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Comedy shows are stress busters says Shweta Tiwari
Popular TV actress Shweta Tiwari says she finds comedy difficult and is still learning to master it.
Harish Rawat suspends PWD engineer for financial irregularities
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Monday suspended an executive engineer of the Public Works Department for financial irregularities, and ordered a departmental inquiry into the matter.
Congress targets Chhattisgarh government over paddy storage facilities
Congress on Monday accused the state government of failing to ensure proper storage facilities at paddy procurement centres, saying that a substantial portion of the crop got damaged in rains as it was kept in the open.
Peace talks between Pakistan and Taliban collapse after killings
The army publicly supports Sharif's call for talks but in private senior officers speak strongly against it.
Bhanwari Devi murder: Mahipal Maderna granted conditional permission to attend funeral
A local court on Monday granted conditional permission to Mahipal Maderna to attend his father's funeral at his ancestral village at Chadi near Jodhpur.
Interim Budget: Government plans to boost PSU banks, may provide Rs 11,200 crore
Finance Minister P Chidambaram said banks are under strain due to rising non-performing assets (NPAs).
LS polls: AAP may emerge as third force in MP, says Alok Agarwal
Narmada Bachao Aandolan (NBA) leader Alok Agarwal, who has been named as the AAP nominee from Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa constituency for the Lok Sabha election, has said that there is a strong possibility of his party emerging as a "third force" in the sta...
Budget 2014: Full text of P Chidambaram's speech on vote on account
Even as he announced no sops ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Chidambaram did cut excise duties.
Budget 2014: As it happened
Excise duty on consumer durables has been reduced to 10 pc, small cars to 8 pc, SUVs to 24 pc, medium cars to 20 pc and 2-wheelers to 8 per cent.
Live blog: Interim Budget 2014
Finance Minister P Chidambaram will present the vote on account, giving an estimate of funds required to meet expenditure until a new government is in place. Live updates.
Egypt: South Korean tourists killed in Sinai bombing
The bombing near the tip of the Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba was the first attack against tourists in Sinai in nearly a decade.
Punjab CM demands separate budget for agriculture sector
Badal urged the Centre to exempt live-stock sector from income tax and regard the sector at par with agriculture for this purpose.
Kiran Reddy may resign, launch new political party: Ministers
Speculation has been rife here about the Chief Minister's moves in the wake of the Centre going ahead with division.
Raman Singh's brother, 3 others injured as car collides with mini-truck
Four persons, including the brother of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, were injured when their car collided head on with a mini truck on Raipur-Balodabazar Road on Sunday, police said.
Sindhu eyes medals in CWG and Asian Games
Sindhu also said that she will look to end the year within the top six bracket in world rankings.
'The Lego movie' stole my Superman jokes: Seinfeld
The 59-year-old actor took to Twitter to claim that the film had referenced his American Express ad.