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BSP leader Rajesh Yadav shot dead near A...

BSP leader Rajesh Yadav shot dead near Allahabad University; supporters tur...

BSP leader Rajesh Yadav was shot dead near Allahabad University under Karnalganj police station area on Tuesday late night. Yadav along with his friend Dr Mukul was going in his SUV when unidentified assailants opened fire on him, said the police. Yadav suffered a bullet wound and rushed to... read more »

BSF camp near Srinagar airport attacked,...

BSF camp near Srinagar airport attacked, ASI and three terrorists killed.

SRINAGAR: Security forces foiled an attempt by the Jaish-e-Muhammed to storm a BSF camp near the high-security Srinagar airport on Tuesday, killing all three terrorists in an operation that also claimed the life of an assistant sub-inspector of the force, police said. State Director General of... read more »

Ola raises $2 billion from Softbank, Ten...

Ola raises $2 billion from Softbank, Tencent, other investors.

Chinese internet giant has concluded a USD 2 billion fund raising from Tencent, Japan’s SoftBank and other US-based investors, according to multiple news reports. Tencent has concluded a $400 million investment in the Indian cab aggregator, according to a report in The Economic Times. The... read more »

RCom-Aircel Merger Called Off Due to ...

RCom-Aircel Merger Called Off Due to ‘Regulatory’ Hurdles.

Reliance Communications, which is reeling under a debt of about Rs 46,000 crore, Sunday called off merger talks with Aircel, citing “legal and regulatory” delays and outlined an alternative plan for debt reduction by selling real estate as well as tower and fibre business. “Merger... read more »

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Rajya Sabha passes Lokpal bill

Rajya Sabha passes Lokpal bill

New Delhi – The Rajya Sabha Tuesday passed the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, which provides for creation of an anti-corruption ombudsman. The most prominent of the group of anti-graft bills on the... read more »

AAP to stake claim

AAP to decide government formation Dec 23

New Delhi – The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Tuesday said it will take a final decision on government formation Dec 23, after seeking public opinion... read more »

Andhra assembly to debate Telangana bill from Wednesday

Andhra assembly to debate Telangana bill from Wednesday

Hyderabad – The debate on the bill for formation of separate Telangana state will begin in Andhra Pradesh assembly Wednesday and continue till... read more »

Dialogue on health should be more participatory: Montek

Dialogue on health should be more participatory: Montek

New Delhi – Dialogue on health should be made more participatory and involve pharmaceutical companies as well as general practitioners and hospitals,... read more »

Tunda moves bail application in 1997 blasts case

Tunda moves bail application in 1997 blasts case

New Delhi – Lashkar-e-Taiba bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda, accused in the 1997 Delhi Sadar Bazar blasts case, Tuesday filed his bail application in a... read more »

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Khaleda Zia asks India to respect majority's aspirations

Khaleda Zia asks India to respect majority’s aspirations

Dhaka – Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia has asked India to “respect the aspirations of the majority in Bangladesh” and urged the ruling Awami League (AL) party to give up its... read more »

Maid trouble lands Indian diplomat in New York in soup

Maid trouble lands Indian diplomat in New York in ...

Washington – In a second case of its type, one of India’s senior diplomats in New York was arrested and accused by Manhattan’s... 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 who... 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 »

Cricbuzz named title sponsor of India-Sri Lanka Test series

Cricbuzz, one of the leading cricket news and information destinations on web and mobile, was on Monday named as the title sponsor for the upcoming India-ri Lanka Test series. This... read more »

1st ODI : Virat Kohli's ton in vain as India lose to New Zealand by 24 runs

Virat Kohli bats for five-bowler attack in Sri Lanka as a winning strategy

Chennai: Indian Test captain Virat Kohli expressed his confidence in Ravichandran Ashwin’s batting abilities and said that there is no reason why the Tamil Nadu tweaker can’t be... read more »

Yahoo buys social media site focused on shopping

Yahoo has once again gotten the urge to go shopping — and this time the internet company has acquired a social shopping site. Yahoo announced late on Friday that it had agreed to acquire... read more »

Pressure rising on RBI to cut rate Tuesday

NEW DELHI: Pressure is mounting on RBI to cut interest rate in its third monetary policy review of this fiscal on Tuesday while experts are divided over the issue, saying high retail... read more »

SMS alerts for train delays, water vending machines on anvil

NEW DELHI: SMS alerts to passengers on train delays and setting up of 4,615 water vending machines at a number of railway stations are among the new initiatives of the railways to improve facilities... read more »