Rahul Gandhi returns to Delhi after 56-day sabbatical

NEW DELHI: Ending all speculation, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi finally returned to Delhi on Thursday after his 56-day sabbatical.The Congress vice-president arrived here at 11.15am on a Thai Airways plane from Bangkok, PTI reported.The plane,...

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Separatists raise Pakistan flag in Srinagar, insult India, but no arrests yet

NEW DELHI: Hours after separatist leader Masarat Alam held an anti-India rally while welcoming return of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Srinagar, India reacted by only registering an FIR at Budgam police station against Geelani, Alam and...

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Rahul Gandhi returns to Delhi from Bangkok

NEW DELHI: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday returned to Delhi from his almost two-month long "unexplained" sabbatical, which had raised questions over his leadership of the party that is struggling to find its feet after a string of electoral...

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Maharashtra bypoll: Shiv Sena Trupti Sawant defeats Narayan Rane

MUMBAI: Congress leader Narayan Rane once again received a major political setback after a widow of former Sena legislator late Prakash Sawant defeated him in a bypoll with a comfortable margin of around 19000 votes.Sawant led Sena's home turf Bandra...

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David Cameron stumped by a bouncer from a 10 year old Indian-origin girl

LONDON: He has managed to stand his ground against hawks like UKIP leader Nigel Farage, coalition partner turned critic Nick Clegg and his primary tormentor and prime minister hopeful Labour leader Ed Miliband.But Britain's prime minister David Cameron...

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India builds first 'smart' city as urban population swells

GANDHINAGAR: India's push to accommodate a booming urban population and attract investment rests in large part with dozens of "smart" cities like the one being built on the dusty banks of the Sabarmati river in Gujarat.So far, it boasts modern underground...

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Flipkart pulls out of Airtel's net neutrality violating Airtel Zero

Indian e-tailing giant Flipkart seems to have relaised that it can no longer ignore the growing chorus against net neutrality. As just days after its CEO Sachin Bansal defended net neutrality 'violating' Airtel Zero, the company has pulled out of the...

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Land grabbed for railway track, 2 farmers to get train in return

SHIMLA: Two farmers from Himachal Pradesh's Una district may become proud owners of Delhi-Una Janshatabdi Express on April 16 if a court order is executed.The court of Una's additional district and sessions judge Mukesh Bansal on April 9 ordered to attach...

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Singapore maths question: How to solve the problem for school children that has stumped the world

A TV presenter in Singapore has sparked an unlikely viral craze after posting a maths problem that was posed to the nation's children.Initially confusing but very doable, it has sparked thousands of comments and shares - particularly when it was initially...

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Be careful while transferring money

When was the last time you went to a bank to transfer money? Today, 80-85% of NEFT and RTGS transactions happen through netbanking or apps. Online transfers are convenient, fast and cost nothing extra. All you have to do is register a person as a beneficiary...

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Kanpur mechanic’s son all set for MIT sojourn

KANPUR: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the dream destination of budding engineers from across the globe. In September next, the premier US institute will open its doors to an unlikely candidate — son of a mechanic from Kanpur — with full...

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What is net neutrality and why it is important?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/followceleb.cms?alias=Net Neutrality in India,Net neutrality,ISP's Undermining Net Neutrality,India Row Over Net Neutrality,Importance of Net neutrality Stay updated on the go with Times of India News App. Click...

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Once a billionaire, Raju now earns Rs 50/day

HYDERABAD: From poster boy to prisoner; from a billionaire to a mere daily-wager! Jailed Satyam Computers founder Ramalinga Raju's life turned upside down ever since he decided to pen that confession letter in January 2009.Raju, for whom moolah freely...

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PIO teen cracks all 8 Ivy League schools, plus 6

WASHINGTON: Acceptance to one Ivy League school is considered a big deal in U.S academic circles in this college admission season, but try telling that to Pooja Chandrashekhar, who is being welcomed by all eight IVS, plus six other elite universities,...

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Revoke voting rights of Muslims to put an end to vote-bank politics: Shiv Sena

MUMBAI: Stoking a controversy, the Shiv Sena on Sunday demanded that voting rights of Muslims should be revoked as the community has often been used to play vote bank politics.The Sena also compared All India Majlis-e-Ittihadul- Muslimeen (MIM) and Owaisi...

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Yazidi women 'gang-raped in public' by Isis fighters, harrowing accounts reveal

RELATED KEYWORDS: Yazidi|sex-slaves|ISIS The author has posted comments on this articleHeather Saul, The Independent | Apr 10, 2015, 04.04PM IST Disturbing stories have emerged after 200 were released this week. Page 1 of 4 Yazidi...

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Kolkata: Housewife raped in flat, electrician held

KOLKATA: A 49-year-old mother of two was raped, allegedly by an electrician, in an apartment complex in Santoshpur on Wednesday afternoon, triggering alarm bells in lakhs of homes across the city and shattering the belief that living within walled complexes...

