- 2016 Summer Paralympics: Expectations high from Rio-bound Indian contingent
- 7.2-magnitude quake hits off New Caledonia, no tsunami threat
- A bunch of chocolatiers are reinventing India’s palate for the world’s favourite confectionery
- Accusing Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel for bringing disrepute to the nation at the Rio Olympics by flouting rules and codes of decency, the Congress on Saturday asserted that Goel could have done his job of taking care and cheering the Indian ...
- A charitable trust is helping villagers in India's driest regions to recharge ground water and maximise agricultural earnings using an age-old rainwater harvesting technique
- Achievement on par with Olympians Al Oerter and Carl Lewis
- A close aide of Asaram, who is in judicial custody in connection with the murder of a witness in a rape case against the self-styled godman, has been booked under the Arms Act, police said today.
- A couple of years away from swimming haven't diminished Michael Phelps's appetite for a fight
- Across the world, more of us are travelling than ever before. Yet, holidays are only enjoyed in retrospect. I have just returned from New York, a place of unexpected pleasures and constant surprises –...
- Actress Amy Schumer says convincing veteran actress Goldie Hawn to star in her upcoming yet-untitled movie was not easy.
- A day after an all party meeting took place in New Delhi discussing the ongoing unrest in Jammu and Kashmir following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Buran Wani, Defence expert Qamar Agha said it is a good political initiative which will ...
- A day after the tragic death of K Sarojanamma, the abandoned 80-year-old widow, the Aswapuram police on Friday booked a case against the five sons of the old woman under Section 306 of the IPC.
- A day after three young swimmers got injured during a competition, Gurgaon police today booked the organiser of the event for negligence even as an inquiry was ordered into the matter.
- Ad blockers strike back against Facebook
- Admitting that mistakes have been committed by officials also, he had said action will be initiated against them after inquiry
- A drop in interest income and provisions towards standard assets resulted in Bank of India reporting a loss of Rs 741 crore in the reporting quarter ended June 30, as against a net profit of Rs 130 cr...
- Aerobic exercise can significantly help individuals improve the 'cognitive deficits,' especially loss of working memory linked with schizophrenia, finds a study.
- A fire broke out at an industrial estate on Andheri-Kurla road today, officials said. No casualties have been reported so far. According to disaster control room officials, the fire erupted at Shi...
- After Azam Khan's buffaloes, police called in to locate Katheria's missing dog
- After making her witty commercial on 'Swach Bharat' the talk of the town, Kangana Ranuat released another video yesterday to mark the 69 glorious years of Independence.Titled 'Love Your Country,' the two and a half minute video has a strong ...
- After new norms, FDI flow at Rs 16k cr: Irdai chief
- Against a net profit of Rs 146.86 crore in the same period last financial year
- A hacker believed to be linked to Russia has posted cellphone numbers and other personal information of nearly 200 current and former congressional Democrats, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, in the latest public disclosure of sensitive ...
- Aided by sharp increase in low-cost deposits, treasury gains and recoveries of bad debts, Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) on Friday reported net profit of ₹ 101 crore in the first quarter ended June 3...
- Aiming to attract potential investments from Tamil Nadu for its infrastructure development projects across Kerala, Inkel will be hosting a business meet in Chennai this month.
- Airline or airport operator will then have to address the issue in a specified period
- Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Maintenance Command, IAF, Air Marshal Pankaj Aneja on Friday emphasised on the need to innovate and find ways to face the challenges in the fields of finance and budgeting in the Indian Air Force.
- Airstrikes in opposition areas of Syria's northern Aleppo province struck a market, a hospital and a village today, killing at least 18 people, including children and two hospital staffers, activists and rescue workers said.
- Alibaba betting on Paytm in India
- Alibaba posts fastest growth since IPO, nets $4.84 billion in quarterly revenues
- Alibaba revenue up 59% at $4.85 bn in June quarter
- Alibaba sales beat estimates on cloud, resilient China commerce
- All major markets, including bullion, oils and oilseeds and other commodities will remain closed on Monday, August 15, on account of "Independence Day".
