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Central excise sleuths crack fraud in Jharsuguda, recover Rs 2 crore
Conducting a major raid in Odisha, central excise sleuths on Friday claimed to have cracked a fraud allegedly by a private company at Jharsuguda and collected Rs 2 crore from it to avoid arrest.
Five new IIITs start functioning from this academic session under PPP mode
Five new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) have started functioning from the current academic session. The institutes at Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, Kota in Rajasthan, Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu, Guwahati and Vadodara have been set up...
Unfit Sardar Singh ruled out of Asia Cup opener against Oman
Though Sardar has almost recovered from the viral fever, coach Oltmans is no mood to risk his best player against lowly Oman.
Iraq invites Indian firms to invest in infra, agro and health sectors
Iraq, on Friday, invited Indian firms to invest in sectors like infrastructure, agriculture and healthcare to help re-build the war-ravaged country.
Rupee posts biggest single-day gain in nearly a year
The rupee rose 2.1 per cent on Friday, its biggest jump in nearly a year, as equities posted strong gains for a second session.
One killed, 35 injured in major fire at HPCL refinery in Visakhapatnam
Initial reports from the site suggested that the fire accident occurred due to blasting of cooling tower due to short circuit.
Telangana issue: TDP for JPC, expresses anguish over Andhra bifurcation
TDP on Friday demanded in Rajya Sabha that a Joint Parliamentary Committee be set up to look into Telangana issue and expressed anguish over the impact of the decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh.
Food bill to be taken up in Lok Sabha on Monday: Kamal Nath
Food Security Bill, which could not be taken up despite being listed in Lok Sabha'a agenda since Monday, will not be part of business on Saturday as members want to go out of station.
After Bihar, Jharkhand to appeal for special status
Jharkhand on Friday expressed disappointment with union Planning Minister Rajeev Shukla's statement in the Rajya Sabha a day ago that there was no move to grant special status to the state.
Narendra Modi to address conference in Tiruchirappalli on Sept 26
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will address a Yuva Morcha Conference at Tiruchirappally in Tamil Nadu next month, state BJP unit said on Friday.
Yahoo shares climb after report of beating Google in US Web traffic
Shares of Yahoo climbed 3 per cent to $27.85 and Google also gained $3.20 reach $872.53 in afternoon trading.
Volkswagen launches the Cross Polo in India at Rs 7.75 lakh
The Volkswagen Cross Polo will be available with a 1.2 litre diesel engine and a five-speed manual gearbox.
UP: 25-year-old kidnapped by ex-girlfriend after he refuses to marry her
The boy worked as tailor in Delhi four years ago where he and the girl became friends which later turned into a relationship.
Sensex ends 206 points up; Reliance Infra surges 4 per cent
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices rose 0.9 per cent each.
Stadler finishes long day in the lead at Barclays
The FedEx Cup playoffs got off to a soggy start on Thursday with two rain delays that lasted six hours.
Fort Hood shooter selected 'personal kill zone', says prosecutor
The US Army psychiatrist who has admitted shooting dead 13 fellow soldiers in 2009 chose one station at a Fort Hood medical facility as his "personal kill zone" because he knew it would be packed with soldiers, a prosecutor said on Thursday in closing arg...
