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Oil prices extend gains in Asia
May 13, 2015, 11:17 AM ISTSingapore: Oil prices extended gains in Asia today on a weaker dollar and amid expectations the latest US crude-oil inventories report will show a decline, easing a global supply glut, analysts said.US benchmark West Texas
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Oil prices down in Asian trade
May 12, 2015, 10:37 AM ISTSingapore: Crude prices edged lower in Asia today on worries about a global oversupply after a veteran former energy minister in Qatar warned OPEC members against cutting output unilaterally.US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for June
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Indian-origin diplomat Gopinath Pillai awarded for his services in Singapore
World | Apr 25, 2015, 09:53 AM ISTSingapore: Indian-origin diplomat Gopinath Pillai has been bestowed with ‘Outstanding Service Award' for his services to the city-state by the National University of Singapore (NUS) here. 78-year-old Gopinath Pillai, who is currently the Ambassador-at-Large of
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Two Indians awarded for saving toddler in Singapore
World | Apr 25, 2015, 08:59 AM ISTSingapore: Two Indian nationals in Singapore were on Friday hailed as heroes and commended for saving a dangling toddler stuck between the rails on a parapet of a second floor apartment block.S Shammugun Nathan, 35,
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Malaysian gets death for 2010 murder of Indian national
World | Apr 20, 2015, 02:31 PM ISTSingapore: A Malaysian man was sentenced to death today for the 2010 murder of an Indian national working in Singapore's construction sector. High Court Judge Choo Han Tek sentenced to death Michael Garing, 26. The
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'Cheryl's birthday' math problem makes Twitter go awry with solutions!
Blah | Apr 16, 2015, 07:42 PM IST'When is Cheryl's birthday?' math problem may have got the top scholars around the world on their toes, but not the Twitteratis! They rather came out with amusing solutions to the problem.The Math Olympiad question
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AAP government seeks Singaporean help for setting up wi-fi across Delhi
India | Apr 12, 2015, 04:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: The AAP government has sought Singapore's help for setting up a free wi-fi facility across the national capital, one of its big-ticket poll promises on which it has made a little progress.The assistance
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Shuttler Kashyap enters Singapore Open semis
Other Sports | Apr 10, 2015, 06:57 PM ISTSingapore: Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap came out with a brilliant performance to defeat France's Brice Leverdez and enter the $300,000 Singapore Open Superseries men's singles semi-finals with a straight games victory here on Friday.The Commonwealth
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Indian gets 30-month jail for helping to dispose of body
World | Apr 09, 2015, 12:38 PM ISTSingapore: A 27-year-old Indian national in Singapore has been sentenced to 30 months in jail for helping compatriot dispose of his murdered wife's body and hiding evidence of the crime.Gursharan Singh yesterday admitted to helping
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Singapore arrested teen for posting anti-Lee Kuan Yew video
World | Mar 31, 2015, 09:01 AM ISTSingapore : Singapore police said they have arrested a teenage boy who posted an expletive-laden video on YouTube attacking Christianity and the country's late founding leader Lee Kuan Yew, but the exact charges were unclear.“In
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Indian jailed for molesting woman in Singapore
World | Mar 31, 2015, 08:15 AM ISTSingapore: A 32-year-old Indian has been jailed for three weeks for molesting a woman three times on separate occasions while travelling in a bus here last year. Seetharaman Ramesh, who works here as a department
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Delhi eyes Singapore water re-use model, says Kejriwal
India | Mar 30, 2015, 05:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi will soon be a city sans any water problem as Singapore water re-use model, in which waste water is filtered and used again, is being studied to be replicated here, Chief Minister
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HTC One (M7) receiving Lollipop OTA in India, Singapore, Malaysia
Mar 30, 2015, 05:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: HTC has rolled out the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for its 2013 One flagship device - One (M7) in India, Singapore, Malaysia, and other regions.HTC has started rolling out the Android 5.0 Lollipop
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Gold plunges by Rs 410; silver tumbles Rs 550 on global cues
Mar 30, 2015, 04:37 PM ISTSingapore: Gold prices plunged by Rs 410 to Rs 26,690 per 10 grams at the bullion market on Monday on a weak global trend amid easing demand from jewellers.Silver also fell sharply by Rs 550
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Lee Kuan Yew helped in financial development of ethnic Indian community
World | Mar 29, 2015, 10:06 PM ISTSingapore: Singapore's founder and first premier Lee Kuan Yew had helped the Indians in the country, especially women members of the community by encouraging them to work and help their families financially, a prominent Indian-origin
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Lee Kuan Yew eulogized as architect of Singapore
World | Mar 29, 2015, 04:20 PM ISTSingapore: Singaporeans bid farewell to longtime leader Lee Kuan Yew with an elaborate procession Sunday and a three-hour state funeral where his son, the current prime minister, eulogized the statesman and declared that the wealthy
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Crowds pay last respects to late Singapore's founder Lee Kuan Yew ahead of funeral
World | Mar 28, 2015, 02:50 PM ISTSingapore: Thousands of people paid their respects on Saturday to the late Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew at Singapore's Parliament House where his coffin was lying in state.Lee, 91, died on Monday at Singapore
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Singapore statesman Lee to be given 21-gun salute at funeral
World | Mar 28, 2015, 08:00 AM ISTSIngapore:Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew who died this week will be accorded a 21-gun salute at his funeral on Sunday, the government said even as thousands of people gathered outside parliament here to pay
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Thousands pay tribute to Lee Kuan Yew on Singapore's streets
World | Mar 26, 2015, 09:52 AM ISTSingapore:Thousands of people chanting "We love you, Lee Kuan Yew!" lined Singapore's streets on Wednesday to pay tribute to the country's founding father, whose casket was taken to Parliament House for public viewing.The coffin, wrapped
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Indian origin banker jailed for voyeurism in Singapore
Mar 25, 2015, 02:07 PM ISTSingapore: A 32-year-old Indian banker in Singapore has been jailed for eight weeks on charges of voyeurism, including taking upskirt videos of women for over two years.Maha Vignesh Velippan, a former executive at State Bank