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A benchmark index for Indian equities, the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange, closed 64.24 points or 0.23 percent down on Tuesday. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also closed 11.25 points or…

A court in New Delhi on Tuesday granted bail to six people, including former journalist  and four executives of private firms, who stand accused in the petroleum ministry documents leak case. Additional Sessions Judge G.S. Saini granted…

World's largest coal miner Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Tuesday said it over-achieved its targeted coal output in the very first month of the new fiscal 2015-16 even as off-take fell behind target. The company said that against a target of 40.93…

After a lot of twists and turns in the 2002 hit-and-run case involving superstar Salman Khan, the verdict in the high profile case will be delivered on Wednesday. A not guilty verdict will help him bounce back. But even if Salman is held…

Though he finds certain things about life beautiful, internationally acclaimed Indian actor Irrfan Khan also wishes to see his "death with consciousness" as he is "very fascinated" with it. Irrfan has mostly played serious and intense…

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill will be taken up for consideration and passage in the Lok Sabha later Tuesday. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is returning on Tuesday from Azerbaijan capital Baku, where he was attending the…

Dusk has begun to fall and Thakurnath Nepal, puffing on a beedi, sits opposite a funeral pyre. The pyre makes a crackling sound when he tries to stoke it with a thick wooden stick so that the body is burnt completely. Nepal, 60, is tired…

As we get older we tend to hold less information in our minds. But that has less to do with cognitive decline and more with distractions, says a new study. While 16- to 17-year-olds can hold an average of 6.5 numbers in mind for a short…

Kathmandu, May 5 (IANS): The death toll in Nepal's April 25 earthquake has risen to 7,557, the home ministry announced on Tuesday. As many as 10,718 buildings were destroyed in the massive earthquake while 14,741 sustained partial…

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS): The Lok Sabha witnessed an uproar on Tuesday following a Telangana member's demand for a separate high court in the state. As soon as the house assembled, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan mourned the death of 20…