High Court dismisses plea challenging Tendulkar’s RS nomination
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today dismissed a plea challenging the nomination of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha. A division bench of…
UN reports ‘sharp slowdown’ of world trade
Washington: The UN has reported a “sharp slowdown” of world trade, attributing the decelerating global trade growth to “a declining import demand” in Europe and…
US authorities seek man photographed riding whale
Miami: US authorities are looking for a man who was photographed off the Florida coast riding on the back of a female sperm whale, an…
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Kashmir gunfight – 5 Lashkar militants killed
Srinagar: Five Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) guerrillas were killed yesterday in a gunfight with security forces near Sopore town in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, police said….
Belarus to manufacture engines in Haryana
Chandigarh: Belarus, a land-locked country west of Russia, has proposed to set up an engine assembly and manufacturing unit of Minsk Motor in Haryana. The…
Chandigarh professor booked for Facebook comments against IAS officer
Gurgaon: A professor working in a college in Chandigarh was booked here for derogatory remarks on social networking site Facebook against an Indian Administrative Service…
Reserve Bank of India drops hints of rate cut in January
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Tuesday kept key policy rates unchanged but hinted at cutting rates in January, saying the focus of the…
India has 10-15 million epilepsy patients
New Delhi: India has 10-15 million epilepsy patients but the good news is that the problem can be controlled in 80 percent cases, experts said…
Four LeT guerrillas killed in Kashmir gunfight
Srinagar: Four Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) guerrillas were killed today in a gunfight with the security forces near Sopore town in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, police…