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Post R R Patil’s death due to oral cance...

Post R R Patil’s death due to oral cancer, Maharashtra to take steps to cur...

Mumbai, Feb 18: Shocked by death of former Home Minister R R Patil due to oral cancer linked to chewing of tobacco, Maharashtra Health Minister Dr Deepak Sawant today said the government will take steps to curb its consumption. “We cannot ban tobacco, but we will put curbs on tobacco consumption.... read more »

Minor girl raped, murdered in Lonavala h...

Minor girl raped, murdered in Lonavala hotel

The girl had gone to the hotel along with her family members to attend a wedding function on Sunday. She later went missing and her body with slit throat was found on the hotel’s terrace on Tuesday afternoon. The minor girl was sexually assaulted, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Manoj Kumar... read more »

Teesta and husband won’t be arrest...

Teesta and husband won’t be arrested, says SC: All you need to know a...

On Thursday, a new bench of the Supreme Court hearing the plea of activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband said that there was no need to arrest the two, as it reserved its orders on the anticipatory bail. The bench was hearing the plea of Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed, seeking anticipatory... read more »

World Cup 2015: MS Dhoni seeks Ravi Shas...

World Cup 2015: MS Dhoni seeks Ravi Shastri’s advice to curtail slump...

An overwhelming win over Pakistan may have brought a lot of cheer to the Indiancricket team after an indifferent Australian Summer, but there are a few grey areas that are yet to be addressed by the side, including skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s poor run with the bat. Therefore, it was not... read more »

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After Sonia poser, Modi hits back

After Sonia poser, Modi hits back

Sikar (Rajasthan) – BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Thursday targeted Congress p! resident Sonia Gandhi, asking voters not to be taken in by her concerns for the... read more »

Tehelka case : Will Tarun Tejpal get bail? Goa court to decide at 4:30 pm

Tejpal seeks time till Saturday to appear before G...

Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal, who was asked to appear before the Goa police by 3 pm on Thursday, has sought more time to present himself before the... read more »

‘CCTV grab shows Tejpal entering lift with woman journa...

‘CCTV grab shows Tejpal entering lift with woman journalist’

In more trouble for Tehelka’s founder-editor Tarun Tejpal, accused of sexually assaulting his junior colleague, the CCTV footage sourced by Goa Police from a... read more »

Relief for Andhra as cyclone weakens

Relief for Andhra as cyclone weakens

Hyderabad – Cyclonic storm Lehar in the Bay of Bengal has weakened and is likely to weaken further before crossing Andhra Pradesh coast Thursday... read more »

Tehelka assault case: Reports suggest arrest of Tejpal ...

Tehelka assault case: Reports suggest arrest of Tejpal on arrival in Goa

Panaji – Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal is reported to be on his way to Goa, but is not responding to calls or messages of police in the state to appear... read more »

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Philippines typhoon toll touches 2,275

Philippines typhoon toll touches 2,275

Manila – The death toll in typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines last week has risen to 2,275, Eduardo del Rosario, the executive director of National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management... read more »

Costa Concordia engine-room crew says `Captain didn't care if they died`

Costa Concordia engine-room crew says `Captain did...

London – The wrecked Costa Concordia’s engine room crew has said “Captain didn’t care if they died”, while revealing harrowing... read more »

Hackers steal card details of 376,000 people from Loyal...

Hackers steal card details of 376,000 people from Loyaltybuild

Washington – In a cyberattack on an Irish marketing company, Loyaltybuild, the hackers have reportedly stolen full card details of at least 376,000... read more »

Pak court sets Nov 18 for Musharraf’s plea to lea...

Pak court sets Nov 18 for Musharraf's plea to leave country

Karachi – Pakistan’s Sindh High Court has set November 18 for a decision on former president Pervez Musharraf’s plea against a government ban... read more »

Vladimir Putin cautious about being listed as “mo...

Vladimir Putin cautious about being listed as "most powerful person"

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday he was more cautious after being named the most powerful person by Forbes... read more »

Fadnavis ministry expansion tomorrow

The 34-day-old Devendra Fadnavis-led ministry in Maharashtra will be expanded tomorrow, amid indications of a “patch up” with former ally Shiv Sena. The ceremony will be held at... read more »

3-year-old sexually abused inside Bengaluru school twice

A three-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted twice in the premises of a private school in the fifth such incident in as many months. The accused, a school attendant, was arrested... read more »

Six-month-old raped in Gujarat village

In a gruesome act, a six-month-old girl was allegedly raped by a man– acquainted to the victim’s family– in Gujarat’s Patan district, police said on Wednesday. The... read more »

Minister Jyoti will not quit over hate speech, government tells opposition parties

An adamant and united opposition Wednesday continued to disrupt both Houses of Parliament demanding Union minister Niranjan Jyoti be sacked over her hate speech even though the government... read more »

Relief for Modi as court upholds SIT closure report

No more Acche din: PM Modi is losing his charm in Tamil Nadu poli...

Chennai: A few months ago, there was a unique spectacle in Tamil Nadu politics – no leader spoke against Narendra Modi. Modi appeared to be a consensus candidate to head the national... read more »