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Reserved or wait-listed? Why RSS wants ‘...

Reserved or wait-listed? Why RSS wants ‘review’ of quota policy

It was with considerable shock and awe that long time watchers – both, critics and admirers of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) – heard the Sarsanghchalak say at a book release on September 8, 2014, “We support reservation. Till the time there is inequality in the society, reservation is... read more »

9 days in the dark: 2 workers rescued fr...

9 days in the dark: 2 workers rescued from Bilaspur tunnel

Two labourers trapped more than 40 metres underground for over a week in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur district were rescued on Monday, bringing relief to their worried families after a long, tiring operation that suffered many setbacks. Satish Tomar and Mani Ram were brought out by a National... read more »

Thai blast: Malaysian police may arreste...

Thai blast: Malaysian police may arrested two suspected bombers

Malaysian police have sent to Thai authorities photos of two men, one of whom is suspected to have carried out Thailand’s worst bombing at a Brahma temple here that killed 20 people last month, media report said today. Besides the prime suspect – a yellow-shirt bomber, the other man... read more »

Pope Francis Looks Beyond Havana in Cuba...

Pope Francis Looks Beyond Havana in Cuba Trip

After holding Mass in Havana and meeting with Fidel Castro Sunday, Pope Francis will have another busy day today in Cuba as part of his 10-day visit to that country and the United States. The pontiff will leave Havana this morning and travel to the town of Holguin, where he will conduct Mass. Then... read more »

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Ashok Leyland Q3 losses at Rs 167cr

Chennai – The crippling slowdown in the commercial vehicle business has hit truck and bus maker Ashok Leyland hard. The company registered a net loss of Rs 167 crore in the third quarter... read more »

Rupee down 10 paise against dollar in early trade

Mumbai – Continuing its falling streak for the fourth straight day, the rupee fell by 10 paise to 61.98 against the US dollar in early trade on... read more »

Banks seek refuge in home loans, Mortgage lender Housin...

Banks seek refuge in home loans, Mortgage lender Housing Development Finance Corp Ltd (HDFC)

Mortgage lender Housing Development Finance Corp Ltd (HDFC)(HDFC.NS), loved by global investors for its steady profit growth, faces an intensifying battle for... read more »

Gold Market Update : Gold Hit High Of $1262

Gold Market Update : Gold Hit High Of $1262

Gold hit a high of $1262 overnight, touching the upper boundary of the down trend channel on the daily chart and finding resistance there as would be... read more »

Maharashtra to slash power bill by 20%

Move to cover 90% consumers in Maharashtra serviced by state distribution utility MahaVitaran. In a populist move before the Lok Sabha and assembly elections,... read more »

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Video games make you feel worthy: SRK

Video games make you feel worthy: SRK

Shah Rukh Khan is a gizmo freak and apparently he invests a lot of his time in playing video games. The actor took to Twitter to talk about his current favourite, Arkham Origins, a game based on... read more »

Bachchan appreciates gifts from 'KBC' contestants

Bachchan appreciates gifts from ‘KBC’ ...

Mumbai – Megastar Amitabh Bachchan appreciates the handmade gifts presented to him by contestants on the game show “Kaun Banega Crorepati... read more »

I can only be friends with ex-Russell Brand in another ...

I can only be friends with ex-Russell Brand in another life, says Katy Perry

London – Katy Perry has said that she could be friends with her ex-husband Russell Brand only in another life. According to Glamour magazine, the... read more »

Lady Gaga bares all at London nightclub G-A-Y

Lady Gaga facing lawsuit over 'Teeth' song

London – Lady Gaga stripped completely naked in front of a live audience at London nightclub G-A-Y. The 27-year old singer, who was dressed in a white... read more »

Cannonball Run` director Hal Needham dies at 82

Cannonball Run` director Hal Needham dies at 82

Washington – Director Hal Needham has died in Los Angeles on Friday. He was 82. Needham’s business managers told the Los Angeles Times confirmed the... read more »

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1,500 Indians expected from Libya soon

A day after a special Air India aircraft brought 204 Indian nationals home from Djerba in Tunisia, the airline will operate a flight on Friday to fly back another 216. “By the end of the week, it... read more »

Diesel subsidy for rain-deficit States

The Centre announced on Thursday a 50 per cent subsidy on diesel for irrigation in rain-deficient States and raised the ceiling on seed subsidy to 50... read more »

Plea to strip Saif of Padma award

Kissing scenes not required in Indian films: Saif

The Union Home Ministry is examining a complaint by RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal demanding that actor Saif Ali Khan, against whom charges have been... read more »

Govt. to consider UPSC exam in all 8th Schedule languag...