- All-party meet will send positive signal in Kashmir: Defence expert
- Also tells government to offer temporary rehabilitation and relocation packages to affected citizens
- A man in his 20s was killed early today after crashing a stolen airplane on a roadway east of Toronto, police said.
- A memorandum in support of the separate statehood was submitted to Gadkari's staff
- Amid the ongoing war of words between him and senior Congress MLA Manas Bhunia, Leader of Opposition Abdul Mannan today led a party delegation to meet West Bengal Governor K M Tripathi and submitted a memorandum accusing the administration of ...
- Among those transferred include Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Hom...
- An Assam Police Battalion personnel was killed and another injured in an accidental firing at Karbi Anglong district in Assam on Saturday morning, police said.
- Ancient ice reveals clues about Earth's past climate
- An erratic SSP Chawrasia brought home a second successive even-par 71 to lie tied 30th while Anirban Lahiri carded a disappointing two-over 73 to be placed tied 51st after the second round of the golf event at the Rio Olympics here today.
- Anoothi Vishal's latest book, Mrs LC's Table, traces Kayasth culture through its food
- Anthony Ervin becomes oldest swimmer to win Olympic gold medal
- Apex court may hear plea on equalising taxes paid by petrol, diesel users
- Apple shipped 8,00,000 smartphones to India in Q2 this year -- down from 1.2 million units in same quarter last year
- Approvals for US launches and clearance of Halol plant key for Sun Pharma's earning upgrades
- A recap of the main events on the seventh day of the competition at the Rio Olympics
- Are we not a healthier nation today, with a life expectancy up from around 40 in 1960 to about 65 now?
- Army commander says some nations, including India committing acts of terror in Pakistan
- Around 80 tonnes of gold has been imported through unofficial channels in these four months
- Arvind Infrastructure has posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 3.02 crore for the quarter ended June 2016 against Re 0.22 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago. The company’s consolidated re...
- Asaram aide booked under Arms Act
- As Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi began his three-day visit India visit from Goa, a commentary in the state-run Xinhua news agency that appeared on Friday was not far from linking New Delhi’s entry...
- As human errors have been pointed out as a major reason for increasing air accidents in Nepal, the authorities said they would strengthen inspections for "health and behaviour" of crew members.
- Asia’s oldest bourse BSE is in discussion to pick up stake and form a partnership with industry body AMFI’s mutual fund distribution platform MF Utilities.
- As industries will switch towards consolidating their warehousing infrastructure, the demand is expected to shift in favour of bigger trucks
- As part of an ambitious plan to make the Ganga navigable, Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday laid the foundation stone of a ₹211-crore multi-modal terminal here. “The multi-modal hub here will...
- As part of creating awareness on culture and heritage, a three-day Bharatanatyam workshop was held at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan (PSBB) Millennium School-Cuddalore.The school invited resource persons ...
- As part of the ensuing Police Commemoration Week, the Karimnagar district police has invited entries from media persons of Karimnagar district for the competition on ‘smart policing — role of social m...
- Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today appealed people to mobilise public activism towards making the society tobacco-free.
- Assam Govt. to take up AIR Dibrugarh News Unit closure issue with Centre
- Assembly passes Bill unanimously
- As someone who champions freedom of expression, there is no contradiction in my decision to file an FIR against online abuse
- As striking as its splendour is the Taj Mahal Palace’s place in India’s Independence narrative
- As the Paralympic-bound Indian contingent heads for the 2016 Summer Paralympics, slated to be held from September 7 and 18 in Brazil, the country has pinned high hopes on its athletes winning a lot of medals in the prestigious quadrennial event.The ...
- At 35, Ervin wins swimming gold
- At an all-party meet, Modi said cross-border terrorism supported by Pakistan is the root cause of turbulence in the Valley
- A team of doctors from different specialities like gastroenteritis and gynaecology are monitoring her health
- Athletics - Adams' history bid falls short, Ayana smashes record
- At least six people died when a small private plane crashed into trees in Virginia, US, authorities said.
