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New Delhi, Jan 13: It may be an unlikely combination -- yoga for inner peace and (fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) for external beauty -- but Baba Ramdev appears to have struck the right pose in both. The guru whose 'easy yoga' has won him a mass following is also cornering the FMCG market with daily use products ranging from soaps and mustard oil to cornflakes. Baba Ramdev's brands seem to have

Puttur, Jan 13: Muhammed Fazil, a four-year-old boy, died after he was hit by a speeding Maruti Omni car near here on Monday. The boy was walking along with his grandmother at Kavu, near Maniyadka on Mani-Mysuru state highway when the tragedy took place. Son of Abdul Azeez, a resident of Maniyadka village in Puttur, the boy was an LKG student at a local school. Source said that the boy was thrown

Paris, Jan 13: The controversial French weekly'Charlie Hebdo' which had provided an opportunity for alleged Zionist funded terrorist group ISIS to carry out a terror attack in Paris has has continued to play with the sentiments of the people as part of its marketing strategy. The satirical weekly published another cartoon representing the Prophet on the cover of its first issue since the attack at

Dubai, Jan 13: An Indian fish trader was found dead in his vehicle in Umm Al Quwain six hours after he left his home to deliver fish. Mohammed Dileep's family and friends said that he was found dead in the driver's seat inside his Nissan pick-up vehicle and they suspect he suffered a heart attack. The vehicle was parked on the road side, they added. The 43-year-old left home at 7am on Friday. œHe

Chamarajanagar, Jan 13: Four members of a family were killed when the car they were travelling by rammed a parked lorry near Chikkahole checkpost in Chamarajanagar taluk early on Monday morning. The victims have been identified as Siddaraju (62), his son-in-law Sachchidanand (50), grandsons Sreyas (20) and Poorvik (8). Another relative of theirs, Suresh, was seriously injured and is undergoing

Bhatkal, Jan 12: For the second time after the arrests of four Bhatkal-based youth on terror charges, Bengaluru police commissioner M N Reddi has openly clarified that none of the arrested had any connection with Bengaluru Church Street blast case, even as the media giants continued to link them with the December 28 explosion. Responding to a query of media persons on Monday Mr Reddi reiterated

New Delhi, Jan 12: The Narendra Modi government's austerity polices have taken a hit after an RTI report revealed that many BJP MPs enjoyed their overstay at five-star hotels on tax-payers' money. The RTI report showed that till November 15, 2014, 92 MPs, since their election, several of them from the BJP, have been living at the Ashoka Hotel in Delhi, in spite of being allotted the government

Mangaluru, Jan 12: In a daring robbery, unidentified persons made away with cash and valuables worth over Rs 6 crore including gold, weighing 22-kg, from Sri Bhagavathi Co-Operative Bank Ltd at BC Road on the outskirts of the city. The major burglary which might have occurred anytime between last Friday night and wee hours of Monday, came to light around 10.a.m on Monday, when the employees opened

New Delhi, Jan 12: Non Resident Indians or NRIs will soon be able to cast their vote from abroad, without having to fly back to their hometown during elections. The Supreme Court today directed the central government to enable e-voting by NRIs within eight weeks. Hearing a plea filed by Pravasi Bharat chairman Nagender Chindam, the SC bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu said that the NRIs must

New Delhi, Jan 12: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court of India that the Election Commission's recommendation to extend voting rights to Nonresident Indians through postal ballots has been accepted in letter and spirit. Taking note of the submissions, a bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and A K Sikri asked the Centre to inform it about "further steps taken to implement the