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Modiversary: How some key ministers ensure job gets done

A fierce storm ripped power lines across the north on May 30, 2014 leaving large parts, including Delhi, in the dark. The collapsed network symbolized the fault lines in India’s infrastructure story.

India to get own version of class action lawsuits

The new rules will incorporate a product liability clause to recall items that are unsafe and hazardous.

It’s springtime for MBAs again: Study

Corporates are once again investing in the promise of an MBA. On the academic floor, management education which went through troublesome years is seeing springtime this recruitment season.

CITIES

Extortionists beat Delhi's CP businessman to death

A businessman from Kerala running a courier company at Shankar Market in Connaught Place was bludgeoned to death with a helmet by three men following a spat over money on Tuesday night.

6 injured in celebratory firing in Noida sector 58

Six people were injured by celebratory firing at a wedding ceremony in Mamoora village under Sector 58 police station on Wednesday evening.

Man fires shot, robs techie in ATM in Hyderabad

Armed with a gun, a robber barged into an unmanned SBI ATM at Yousufguda here on Wednesday morning, threatened a software engineer who came to withdraw money and made off with her gold ornaments and debit card.

TECH

16 Android apps not available for iPhones

Here are 16 interesting Android-only apps.

Vodafone won’t toe zero-rating plan of Airtel

Vodafone, India’s second-biggest mobile operator, has refused to follow Bharti Airtel in launching a zero-rating platform, the decision coming at a time when telecom regulator Trai and the Department of Telecom (DoT) are looking into the entire gamut of issues related to net neutrality.

6 things to know about Apple's private CEO

As Tim Cook becomes more comfortable on center stage as Apple's CEO, the public is learning more about how past events shaped the intensely private man.

SPORTS

Bangalore eliminate Rajasthan Royals to reach Qualifier 2

AB de Villiers combined with Mandeep Singh for a game-changing partnership as Royal Challengers Bangalore eliminated Rajasthan Royals from IPL 8.

Feels like a new beginning for me, says Harbhajan

The 'Turbanator' earned his recall exactly two years two months and 15 days after he had last played for India against Australia at Hyderabad in March 2013.

Kohli to lead India in Test, Harbhajan makes comeback

Sidelined for more than two years, veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Wednesday returned to India's Test squad for the tour of Bangladesh.

BUSINESS

Ripples of Takata’s 34m recall in India

It’s the largest automotive recall in American history and understandably it will create ripple effects in markets across the world, including India.

After 18 yrs, Igate to delist from Nasdaq

IT services company Igate is going to delist from the Nasdaq less than a month after French major Capgemini agreed to acquire it in a $4.04-bn deal.

NTPC to take over DVC's Bengal project

State-run generation utility NTPC is taking over the Raghunathpur project of DVC, once the powerhouse of the east with a capacity of 5,800 mw which has fallen into hard times and staring at financial dead end due to years of bad management.

ENTERTAINMENT

No one would imagine me in a family film: Kangana

Kangana Ranaut and Aanand L Rai first came together to work on Tanu Weds Manu four years back.

BT Exclusive: First look of 'Azhar'

The first look of Emraan Hashmi who will be playing Mohammad Azharuddin in the film titled Azhar, based on the life and times of cricketer and former captain of the Indian cricket team.