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    Days after admitting that the world's top-selling carmaker had rigged diesel emissions to pass US tests during his tenure, longtime CEO of Volkswagen, Martin Winterkorn stepped down on Wednesday. Winterkorn, VW's boss since 2007, had come under intense pressure since the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) di[...]

  • From 'digital dinner' to FB townhall: Why PM Modi's Silicon

    Prime minister Narendra Modi has managed to get an impressive line-up of CEO meetings during his visit to the Silicon Valley later this month. With over 40,000 people already registered to attend Modi's speech, the event has now become a keenly awaited one in India.For the uninitiated, the prime minister is visitin[...]

  • Small banks mark the biggest banking revolution in India si

    Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) dominated the second set of differentiated and small finance banks announced by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday. Eight of the ten companies that received the in-principle nod from the central bank are MFIs.Of the other two that received approvals, one is a Rajasthan-based non[...]

  • Gold bonds are a clear winner but high chances of deposit s

    The gold bond scheme finalised by the government on Wednesday is a clear winner since the idea of issuing gold bonds can absorb a major part of the gold investment demand in the country.Presently, an estimated 300 tonnes of physical bars and coins are purchased every year for investment-purpose in India. Most of this[...]

  • Politics
  • Modi’s tears only drama? Why is it so tough to believe a st

    There was nothing unusual in the way Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke down at the Facebook Town Hall in San Jose. After all, this is not the first time that the country’s strongest political leader bared his emotional side to an audience that came to appraise him. What was unusual this time was the fact that h[...]

  • When it comes to Modi vs Sharif, we have our backs to the w

    Islamabad: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is an astute politician with the ability to outsmart rivals and he is aiming for the "political and military dominance of India", said a Pakistani daily that noted he was “received like a star” in the US. An editorial in The Nation on Monday said that everyone loves[...]

  • AAP MLA Somnath Bharti faces arrest after Delhi High Court

    NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has rejected the bail application of AAP MLA Somnath Bharti in the domestic violence case filed against him by his wife Lipika. The former Delhi law minister had moved High Court after a city court had cancelled his bail plea earlier and issued an arrest warrant against him.&[...]

  • Why the Congress petition to suspend PM Modi's Mann Ki Baat

    The Congress wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop airing his Mann Ki Baat address, until the Bihar Assembly election concludes on 8 November. In fact, the party wishes to flag this as a serious issue of violation of the model code of conduct, and is petitioning the Election Commission to issue necessary direc[...]

  • Technology
  • India and Pakistan seem to be at war; this time in cyberspa

    #Cyber-war      India and Pakistan have long been k[...]

  • Government exempts WhatsApp, social media from purview of e

    NEW DELHI: Shortly after a controversy erupted over government's proposal to investigate on every message that an individual will send via WhatsApp, SMS, or Google Hangouts, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology clarified in a draft that social media websites and applications will be exempted[...]

  • Indian IT companies among world's worst paymasters

    NEW DELHI: Indian IT companies are among the 10 worst paymasters in the world, says a survey -- a mid-level IT manager draws an average salary of $41,213 while his Swiss counterpart gets over four times more.According to recruitment platform MyHiringClub.com's Worldwide IT Salary 2015 survey, India was ranked 7[...]

  • Bengaluru first Indian city to get Uber car-pool service

    BENGALURU: Taxi-hailing app Uber will be rolling out UberPool in Bengaluru in the coming weeks, making it the first city in India chosen for its car-pooling pilot. With UberPool, riders can share a ride and split the cost with another person who happens to be requesting a ride along a similar route. Uber will n[...]

  • Entertainment
  • Ranbir Kapoor's special working birthday on the sets of 'Ae

    The baby-faced, towel-dropping Saawariya debutant turns 33 today. And in the 8 years since Ranbir Kapoor's debut film, he has been a part of many films. However, the birthday boy recently started shooting for Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil in London, and had a working birthday this year. However, tha[...]

  • FIR registered against Farhan Akhtar, Ranbir Kapoor

    Ranbir Kapoor An FIR has been registered against Bollywood actor-director Farhan Akhtar and actor Ranbir Kapoor for criminal breach of trust and forgery for promoting an online shopping site which is allegedly "duping" customers. The FIR has been registered by a lawyer Rajat Bansal, a resident of Keshav Nag[...]

  • Konkona Sensharma: My mother is shy around my son

    A day before this meeting with Konkona Sensharma happened, her husband Ranvir Shorey and she took to Twitter to announce their separation. Both of them also conveyed their decision to co-parent their young son Haroon. Konkona is clear she will not answer any questions pertaining to the above because she has never s[...]

