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New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today launched its biggest money laundering action in the coal blocks allocation scam as it attached assets worth a whopping Rs 186 crore of an accused firm based in Hyderabad. The firm in question, Nava Bharat Power Projects Pvt Ltd, has earlier been chargesheeted by CBI for allegedly misrepresenting […]

Gandhinagar: The department of science and technology is working on development of early earthquake warning system, the Gujarat assembly was informed today. “Currently we can learn about earthquake only after it has taken place. But now the department is conducting research to develop a system whereby earthquake can be predicted,” Gujarat Minister for Science and […]

New Delhi: Almost 91 per cent of doctors link acids used as toilet cleaners with respiratory and other health problem, states a survey by Indian Medical Academy. The survey, conducted across six cities, including Delhi, also found that 59 per cent of Delhiites were completely oblivious to health and safety hazards posed by acid used […]

Glasgow: Indian officials, who are travelling with the contingent today said that the ‘Athletes Village’ here was far inferior to the one in Delhi during the the last edition of the Commonwealth Games. India was criticised by some countries for the “poor hygiene” and “lack of facilities” at the Games Village in 2010 but the […]

Maoists blasted a portion of a railway track between Ismailpur and Rafiganj section in Bihar, leading to derailment of a pilot engine running ahead of the Bhubaneshwar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan feels stardom is ephemeral and he would rather focus his energies on taking his charitable work forward

A large number of people were evacuated from areas marooned due to breaches in Baitarani river embankment in Jajpur and Bhadrak districts on Wednesday

Geneva: The downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine was a “hideous crime” and hurdles to a probe of the tragedy are an “outrage”, global airline federation IATA said today. “The passengers and crew aboard the aircraft were the victims of a hideous crime. It was also an attack against the air transport system,” said […]

New Delhi: The Indian airline industry suffered a total operating loss of over Rs 5,840 crore, including over Rs 3,159 crore of Air India, in 2012-13, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. However, the losses to Air India as well as the private carriers have shown a declining trend since 2009-10 till 2012-13. IndiGo was […]

The T20 World Cup will commence on October 17 and run till November 14 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to a report. Some of the initial matches will be played in Oman.

Sonam Kapoor, who has stepped into the shoes of Rekha for the remake version of 'Khoobsurat', says she cannot do justice to what the veteran actress did in the original film

BJP today asked former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress to answer allegations of "improper compromises"...................

India clinched their first Test win at the historic Lord's in nearly three decades as they rode on Ishant Sharma's....................

Consuming probiotics for a month can help diminish the accumulation of fat in the liver, a new study suggests

The government on Monday said it is studying CAG's observation that state-owned oil firms overcharged customers by Rs 26,626 crore in five years