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Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-Hye...

Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-Hye goes on trial Read more at: http...

SEOUL: South Korea’s ousted president Park Geun-Hye, grim-faced and brought to court in handcuffs, went on trial Tuesday over a sprawling corruption scandal that saw millions take to the streets and led to her downfall. Only two months after leaving the presidential palace in disgrace, Park... read more »

Indonesian men caned for gay sex before ...

Indonesian men caned for gay sex before jeering crowd in Aceh

HIGHLIGHTS The men stood quietly, their heads down, as spectators heckled them and shouted insults. Up to 1,000 people watched as the two men received 82 lashes each. BANDA ACEH: Two Indonesian men were caned Tuesday in front of a jeering crowd as a punishment for Gay Sex in a first for the... read more »

Donald Trump Arrives For Talks With Pale...

Donald Trump Arrives For Talks With Palestinian Leader Mahmud Abbas In Beth...

US President Donald Trump’s visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories is part of his first trip abroad as president, and follows an initial leg in Saudi Arabia, where he urged Islamic leaders to confront extremism. BETHLEHEM, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Donald Trump made the short trip... read more »

Market Live: Sensex, Nifty remain sluggi...

Market Live: Sensex, Nifty remain sluggish; pharma stocks continue to bleed

Sun Pharma and Cipla were the top losers on both indices, while Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra and Mahindra, Eicher Motors and Hindalco gained the most. Moneycontrol News 2:45 pm Earning Update: Hitachi Home has reported 89.7 percent jump in its Q4FY17 net profit at Rs 25 crore versus Rs 13 crore, in a... read more »

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FICCI submits recommendations to boost textile industry

FICCI submits recommendations to boost textile industry

Industry body FICCI has suggested measures like labour reforms and keeping textile industry under the lowest slab of GST to boost the country’s textile & clothing industry and raise India’s... read more »

Anand Sharma expresses optimism for Indian economy in 2014

Anand Sharma expresses optimism for Indian economy...

New Delhi –  Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma expressed optimism for the economy in 2014. In a statement, Sharma said:... read more »

2013: year of maximum Internet IPOs since 2000

2013: year of maximum Internet IPOs since 2000

Washington –  2013 reportedly saw the maximum number of Internet IPOs since 2000, a researcher has revealed. Birinyi Associates has revealed that 26... read more »

Apple denies knowledge of iPhone exploit allowing NSA i...

Apple denies knowledge of iPhone exploit allowing NSA interception

Washington –  Apple has reportedly denied that it had any knowledge about the potential exploit in its iPhones that might have helped the US spy... read more »

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allows refiners to impo...

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

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed gold refiners to import dore up to 15 per cent of their gross average viable quantity, based on their licence... read more »

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Will recover black money:Jaitley

The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Finance Bill, 2014, by voice vote giving effect to the legislative tax proposals in the Budget even as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley reiterated the government’s... read more »

Won’t allow injustice to UPSC students: govt.

With Union Public Service Commission examination candidates intensifying their agitation against the C-SAT (Aptitude Test) paper in English, the... read more »

SC gives green signal to cut 697 trees for wider road t...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the go ahead for felling of 697 trees in over four hectares of protected forests in the Taj Trapezium zone for better... read more »

Hearing begins on T.N. move to release Rajiv case convi...

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing cases related to the validity of the release of seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi... read more »

India votes in support of UNHRC resolution on Gaza

India along with BRICS countries on Wednesday voted in support of a UN Human Rights Council resolution to launch a probe into Israel’s offensive on... read more »

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David Beckham

`Forgetful` Becks dupes Halloween partygoers by `dressing up as h...

London -Retired England football legend David Beckham tricked partygoers at a H´‹,ü¤‹,¤‹,ween masquerade ball by turning up as himself, according to reports. According to the Daily... read more »

Sterling Moss says `remarkable` Vettel `already` better than Schumacher

Sterling Moss says `remarkable` Vettel `already` b...

London – British racing legend Sterling Moss has said that Red Bull ace Sebastian Vettel is already better than Michael Schumacher and tipped... read more »

Golfer Moore seeks 50th Indian Open title

Golfer Moore seeks 50th Indian Open title

New Delhi – Jonathan Moore will vie for his first Asian Tour title at the 50th Indian Open at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC) here, a venue he rates as... read more »

Why the ‘e’ after Sachin?: Dhoni

Why the 'e' after Sachin?: Dhoni

Kolkata – What’s in a name? A lot when the person in question is none other than batting great Sachin Tendulkar who will play his 199th Test match... read more »

We are not entertaining distractions: Dhoni

We have moved on after Sachin Tendulkar's retirement: MS Dhoni

Kolkata – Notwithstanding the unending celebrations saluting Sachin Tendulkar in his farewell series, India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni Tuesday said the... read more »

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Israel PM slams beheading of US journo, says ISIS is like Hamas

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has likened the Hamas to the barbaric Sunni extremists from Iraq and Syria – the ISIS, calling them the branches of the same tree. In a statement issued yesterday... read more »

Opposition, Pakistan govt deadlock continues

The US has said that it does not support any extra-constitutional changes in Pakistan, where deadlock continues between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif... read more »

James Foley beheading: Hunt on for ‘British’...

UK police and security services are attempting to identify a suspected British jihadist who appeared in footage of the killing of a US journalist. Extremist... read more »

After Strike on Family, Fate of Hamas Commander Is Unkn...

JERUSALEM — The fate of Muhammad Deif, the commander in chief of Hamas’s military wing, remained a mystery on Wednesday, like much of his life spent in the... read more »

Bank of America Expected to Settle Huge Mortgage Case f...

The Justice Department is poised to announce a $16.65 billion settlement with Bank of America over accusations that it duped investors into buying toxic... read more »

Indian IT companies among world’s worst paymasters

NEW DELHI: Indian IT companies are among the 10 worst paymasters in the world, says a survey — a mid-level IT manager draws an average salary of $41,213 while his Swiss counterpart... read more »

Arun Jaitley pitches India story, finds takers in fund managers

NEW DELHI: Asserting that India’s macroeconomic parameters are sound, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said that foreign investors are looking for alternatives to China when it... read more »

Bomb Scare: Eiffel Tower Closed Down For Visitors

The anti-terrorist police closed down for visitors the World famous Eiffel Tower in Paris on 20 September after a suspected terror threat. Officers said three “suspected terrorists”... read more »

PM Modi to tour US, Ireland from 23-29 Sept: Here’s what his plans are

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US and Ireland later this week is being watched closely, not just by the business community but even the average citizen.They’re... read more »

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat pitches for review of reservation policy

NEW DELHI: Amid the continuing Patel quota stir in Gujarat, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has pitched for a review of the reservation policy, contending it has been used for political ends and suggesting... read more »