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HC tells Air India pilots to end strike immediately or face contempt of court action

Updated: Thursday, at 20:36 hrs (IST)
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed striking pilots of Air India to call off their agitation immediately or face contempt action, and dismissed their plea against t...   | Read..
 

Bikers attack three judges in Delhi road rage, injure one

Updated: Thursday, at 20:38 hrs (IST)
Unidentified motorcyclists attacked three judges and the driver of the car in which they were travelling in south Delhi on Thursday evening, in the second incidence of road r...   | Read..
 

Volkswagen to hold back Rs 2,000-cr plan till VAT issue is resolved

Updated: Thursday, at 17:40 hrs (IST)
“We are talking to the state government tosort out the issue. We want to work in a stable conducive environmentand would like to get what was ...   | Read..
 

SRK says he was not drunk, MCA officials misbehaved with kids

Updated: Thursday, at 16:59 hrs (IST)
Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan hit back at the Mumbai Cricket Association, saying he was not ...   | Read..

•MCA decides to ban SRK for life from Wankhede

Updated: Thursday, at 13:50 hrs (IST)
 

Patnaik, Jaya may support Sangma as President

Updated: Thursday, at 17:20 hrs (IST)
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) appeared to be coming together to sponsor former Lok Sabha ...   | Read..
 

Aviation Ministry convenes meeting of recognised AI unions

Updated: Thursday, at 15:38 hrs (IST)
With no end in sight to the pilots' strike that entered 10th day on Thursday, the Civil Aviation Ministry has convened a meeting of all recognised...   | Read..
 

Centre stirs, waves austerity axe

The Centre today promised to wield the axe to slash wasteful spending, lining up an austerity drive in response to mounting criticism that . ...   | Read..
 

Small sip but a big leap

A woman, paralysed for 14 years and 11 months, has successfully used her thoughts to guide a robotic arm and drink coffee in what scientists ...   | Read..
 

Guess who’s shy of camera

Rekha’s nomination and entry to the Rajya Sabha have launched a thousand theories. The Telegraph tries to separate myth from reality....   | Read..
 

CM’s ankle in plaster

Doctors at Apollo hospital put a plaster on Arjun Munda’s right ankle today, laying to rest speculation about a possible surgery, but sinc...   | Read..
 
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