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Salman Khan Not Marrying Lulia Vantur, Confirms Atul Agnihotri

Superstar Salman Khan's alleged marriage plans with Lulia Vantur has been nullified by the actor's brother-in-law, Atul Agnihotri.

Mar 20, 2014

S.Africa's largest union marches to protest new labour law

South Africa's 340,000-strong NUMSA union marched to protest a new labour law it says will increase unemployment and poverty, amid a tense stand-off with the ruling ANC weeks before polls. Duration: 00:50

Mar 20, 2014

Lok Sabha Elections 2014: 10 Key Contestants Worth to Watch

The general election to the lower house Lok Sabha is to be held from 7 April to 12 May in nine phases. The polls are going to form the 16th Lok Sabha. Though some of the parties are yet to annouce their candidates, here are 10 key contestants for the Lok Sabha election.

Mar 19, 2014

Modi and Kejriwal both sell only dreams: Sibal

New Delhi, March 19 (ANI): Union Law Minister, Kapil Sibal, on Wednesday took potshots at BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Aam Aadmi chief Party (AAP), Arvind Kejriwal. Addressing mediapersons, Sibal called Modi 'Narendra Kejriwal', saying both of them sell dreams to people.

Mar 19, 2014

Division Process of Telangana, Seemandhra to be Completed Before 2 June, Says Official

Telangana and Seemandhra states would be formed on 2 June, stated Secretary of Union Department of Home Affairs Anil Goswami.

Mar 19, 2014

Khurshid compares Modi with nursery student, draws flak

Farrukhabad / New Delhi, March 19 (ANI): Union Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid drew flak on Wednesday for his comparison of BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, with a nursery student, ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Khurshid slammed Modi over the clean chit given to him by the court in Godhra massacre case and compared him with a nursery kid.

Mar 19, 2014

Vladimir Putin signs treaty to incorporate Crimea into Russia

Moscow, March 18 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a treaty to incorporate Crimea into Russia, shortly after delivering a speech before the parliament in which he said that Crimea was and is an integral part of Russia. The signing in the Kremlin came two days after Crimeans voted overwhelmingly to secede from Ukraine and join Russia in a referendum condemned by the Ukrainian government, the United States and the European Union as illegitimate. Putin drew applause and a standing ovation as he began addressing a joint session of parliament at the Kremlin.

Mar 18, 2014

BSE closes points 12.33 up on March 18

New Delhi, March 18 (ANI): Trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange today closed 12.33 points up to stand at 21,822.13. At the National Stock Exchange the Nifty closed 12.45 points up to stand at 6,516.65. Maruti Suzuki and Financial Tech were among the top gainers of Group A with an increase of 7.54% and 4.99% along with Union Bank and Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd. with an increase of 4.84% and 4.24% respectively, while the top losers of Group A include Muthoot Finance Ltd. and IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd. with a decrease of 5.95% and 5.22% along with JPPOWER and Tata Motors with a decrease of 4.78% and 3.09% at the close of the markets. The Auto sector is down 13.00 points at 12,795.16 while the banking sector is up 50.93 points at 13,807.08 and the realty sector is down10.47points at 1,377.21. The Indian currency is up 0.07% at Rs 61.15 per dollar.

Mar 18, 2014

Lok Sabha Elections 2014: Anti-Congress Alliance Taking Shape in AP, Pawan Kalyan May Join

A tri-party anti-Congress alliance of Telugu Desam Party, Bharatiya Janata Party and Jana Sena is apparently taking shape in Andhra Pradesh, particularly in Seemandhra region.

Mar 18, 2014

Toyota stops India production on workers pay issue

Bangalore, March 18 (ANI): Toyota Motor Corp's (7203.T) Indian unit has temporarily closed its two plants where some workers had stopped production lines to protest a delay in salary hike after 10 months of negotiations. Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM), the world's biggest car maker's Indian unit, had stated that some workers over the past 25 days had disrupted business as the management, labour union and local government negotiated wages. The subsidiary closed the factories on Sunday (March 16) - a non-production day - and did not state when it will reopen them. The factories near Bangalore are Toyota Motor's only vehicle plants in the world's sixth-biggest auto market, where the Japanese manufacturer generates just a sliver of global sales.

Mar 18, 2014

Former Somali town official lashes out at Shebab forces

A former official of a Somali town lashes out at Shebab forces as a convoy of the African Union's AMISOM force was targeted by a car bomb just outside the Somali capital on Monday. Duration: 00:48

Mar 18, 2014

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Suspends Production at Karnataka Plants over Pay Dispute

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM), the Indian subsidiary of Japanese auto major Toyota, temporarily suspended production at the two manufacturing plants at Bidadi near Bangalore, effective from 16 March, after the breakdown of salary negotiations which were initiated last year.

Mar 17, 2014