning dozens of homes, gold... read more »

Detaining Yogendra Yadav has shown brutal, dishonest face of Delhi Police: AAP

Condemning the crackdown on Yogendra Yadav by Delhi Police, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Dialogue Commission (DDC) vice-chairman Ashish Khetan on Tuesday said the act has shown... read more »

Despite protests, Japan switches on first nuclear reactor since Fukushima diaster

TOKYO — Japan switched on a nuclear reactor Tuesday on the southern island of Kyushu, marking a first, tentative return to nuclear energy following the catastrophic meltdowns at Fukushima... read more »

Israel expects US Congress to block Iran nuclear deal, top Likud ...

Israel anticipates that the US Congress will heed its call and vote down the Iran nuclear deal against the wishes of the Obama administration, the head of the powerful Knesset Foreign Affairs and... read more »