  • We Are Your Friends review: In Zac Efron's hands, even EDM

    There aren’t many movies on electronic dance music (EDM) or its industrial-techno-underground flavours. The 2004 Michael Dowse film It’s All Gone Pete Tong was one of the first of its kind and it turned out to be a truly stunning sendoff to EDM fans, thanks to it’s unique plot featuring a deaf DJ, mouthwatering Ibi[...]

  • Sports
  • Manpreet Kaur breaks national shot put record on road to Ri

    Railways shot putter Manpreet Kaur today became the latest Indian athlete to qualify for next year's Olympics when she shattered an 18-year-old national record en route to a sixth title at the 55th National Open Athletics Championship today.The Patiala-based shot putter threw 17.96 metres in her second attempt to c[...]

  • Champions League: Chelsea cruise but Dinamo Zagreb stun 10-

    The Champions League season is only one match day old, but it will be tough for anyone to better Alessandro Florenzi's eye-popping strike that gave Roma a 1-1 draw with defending champion Barcelona on Wednesday.Florenzi launched an audacious 60-yard (meter) lob from near the sideline and watched it sail over Barcelon[...]

  • Sanjay Bangar is right: We have been too quick to judge Roh

    Rohit Sharma, the much criticised India batsman, recently received some support from India batting coach Sanjay Bangar, who urged the critics to compare Rohit’s record to those of others at the same stage of their careers."If you look at the numbers, he has played 13 Test matches and scored 800-900 (870 runs) runs a[...]

  • With an eye on 2019 World Cup, it's time for Virat Kohli to

    It was only a matter of time before the murmuring began.With an historic series win in Sri Lanka under his belt, Virat Kohli, India’s Test captain, is reportedly being considered for the one-day captaincy as well. Considering that MS Dhoni’s aura shines brightest in the 50-over game, where he is still a formidable [...]

  • Cars
  • 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show: 2016 Suzuki Baleno to be showcas

    The 66th Frankfurt Motor Show will witness the world debut of the all-new Baleno. Suzuki plans to showcase their new "ideal hatchback" to the media on September 15, 2015. The motor show will be open to public from September 17-27, 2015. In its new form, the Baleno takes after the IK-2 concept that was shown at th[...]

  • Maruti Suzuki launches S-Cross

    Country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki on Wednesday launched its crossover hatchback S-Cross priced in the range of Rs.8.34 lakh and Rs.13.74 lakh as it looks to cement its position in the premium car market. The S-Cross will compete with models such as Hyundai’s recently-launched Creta, Renault’s Duster, Ford’s [...]

  • CCI slaps Hyundai with fine of Rs 420.26 cr for restricting

    New Delhi: Coming down hard on carmakers found to be restricting sale of spare parts in open market, fair trade regulator CCI on Tuesday imposed a penalty of Rs 420.26 crore on Hyundai Motor India and asked two others -- Reva and Premier -- to 'cease and desist' from anti-competitive practices. This follows penaltie[...]

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    SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder and chief executive of Facebook, announced on Tuesday that he and his wife would give 99 percent of their Facebook shares “during our lives” — holdings currently worth more than $45 billion — to charitable purposes.From Our AdvertisersThe pledge was made in an open lett[...]

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    Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan announce baby girl – and massive charity initiative

    In a Facebook post to newborn child Max, the Facebook CEO says he will administer the initiative himself using 99% of shares in company’s stock.   The Zuckerbergs announced two births on Tuesday: a baby girl, and to one of the world’s biggest charities. That sterling spoon you might have been considering f[...]

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    Osama cited Bapu as inspiration in 1993 speech

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    Water on Mars? Here’s why Nasa believes there can be signs of life on the red planet

    Recently, planetary scientists detected hydrated salts on these slopes at Horowitz crater, corroborating their original hypothesis that the streaks are indeed formed by liquid water. Image Credit: nasa.tumblr.com The dark narrow streaks called recurring slope lineae are up to few hundred meters in length.[...]

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    Ranbir Kapoor's special working birthday on the sets of 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil'

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    Shivraj Singh Cabinet expansion: Babulal Gaur likely to stay

    The much-awaited cabinet expansion in Madhya Pradesh could be witnessed shortly. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan hinted this while meeting PM Narendra Modi as part of his three-day visit at New Delhi on Friday. Besides, the long awaited appointments in commissions and boards could be made soon. Chouhan had[...]