- At the auctions of Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA), the overall earnings in the first seven months of current year have risen by 4.91 per cent over the same period of 2015, reveals an analysis o...
- Attributes near flat profit to one-time costs, startup costs for new projects and adverse exchange rate impact
- Australian official rejects criticisms of China investor
- Authorities went into a tizzy after a local VHP functionary decided to meditate in a 10-feet deep pit at a cremation ground near here in order to have a darshan of Lord Shiva.
- A welfare forum for farmers has opposed the announcement of Minister Kandasamy proposing to construct a fishing harbour in Panithittu-Narambai coastal villages.In a memorandum, Bangaru Vaickal Neeradh...
- Aziz said Pak is prepared to consider translating its unilateral moratorium into a bilateral arrangement on non-testing with India
- Badminton doubles pair Jwala-Ashwini out of Rio Olympics
- Bajaj Electricals today reported 11.94 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 22.87 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2016.The company had posted a net profit of Rs 20.43 crore in the same pe...
- Bam Aquino seeks probe on martial law lessons in schools
- Bangladesh arrests five militants, identifies July 1 attack mastermind
- Bank of India (BoI) today reported a loss of Rs 741.3 crore in the first quarter ended June 30 as provisions for bad loans nearly doubled.The state-run bank had earned a net profit of Rs 129.7 crore i...
- Bank staff investments via PMS amount to insider trading: Sebi
- Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton are founders of ISIS: Donald Trump
- Beleaguered real estate firm Unitech Ltd today expressed its inability before the Supreme Court to refund money to the home buyers over its two delayed housing projects in Noida and Gurgaon.
- Believes mobile and payments to be an important strategic asset for it in India
- Bench observed that it is a serious matter and such a situation should be handled with humane approach and extreme sensitivity
- Bengal plans new solar policy
- Bharatanatyam workshop held to promote awareness
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar hits the right notes
- Bhuvneshwar's five-for puts India in charge
- Bibek Debroy: Railway thieves
- Bihar, which notified the Prime Minister’s crop insurance scheme just two days back on Wednesday, will now get sixteen days beyond the stipulated cut-off date of August 15 to enrol farmers.The decisi...
- Bill to reform motor vehicle law introduced
- Binny, Mishra named in India squad for WI T20Is
- Birla Corporation, the MP Birla group company recorded a 276 per cent rise in net profit to ₹ 94 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2016.The company had reported a net profit of ₹ 25 crore in ...
- Birthday special: Rare pictures of Sridevi from our archives
- Birthday special: Sridevi's best Filmfare covers
- BJP-Sena to form coordination committee to clear pending work
- Boeing Business Jets Announces Orders for Two BBJ MAX 8 Airplanes
- Bomb squads, stray bullets: Incidents unnerve some in Rio
- Bosch Ltd has posted 16.65 per cent higher profits in the first-quarter (Q1) of FY 2016-17 at Rs 431.59 crore on standalone basis as compared with Rs 369.96 crore during the same period last year.The ...
- Bose Krishnamachari, the co-founder of the Kochi Muziris Biennale, is now taking contemporary art to China
- Both tennis stars overcame injury scares and concerns in their respective quarter final matches at the Games
- Boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav and tennis stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna brought some much needed cheer as the Indian contingent their flop show at the ongoing 31st Olympic Games here.
- Brands hunt for gold at the Olympics
- Brazilian Olympic cyclist Kleber Da Silva Ramos was provisionally suspended after failing a doping test before the Games, the International Cycling Federation (UCI) said in a statement on Friday.
- Brazil sets impeachment trial date for suspended President Dilma Rousseff
- Brazil's Supreme Court announced that the final impeachment trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff will be held on August 25, the media reported on Saturday.
- Breaking Bad" director Michelle MacLaren is all set to direct the feature film adaptation of Kristin Hannah's novel "The Nightingale".
