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Vijender is a natural, can go a long way

Vijender is a natural, can go a long way

Nearly two decades ago, when the famous British boxing promoter Frank Maloney (now Kellie Maloney since his sex change in 2014) came calling, looking for an Asian fighter who could fight Mike Tyson, heavyweight boxer Raj Kumar Sangwan jumped at the offer. Miffed at being left out of the National... read more »

Passenger Sets Self on Fire on JapanR...

Passenger Sets Self on Fire on Japan’s Bullet Train

A passenger on one of Japan’s high-speed bullet trains tried to set himself or herself on fire Tuesday, causing smoke to fill the carriage and forcing the train to stop, Japan’s transport ministry said. Two people were found unconscious, a ministry official said. Japanese media reported... read more »

Hindu religion has solution to all probl...

Hindu religion has solution to all problems in world

BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said Hindu religion has solution for all the problems in the worldHindu religion has solutions for all the problems of the world… I am not saying this because I am born Hindu,” Shah said at Gujarat University convention centre, while unveiling former... read more »

Inactivity saps muscle strength

Inactivity saps muscle strength

As per a new research, it only takes two weeks of not using their legs for younger and older people to lose a third of their muscular strength. University of Copenhagen’s Andreas Vigelsoe said that the experiments reveal that inactivity affects the muscular strength of young and older men... read more »

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We are not giving unconditional support to AAP: Sheila Dikshit

We are not giving unconditional support to AAP: Sheila Dikshit

New Delhi – Senior Congress leader and former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit said it is a misconception of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) that the Congress is going give them unconditional... read more »

AAP election manifesto's key points

AAP election manifesto’s key points

Here are the key points of Aam Aadmi Party’s election manifesto in Delhi: – That the Lokpal bill aimed at battling corruption and... read more »

Tarun Tejpal’s remand extended till Jan 4

Court to hear Tejpal's bail plea Saturday

Panaji – Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, who has been accused of sexual assault of a junior colleague, will spend the Christmas and New... read more »

AAP set to rule Delhi, Kejriwal to be CM

Mr. Arvind Kejriwal's speech displays the vocabulary that brought AAP to power

New Delhi – Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) founder leader Arvind Kejriwal was Monday set to be Delhi’s chief minister after announcing that his party will... read more »

Fulfil promises, Dikshit tells AAP

Fulfil promises, Dikshit tells AAP

New Delhi – Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit Monday gave her “best wishes” to the AAP and asked the party to fulfil the promises it... read more »

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Imran's party's blockade of Nato supplies 'hurting' Pak army's interests: Experts

Imran’s party’s blockade of Nato supplies ‘hurt...

Peshawar –  Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s ongoing suspension of Nato supplies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is against Pakistan military’s interest, security experts have said. The experts... read more »

US, UK suspend `non-lethal aid` to Syrian rebels over Islamists infilitration

US, UK suspend `non-lethal aid` to Syrian rebels o...

London –  The United States and the United Kingdom have suspended all “non-lethal” support for Syrian rebels, except humanitarian... read more »

Pope Francis named Time Person of the Year

Pope Francis named Time Person of the Year

Sydney – Pope Francis has been reportedly named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, while NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been chosen as the... read more »

‘Osama doc’ Afridi’s lawyer flees Pak...

'Osama doc' Afridi's lawyer flees Pak after life threats from militants

Peshawar – The lawyer for Dr Shakil Afridi, who helped the United States track down al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, has fled Pakistan after receiving... read more »

Mandela memorial translator branded `fake`

Mandela’s funeral begins with military procession

Johannesburg – South African Translators’ Institute (Sati) has claimed that the African National Congress (ANC) was aware about the “dodgy”... read more »

Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced it has acquired 100 per cent stake in Wireless Business Services (WBSPL), a company founded by U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm. The company had acquired a 49 per cent stake in WBSPL in May 2012 for $165 million. At that price, the additional stake purchase would have cost Airtel an estimated $165 million, or Rs. 1,008.1 crore at Friday’s exchange rate. However, the company did not disclose the financial details of the deal. In a statement, Airtel said that it has “completed the acquisition of 100 per cent equity shares of Wireless Business Services Private Limited, which holds BWA Spectrum in the Indian telecom circles of Mumbai, Delhi, Haryana and Kerala”. Airtel acquired a majority stake in WBSPL in July by increasing its stake to 51 per cent from 49 per cent. WBSPL has spectrum that can be used for high-speed 4G services in New Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala. Airtel has the similar spectrum in Punjab, Maharashtra, Kolkata and Karnataka. Airtel has already launched 4G services in Bangalore, Pune, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula. Shares of Airtel were trading at Rs. 353.80, up by 1.46 per cent, in the afternoon session at BSE.

Airtel services hit in Hyderabad

Cell phones of mobile telephony major, Airtel, in Hyderabad went silent since 6 a.m. on Saturday morning with what was termed a systemic failure of its network. Till around noon, the... read more »

AAP ‘B Team’ of BJP: Digvijay

Aam Aadmi Party is the ‘B Team’ of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress had “chosen a lesser evil” by supporting Arvind Kejriwal in forming the government in Delhi in 2013,... read more »

Obama cancels Agra leg of visit

The U.S. President, who will be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations, was scheduled to visit the Taj Mahal with his wife, Michelle, on January 27. U.S. President Barack Obama... read more »

Indonesia Search Team to Float AirAsia Fuselage

JAKARTA: Indonesian salvage teams launched today an operation to raise the fuselage of AirAsia Flight 8501 from the sea bed as they recovered four more bodies from the wreckage of the... read more »

Japan Awaits Hostages’ Fate After Islamic State Deadline Passes

Japan’s government and public await the fate of two Japanese captives threatened with execution, 24 hours after the passing of a deadline on Islamic State’s demand for a $200 million ransom. The... read more »