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She lost leg after being thrown off train; now scaled Everest

Arunima Sinha, a former national level volleyball player, who had lost her leg after thrown off a moving train by some hoodlums, created history on Tuesday by becoming the first Indian amputee......

Ex-Pak PM Ashraf used threats to secure funds, SC told

A top government official on Tuesday told Pakistan's Supreme Court that former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf had threatened him in order to get funds released for several projects. The accountant......

Modi, other BJP top brass discuss poll strategy at key meet

With less than a year left for the general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party top brass on Tuesday deliberated upon its strategy in run up to the polls during which it intends to highlight the......

Pakistan's Imran Khan to leave hospital on Wednesday

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan is recovering speedily after fracturing his spine in a freak accident at an election campaign meeting and is expected to leave hospital on Wednesday, party......

CAG does not leak reports: Vinod Rai

Outgoing Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai on Tuesday dismissed charges that he was behind the leak of controversial audit reports on 2G spectrum and coal block allocations. "In the course......

Air India's asset monetisation plans may take wing

In what would finally kick-start the monetisation of Air India’s real estate assets, public sector undertakings IDBI Bank, State Bank of India, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Power......

New drug policy welcome move: Pharma companies

The new drug price control policy that has recently been notified is likely to be a boon for consumers as it will put an end to the 'arbitrary' pricing regime and bring down medicine prices, say......

What will be the future of Berkshire without Buffett?

Warren Buffett gave the most extensive comments to date about the future of Berkshire Hathaway Inc after he is gone, saying he still expects the conglomerate to be a partner of choice for......

Tata Teleservices' 19 GSM licences may be cancelled

The GSM industry body Cellular Operators Association of India is planning to approach the Department of Telecommunications in the next few days, asking it to cancel 19 licences awarded to Tata......

Expect equity markets and dollar to consolidate

Clearly the DXY is overbought and needs to work off overbought conditions. That will trigger consolidation in US equity markets that are just as overbought, says Sonali Ranade The US dollar......

'It's not my job to defend Pakistan'

Nationalism only comes second to a writer whose primary morality is as a human being, Mohsin Hamid tells Abhishek Mande, as Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, based on his book, hits the......

How the tainted Rajasthan Royals trio performed in the IPL

Now that spot-fixing has reared its ugly head again, in the ongoing Indian Premier League, leading to the arrest of three cricketers, rediff.com takes a look at how S Sreesanth, Ajit......

Roadmap being drawn for India's return to Olympic fold

The crucial joint-meeting between Indian officials and the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne agreed in principle on a roadmap to bring India back to the Olympic fold. The......

MCA wants to name Wankhede media box after Bal Thackeray

The Mumbai Cricket Association's Managing Committee on Tuesday decided to contact the family of late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and seek their consent to name the media box at the Wankhede......

OCA urges IOC to meet only Sports Ministry delegation

The Olympic Council of Asia has thrown its weight behind IOA's disgruntled acting-President V K Malhotra and Secretary General Randhir Singh and has urged the IOC against meeting officials from the......

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Q. Do you think it is unfair to keep Sanjay Dutt in "Anda Cell" where terrorist Kasaab was kept ?
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Q. Do you think that Congress party will give a ticket to Sreesanth in the next General Elections ?
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Q. If Headache is ever painted on the canvas, how does it look like ??
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GM India to hike car prices from June 1st week

General Motors India today said it will raise the prices of its entire range of vehicles by up to Rs 10,000 from first week of June to offset the... ...

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SC refuses to ban IPL, slams cricket board on spot-fixing

Refusing to ban the remaining IPL matches, the Supreme Court Tuesday slammed the Indian cricket control board saying that spot-fixing incidents had... ...

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Shashi Kant Sharma to be new CAG

Defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma will be the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, replacing Vinod Rai, who retires May 22, the... ...

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General Motors to hike prices in June

American automobile company General Motors' Indian subsidiary Tuesday said it will increase the prices of its vehicles from the first week of June,... ...

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Cupid Rubbers EGM on June 18, 2013

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