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Celebrations galore as Modi sits on PM chair

Celebrations erupted in the national capital and other parts of the country as Narendra Modi was sworn in as prime minister on Monday evening with BJP workers and supporters distributing sweets and......

Opposition disrupts Parliament on fuel price issue

Parliament failed to transact any business on Monday as the Opposition members created uproar over hike in fuel prices and demanded immediate rollback. Opposition members also contended that......

BJP brings out book on coal-gate

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday came out with a book on the coal scam titled 'The Great Coal Robbery'. The book has been authored among others by BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar, whose......

Xi Jinping elected as member of China's legislature

China's new leader Xi Jinping was on Wednesday elected as the member of the nation's legislature, the National People's Congress, which was all set to choose him as the president early next month.......

Those who threatened girl band won't be spared: Omar

The government will not spare those who issued threats to Kashmiri girl band, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdulhah on Thursday said, but maintained there was no need for legal action......

After 17 years of toil, India is finally ready for tryst with semiconductors

The exclusive club that dominates the global semiconductor fab scenario is about to get a new member. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Taiwan, South Korea, and China control nearly 70 per cent......

Advance tax mop-up declines 25%

Mumbai, which contributes about 30 per cent of country’s direct collections, saw the rate of contraction in advance tax collection lower to 20 per cent as against an over 33 per......

India's fuel pricing mechanism is opaque and removed from reality

The Modi government should find a way out of this conundrum before it loses itself in the maze. S Dinakar reports. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com What could be more uncertain than Virat......

'Tata India's best-known global brand'

Days ahead of Ratan Tata's retirement, an Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) survey said the $100-billion Tata Group was perceived to be India's best-known global......

We will now be more aggressive: HCL chief

After spending 20 years at HCL Technologies and heading various service lines, Anant Gupta on Thursday assumed the role of president and chief executive officer.Gupta, who will succeed Vineet......

Hrithik Roshan escapes terror attack at Istanbul airport

Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan was stuck at the Istanbul's Ataturk airport a few hours before the terrorist attack in which at least 36 people have been killed. The 42-year-old Bang Bang! star,......

Gujarat starts screening MNIK, sell-out in Kolkata

Gujarat multiplexeshave started screeningMy Name is Khan after cancelling the first shows due to protests from Vishwa Hindu Parishadand Bajrang Dal activists, members of the Multiplex Owners......

Filmfare Awards, southern style!

It was a starry Friday night -- an auspicious one too -- when the stars of tinseltown descended in Hyderabad on Varalakshmi Vratham (Varalakshmi puja) for the 56th Filmfare Awards (South) at the......

Bollywood develops a taste for English

'I can talk English. I can walk English. I can laugh English. Because English is a very phunny language,' rattles off a memorable Amitabh Bachchan in Prakash Mehra's incessantly droll, Namak Halal.......

When Neil spent Diwali in Tihar Jail

The cast and crew of Madhur Bhandarkar's new film Jail celebrated Diwali with the inmates of Tihar Jail in New Delhi recently. Bhandarkar, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Manoj Bajpai and music director......

US Open PHOTOS: Serena hands Navarro double bagel

Defending champion Serena Williams walloped Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro 6-0, 6-0 to race into the semi-finals of the US Open on Tuesday. Top seed Williams served up the dreaded 'double-bagel' in a......

New Davis Cup captain Anand Amritraj says focus will be on singles

Newly-appointed Davis Cup captain Anand Amritraj is confident it will be "smooth sailing" for the Indian team in 2014. Insisting that the players' revolt is thing of the past, he said he is looking......

Brazil's Corinthians reach Club World Cup final

Corinthians beat African champions Al-Ahly 1-0 on Wednesday to reach the final of the Club World Cup but the Brazilian side failed to impress as they set up a potential showdown with Chelsea. Peru......

FA Cup: Torres rescues holders Chelsea against Brentford

Much-maligned striker Fernando Torres rescued FA Cup holders Chelsea from an ignominious fourth-round exit after his 83rd-minute equaliser salvaged a 2-2 draw at third tier Brentford on Sunday. The......

Dhoni unhappy with umpiring in Sydney ODI

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni slammed the umpiring standard in Sunday's tri-series match against Australia, saying that the two debatable decision should have gone in India's favour.......

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