- BRICS yet to broker peace between India and China: Shakti Sinha
- Brutal techniques of ‘gentle’ judo on the rise at Olympics
- BSE expects 30-40% of its members to join its international bourse
- BSE to auction investment limits for Rs 9,358-cr govt bonds
- Buffalo meat exports to reach Rs 40,000 cr in next 5 years: ICRA
- Bumblebee gets makeover in 'Transformers: The Last Knight'
- But stock jumps 7% on slower accretion of bad loans; worst behind us: chairman
- But Thimphu did not pursue the move apparently to avoid creating any misunderstanding in its close ties with India
- CAG differs with Oil Ministry on calculation of estimated LPG subsidy savings
- CAG raps FinMin for inflated targets in Budget documents
- CAG said the reduced subsidy rate on account of the fall in crude oil price resulted in reduced subsidy payout
- Cairn India merger: Vedanta to seek creditors nod on Sept 8
- Canada plane thief dies in crash: police
- Cancel contributory pension scheme: TSUTF
- Carnegie Mellon President Subra Suresh says industry funding key for technological breakthroughs
- Case booked against abandoned widow’s sons
- Central African Republic's health minister says at least 16 people have died from cholera and there have been 66 recorded cases since the beginning of August.
- Central Bank of India has reported a net loss of Rs 599.81 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 compared to a net profit of Rs. 203.60 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2015.Total income has d...
- Central Bank of India posts Rs 600 cr net loss
- Central Bank of India Q1 loss at Rs 600 cr
- Centre failed to ensure administration of justice department performs satisfactorily: NCP
- CFO Anant Gawande says Q1 is a subdued quarter as it contributes just 10% to the profit for the whole year
- Chahal told Khraibut that he paid Brown a $250,000 retainer to exert pressure on the district attorney to dismiss the charges
- Chatting and commenting -- are but 3.5% of our time on social media, the study showed
- Chawrasia tied 30, Lahiri tied 51 after Rd 2 at Olympic golf
- Cheng Wei: Meet The 34-Year-Old Didi Chuxing CEO Who Tamed Uber in China
- China says NSG door not shut on India, FM Wang in Delhi today
- China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba has recorded a revenue growth of 59 per cent amounting to $4.85 billion in the first fiscal quarter ended June, the fastest since its initial public offerings.The reve...
- China's economic activity slows in July as reforms begin to bite
- China's fixed asset investment, retail sales and industrial output all rose but were below expectations
- 'China to use carbon scheme to boost electric cars'
- Chinese FM visit shows maturity of relationship: Diplomat
- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is to visit India on Saturday. This will be the first high-level visit by a Chinese official since the country scuttled India's application at the NSG citing procedur...
- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who arrived in New Delhi on Friday, will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.The two leaders are expected to discuss issues of mutual interests.Wang had arrived in Goa on Friday for a three day visit to ...
- Cholera kills 16 people in C. African Republic, 34 in Congo
- Cipla's net profit dips 44%, announces new CEO
- CJI slams govt for stalling appointment of judges
- Clinton is also planning to release her 2015 tax returns in the coming days
- Clinton said she wants to bring Americans together to tackle the big challenges facing the country
- Clintons earned $10.75 million in 2015, paid 34.2% federal tax rate
- Clinton’s tax returns released in an effort to pressure Trump
- COAI delegation meets telecom minister
- Coal India has identified 476 mines for closure and a mine closure plan has been prepared and approved for 445 mines till July 31, Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal...
- Coal India identifies 476 mines for closure
- Colleen Taylor Sen's chronicle of the evolution of the Indian diet contradicts several myths about the subcontinent's culinary traditions
- COLUMN | Team USA still has superior talent, but lately it has played the way you’d expect from a squad formed only last month.
