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Heatwave grips Kashmir; Srinagar's hottest July in 25 yrs, beats Delhi temp

Kashmir is currently under the grip of a heatwave with day temperatures at various places soaring to record-high, even as Srinagar experienced the hottest July day in over two decades on Wednesday,......

Preparation For Biparjoy Paid Dividends

No lives were lost after cyclone Biparjoy made landfall.Preparations for Biparjoy were not only extensive, they were also telecast far and wide.Ahead of the cyclone's landfall, Shyam G Menon......

Is YOUR city taken by the Anna movement? Tell us!

Ever since veteran social activist Anna Hazare was lodged in the Tihar Jail in New Delhi, the whole of India has been swamped by peaceful protests.Angry protestors are expressing their angst......

Celebrating Jana Gana Mana@100

On a day dominated by news about activist Anna Hazare's fast and the Lokpal Bill debate in Parliament, most Indians may have forgotten to mark the 100th anniversary of our national anthem......

Narada case: Political storm in WB after CBI arrests 3 TMC leaders

Two Trinamool Congress ministers and an MLA along with a former party leader were on Monday arrested and charge-sheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation in Narada sting case, amid a......

Railways to be lead partner for Commonwealth Games

The Indian Railways will be the lead partner for Commonwealth Games. Special trains will run during the Commonwealth Games. The Railways will start five sport academies in Delhi, Secundrabad,......

BSNL launches multi-play services

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limitedlaunched on Thursday its multi-play service offering Internet Protocoltelevision and video-on-demand to its broadband customers. The company also announced plans to......

e-Money order between India, UAE soon

India Post is targetting a business revenue of Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) this year from its various premium products, including a cost effective electronic International Money order facility......

Conservative banks warm up to home loans

Conservative public sector banks are planning to push home loans more aggressively and lift self-imposed restrictions following reduced incidence of housing loan frauds.Bank of Baroda has decided......

Citi eyes second-rung cities

Citibank is on an expansion drive in the second rung cities of India. It will soon open branches at Vapi in Gujarat and in Pondicherry. It is also extending its low minimum balance Suvidha savings......

Lisa Ray in Kolkatta

Reader Omar Sharif met Lisa Ray in a mall in Kolkatta in January 2005. Lisa looked radiant as ever. The actress, who has done few Hindi films, has performed very well in Deepa Mehta's Water. The......

Shah Rukh Khan bonds with Mamta Banerjee

Shah Rukh Khan bonded well with the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamta Banerjee at the inauguration ceremony of the 17th Kolkata Film Festival.'Awesome feeling of love in......

'Happy Ending is a funny film'

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Stars, who caught an early screening of Happy Ending in Mumbai, turned to Twitter to wish luck to the team.......

Actress Trisha Krishnan gets engaged

A look at the top tweets from favourite Bollywood celebrities. Actress Trisha Krishnan got engaged to boyfriend Varun Manian on January 23. Nayanthara shared a picture of the couple......

Dean Jones is back

Even before the curtain went up on the India-Sri Lanka series, with the lung opener at the Eden Gardens in Kolkatta, Neo Sports- 'the home of cricket in India'- sprang a surprise on its viewers......

Progress in World Cup money dispute: Dalmiya

Board of Control for Cricket in India president Jagmohan Dalmiya says progress has been made in India's efforts to get its World Cup guarantee money released from the International Cricket......

East Bengal beat Mohun Bagan 2-0, climb up to top

Title aspirants East Bengal shot up to the top of the chart prevailing over defending champions Mohun Bagan 2-0 in an enthralling National Football League encounter in Kolkatta on Sunday.After a......

Prem Panicker: A stutter no more, in a modest chase

'When Dhoni walked in, India needed 105 to win with 32 overs to play. The situation called for calm, nerveless, ice-cold execution without necessitating any adrenalin-fueled impestuosities -- the......