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Twitter goes down temporarily; service restored after a brief outage
Twitter was down for about one hour for a large number of users. It remained unclear what triggered the outage, which affected users in at least India.
US investment firm Baron has $150 million Manchester United stake
US investment group Baron Capital has built up a stake worth about $150 million in English soccer champions Manchester United.
Snapshot: President awards standard, colours to IAF units
Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday awarded the prestigious President's Standard to 112 Helicopter Unit and President's Colours to 4 Base Repair Depot in a grand ceremonial parade held at Air Force Station Kanpur.
5-day Hyderabad air show to start on Wednesday
The show, with the theme 'Enhancing Air Connectivity' is being jointly organised by the aviation ministry and industry body FICCI.
Sindhu not to defend Malaysia GP Gold title
"She will need time to recoup to prepare for the India Open," Sindhu's father P.V. Ramana told IANS from Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Smartphones can now diagnose diseases in real time
Smartphones are not only capable of providing directions or sending photos and videos to your friends, they can also diagnose diseases in real-time, scientists say.
Ashok Aggarwal quits AAP, says party functioning like a private firm
Aggarwal has also said that the party no more connects with the common man with a group of elite people taking over.
AP: Three more Congress leaders join TDP
Exodus of Congress leaders to Telugu Desam Party continued with two MLAs and a former legislator joining the main opposition party of Andhra Pradesh on Monday.
Congress complains to EC about news programme promoting Modi
Congress on Monday demanded stern action in the wake of a programme telecast by a TV news channel on the Ayodhya issue, alleging that it had been "specially tailored" to promote Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate.
Vietnam reports object in sea that may be part of missing jet
A Vietnamese navy plane has spotted an object suspected of belonging to a Malaysian jetliner that went missing early on Saturday with 239 people on board, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam said on its website on Sunday.
LS polls: 1/3rd candidates declared till March 2 have criminal records
A total of 203 candidates were announced by various political parties as on March 2, 2014.
Miffed over poll-ticket distribution, Babban Rajbhar resigns from Congress
Congress state vice-president and former MP Babban Rajbhar on Monday resigned from the party, alleging that the organisation had ignored backwards while deciding candidates for the Lok Sabha polls.
BJP downplays Bacchi Singh Rawat's resignation from party posts
BJP on Monday sought to downplay former MP Bacchi Singh Rawat's resignation from all party posts saying candidates have not been decided for any of the five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand as yet and there is no question of Rawat being ignored.
Cristiano Ronaldo becomes world's wealthiest footballer
Ronaldo is followed in second place by Lionel Messi and in third place by Chelsea striker Samuel Eto'o.
'American Hustle,' 'Wolf of Wall Street' lead MTV Movie Awards nods
Crime caper 'American Hustle' and financial greed tale 'The Wolf of Wall Street' each landed eight nominations.
Nitish Kumar takes to Facebook, slams BJP for joining hands with MNS
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is using Facebook to target his friend-turned-foe BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. In his latest post, Nitish Kumar has criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for joining hands with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
