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Nokia Xpress Now Web App for its Asha smartphones in India »

Nokia Xpress Now Web App for its Asha Nokia has launched its Nokia Xpress Now App for its Asha smartphones in India, through which users of Asha feature-phone can access…

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Shootout at Wadala – Review by Mansha Rastogi »

If you want to make a gangster film you have a ready template in Bollywood which to follow. Pick up a real mafia from the past, throw in as many…

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Finance

The Cost of Tornadoes »

Were you watching The Weather Channel this week, you stood a good chance of catching meteorologists Jim Cantore and Mike…

May 17 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Global Network of Hackers Steals $45M from ATMs »

NEW YORK (AP) — The sophistication of a global network of thieves who drained cash machines around the globe of…

May 17 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Abercrombie Outrage! Is Being Obnoxious a Fireable Offense? »

Can a CEO be fired for being obnoxious?That’s just one of the questions being asked regarding Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF)…

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Clown fish breeding popular in Tamil Nadu »

Chennai, May 12 (IANS) With the rise in popularity of marine ornamental aquarium, the breeding and retailing of clown fish…

May 17 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »
General

Delhi gangrape: Court says girl’s friend’s TV interview is off-limits »

A fast-track court today said it cannot allow the accused to cross-examine the friend of the December 16 Delhi gangrape victim regarding the contents of an interview given by him to a news channel. “The contents of the CD of an interview given by the…

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Dec 16 Delhi gangrape: Interview of victim’s friend can’t be used as evidence, says SC »

The Supreme Court today said the television interview of the December 16 gangrape victim’s friend cannot be used as evidence in the trial proceedings. A Bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir set aside the Delhi High Court order which had allowed use of the…

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In a first, Supreme Court declares ‘illegal’ rejection of M N Das mercy plea »

In a first of its kind verdict, the Supreme Court has declared as ‘illegal’ rejection of mercy petition of death row convict M N Das by the then President Pratibha Patil and commuted the sentence to life imprisonment on ground of 12 year delay in…

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Delhi nursing graduate loses eye in acid attack at Bandra station »

A NURSING graduate from Delhi, set to join the Army Medical College in Colaba, Mumbai, as a lieutenant, lost vision in her right eye after an unidentified man threw acid on her, minutes after she arrived at the Bandra railway terminus on Thursday morning. The…

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Stock Market news

Goldman on China Stocks: Why We’ll Be Right This Time »

Off the Mark At the start of 2012, Zhu had predicted Chinese stocks would have a bumper year, forecasting 30 percent upside for the China…

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Sensex up 69 pts on hopes of rate cut by RBI »

Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex today gained nearly 69 points in early trade on sustained buying by funds and retailers on hopes of a rate…

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World stocks slide, but growth outlook limits falls »

Financial shares outperformed the broader market after global regulators relaxed plans for tough new liquidity rules on Sunday. The STOXX 600 European banking index was…

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Govt likely to infuse $544 mln in FY13: SBI head »

Vodafone gets tax callThe Telegraph New Delhi, Jan. 5 (PTI): The revenue department has sent a reminder notice ……

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Ashoka Buildcon receives first tranche of PE funding; stk up »

Shares of Ashoka Buildcon rose over 3%, hitting to Rs219.65, after the firm’s unit, Ashoka Concessions, received first tranche of the total strategic investment of…

Jan 7 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
Lifestyle

Brain can distinguish between types of laughter

Different types of laughter such as joyful, mocking and ticklish makes the brain react in different ways, a new study has found. These different kinds of laughter also spark different connections within the “laughter perception network”…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

Yoga as a stress buster

Doing these yoga positions can help release upper-back tension, emotional stress and realign posture.Skanda chakra(Shoulder roll): Done standing or seated. Hold out arms at shoulderlevel. Now move the shoulder blades in a circle, drawing them first forward, then…

May 16 2013 / Read More »

Church denies ‘stalling’ on same-sex relationships

The Church of Ireland Primate, Archbishop Richard Clarke has denied that the creation of a Select Committee to consider same-sex relationships and human sexuality is an attempt by the Church to “stall” on handling this contentious…

May 13 2013 / Read More »
Sports News

Nicollet slips to 38th after third round in Turkish Open

Belek (Turkey): Sharmila Nicollet dropped two late bogeys on 16th and 18th holes to finish with a third round card of three-over 76 and slip to tied 38th at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open. Nicollet is…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

We still have a fair chance, says Gambhir

Ranchi: His team is virtually out of the play-offs race having lost eight of their 13 matches, but an optimistic Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir on Saturday said they still have a “fair chance” of…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

Road to F1 gets tougher, complicated for young drivers

Never has it more been difficult for a young racing driver to break into and prove himself in F1 than it is today. Although there are probably more racing series lower down the racing ladder than…

