Luz of Charlie Hebdo to stop drawing Mohammed

The Charlie Hebdo cartoonist who drew the front page of the first edition to appear after January’s massacre says he no longer intends to draw the prophet Mohammed. Luz said he was tired of doing so. After the murder of 12 people at the satirical paper’s Paris offices by two jihadists, the next...

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Bharat has transformed, but not fast enough

Two years ago, the rural consumer was the delight of consumer goods companies and financial firms as they sought to tap the growing demand in India’s countryside. After repeated spells of poor weather in the past two years, rural demand seems to have weakened sharply. Villagers appear to be trapped...

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Axis Bank shares surge on strong Q4 earnings

Mumbai: Axis Bank Ltd shares rose as much as 5.3% on Thursday, a day after the bank reported better-than-expected earnings. This is the third consecutive session of gains for the stock. In intra-day trading, it touched a high of Rs.582—the last highest level was seen on 19 March. The stock has gained...

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In rush to help Nepal, Narendra Modi ends up annoying its leaders

Kathmandu/New Delhi: It took just about four hours after an earthquake ripped across Nepal on Saturday for India to get a C-130J Super Hercules cargo airplane and its roaring propellers headed toward the disaster zone, with relief workers aboard. Almost 100 disaster personnel soon came in a C-17...

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Motorola unveils awesome discounts for Moto X, Moto G, Nexus 6 and Moto 360

Motorola’s “Friends with Moto” discounts are back! Last year, the company offered $50 off the Moto X, but now it’s dealing out great discounts on most of its mobile lineup, assuming you know someone working at Motorola. Thankfully, Motorola employee Gopinath Palaniappan shared the news on Google+...

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If you find Radhika Apte's 'leaked' nude photos online, here's what NOT to do

This picture was uploaded by Katrina Kaif on her Twitter account yesterday. That is, she voluntarily shared the image with her fans and followers on a social media platform. No one hacked into her phone, stole her private pictures and released them online. This makes this picture ok to share. Because...

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Pak court sentences ten to 25 years for attack on Malala

Ten Pakistani Taliban militants were on Thursday sentenced to 25 years in jail by an anti-terrorism court for their 2012 gun attack on Malala Yousafzai, the teenage child rights activist who last year won the Nobel Peace Prize. The ATC in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province announced the...

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Microsoft Build 2015: Porting of Android and iOS apps to be simplified on Windows 10

Terry Myerson, Microsoft’s vice president of OS development, made an ambitious announcement at the Build 2015 event. He said that it is the goal of Microsoft to have around 1 billion devices running Windows 10 OS within two to three years of its release. In order to do that Microsoft is going all...

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'Extremely simplified' income tax form soon: Arun Jaitley tells Lok Sabha

An "extremely simplified" income tax return form will soon replace the controversial 14-page ITR that sought information like all bank accounts and foreign trip details, finance minister Arun Jaitley announced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. "I am having the entire matter reviewed and very soon you...

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Boy rescued in Kathmandu rubble, some villagers still stranded

(Reuters) - Hundreds of onlookers cheered as rescuers toiling amid the rubble left by Nepal's earthquake pulled a boy to safety on Thursday after he had been trapped for five days, a rare moment of joy for a country struggling to cope with the disaster. Officials said the chances of finding more...

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Girl jumps off Badal's family bus to escape molestation, dies; MHA seeks reports from Punjab govt

Chandigarh: The Ministry of Home Affairs has sought a report from Punjab government over the shocking death of a 13-year-old girl after she along with her mother were were forced to jump out of a moving bus to escape getting molested. The incident took place on Wednesday night on the Moga-Bhatinda...

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The only player who could rival AB de Villiers is Viv Richards: Mickey Arthur

When Mickey Arthur took the reins as South Africa’s national coach a decade ago, he was enamoured with his precocious opening batsman. To Arthur, it was obvious that AB de Villiers was a special prospect. But although he had an innate knack of scoring runs quickly, de Villiers hadn’t harnessed his...

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David Cameron to German diplomat: Phoren politicians and their love for Bollywood

Who doesn’t like a dash of desi in their life? Well, everyone in India who is either posh or aspires to be posh. However, the moment you go beyond our subcontinent, brown appears to be warmest colour. All thanks to the dubious pleasures of Bollywood. For instance, Europe just can’t get enough of...

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Farmers who commit suicide are ‘cowards’, ‘criminals': Haryana agriculture minister Dhankar

As the debate on farmer suicide gathers momentum, a minister in Haryana has made shocking remarks that could put the Narendra Modi-led ruling dispensation in a dilemma. Agriculture Minister OP Dhankar told reporters on Wednesday that the farmers who commit suicide are ‘cowards’ and ‘criminals’. Since...

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Kalavati, Dalit dinners, and now 'jai kisan': There's nothing new about populist Rahul 2.0

Two speeches in the Parliament, one brief intervention, a trek to Kedarnath, a visit to a Delhi hospital where Gajendra Singh died after hanging himself at an AAP rally and a trip to Punjab in the cattle class of a train. By Rahul Gandhi’s career strike rate, this much activity would have been sufficient...

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Bollywood celebrities mired in controversies

The cyber cell of Mumbai police has registered a case against an unknown person for leaking an adult video of actress Radhika Apte, as reported by The Indian Express. The complaint was reportedly filed after director-producer Anurag Kashyap approached the Mumbai police with a complaint last week....

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Gulzar's new poetry collection a tribute to Pluto

Veteran lyricist-poet Gulzar celebrates the metaphor of exile in many ways in a new collection of poems which he has dedicated to the planet Pluto.In "Pluto", Gulzar addresses his pet themes - relationships, his relationship with god, nature, time, the art of poetry - with characteristic wit and...

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National Guard arrives in Baltimore as police commissioner admits rioters 'outnumbered us and outflanked us'

National Guard troops arrived in Baltimore shortly after midnight Tuesday, almost nine hours after a confrontation between black youths and police at a city mall mushroomed into riots during which several businesses were looted and burned and over a dozen officers injured. A few minutes earlier,...

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