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Heatwave grips Kashmir; Srinagar's hottest July in 25 yrs, beats Delhi temp

Kashmir is currently under the grip of a heatwave with day temperatures at various places soaring to record-high, even as Srinagar experienced the hottest July day in over two decades on Wednesday,......

Preparation For Biparjoy Paid Dividends

No lives were lost after cyclone Biparjoy made landfall.Preparations for Biparjoy were not only extensive, they were also telecast far and wide.Ahead of the cyclone's landfall, Shyam G Menon......

Narada case: Political storm in WB after CBI arrests 3 TMC leaders

Two Trinamool Congress ministers and an MLA along with a former party leader were on Monday arrested and charge-sheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation in Narada sting case, amid a......

How a small town in India is fighting coronavirus

Far from the metros and big cities, the coronavirus crisis in the country's districts, towns and villages is being led by district magistrates.The responsibility of keeping the pandemic under......

After Delhi, Maggi banned in 4 more states: U'khand, Gujarat, J&K, TN

After Delhi, four more states -- Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand – on Thursday banned the sale of Maggi noodles, as the popular instant snack came under mounting......

Everything you know about shopping is about to change

Not just e-commerce players, even spirits majors are banking on artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer newer, quicker, smarter services. Shivani Shinde Nadhe reports. Illustration: Uttam......

The extraordinary story of Radha Daga and Triguni Food

'One’s dreams never end. If you don’t dream, you don’t exist. You need to dream to look forward to in life.' Radha Daga, who went from a textile exporter to food entrepreneur at......

Vodafone, Airtel win spectrum; Govt gets Rs 61,162 cr

Vodafone Group and Bharti Airtel won critical wireless telecom spectrum in metros like Delhi and Mumbai and several other cities in an intensely fought 10- day auction that gave the government......

Spectrum auction: Govt gets bids worth Rs 45,000 cr

Telecom companies put in bids worth a total of about Rs 45,000 crore (Rs 450 billion) on the second day of the auction on Tuesday, with premium 900 Mhz band in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata witnessing......

Vijay Mallya, Kishore Chhabria set to bury differences

Vijay Mallya, the chairman of UB Group is set to bury all legal disputes with his arch rival Kishore Chhabria in one of the much celebrated cases in the Indian liquor industry which has been going......

Lisa Ray in Kolkatta

Reader Omar Sharif met Lisa Ray in a mall in Kolkatta in January 2005. Lisa looked radiant as ever. The actress, who has done few Hindi films, has performed very well in Deepa Mehta's Water. The......

'Happy Ending is a funny film'

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Stars, who caught an early screening of Happy Ending in Mumbai, turned to Twitter to wish luck to the team.......

PIX: Priyanka, Shah Rukh, Hrithik celebrate Raksha Bandhan

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting. Several Bollywood stars celebrated Raksha Bandhan with their families, and posted pictures on Twitter: Priyanka Chopra tied a......

Actress Trisha Krishnan gets engaged

A look at the top tweets from favourite Bollywood celebrities. Actress Trisha Krishnan got engaged to boyfriend Varun Manian on January 23. Nayanthara shared a picture of the couple......

Priyanka, Mallika gear up for New Year's Eve celebrations

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting. With New Year’s Eve around the corner, several Bollywood stars are busy rehearsing their dance performances for the parties......

Ghosal, Chinappa crowned Maharashtra champions

Top seeds Saurav Ghosal and Joshana Chinappa lived up to reputation and emerged supreme in the 37th Bombay Gymkhana Maharashtra State Open Senior Squash Championships on Wednesday. India No. 1......

There can't be world football without India: Blatter

Acknowledging that "sleeping giant" India is slowly waking up to its potential in football, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said there is scope for other sports in the country besides cricket. "To wake......

Bhambri rallies past Karanusic for Futures crown

Giant-killer Yuki Bhambri rallied from two match-points down in the second set to score a thrilling 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory over No 7 Roko Karanusic of Croatia in the final of the CCI-ITF US$15,000......

Prem Panicker: A stutter no more, in a modest chase

'When Dhoni walked in, India needed 105 to win with 32 overs to play. The situation called for calm, nerveless, ice-cold execution without necessitating any adrenalin-fueled impestuosities -- the......

Jacques Kallis: We're warmed up, loose and ready

South African ace JACQUES KALLIS says upsets are caused by the favourites losing concentration rather than the underdogs outplaying them It doesn't matter how many times people tell me that team......

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