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Tata Sons names TCS boss Chandrasekaran as new chairman

MUMBAI, January 12 (Reuters) - India's $100 billion salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group on Thursday named veteran insider Natarajan Chandrasekaran as the new chairman of its holding company, three months a

/ 12th January 2017
Jolie ‘doesn’t feel she has Hollywood’s support’

Oscar-winning star Angelina Jolie thinks there is no support for her in Hollywood amid her ongoing divorce from Brad Pitt. The Oscar-winning actress reportedly agreed to call a public truce in her bitter divorc

/ 12th January 2017
India's cash crunch tamps down retail inflation

NEW DELHI, January 12 (Reuters) - India's retail inflation hit a two-year low in December as businesses resorted to price discounting to boost flagging sales following the government's cash crackdown, fuelling

/ 12th January 2017
India's First Madame Tussauds Museum to open in Delhi

World famous wax museum Madame Tussauds is set to debut in India in June, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and American pop star Lady Gaga's statues as some of the star att

/ 12th January 2017
Bengaluru cancels David Guetta concert

The organisers cited law and order issues following the molestation incident during New Year eve as the reason for scrapping the show. The organisers of the big-ticket show of David Guetta, one of th

/ 12th January 2017
Ariana Grande and John Legend record Beauty and the Beast theme song

Ariana Grande and John Legend are recording a new theme song for the upcoming 'Beauty and the Beast' live-action film. The 23-year-old singer and John, 38, have joined forces to create a revamped version of the

/ 12th January 2017
Honoured to be in India for first time: Vin Diesel

Hollywood actor Vin Diesel, who got a 'desi' welcome in India on Thursday morning, says he dreamt of exploring the country and is glad that his dream has finally come true. Diesel, along with his "

/ 12th January 2017
Peter Dinklage ‘holds talks to star in Avengers: Infinity War’

Peter Dinklage is reportedly in talks to star in Marvel's 'Avengers: Infinity War'. The 47-year-old actor who has portrayed Tyrion Lannister in the HBO series 'Game of Thrones' since 2011 is wanted to play a ke

/ 12th January 2017
Modi ‘ejects' Gandhi in Khadi Udyog's calendar, diary

Mumbai, January 12 (IANS) In a surprise development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ejected Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi in the 2017 wall calendar and table diary published by the Khadi Village Industr

/ 12th January 2017
Nokia to launch Android smartphone on February 26

New Delhi, January 12 (IANS) Nokia is planning to launch its first Android smartphone Nokia 6 in China on February 26. The company released a teaser video of Nokia 6 on its Facebook page on Thursda

/ 12th January 2017
Bharti Airtel to spend $441 million to set up payments bank

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, January 12 (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel Ltd, India's top wireless carrier, on Thursday unveiled a so-called payments bank, committing an initial investment of 30 billion rupees ($441 million) to

/ 12th January 2017
Russia, Iran likely focus at hearing on Trump pick for defense chief

WASHINGTON, January 12 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon is expected to field tough questions about civilian control of the military as well as future U.S. policy toward Russi

/ 12th January 2017
Police race against time after Kardashian heist arrests

PARIS, January 12 (Reuters) - French police raced against detention-time limits on Thursday to glean information from people arrested over the gunpoint hold-up of Kim Kardashian, among them underworld figures s

/ 12th January 2017
Yoga can bring life back for lower back pain sufferers: Study

New York, January 12 (IANS) People suffering from chronic non-specific lower back pain can find solace in yoga, say researchers, adding that yoga asanas under proper guidance can help reduce pain and allow move

/ 12th January 2017
Daily stress may put you at heart disease, stroke risk: Lancet

New York, January 12 (IANS) Sounding an alarm bell for those who take unnecessary stress at workplace or at home, researchers have now linked chronic psychosocial stress with an heightened risk of developing he

/ 12th January 2017
India to identify border fencing construction done by Myanmar

New Delhi, January 12 (IANS) Indian authorities on Thursday asked a Naga delegation to accompany officials in identifying the areas of ongoing fencing construction along the India-Myanmar border -- which may cu

/ 12th January 2017
Railway to invest Rs 1,000 cr on new tracks beyond Agartala

Agartala, January 12 (IANS) The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has invested around Rs 1,000 crore to extend the railway line beyond Tripura capital Agartala and up tothe state's southern temple city Udaipur,

/ 12th January 2017
Tensions rise after Trump denounces Russian dossier as 'Nazi' tactic

New York, January 12 (IANS) Tensions between Donald Trump and the US intelligence agencies is growing with the President-elect denouncing as a "Nazi" tactic the preparation and the leak of a dubious dossier pur

/ 12th January 2017
270 days after Bihar liquor ban, major crimes up 13%

By Devanik Saha | IndiaSpend.org IANS, January 12, 2017 During a recent visit to Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his alcohol ban policy. He said: "I

/ 12th January 2017
413,457 'accidental' deaths in India in 2015

New Delhi, January 12 (IANS) A total of 413,457 people were victims of natural and unnatural "accidental deaths" in the country in 2015, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Death

/ 12th January 2017