Several CRPF men killed in Maoists attack in ChhattisgarhNEW DELHI: Three months after it lost 76 men in an ambush by Maoists, the CRPF suffered another massive loss in Bastar: 26 of its men were killed when the Maoists attacked a road opening party in Narayanpur district. CRPF special DG Vijay Raman told the Times [...]
There were concerns regarding the safety of soy food consumption among breast cancer survivors, however, the new research suggests that moderate soy food intake is safe and potentially beneficial for women with breast cancer. “Soy foods are rich in isoflavones, a major group of phytoestrogens that have been hypothesized to reduce the risk of breast [...]
TOKYO: Japan’s Suzuki Motor said on Wednesday it will sell a 19.9 percent stake to Volkswagen for $2.5 billion and use half the proceeds to buy shares in the German automaker, as the two firms form a formidable force in the auto industry. Shares in Suzuki bucked a sharp fall in other Japanese auto stocks [...]
Nagpur: After thrashing Sri Lanka by 2-0 in the three-match Test series, Team India is all set to take on visitors in opening match of international twenty20 here at Nagpur on Wednesday. Skipper Dhoni & his young guns will try to keep islanders on bay after grabbing top spot in the ICC Test rankings. However, [...]
After the poor attendance in Lok Sabha last week, some members in Rajya Sabha too bunked the session on Tuesday. When 6 MPs against whom questions were listed did not bother to show up for the Question Hour, Vice-President and Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari was left to wonder if the virus had spread to [...]
Mountain View: Google began adding real time results to its Internet search engine on Monday, channeling feeds from Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other fresh content into responses to queries. “We are here today to announce Google real time search,” Google fellow Amit Singhal said at a press event held near the firm’s headquarters in Mountain [...]
Mumbai: India on Sunday became the number one team in Test rankings after they beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs in the third and final Test to clinch the three-match series by a 2-0 margin. Needing just four wickets to record an emphatic victory, the hosts took just about 40 minutes to [...]
NEW DELHI: Pakistani players will not play in the Indian Premier League III as their board has failed to obtain their visas before the deadline Lalit Modi for confirmation of participation, IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said on Monday. “We have been informed by PCB that they have not been able to obtain the visas as [...]
Dubai: The stock markets were in the negative terrain across the United Arab Emirates on Monday led by the Dubai bourse which plunged six per cent, as investors awaited details about the extent of the Dubai World burden. Led by real estate developer Emaar, which crashed about 10 per cent, the Dubai market fell nearly [...]
NEW DELHI: Joining the telecom tariff war, state-run BSNL on Monday slashed its national roaming charges and offered two options – 49 paise per minute or one paise per second. The company said in a statement that it has brought down the national roaming rates “from Rs 1 or Rs 1.50 per minute to 49 [...]
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