Rahul Gandhi not present at Congress function

The Congress launched its year-long 125th anniversary celebrations here Monday, and the theme was ’Building the Future on the Foundation of the Past’, but the party’s youth icon and future leader Rahul Gandhi was not present, surprising many. - Full story

Bombing at Shia procession in Pakistan kills 30
A suicide bombing tore through a procession of Shia Muslims in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi Monday, killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 80, officials said. ... - more news

Madhya Pradesh chief minister slams Kashmir autonomy report
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Sunday slammed the Prime Minister’s Working Group report on centre-state relations vis Jammu and Kashmir, describing it as against the "nation... - more news

Swine flu: December sees 38 deaths in Chandigarh
The dip in the mercury in December has seen a surge in swine flu cases in this union territory, and a high death toll of 38 in the month so far, officials said Sunday. ... - more news

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India's tech industry relieved as 'Year of Satyam' blows over
It's a year Indian IT sector would like to forget for more than one reason. Even as the industry was braving a global meltdown, its reputation was hit early 2009 when Satyam Computers founder B. Ramalinga Raju confessed to a $1.4-billion fraud. - more news

Stowaway being quizzed, Air India passes the buck
The stowaway who sneaked onboard an Air India Medina-Jaipur flight by hiding in the toilet was Sunday interrogated by Rajasthan police, which said the airline was to blame for the incident and it was planning to file a case of "gross negligence" against it. - more news

Markets closed Monday, Sensex up 75 percent since Jan 1
Indian equities markets will be closed Monday on account of Moharram before starting this year's last weekly trade. - more news

Sensex manages modest gains; metals, PSU stocks rise

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If Rakhi is in a movie, it can't be a good script: Mika
It seems Mika hasn't buried the hatchet with item girl Rakhi Sawant. The singer, who will make his acting debut in Punjabi film "Mitti", says he will never ever work with her. "There is no question of working with Rakhi in future," said Mika who was here to promote "Mitti... - more news

Rajnikant moved after watching 'Paa', meets Amitabh
Tamil veteran Rajnikant was so impressed with Amitabh Bachchan's performance in "Paa" that he has confessed to the Bollywood megastar that he has set very high standards for actors by playing a 12-year-old progeria patient convincingly in the movie. "Had a surprise visitor... - more news

'Pyaar Impossible' all about people's looks: Uday Chopra
Actor Uday Chopra plays a geek in forthcoming "Pyaar Impossible", for which he has turned scriptwriter too, and he says the film is all about how the looks of the lead characters impact their lives. "The look is very important for the film because it's all about outward a... - more news

Pro-Telangana activists attack producer’s office

Sehwag's words on Kotla pitch proved prophetic
Delhiite Virender Sehwag should know about Ferozeshah Kotla more than anyone else in contemporary cricket. The stand-in captain’s remark after clinching the five-match series against Sri Lanka 3-1, winning the fourth match at the Eden Gardens, was telling. - more news

Delhi cricket pitch committee quits after Kotla fiasco
The members of the pitch and ground committee of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) resigned taking moral responsibility over the abandonment of the fifth and final cricket one-day international (ODI) between India and Sri Lanka due to an unplayable wicket her... - more news

Asif says nobody supported him during his tough days
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif said that one day he will lift the lid on his darkest days that saw him tossed out of international cricket after testing positive for drugs in the Indian Premier League (IPL). - more news

We will play more than four Tests next year: Dhoni

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