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Heavy rains lash Mumbai, people advised to stay home
Heavy rains Wednesday lashed Mumbai, Konkan and other areas of Maharashtra, prompting the civic agency in the financial capital to advise people to stay at home and schools to shut as a precautionary measure.
Amanda is terrified of explicit scenes
Actress Amanda Seyfried admits that doing explicit scenes in her upcoming biopic Lovelace were scary for her.
880 kids sick after eating tablets
Nearly 880 students, 150 of them girls, suffered from nausea and complained of stomach ache after consuming iron tablets in government schools in several districts of Haryana, officials said on Tuesday.
Shotgun for Advani at BJP ‘helm’
A day after Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan hailed L.K. Advani as BJP’s supreme leader, another voice of support for the party patriarch came when on Tuesday Shatrughan Sinha described him as the “most seasoned and mature” leader who must be at the “helm of affairs”.
6 die in AP building collapse
Six persons, including two children, were today killed when the wall of a building collapsed on two adjacent huts in M.J. Colony here.
Microchip mimics the human brain
In a breakthrough, Swiss scientists have developed a novel new microchip that works just like a human brain and exhibits cognitive abilities.
Onion prices more than double to Rs 36-40/kg in metros
Onion prices have more than doubled to Rs 36-40 per kg in retail markets of metro cities in last one year, adding to the woes of consumers already burdened with overall price rise.
Advani must be at the “helm of affairs”: Shatrughan Sinha
A day after Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan hailed L.K. Advani as BJP’s supreme leader, another voice of support for the party patriarch came Tuesday when Shatrughan Sinha described him as the “most seasoned and mature” leader who must be at the “helm of affairs”.
Walmart tells govt it cannot meet 30% sourcing clause
The world’s largest retailer Walmart has expressed its inability to the government on meeting the sourcing norm in the multi-brand segment that requires 30 per cent procurement from small industries, stating it can procure only about 20 per cent.
Sensex jumps to 30-month high; investors richer by Rs 40,000 cr
Rising for the fifth straight day, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark sensex Tuesday closed at over 30-month highs gaining 143 points on earnings-related buying in consumer durables, fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) and banking shares, amid firm global cues.