The Centre on Thursday said there was “force” in the argument that the Civil Services Examination should be conducted in all languages in the Eighth... read more »

Navi Mumbai hotel fire kills one

One person was killed and 30 others were injured in a major fire at a hotel in Navi Mumbai’s Vashi area on Friday morning, civic officials said. Out of the... read more »

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India 495 all out, lead by 313

India 413/7 at tea, extend lead to 231 runs

Mumbai – India were 413 for seven in their first innings, leading the West Indies by 231 runs at tea on day two of the second Test at the Wankhede Stadium here Friday. Rohit Sharma was batting... read more »

Tendulkar falls for 74, India lead by 100 runs

Tendulkar falls for 74, India lead by 100 runs

Mumbai – Sachin Tendulkar fell for 74 in his farewell Test as India reached 282 for three in the first innings at lunch and took a lead of 100... read more »

Tendulkar fails to break 15-year-old jinx at Wankhede

Tendulkar fails to break 15-year-old jinx at Wankhede

Mumbai – The Wankhede Stadium will remain a venue of missed centuries for Sachin Tendulkar, who had a hundred in sight in his farewell and 200th Test,... read more »

Lucas Neill to fight to retain Socceroos captaincy

Lucas Neill to fight to retain Socceroos captaincy

Sydney – Australian footballer Lucas Neill will fight to retain the Socceroos’ captaincy before the international friendly match against Costa Rica... read more »

Pujara’s ton, Sachin’s 74 put India in cont...

India's Pujara, Murali Vijay in ' Test team of 2013'

Sachin Tendulkar produced a dazzling array of strokes in his farewell knock of 74 creating an ideal launchpad for Cheteshwar Pujara to consolidate with a... read more »

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India inquiry after Jet Airways plane drops 5,000 feet over Turke...

India’s aviation watchdog is probing reports that a Jet Airways aircraft flying to Brussels suddenly dropped 5,000 feet over Ankara, alarming the Turkish air control authorities. The civil... read more »

Iraq crisis: France to deliver arms to Iraqi Kurds

France will supply arms to Iraq’s Kurds “in the coming hours”, French President Francois Hollande has announced. France has... read more »

Girl lost in Siberian wilderness rescued by her puppy

A young girl was rescued from an area of the Siberian wilderness roamed by bears and wolves when her puppy guided search teams to her, eleven days after she... read more »

Suicide bomber attacks checkpoint near new Iraq PM̵...

BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint near the Baghdad home of new Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday, two police sources and local... read more »

Ecuador quake triggers deadly landslides

Quito: A shallow 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Ecuadoran capital Quito Tuesday, triggering landslides that killed at least two people and violently... read more »

Anna Hazare says Kejriwal a model for all apoliticians

Anna Hazare receives threat letter demanding him to maintain distance from Arvind Kejriwal

Mumbai: Social activist Anna Hazare has received a threat letter which states that he would be “bumped off” if he does not dissociate himself from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind... read more »

Critical Reform GST at Stake, Congress Unmoved: 10 Parliament Developments

The Congress wants Parliament to suspend all other business to urgently address how and why Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj helped tainted cricket tycoon Lalit Modi get travel papers from... read more »

Foxconn plans factory in every Indian state: Chairman Terry Gou

NEW DELHI: Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics assembly manufacturer, on Saturday said India would be the next IT hub for it while expressing a desire to open factories in all... read more »

Fourth secular blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh

Barely three months after the killing of a blogger in Sylhet, unknown assailants armed with machetes hacked to death secular blogger Niloy Chatterjee Neel at his home in Dhaka on... read more »

Modi seeks AIADMK support in Parliament

Not allowing protocol to stand in the way of political calculations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa at her Poes Garden residence on Friday, and held... read more »