2016 - January

Bringing in 2016 around the world Hotel in Dubai catches a ghastly fire HMT plant reopens for making last batch of watches Adnan Sami gets Indian citizenship, finally! Germany lifts IS terror alert J&K High Court stays 2 flag-hoisting order Earthquake shakes Manipur 3 held for Temixco Mayor's murder Nokia Gains gets control of Alcatel-Lucent Obama takes a shot at gun control Massive Mao statue appears in Chinese countryside J&K Chief Minister passes away Chris Gayle to sue Fairfax Media for defamation Govt mulls selling stake in Axis Bank China suspends stock trade after a 7% plunge Sushma Swaraj announces MEA-MOIA merger SC questions the whopping wages of FCI loaders Commercial coal mining to re-open to private firms J&K under Governor's rule for 7th time Djokovic beats Nadal to win Qatar Open VK Singh dismisses Tewari's 'troop movement' comments CII Partnership Summit off to a flying start DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Lawrence take home the Golden Globes Rs.4000 crore to be invested to upgrade Paradip refinery Spanish Princess, husband to face trial for embezzling $6.7 million Think of harsher punishment for child rape accused: SC Binny Bansal: The next CEO of Flipkart David Bowie passes away at 69 Afghanistan thrash Zimbabwe as Shahzad hits historic ton Messi wins fifth Ballon d'Or New Defence Procurement Procedure to push 'Make in India' IS takes responsibility for Baghdad shopping-mall attack Penn-Guzman interview intrinsic to druglord's arrest 30 dead baleen whales on Tiruchendur shore Squash player Ravi Dixit decides against selling kidney CES 2016 demonstrates how tech is changing Baidu plans to buy stakes in Indian start-ups Obama's last State of the Union address SC comes down heavily on Prashant Bhushan's CPIL No Indo-Pak series in 2016, says Anurag Thakur Indra Nooyi is Yale's biggest donor alumna Goa to classify coconut tree as 'palm' India-China trade deficit rises to $45 billion Al Jazeera America to shut down by April India has largest diaspora population in the world Team SanTina marks 29th win in a row Phone tapping powers to BSF unlikely New ethanol policy aims to boost production ShopClues bags a whopping $1 billion valuation India asks Pakistan for consular access to Indian techie India gets a new Juvenile Justice Act French drug trial gone wrong, Minister rushes to Rennes Nuclear deal: US lifts sanctions on Iran Triple murder in upscale Kolkata neighborhood Haryana's sex ratio at birth crosses 900 MUDRA bank not to regulate MFIs Wealthiest 62 persons as rich as half of world PM to visit Assam and Sikkim Musharraf acquitted in Bugti murder trial IPL spot fixing 2013: Life ban for Chandila Domestic air traffic soars 20% in 2015 Siddiqui's wife files FIR to counter his defamation France's $2.2 billion plan to tackle unemployment Sushma Swaraj wraps up West Asia visit Amma Call Centre launched by Jayalalithaa

Govt to reduce tax disputes by 50% PM Cameron supports burqa ban in schools, courts, borders Health conditions of Indians improved: NFHS survery Actress Asin takes her marriage vows Sunny overwhelmed by audience reaction to sexist interview Mumbai to get India's first LGBT cab service SC: Tigers important, but development more so China, Saudi Arabia step up bilateral relations US rapper to face trial, announces retirement Caltech scientists say Planet X exists Free legal aid to poor prison inmates New mining norms for minor minerals, ECs decentralized Rupee may touch 70/$ mark The Grand Mufti declares a fatwa against chess International Solar Alliance to be headquartered in India Fans mourn on Ledger's eighth death anniversary Nationwide curfew after job protests in Tunisia Wanda Group signs billion-dollar deal with Haryana India bounces back to glory at WEF Budget boost likely for industrial corridor projects Quickr and Snapdeal launch vernacular language support Gurdaspur SP given clean-chit in Pathankot case Govt modifies gold monetization scheme to make it attractive Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is Portugal's new President Bihar: Political parties compete over Karpoori Jayanti celebrations Indian satellite tracking station to assist Vietnam Fog leads to massive car pile-up on Expressway SAIC motor of China to buy GM India's plant 112 to receive Padma awards this Republic Day Wikimedia Foundation distances itself from Free Basics Suicide attack in Cameroon kills over 30 Coke launches dairy drinks in India World's largest oil refinery to be built by Indian PSUs South Pole explorer dies in historic attempt 85 die in Taiwan as cold grips East-Asia National Investment Grid to boost investment Denmark approves controversial migrant assets bill Hotlines at airports to tackle hijack situations Nevada chooses Delhi for new tourism office Doomsday Clock: It's 3 minutes to midnight Italians outraged by statues being covered-up for Iranian President Disney, consulting companies sued over H-1B row Reports reveal N.Korea highest, Denmark lowest on corruption A new PPP model for road development Live chat by cricketers on-field comes under fire Ratan Tata invests in tea startup- TeaBox Suspicious balloon spotted near Delhi airport India's largest water conservation program to be crowd sourced AI 182 bomber freed by Canadian authorities UK proposes increasing outsourced IT workers' minimum salaries Ford Mustang, now in India! Chinese investors betting big on India Act tough against erring officials, says PM Ivory Coast's ex-leader denies war crimes at Hague New US President limo seen undergoing secret tests Trump vs Fox widens Republican rift Company-owned stores on the anvil for Lenovo India India now among 10 largest nations in IMF Home Ministry to again work on anti-terror bill President Mukherjee's memoirs' 2nd volume unveiled Charges against army officers to be verified by CBI India pays homage to Gandhi on Martyrs' Day 3 get death, 3 life-imprisonment in Kamduni gang-rape case Shops, banks, restaurants will soon function 24x7 India producing 100 million phones Now, a technique to extract gold from e-waste