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Rajasthan Royals player approached for spot-fixing by Ranji teammate

NEW DELHI: The spectre of corruption reared its ugly head yet again in the IPL with a Rajasthan Royals player reporting an approach for spot-fixing last month, clearly showing that attempts to fix matches are still being made in the controversy-ridden...

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PM Modi arrives in France, India 'mulls direct purchase of Rafale jets'

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi may reach a breakthrough on a long-delayed deal to buy Rafale fighter jets from France in talks with the French president on Friday, reports said.India's government has been in negotiations since 2012 to buy 126...

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Bengaluru girl refuses to pay Rs 30 extra, auto driver hits her thrice

BENGALURU: A private firm employee was allegedly attacked by an autorickshaw driver here when she refused his demand for extra fare.Further, when she called the police helpline, operators allegedly told her: "Come to police station, we can't come to...

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Flipkart now paying million-dollar salaries to new top hires

BENGALURU: India's biggest online retailer and India Inc toddler Flipkart is paying million dollar-plus salaries along with stock options worth millions more to a clutch of engineers and a strategy expert it has poached from marquee global firms such...

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Satyam fraud case: Ramalinga Raju, all other accused found guilty

HYDERABAD: All 10 accused, including B Ramalinga Raju, in the multi-crore accounting fraud Satyam case were found guilty on Thursday by a special court in Hyderabad.The quantum of sentence would be pronounced on Friday.During the last hearing on March...

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‘I feel like killing myself right here in this field’

MATHURA: It's as if elephants trampled Kaptan's 2.5-acre wheat field. The crop lies flattened, the golden kernels turning black. As the 38-year-old farmer steps into his field at Chaumuhan, barely 2km off NH 2, his feet sink into two-inch deep slush....

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'Survivor' exposes red sanders 'encounter'

CHENNAI/ TIRUVANNAMALAI: Even as rights activists and Tamil Nadu politicians clamoured for a judicial inquiry into the gunning down of 20 woodcutters in the Seshachalam forest,a labourer called Sekar from Murugapandi village in Tiruvannamalai made a...

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Flipkart to now sell grocery

BENGALURU: Flipkart is poised to begin selling groceries from the second half of this year, sources said, entering a line of business which is crowded but also regarded as an attractive one for online retailers.The service, most likely to be launched...

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Sex ratio kills honeymoon dream in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD/GANDHINAGAR: PM Narendra Modi may be the most famous 'bachelor' from Gujarat, but the state is home to 6.29 lakh unheralded men above 30 and 40 years who are unmarried — according to Census 2011. And the majority of them are not single by choice.The...

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Killing of 20 'smugglers': Naidu briefs Rajnath; protests in Andhra, Tamil Nadu

NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu on Friday briefed Union home minister Rajnath Singh about the encounter of 20 people in the Chittoor district, Times Now reported.NHRC chief KG Balakrishnan has also issued notice to the state...

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Ola Cabs gets a thumbs up for its response to request for Hindu-only driver

NEW DELHI: Ola Cabs got an offensive request from a customer in Hyderabad on Monday. Seelam Veerapa Naidu with the Twitter handle @SVeerapaNaidu tweeted the taxi service asking for a cab with a 'driver of Hindu faith only'.In reply, Ola tweeted, "Sorry,...

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Dhoni is arrogant, will beg one day: Yograj Singh

NEW DELHI: Yograj Singh, father of Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh, rued his son's exclusion from the ICC World Cup 2015 and blasted skipper MS Dhoni saying there will be a day when he will be left to beg and become penniless and would not get any favour."Dhoni...

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Aviation minister Raju brags: 'I carry matchbox on flight, I am not frisked'

NEW DELHI: Union aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Tuesday stoked a controversy by admitting that he often carried matchboxes on flights.And what's more, Ashok Gajapathi Raju went on to brag that being a minister he was not frisked any more and...

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Passenger's ‘Thank You’ note to pilot goes viral

An airlines passenger's heart-warming letter to the pilot of the flight she was traveling home is actually breaking the internet.The letter written some days back by an appreciative flyer, Bethanie, comes in wake of Germanwings plane crash in French...

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CBI refuses to probe IAS officer DK Ravi's death, objects to Karnataka govt's conditions

NEW DELHI: The CBI has refused to probe the mysterious death of IAS officer DK Ravi objecting to conditions set by Karnataka government.The 35-year-old IAS officer, who had taken on the sand mafia known in Kolar district of Karnataka, was found hanging...

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Take-home salaries of govt employees may rise as mandatory health insurance to go

NEW DELHI: Take-home salaries of millions of workers could rise with the government moving to free employees from compulsory coverage in a state-run healthcare programme that costs them 6.5% on a cost to company basis, and give them the choice to buy...

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