May 17 2013 / Read More »
Andhra Pradesh

Security strengthen for Pak prisoners in Maharastra Jails

Mumbai, May 1 (TMS): Security has been strengthened for Pakistan Prisoners, who are at Maharastra jails. After the assault on Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan jail, Maharastra officials speed up security measurements. The Union Home Ministry had…

May 8 2013 / Read More »

Dharmana feels reprieve with HC’s verdict

Hyderabad, April 29 (TMS): AP High Court today provided a reprieve to Roads & Buidlings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao. High court said that the CBI cannot prosecute minister Dharmana who was accused in Jagan assets case…

May 8 2013 / Read More »

MPs fund released

New Delhi, May 1 (TMS): The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation Srikant Kumar Jena said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today that the first instalment of Rs 2.5…

May 8 2013 / Read More »
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Nokia Xpress Now Web App for its Asha smartphones in India

Nokia Xpress Now Web App for its Asha Nokia has launched its Nokia Xpress Now App for its Asha smartphones in India, through which users of Asha feature-phone can access curated web pages, filtered by the…

May 19 2013 / Read More »

Shootout at Wadala – Review by Mansha Rastogi

If you want to make a gangster film you have a ready template in Bollywood which to follow. Pick up a real mafia from the past, throw in as many real life characters around it as…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

Google Translate Now Supports Marathi

Google Translate, the search giant’s online translation service, now supports five more languages including the Indian language Marathi and foreign languages Bosnian, Cebuano, Javanese, and Hmong. Even though Hindi, which is linguistically very similar to Marathi,…

May 17 2013 / Read More »
Finance

The Cost of Tornadoes

Were you watching The Weather Channel this week, you stood a good chance of catching meteorologists Jim Cantore and Mike Bettes as they raced to track down potentially tornado-spawning systems in Texas and Oklahoma. The latter…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

Global Network of Hackers Steals $45M from ATMs

NEW YORK (AP) — The sophistication of a global network of thieves who drained cash machines around the globe of an astonishing $45 million in mere hours sent ripples through the security world, not merely for…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

Abercrombie Outrage! Is Being Obnoxious a Fireable Offense?

Can a CEO be fired for being obnoxious?That’s just one of the questions being asked regarding Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) CEO Mike Jeffries after a Change.org petition demanded Jeffries, “stop telling teens they aren’t beautiful; make…

May 17 2013 / Read More »
Gadgets

Android Tops Global OS Market; Windows Phone Touches Third Spot

Bangalore: Android’s operating system reportedly accounts for 75 percent of global Smartphone platform. As per figures released by IDC, Android leads the list with 162.1 million shipments in its first quarter of 2013. Apple’s iOS is…

May 19 2013 / Read More »

Opera Strikes Deal With Indian Mobile Phone Makers

Bangalore: Norway’s Opera Software has signed up with seven Indian mobile phone makers to pre-install its Mobile web browser Opera mini, in their upcoming devices. While Karbonn, Lava, Celkon and Intex will pre-install Opera mini’s web…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

Fingerprint Scanners To Curb Absenteeism In Govt Offices

Bangalore: A fingerprint scanning system is built by India’s Department of Personnel and Training to regulate access for 2,000 employees and as a tool to log their work hours, reports ZDNet.According to a tender released for…

May 17 2013 / Read More »
National News

Former-Pak-PM-Yusuf-Raza-Gilani-s-son-abducted-from-poll-rally

the city of Multan in the province. Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his kin are one of the most powerful families in the area. “People came on a motorbike. They also had a car…

May 10 2013 / Read More »

Law-minister-Ashwani-Kumar-meets-PM

Ashwani Kumar on Thursday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as pressure grows on the law minister to resign from Union Cabinet.The demand for Kumar’s resignation has gone louder after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told…

May 10 2013 / Read More »

Khurshid-trip-will-help-end-border-row-China-daily

smoothly” even before Khurshid began his May 9-10 trip. “It seems the two Asian giants, once confronted with the border issue, have developed a tit-for-tat attitude towards each other among the public,” it said. “The bilateral…

May 10 2013 / Read More »
Lifestyle

Brain can distinguish between types of laughter

Different types of laughter such as joyful, mocking and ticklish makes the brain react in different ways, a new study has found. These different kinds of laughter also spark different connections within the “laughter perception network”…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

Yoga as a stress buster

Doing these yoga positions can help release upper-back tension, emotional stress and realign posture.Skanda chakra(Shoulder roll): Done standing or seated. Hold out arms at shoulderlevel. Now move the shoulder blades in a circle, drawing them first forward, then…

May 16 2013 / Read More »

Church denies ‘stalling’ on same-sex relationships

The Church of Ireland Primate, Archbishop Richard Clarke has denied that the creation of a Select Committee to consider same-sex relationships and human sexuality is an attempt by the Church to “stall” on handling this contentious…

May 13 2013 / Read More »

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