Pak court bars Imran Khan's planned lockdown of Islamabad
A Pakistan high court today barred cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's planned lockdown of the capital this week and ordered it to hold a sit-in at the designated place here instead, as authorities arrested at least 1,500 party activists in a crackdown. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) heard a petition regarding threat by...
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Only Modi govt implemented OROP: Parrikar
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AirAsia India says probing fraudulent claims
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India beat Pakistan 3-2 to reclaim Asian Champions Trophy
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Hamilton wins Mexico Grand Prix
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Ferguson backs Ronaldo to win Ballon d'Or
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Messi says coach Guardiola will change Man City for the better
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Shah Rukh Khan dedicates poem to Indian soldiers
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has penned and recorded a special message in the form of a poem for the Indian soldiers, as a way to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi's #Sandesh2Soldiers initiative. After Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh came forward to send a message for the Indian...
Dil...', 'Shivaay': No fireworks at box office on Diwali
The Diwali festivities seem to have come in the way of sparkling box office numbers for Karan Johars "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" and actor-filmmaker Ajay Devgns "Shivaay". The movies did not register a hike in their collections, but trade experts believe the coming days look bright. Both the films released on...
Richa Chadha slams supporters of firecrackers
Actress Richa Chadha took it upon herself to cross question those who justified bursting of crackers over Twitter. On Monday, Richa re-tweeted an article on increase in pollution level post Diwali in Delhi. She captioned it: "Everyone who burst crackers yesterday has a death wish! What do we need more oxygen...
Chinese yuan strengthens
The central parity rate of the Chinese yuan strengthened against the US dollar on Monday. The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan,strengthened 217 basis points to 6.7641 against the US dollar on Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System, Xinhua news agency reported. In China's...
Mistry-Tata row: Brickwork Ratings downgrades Tata Steel
Citing "heightened management risk" following the ouster of Cyrus Mistry as Chairman of Tata Sons, Brickwork Ratings has revised outlook of Tata Steel to negative while as revised the ratings of its NCDs worth Rs 6,500 crore. The revised rating however continues to place the company in the 'high degree of...
Govt to release new arhar variety in Jan to boost output
The government today said it will release early maturing arhar dal variety in January for commercial cultivation that will help achieve self-sufficiency in pulses over the next three years. Pulses production in India is lower than the demand of 23-24 million tonne (MT). The output had fallen in the last two...
Inform broadband users of data limit, speed: Trai to telcos
Telecom regulator Trai today directed operators to inform customers about the data usage limits of their broadband plans and the extent to which speed of connection will be reduced in case users breach the 'fair usage' or data quota cap. Currently, under the 'fair usage policy' if a consumer subscribes to...
