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PM Narendra Modi vows rapid change, unveils reforms agenda

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday vowed to push through change at a fast pace but said subsidies should be continued to protect the interests of the poor.

Opinion poll predicts hung House in Delhi

A fresh opinion poll has predicted a hung assembly in Delhi with BJP finishing with 34 seats and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stuck at 28 seats, the same as last time.

Women's safety first on my agenda: Kiran Bedi

Kiran Bedi on her plans for Delhi, contesting elections & friend-turned-foe Kejriwal.

CITIES

Mumbai executive loses Rs 50k in ATM withdrawal fraud

A finance executive from Borivli recently received text alerts from her bank about a total of Rs 50,000 being debited from her savings account, though she made no such withdrawals

Huge Fire at Mumbai's Malad area

A fire broke out at a 42-storeyed building which is under construction at Malad (East) on Friday night. No casualty has been reported so far.

Cop in dock for posting morphed Charminar photo

City police commissioner M Mahender Reddy on Friday ordered a probe into the issue of a morphed picture of Charminar being posted on a social networking website, allegedly by a police constable.

TECH

Only 1,000 fired in India due to non-performance: TCS

India's largest software services provider TCS on Thursday said only 1,000 jobs have been axed in the country due to non-performance, clarifying that this is a part of normal working and not due to any mass restructuring exercise as being speculated.

Xiaomi announces India launch date of Mi 4

Hugo Barra, head of international operations for Xiaomi, HAS confirmed that the phone would be launched on January 28.

10 tips to protect your Android device

Android is the most popular mobile platform in India as well as the world.

SPORTS

Sania Mirza wins first title of season with Bethanie

Sania Mirza won her first title of the season when she and Bethanie Mattek-Sands shocked Abigail Spears and Raquel Kops-Jones in Sydney International final.

PV Sindhu, Jayaram reach semis of Malaysia GP Gold

PV Sindhu and Ajay Jayaram notched up contrasting wins in the women's and men's singles respectively to reach the semifinals of the Malaysia Grand Prix Gold.

Constantine preferred due to India experience: AIFF

AIFF secretary Kushal Das said Stephen Constantine was preferred head coach of Indian team over Ricki Herbert mainly due to his earlier Indian experience.

BUSINESS

Jet, AI gear up to match Vistara

There’s a bonanza in store for full service flyers in India. The promise of unmatched comfort by Tata-Singapore Airlines' (SIA) JV Vistara has made legacy carriers Air India and Jet Airways constantly come up with passenger-friendly moves.

RIL Q3 net falls 5% to Rs 5,256cr

Reliance Industries, the oil-to-retail conglomerate, has reported its first fall in profit in over two years as its core business of refining and petrochemicals disappointed.

Naik grooms insiders to succeed him at L&T

Anil Manibhai Naik, group executive chairman, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), is grooming two insiders to lead the charge at India’s largest infrastructure engineering company even as he tries to simplify its complex structure comprising 21 companies into seven broad verticals by the end of fiscal 2017, after which he will hang his boots when he turns 75.

ENTERTAINMENT

Soha and Kunal to marry at home

Much against speculations by media about the grand marriage of Soha Ali Khan with Kunal Kemmu on January 25, we have exclusively learnt that the private couple will, in fact, be getting married under the Special Marriage Act in the presence of a registrar at their home itself, in the presence of their immediate family and some close non-filmi friends.