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China to buy millions of tonnes of U.S. ...

China to buy millions of tonnes of U.S. soybeans during Xi visit

the world’s top soybean buyer, will purchase millions of tonnes of the oilseed from the United States during President Xi Jinping’s visit to the country next week, industry sources said. A Chinese delegation will likely sign deals to buy “several million” tonnes of soybeans... read more »

Australian warplanes make first air stri...

Australian warplanes make first air strike in Syria

Australian warplanes have carried out their first air strike against the Islamic State group in Syria, destroying an armoured personnel carrier, defence minister Kevin Andrews has revealed. “This is part of our logical extension in the fight against Daesh to operate not only over northern... read more »

Bihar polls: BJP focusses on women, yout...

Bihar polls: BJP focusses on women, youth, backward castes in first list of...

New Delhi: BJP on Tuesday night released the first list of 43 candidates for the high-stakes Bihar polls, giving about 60 per cent representation to those from SC and backward castes in an apparent attempt to target the base of rival JD(U)-RJD combine. Five nominees in the list are Yadavs, the most... read more »

Blast Accused Missing, His Wife and Chil...

Blast Accused Missing, His Wife and Children Questioned by Police

JHABUA: The wife and children of the man wanted for a massive explosion that killed over 90 this weekend in Madhya Pradesh were tracked down and questioned by the police last night. But Rajendra Kasawa, the main accused in the restaurant blast at Jhabua, remains missing. Sources say the police are... read more »

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Reliance Industries (RIL) results beat estimates, Q3 net profit at Rs. 5,511 crore

Govt asks RIL to surrender 81% of KG-D6 gas block

New Delhi –  The government Wednesday asked Reliance Industries to give up 81 percent of its KG-D6 gas block, including five discoveries, as the time allocated for producing from them had... read more »

Defer decision on AirAsia till Dec 11, court tells government

Defer decision on AirAsia till Dec 11, court tells...

New Delhi – The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the union government to not to take a decision on the AirAsia deal till Dec 11, the next date... read more »

Parikh recommends Rs 5/litre hike in diesel prices,Rs 2...

Kirit Parikh recommends Rs 5/litre hike in diesel prices,Rs 250 per cylinder hike

New Delhi – Diesel prices should be immediately hiked by Rs 5 per litre, the Kirit Parikh Committee has recommended while favouring reduction of the... read more »

SC refuses to pass order allowing Subrata Roy to go abr...

SC refuses to pass order allowing Subrata Roy to go abroad

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to pass any interim order for allowing Sahara chief Subrata Roy to go abroad before his group files a review petition... read more »

Govt hikes tariff value on imported gold

Govt hikes tariff value on imported gold

New Delhi – Amid short supply of gold in domestic market during the festival season, the government on Wednesday hiked the import tariff value of gold to... read more »

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AAP candidate Dharamvira Gandhi attacked in Patiala; Akali man he...

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from Patiala Dr Dharamvira Gandhi was attacked allegedly by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) workers led by a local councillor on Wednesday.He alleged that the assailants,... read more »

Chennai Bomb Blasts: Woman Killed After Twin Explo...

Chennai: Two blasts ripped through a train after it arrived at the Chennai train sta The twin explosions took place in two sleeper coaches 10... read more »

Chennai Bomb Blasts: Woman Killed After Twin Explosions...

Chennai: Two blasts ripped through a train after it arrived at the Chennai train sta The twin explosions took place in two sleeper coaches 10 minutes after... read more »

Jayalaltihaa condemns twin bomb blast on train

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Thursday strongly condemned the twin bomb blasts on a train and expressed her grief at the death of one young woman... read more »

In farewell speech, PM Manmohan Singh says ‘India...

India's growth momentum will revive, says PM Manmohan Singh

In his farewell speech to the Planning Commission, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India’s growth story is “work in progress” and... read more »

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22 killed, scores more feared dead as Bangladesh ferry sinks

DHAKA: Divers recovered 10 more bodies from a sunken ferry in Bangladesh on Friday, bringing the death toll to 22, with scores more feared to have perished, police and officials said. Officials said... read more »

British journalists shot and beaten in Syria kidna...

LONDON: Two British journalists were recovering in Turkey on Thursday after being shot and beaten by rebel kidnappers while covering the Syrian... read more »

Anti-Chinese Violence Turns Deadly and Spreads in Vietn...

BINH DUONG PROVINCE, Vietnam — Violence against foreign-owned factories spread elsewhere in Vietnam and took a deadly turn, with officials saying Thursday... read more »

40 killed in air strikes in northern Syria: Human right...

More than 40 people, many of them civilians, were killed by air strikes across northern Syria, a monitoring group said on Thursday. More than three years... read more »

Gas deals expected during Putin’s China visit

Vice Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping said Thursday agreements on natural gas are expected to be signed between China and Russia during Russian President... read more »

Rupee at 63.53 against US dollar

The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered over 110 points in early trade today after retreating for two straight sessions, on value buying by participants in select blue chip stocks amid rebound... read more »

nearly 2500 more cars sold this June

Domestic passenger car sales rose 1.53 per cent to 1,62,677 units in June from 1,60,232 units in the year-ago month. Motorcycle sales last month rose marginally to 8,77,696 units from... read more »

Alcoa earnings inch up despite lower aluminum prices

The company said last night that net income for the quarter ending June 30 was $140m, up from $138m the same time last year. Sales for the three month period rose 1% to $5.90 billion.... read more »

South Korea shares fall on China worries, won steady as Bank of Korea holds policy

Seoul shares slipped below the key 2,000-point level on Thursday morning as China’s market turmoil continued drive nervous investors out of riskier assets. Market reaction was... read more »

Jeff Goldblum, 62, first baby with 32-yr-old wife

American actor Jeff Goldblum has welcomed his first child with 30 years younger dancer wife Emilie Livingston. The ‘Jurassic Park’ actor told his fans on Facebook that he and his wife... read more »