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Lalit Modi row: BJP gauges political cost of backing Vasundhara Raje

Rajasthan BJP on Thursday rejected the charges against CM Vasundhara Raje as a Congress machination to tar her image by spreading rumours.

Prosecutor Salian was about to be removed: NIA

NIA on Thursday denied allegations made by its special public prosecutor (PP) Rohini Salian that it tried to put any undue pressure on her.

Govt asks Ford Foundation to register under FEMA

After putting Ford Foundation in the prior approval category, the Narendra Modi government has told the international donor’s Indian arm to apply for registration under Foreign Exchange Management Act.

CITIES

Ministry clears second NCR airport in Gr Noida

The civil aviation ministry on Thursday cleared a proposal for a second international airport in Delhi-NCR that is likely to be built at Jewar in Greater Noida.

66-year-old man, son kill youth in Delhi

A 66-year-old man and his son hacked a youth to death with a chopper for allegedly having an affair with his granddaughter in outer Delhi's Begumpur village on Wednesday night.

‘Poor little rich’ kids thriving on RTE

Vipul Shah, a labour contractor, lives in a two-storeyed bungalow in Bapunagar. His twin sons recently got admission in a prestigious school under the Right to Education (RTE) Act — a law that reserves 25% of the seats in private schools for children from poor and underprivileged sections of society.

TECH

8 useful gadgets & accessories under Rs 2,500

You may have heard of some of these but you may not be aware of just how much these gadgets and accessories can offer in time and convenience.

Lenovo K3 Note first impressions

Lenovo has now introduced the K3 Note, a phablet that sports a full-HD display and better optics than the company’s A-series phones.

How Sikka is remaking Infosys

At the Infosys AGM this Monday, for the first time in the company's 34-year history, NR Narayana Murthy was not on the dais facing shareholders.

SPORTS

No conflict within Indian team: Sourav Ganguly

Ganguly rubbished reports of internal conflict within the Indian team following a humiliating One-Day International (ODI) series defeat against Bangladesh.

HWL: Total hockey is doing the trick for India

Paul Van Ass's methodology of total hockey where the team moves up as a single unit in attack and retreats as a single unit in defence is working for India.

Sachin Tendulkar voted best Test player of 21st century

India's legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the 'Best Test player' of the 21st century in an online poll conducted by Cricket Australia's website.

BUSINESS

Guaranteed MF returns to Flipkart violate Sebi norms

In violation of Sebi's mutual fund norms, SPA Capital, a Delhi-based mutual fund distributor, had guaranteed a 9.5% yearly return to e-commerce major Flipkart on a Rs 250-crore investment by the online marketplace in three debt schemes of SBI Mutual Fund.

ICICI cuts base rate by 5 bps to 9.70%

Largest private sector lender ICICI Bank on Thursday marginally reduced its base rate to 9.70 per cent from 9.75 per cent earlier, making its lending rate at par with industry leader SBI and that of HDFC Bank.

Economy in better shape, but flags volatility: Rajan

Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan has said macroeconomic fundamentals of the country have improved over the past two years and emerging market economies like India are better placed to face any eventuality.

ENTERTAINMENT

Salman gifts ‘Bajrangi…’ painting to Kareena

Salman Khan is all heart. When Kareena told Salman that she loved the ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ painting that he had painted, he immediately told her, ‘It’s yours.’

Meet the heroine of 'Great Grand Masti'

As we already know, Indra Kumar’s Great Grand Masti, his sequel to his superhit Grand Masti, has three married men Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Aftab Shivdasani, who will all flirt with one girl.