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Twitter IPO: 1,600 new millionaires to pay $2.2 bn in taxes
Twitter had begun trading on NYSE on Nov 7. On its very first day of going public its shares climbed around 73 pc over the issue price of $26 at $45.1 apiece.
Sports minister offers Sachin Tendulkar to join SP
Uttar Pradesh Sports Minister on Sunday offered cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar to join Samajwadi Party.
England's Joe Hart, Ashley Cole to start against Germany
England's under-fire goalkeeper Hart and left back Cole will start against Germany in Tuesday's friendly.
Chitrangada Singh wants to see politicians in jeans and tees
Chitrangada Singh listed Omar Abdullah and Sachin Pilot as the most stylish politicians.
Man gets 10 years jail for abducting, raping girl
On February 4, 2010, when the accused had gone out for smoking, the victim escaped and called up her aunt from a public booth, who came there and took her home.
Rajasthan polls: 562 candidates withdraw nomination
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will contest from Sardarpura seat in Jodhpur district, from where BJP has fielded Shambhu Singh Khetasar, a Rajput candidate.
Indian biotech aiming to be USD 100bn sector by 2025: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Indian biotechnology sector is looking to be a USD 100 billion sector by 2025, Biocon Chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said in Neemrana on Saturday.
Oprah Winfrey refused to go nude in 'The Butler'
The 59-year-old was adamant she wasn't going to bare her flesh in a romantic scene with Terrence Howard.
My counter play did not work: Anand
Anand on Friday conceded that his counter play did not work well in the fifth game of World Chess Championship against Carlsen.
Stenson looks set for World Tour Championship
Henrik Stenson took a giant stride towards becoming European number one with a joint best of the day, eight under par 64 in the second round.
Crackdown on rumour-mongering over salt shortage in East, NE
Patna/Kolkata: Authorities in states in the east and northeast launched a crackdown on rumour-mongering after panic buying of salt fed by rumours that it would disappear from markets led to its exorbitant price which on Friday hit Rs 100 per kg in Darjeel...
Puducherry: Lord Saneeswara temple to get golden car worth Rs 3 crore
The famous Lord Saneeswara temple at nearby Tirunallar in Union Territory of Puducherry would soon get a Rs three crore golden car and three wooden cars, temple authorities said.
China to ease 30-yr-old one-child policy, abolish labour camps
China's family-planning policy currently limits most urban couples to one child and allows two children for rural families if their first-born is a girl.
Another law intern alleges sexual harassment by a former SC judge
A Supreme Court committee is already probing allegations made by another student and had asked her to appear before it.
Italian authorities confiscate Chinese Vespa clones at Milan Motorcycle Show
Piaggio was in for a rude shock when Chinese manufacturers displayed imitations of its premium Vespa scooters
FIFA opens South African match-fixing probe
FIFA says its ethics committee prosecutor is going ahead with an investigation into allegations of match-fixing in international friendlies.