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Patna: Locals blame police as 33 killed ...

Patna: Locals blame police as 33 killed in Dussehra stampede, high level pr...

Patna: At least 33 people have been killed and several injured in a stampede that took place during Dusshera celebrations on Friday night. Soon after the incident, the locals blamed the district police for keeping the exits shut after the celebrations which led to the stampede. The half-km stretch... read more »

Renault plans on entering used car busin...

Renault plans on entering used car business next year in India

French carmaker Renault gained a lot of popularity in the Indian market post launch of the Duster compact SUV in the country. Apart from launching new cars in the country, reports have also been flowing in hinting on company’s plans to enter into used car business. At the Paris Motor Show Bernard... read more »

Yahoo! acquires MessageMe chat app

Yahoo! acquires MessageMe chat app

Tech giant Yahoo has acquired mobile messaging app MessageMe, with hopes to chip into the WhatsApp dominated messaging app market. The deal is reported to be in the double digit millions and some reports peg it at $11.9 million. MessageMe is the brainchild of Arjun Sethi and Justin Rosenthal. Yahoo... read more »

Forex reserves fall $1.4 bn to $314 bn

Forex reserves fall $1.4 bn to $314 bn

Falling for the fourth week in a row, India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $1.415 billion to $314.181 billion in the week to September 26 on account of a hefty drop in non-US currency assets. In the previous week, the reserves had fallen by $101.3 million to $315.596 billion. During the... read more »

SpiceJet announces special offers

NEW DELHI: Rolling out yet another limited- period special fares offer, no-frill carrier SpiceJet on Monday announced discounts on one-way all-inclusive fares starting as low as Rs... read more »

BJP MP Kirit Somaiya booked for assaulting a cop in Mumbai

Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kirit Somaiya has been booked for allegedly manhandling a policeman at Navghar Police Station here. Reports say that the incident happened when the... read more »

Cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj arrested after parking issue brawl

Indian cricket all-rounder Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj was detained by police on Sunday after he reportedly got into a scuffle over a car parking issue in Panchkula, Haryana. The... read more »

Omar challenges Modi to debate on Article 370

Former Diplomat slams Omar for linking border tension with calling off talks with Pak

Former Indian Diplomat Rajiv Dogra on Monday slammed Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for ‘linking shelling of border villages by Pakistan to the calling off of the... read more »

India's GVK gets approval for largest Australian coal mine

Supreme Court quashes all coal block allocations since 1993, term...

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court on Monday cancelled all coal block allocations since 1993. The court said all coal block allocations were done in an illegal manner and it suffered from... read more »