- Commercial tax dept claims Rs 1.8 cr from Rolls-Royce dealer
- Companies have set up ever more elaborate venues and marketing schemes to woo customers
- Cong MPs hold dharna in Parliament, demand MSP for arecanut, copra
- Congrats you won a gold medal. Now here's your tax bill
- Congress questions PM's remarks on insaniyat, jamhooriyat
- Congress today accused the Anti- Corruption Bureau of showing lackadaisical attitude towards the complaints filed by the party against "tainted" ministers in the BJP-led Maharashtra government.
- ‘Consumer should not be affected by tussle between operators, TRAI’
- Continuing to disrupt the logistics space with their advanced technology, powered by Big Data Analytics and Internet of Things, PayTM backed LogiNext deployed its technology solutions to aid one of the largest 3PL company of India, Scorpion Express ...
- Convincing Goldie Hawn was not easy for Amy Schumer
- Cotton prices remained unchanged on moderate demand from domestic mills and exporters. Prices of cottonseed marginally increased on short supply. Gujarat Sankar-6 cotton traded flat at ₹47,500-48,000...
- Could An Islamist-Separatist Alliance Be Brewing In Balochistan?
- Cricket - Sri Lanka win toss, bat in final test against Australia
- Crop diversification programme has been extended to 10 states to encourage tobacco growing farmers to shift to alternative crops, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Production of flue cured virgini...
- Datsun launches 'Style' versions of GO and GOcars
- Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd’s net profit declined 22 per cent to ₹ 34.72 crore in the first quarter of current fiscal compared with ₹45 crore in the same period last year as ...
- Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, is likely to meet on August 18
- Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurates “Bharat Parv”
- Delhi High Court upholds service tax on food, drinks in AC hotels
- Delhi on Friday witnessed its second dengue death, with a relative of Aam Aadmi Party legislator succumbing to the haemorrhagic fever, doctors said here.
- Demanding a minimum support price for arecanut and copra, members of Parliament (MPs) from the Congress party staged a dharna in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament House.The MPs also dem...
- Dengue deaths in West Bengal since January rose to 15 with medical reports today confirming the death of a 58-year-old man due to the vector-borne disease, a senior government official said.
- Depp loses cool, breaks wine glass in fight with Amber Heard
- Describing Pakistan as an "occupier" of Gilgit-Baltistan, a US-based organisation has said that Islamabad's withdrawal from this part of Jammu and Kashmir would help resolve the Kashmir issue.
- Despite a sharp inflow of $1.2 billion from listed foreign funds in July, India has seen an outflow of $800 million this year so far, according to a study done by Kotal Institutional Equities. Ac...
- Devas says vendetta by India over CBI case against top officials
- DFID would collaborate in three partnerships with Indore, Pune and Amravati, through technical assistance, expertise sharing and business engagement.
- Dialysis provider Nephroplus is planning to raise ₹100 crore for expansion. “We are working on the modalities which will be finalised soon,’’ Vikram Vuppala, Founder - CEO, told newspersons at a pres...
- Dialysis provider Nephroplus will be offering dialysis services in government district hospitals across Andhra Pradesh as part of public private participation (PPP) delivery model.“We have entered int...
- Directs payment of 1% green tax; moots the same for smaller diesel cars too
- Lyft turns down acquisition offer from General Motors: Report
- Maha CM pressurising ACB to go soft against ministers: Cong
- Mahanta wants all minsters in House during laying of important
- Maken also sought direction to restrain the state government from publicising the name of CM Kejriwal in any of its advertisements
- Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic said he does not consider himself to be arrogant but was instead confident in himself.
- Manipal Tech acquires fraud detection solution from Bengaluru company
- Manipal Technologies Ltd (MTL), which is a secure print solutions organization, has acquired CrossFraud – an advanced fraud detection and anti-money laundering solution -- from the Bengaluru-based Sa...
- Mannan meets Governor over Bhunia issue
- Manu-Sumeeth losses, India's campaign in doubles ends
- Many of these technologies — as wonderfully brought out in Mauldin Economics’ ‘A World Gone Backwards’ — are Globalisation in reverse!
