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Sunanda Pushkar murder case: Shashi Thar...

Sunanda Pushkar murder case: Shashi Tharoor likely to undergo polygraph tes...

Delhi Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) is expected to conduct a polygraph test on Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with the death case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, reports said on Tuesday. Earlier this month, polygraph test of six persons was conducted in connection with... read more »

Give all info on Priyanka Vadra’s ...

Give all info on Priyanka Vadra’s land purchase in 10 days, says HP s...

The Himachal Pradesh State Information Commission today rejected the contention that information regarding purchase of land by Priyanka Vadra cannot be given for security reasons, and directed the concerned authorities to provide all information in this regard to an RTI activist within ten... read more »

Gold, silver prices drop on weak global ...

Gold, silver prices drop on weak global cues, low demand

After rising for two days, gold prices went down by Rs 100 to Rs 26,850 per 10 grams at the bullion market on Tuesday, tracking a weak global trend amid slackened demand from jewellers. Silver also eased by Rs 550 to Rs 36,150 per kg on reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers. Marketmen... read more »

IPOs IndiGo, Infibeam, Teamlease looking...

IPOs IndiGo, Infibeam, Teamlease looking to raise over Rs 3000 cr

In a big day for Initial Public Offers, at least three companies — low-cost carrier IndiGo, staffing firm Teamlease and e-retailer Infibeam — have lined up public offers to raise an estimated over Rs 3,000 crore from investors. Merchant banking sources said the draft papers for all... read more »

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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to finalise its Cabinet today !

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to finalise its Cabinet today !

The Aam Aadmi Party, which on Monday staked claim to form the government in the national capital, will meet today finalise its Cabinet. The key figures in his Cabinet could include Manish Sisodia... read more »

Delhi's new chief minister A. Kejriwal, rejects VIP security

Delhi’s new chief minister A. Kejriwal, reje...

The former tax inspector Arvind Kejriwal and activist who is to be Delhi’s new chief minister, the top elected official in the metropolis, has... read more »

Home Secretary Niranjan Mardi shifted, Bansal new Chenn...

The Tamil Nadu Government has transferred Home Secretary Niranjan Mardi, who held the post for seven months, with effect from Tuesday. Apurva Varma, till now... read more »

Intern hints at filing police complaint against Ganguly

Intern hints at filing police complaint against Ganguly

A former law intern, who had accused the former Supreme Court judge A K Ganguly of sexual harassment, has hit back at him for denying the charges and hinted... read more »

Foggy morning in Delhi

Chilly morning, clear day ahead for Delhi

New Delhi – There was fog in Delhi early Tuesday, but visibility improved as the day progressed. Four trains! were cancelled and three flights were... read more »

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Maid trouble lands Indian diplomat in New York in soup

Maid trouble lands Indian diplomat in New York in soup

Washington – In a second case of its type, one of India’s senior diplomats in New York was arrested and accused by Manhattan’s Indian American US Attorney Preet Bharara of visa... read more »

Philippines typhoon toll crosses 6,000

Philippines typhoon toll crosses 6,000

Manila – The number of people killed from typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines crossed 6,000, authorities said Friday. The total number of those... read more »

Jamaat calls for strike in Bangladesh over leader’...

Jamaat calls for strike in Bangladesh over leader's death

Dhaka – Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami party has called for a nationwide dawn-to-dusk general strike Sunday in protest of the execution of its leader... read more »

Iran keen to expand ties with Europe

Iran keen to expand ties with Europe

Tehran – Iran is willing to strengthen cooperation with the European countries, particularly the Slovak Republic, Iran’s first Vice-President Eshaq... read more »

UN team confirms chemical weapons used in Syria

$13 bn needed in 2014 for humanitarian aid, says UN

United Nations – The joint team of the UN — Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) — concluded Thursday “that... read more »

Race for BCCI president gathers pace

The race for the post of president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has begun to gather pace with opposition growing to a possible bid from N. Srinivasan, who had stepped... read more »

BCCI issues fresh ultimatum for damages to WICB

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has issued an ultimatum to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), demanding that it furnish the $41.97 million damages caused by the... read more »

SBI Q2 profit falls 33%

SBI signs loan pact with EIB

State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union’s long-term lending institution, signed a loan agreement for Euro 100 million... read more »

Air India brings back passengers stranded at Budapest

Air India on Friday pressed into service two of its India bound international flights to bring back passengers stranded at Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The flights arrived in Mumbai... read more »

Direct Tax collections up 13% in April-Dec

Gross direct tax collections – including tax on personal and corporate incomes – from April to December of financial year 2014-15 are up by 12.93 per cent at Rs. 5,46,661 crore as against Rs.... read more »