7 dead due to heatwave in Gujarat, North boils
The heatwave claimed seven lives in Gujarat while northern belt continued to reel under intense hot conditions on Sunday with the mercury shooting above the 45-degree mark at several places.
Indigenous combat copter debuts
India’s first indigenous combat helicopter capable of participating in anti-Naxal and counter-terrorism operations on Sunday took to the skies, marking its first official flight at the HAL airport here.
UK: 3 jailed for 9 yrs for killing Indian
Three persons have been jailed for nine years each after being convicted of killing an Indian worker in Norfolk, for his Blackberry phone that they later sold for £60 and a chicken dinner.
68 killed, 100 hurt in China accidents
At least 68 people were killed and over 100 injured on Sunday in a train accident, two major road mishaps and a forest fire in China.
Nineteen passengers were killed and 71 others were injured when a passenger train from Shanghai to Guilin in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonom-ous Region d
Israeli nuke technician back in jail
An Israeli nuclear whistleblower, who served 18 years in prison for revealing state secrets, returned to prison on Sunday after failing to report for community service as part of a sentence.
‘UID tech can transform the country’
The Indian government’s unique identity programme will have some major positive economical and social implications, with ample opportunity to leverage the technology far more ambitiously and intensively, according to global consultancy firm Deloitte.
ICICI okays BoR buyout
In a major acquisition deal, ICICI Bank on Sunday announced the merger of the Bank of Rajasthan with it through a share-swap in a non-cash deal that values the BoR at about Rs 3,000 crore. After the approval of the deal by the boards of the two banks, ICICI Bank MD and CEO,
Parton lost to male lookalike
London: Hollywood icon Dolly Parton once lost a Dolly Parton lookalike contest to a man.
The country music queen decided to have some fun and thrill her gay fans by showing up to a Dolly Double party a
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Madge plans night out for dancers
She is the “Queen of Pop” and Madonna paid up a queenly sum of $15,000 during a night out with her gang of back-up dancers.