- Masaan To English Vinglish: 13 Movies That Redefined The Term 'Independence' For Us
- May divest stake in road project, to conclude BIAL deal soon
- Meeting fiscal deficit target for FY17 a challenge, says government
- Men's hockey: India held 2-2 after Canada's late goal
- Merchandise exports fall 6.8% in July
- Merger of HLP with BJP final, says HLP President Maheshwar Singh
- Mexican police have recaptured Luis Reyes Enriquez, known as "Z-12", founder and leader of the Los Zetas Cartel, during an operation in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, authorities said on Friday.
- MH370 search agency retracts 'death dive' theory
- Michael Phelps' perfect Rio Olympics came to an end Friday night. He simply had to settle for another Olympic medal.
- Michael Phelps' perfect Rio run comes to an end with si...
- Microsoft's employees are more innovative than Apple's, and Facebook's staff are less creative than most tech workers
- Microsoft acquires gaming startup run by 18-year-old
- 'Microsoft employees more innovative than Apple's'
- Milestones: Indian Hotels Company
- Military helicopters on Friday rushed polio vaccines to dangerous parts of northeastern Nigeria, where Boko Haram operates and two paralyzed toddlers were recently discovered, a Nigerian health official said.
- MIP impact on steel imports, price realisation not as expected; govt
- Mobile app, powered by Nirbhaya Jyoti Trust, is a personal safety application for smartphone users developed in association with Mobile Standards Alliance of India
- Mobile app to ensure women safety launched at DU
- Modi ministers in a rush to get into Independence Day mood
- Modi said time has come to expose Pakistan's brutalities on people of Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
- Modi says govt's doors open to redress grievances of all sections in J&K
- Mohenjo Daro review: Ashutosh offers a grandeur that fails to entertain
- Mom Burnt Alive in UP, Daughter Writes Letter in Blood to CM
- Monsoon cheer: tractor industry eyes higher growth this fiscal
- Monsoon session marked by passage of several economic reform Bills
- More than 70 influential Republicans have signed a letter urging the party to stop spending money on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and direct it instead to November’s congressional races, a ne...
- Move follows India’s ratification of WTO Agreement
- 'MP can become India's economic heart after GST launch'
- MP will become economic heart after GST: Chouhan
- M.S. Dhoni: Trailer launch
- MTEF stated the Indian economy was showing 'bright' near-term prospects, and that macro-economic stability has improved
- Murder charges laid in killings of teenage sweethearts on First Nation
- National Committee on Trade Facilitation set up
- Nationalised banks top grouse list in Odisha: Ombudsman
- NBC nabs silver for second best night of Rio ratings, but has tough road ahead
- NCC Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 52.3 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2016, up 26 per cent, against a profit of Rs 41.4 crore for the corresponding quarter last year on a standalone b...
- Need to address real cause of pollution; cars a minor contributor: Auto Industry
- Need to look ahead and accept technology change to thrive
- Nephroplus to offer dialysis services in AP govt hospitals,Nephroplus plans to raise ₹100 cr
- Net profit earned by Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd in the first quarter of the current fiscal declined 22 per cent to ₹ 34.72 crore compared to ₹ 45 crore in the same period la...
- New Delhi, Aug 12 The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has found the estimated savings on account of Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG in 2015-16 to be lower than that of the Ministry of Petroleu...
- New education policy: Govt to accept suggestions till Sept 15
- New wearable touchpad can help you write, play games
- NHAI is also identifying choke points in cities, places which require bypasses, flyovers, interchanges
- Nifty 50 August Futures (8,672) After taking positive cues from the Asian markets, the Nifty futures started the session in the green at 8,614. It marked an intra-day high at around this level and...
- NMDC Limited has posted a lower net profit of Rs 711.34 crore for the first quarter ended June 30,2016 as against a profit of Rs 1015.39 crore for the corresponding quarter, on a standalone basis.
- Nobel Peace Laureate plans a movement to save 100 million children deprived of childhood
- No country can go from zero to hero in Olympic sports. A hundred Indians now feature in the top-25 and why that's real progress
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