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New Delhi: Ravaged by injuries, India's star singles player Somdev Devvarman on Sunday announced his retirement from professional tennis, bringing an abrupt end to what was once a promising career. "Starting 2017 on a new note, retiring…
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New Delhi: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked banks to priorities lending towards poor and lower middle class, country's largest lender SBI today cut benchmark interest rate across various maturities by 0.9 per cent, a move…
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New Delhi: India and Pakistan today exchanged for the 26th consecutive year the list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral agreement that prohibits them from attacking each other's atomic facilities. "India and Pakistan today…
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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today demanded a "white paper" and an independent inquiry on demonetisation, dubbing it as the "scam of all scams" even as he claimed that the reputation of Prime Minister's Office has been…
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Mumbai: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan shared the first look of filmmaker Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth Dhanush's next Tamil directorial, a biopic on Indian Paralympic high jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu. Titled "Mariyappan", the film will chronicle the…
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New Delhi: Jan Dhan accounts witnessed net withdrawal of Rs 3,285 crore in the last fortnight after a huge surge in deposits post demonetisation in November. Total deposits increased to a record high of Rs 74,610 crore for the week ended…
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United Nations: Antonio Guterres takes the reins of the United Nations on New Year's Day, promising to be a "bridge-builder" but facing an antagonistic incoming US administration led by Donald Trump who thinks the world body's 193 member…
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Istanbul: An assailant believed to have been dressed in a Santa Claus costume opened fire at a crowded nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's celebrations, killing at least 35 people and wounding 40 others in what the province's governor…
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Kinshasa: The government and opposition parties in the DR Congo have clinched a hard-won deal over President Joseph Kabila's fate, ending a political crisis that sparked months of deadly unrest. Under the terms of the deal, Kabila will…
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New Delhi: After continuous electoral debacles in over two years, Rahul Gandhi pitchforked himself to the forefront in the party in a bid to galvanise the rank and file by stepping up his offensive on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a gamble…
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