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    Coal scam: Ex-CM Madhu Koda, 8 others put on trial

    Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda, former coal secretary HC Gupta and seven others were on put on trial by a special court here in connection with a case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of a coal block. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parasar also framed charges against former[...]

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    Guru Purnima Today: Know what is a teacher called in every religion

    Today (July 31, 2015) is Guru Purnima. The festival of Guru Purnima is celebrated with much joy in Hindu religion. The glory of teachers is not just mentioned in Hindu religion, but also in other religions.People with other religions too respect their teachers and treat them as their[...]

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    Oracle, Google fight over Android stretches to 2016

    SAN FRANCISCO: Oracle Corp's long-running legal battle with Google Inc over Android operating system for smartphones and other devices probably will not proceed to another trial until the middle of 2016, a US judge said on Thursday. The closely watched case involves how much copyright protection should extend[...]

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    Samsung profit falls, as Galaxy S6 sales disappoint

    SEOUL: Samsung Electronics reported Thursday a fifth straight drop in quarterly earnings as the Galaxy S6 failed to reverse its declining fortunes in the smartphone industry. The company's overall earnings drop during the April-June quarter was 8% but it reported a much bigger decline of 38% in the[...]

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    Delhi University admission racket busted; four held

    New Delhi:  Four persons have been arrested for allegedly running a racket which helped students get admission in Delhi University colleges using forged documents and papers. A Crime Branch team of Delhi Police arrested accused Sunil Panwar aka Guruji, Mohammad Zubeir, Praveen Jha and Ranchit Khurana yesterday for[...]

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    'Missile Man' APJ Abdul Kalam laid to rest with full military honours in Rameswaram

    Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu): Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was laid to rest on Thursday here with full military honours in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other leaders.The People's President's body, draped in the Indian tricolour was brought to the burial site at Pei Karumbu[...]

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    Congress leaders stoke controversy with remarks on Yakub's hanging

    New Delhi: Stoking a controversy, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Thursday said the credibility of government and judiciary was at stake after the "urgency" shown in Yakub Memon's case while his party MP Shashi Tharoor questioned the efficacy of death sentence in serving as a deterrent. Reacting sharply,[...]

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    Yerwada man who hanged Kasab executed Yakub too

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    India will be a tough market for Windows 10, specially with enterprise users, say analysts

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    Maggi row impact: At Rs 64 cr, Nestle India clocks its first quarterly loss in 15 years

    Mumbai - Nestle India Ltd slipped to a second-quarter loss as sales plunged after its hugely popular Maggi noodles were pulled off shelves over safety concerns.The unit of Swiss food giant Nestle SA said on Wednesday the quarter was "extremely challenging", as it reported a net loss of[...]

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    Anushka Sharma in a controversy after misspelling late former President APJ Abdul Kalam's name

    Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma who landed in a controversy after misspelling late former President APJ Abdul Kalam's name in her tweets, on Wednesday termed her action as "an honest mistake" while maintaining that her intention and feelings should not be misconstrued.While expressing grief over the demise of Kalam,[...]

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    How To Use WhatsApp Without Internet; Now Use WhatsApp For Free Without Internet

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    Yakub Memon hanged in Nagpur jail, last rites to be held in Mumbai

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    Microsoft Windows 10 now available in 190 countries; here’s what industry experts have to say

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    Facebook aims to bring 4.5 billion users online with Internet.org; opens new portal to expand reach

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    Yakub Memon to be hanged on Thursday, orders Supreme Court

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    CCI slaps Hyundai with fine of Rs 420.26 cr for restricting open sale of spare parts

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    Is Qatar Airways actually in talks with IndiGo to buy a stake?

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    Surging bad loans: Jaitley is worsening the problem by delaying public bank funding

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    SC bench split over Yakub's plea, refers it to CJI

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    SEBI cancels Sahara’s mutual fund licence

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    All eyes on Virat Kohli as India A take on Australia A in second unofficial Test

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    Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam: The man whose legend endured a myriad controversies

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    'Goodbyes should be short, really short': APJ Abdul Kalam's advisor documents his last moments

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    Former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is no more

    Shillong: India's 11th President APJ Abdul Kalam (83 years) died on Monday evening at a hospital in Meghalaya, where he had gone to deliver a lecture.Kalam, who would have turned 84 in October, was confirmed dead more than two hours after he was wheeled into the ICU of[...]

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    Narendra Modi unbecoming of PM: Nitish Kumar

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