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One killed, eight injured in mishaps

Srinagar: One person was killed and eight others were injured in separate  road accidents across the valley, police said Sunday. A  vehicle skidded off the...

MasterCard, Visa form industry group for payment security

NEW DELHI: MasterCard and Visa have formed a new cross-industry group to further ramp up security of payment systems, in a bid to ensure...

Sania-Cara in quarterfinals of WTA Indian Wells tournament

INDIAN WELLS (USA): Fifth seeds Sania Mirza and Cara Black reached the quarterfinals of the WTA Paribas Open following a straight sets victory over...

Woman attempts suicide

Srinagar: A woman tried to end her life  by consuming some poisonous substance at her residence  in south Kashmir. Police said the  woman consumed some...

Bank deposits grow at 16% vs 14% rise in credit

MUMBAI: Bank deposits grew at healthy 16 per cent year-on-year to Rs 7,605,171 crore as on February 21, surpassing the pace of credit growth,...

Google faces up to $5-bn CCI fine, says cooperating in probe

NEW DELHI:Google, which is facing antitrust investigation in India by fair trade watchdog CCI, can face a penalty of up to about $5 billion...

Ajmal retains top spot in ICC ODI bowlers rankings

DUBAI:Pakistani spinner Saeed Ajmal continues to lead in the One-Day International (ODI) bowlers' rankings  released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) Sunday. All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja...

Trumboo Cement Industries Khunmoh observe safety week

SRINAGAR: Trumboo Cement Industries  Khunmoh is celebrating safety week  at their production plant Poshi pather Khunmoh which saw participation of more than 300 people...

Facebook-WhatsApp deal may face detailed CCI scrutiny

NEW DELHI: Facebook's $ 19 billion deal (Rs 1,16,000 crore) to acquire WhatsApp may face a detailed scrutiny by the country's fair trade regulator...

Most investors to UAE’s Jafza came from India

DUBAI: Largest number of foreign investors to the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) in the UAE came from India in 2013, followed by China,...

Smith quit to spend time with family

Johannesburg: South Africa captain Graeme Smith, who announced his retirement from international cricket last week, was influenced by his family in taking the decision,...

NEW DELHI: As market regulator Sebi examines allegations of Maharishi Vedic Construction Corporation collecting money from public investors violating norms, the company claims it...

Rains lash Kashmir, weatherman predicts more

Srinagar: After two days of bright sunshine, intermittent rains across Kashmir brought the chilly conditions back in the valley Sunday. “There has been light to...

RIL discoveries approved without appraisal: CAG

NEW DELHI:In a damning indictment, the CAG has said Oil Ministry and its technical arm DGH approved notification of now flagging gas discoveries in...

FIIs infuse `3,000 crore in Indian equities in past week

NEW DELHI: Overseas investors pumped in over Rs 3,000 crore in the Indian stock market in the past week mainly on hopes of a...

Wrong estimates affect mobile towers projects in naxal-hit areas

NEW DELHI: Progress in the Rs 3,046-crore mobile phone towers project in naxal affected areas across nine states is stuck due to wrong estimates...

Pick-and-Choose

Neglected for over three decades, the problem of proliferating stray dogs has surpassed crisis proportions many times over, and continues to exist partly out...

67 Kashmiri students becoming pawn to messy election, says Omar

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday expressed regret that BJP was making withdrawal of sedition charges against Kashmiri students...

Fear of consequences needed to stop AFSPA misuse: Omar

New Delhi: There is a need to build a “fear of consequences” within laws like Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) so that they...

Gandhi’s grandson advocates K-resolution

‘It is not just sufficient to say that Kashmir must be resolved, but what steps are we taking towards that?’ New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson...

Roshni Act was possibly the “biggest scam” of J&K: PAG

JAMMU: Agreeing with the description that massive land transfers to encroachers under Roshni Act was possibly the "biggest scam" of Jammu and Kashmir, state...

SBI mulls selling bad assets to ARCs in Jan-Mar quarter

KOLKATA: India's largest bank SBI is considering partial sale of non-performing assets to asset reconstruction companies. "We are considering some proposals to sell NPAs in...

Japan sees future business in Fukushima cleanup

CHIDAMBARAM There is something surprising in the radioactive wreck that is the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant: opportunity. To clean it up, Japan will...

Govt to set up inflation target, RBI to implement: Chidambaram

NEW DELHI: The government of India has the right to set the country's inflation target, while the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) role is...

Don’t back off after one interview: Omar to Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Don't back off after one interview with one channel. This is the advice to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi from Chief Minister...

DeM express sympathy with Salahudin

SRINAGAR: Dukhteran-e-Millat headed by Asiya Andrabi Saturday expressed sympathy with Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahudin over the demise of his brother and mother-in-law who...

1931: Karan Singh Is Born

Karan Singh, the heir to Kashmir’s autocratic ruler, was born in France on March 9, 1931. The state celebrated the birth of the Yuvaraj...

Tebbit Test as India’s Law of the Land

BY SHEKHAR GUPTA Several years ago, the then British high commissioner suggested, in the course of a spirited conversation one evening at his residence, that...

Silk Road initiatives help boost Asia renewal: China

KJM VARMA BEIJING: China Saturday said its initiatives of building Maritime Silk Route connecting Asian states besides reviving the centuries old Silk Road through the...

EC seeks report on dropping of sedition charges

Lucknow: On BJP's complaint, the Election Commission has sought a report from the district administration of Meerut in connection with dropping of sedition charges...

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