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The former head of global operations of Infosys and the former CEO of iGate Phaneesh Murthy (49) was sacked by his last employer company with a charge of sexual harassment yesterday. Murthy, a California-based IIT-IIM alumnus rose to…

Mahatma Gandhi’s blood samples are to be auctioned today in London. Two microscope slides, bearing his blood, those were obtained from Mumbai, when the great leader was recovering from an appendectomy, are to go on sale by Mullock's…

The first Bollywood link to the IPL spot-fixing scandal was busted with the arrest of Vindoo Dara Singh, son of the legendary Dara Singh. He was arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch for his alleged links with bookies. Recently, Vindoo…

In a shocking development, 3 newspaper employees were killed in Agartala, capital of Tripura, the North-east Indian state. The opposition Congress in Tripura has called a dawn-to-dusk bandh in the municipal corporation area today to protest…

The ruling UPA is set for a crushing defeat and the saffron party may return to power after nine years of struggle. If the Lok Sabha polls were held now, the Congress-led UPA will get 136 seats and the main opposition NDA will win 206,…

Anti -terrorism Day is being observed today across the country to mark the martyrdom of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. It was on this day in 1991, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated at Sriperumbudur of Tamil Nadu by the LTTE. The day is…

iGate's board of directors took a strong decision by sacking its president and CEO Phaneesh Murthy following a claim of sexual harassment. The move gave a clear message that nobody not even the CEO is above the company policy. Murthy's…

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is arriving in New Delhi today on a 3 day official visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh amidst a substantially optimism of expanding of cooperation between the two countries. A large…

The Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah expanded his cabinet with the induction of 28 ministers today. The ministers were sworn-in by Governor H R Bhardwaj at Raj Bhavan. While 20 took oath as the cabinet ministers, 8 were inducted…

The BJP has come up with serious allegations against the Congress Party and CBI that they have hatched a conspiracy to frame Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly Gulab Chand Kataria to divert the attention of the public from the…