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Washington, Sept 22 - Hilary Duff has said that she would be interested for a reunion of her hit

London, Sep 22 - The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair has said that the induction of ground troops is necessary to eradicate Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.

Britain should join the wide international coalition of countries in fight against the Islamic State militants and deploy ground troops including special forces, said Blair.

He warned that airstrikes alone would not be sufficient to fight the militants in the Middle East.

Blair's statement came as Britain is yet to confirm whether it would join the United States and France in launching airstrikes in Iraq to combat the IS militants.

Hong Kong: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and some of its shareholders have sold an additional 48 million shares, a source with direct knowledge of the deal said on Monday, making its IPO the biggest-ever globally at a value of $25.03 billion.

The move comes after the stock surged 38 percent in its debut on Friday as investors jostled for a piece of the e-commerce company.

Alibaba and several shareholders initially sold 320.1 million American Depositary Shares in its offering, which priced at $68 each last week. Underwriters had the option to sell additional shares from Alibaba, Yahoo Inc and Alibaba co-founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai, according to the IPO prospectus.

Mumbai: The benchmark BSE Sensex dipped below the 27k-level by falling over 166 points in early trade on Monday as funds and retail investors engaged in reducing positions amid a weak trend on other Asian bourses.

The 30-share barometer, which shed 21.79 points in the previous session, fell by 166.32 points, or 0.61 percent, to slip below the 27,000-mark to 26,924.10.

Stocks of realty, capital goods, metal, auto, power and banking sectors declined due to profit-booking.

Similarly, the National Stock Exchange index Nifty fell below the 8,100-level by declining 56.65 points, or 0.69 percent, to 8,064.80.

Hyderabad: Skipper Gautam Gambhir led from the front with a confident half-century after Sunil Narine stifled Lahore Lions with his magical spin bowling as Kolkata Knight Riders eked out a four-wicket win in a Champions League Twenty20 Group A match, here Sunday.

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Gambhir (60) anchored the 152-run chase with his 47-ball knock as he and fellow opener Robin Uthappa (46) rattled up a 100-run stand, which paved the way for an easy win, which was 11th in a row for the IPL champions in this format.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming monumental first visit to the United States will begin with a breakfast meeting with a select group of 10 CEOs, a daily newspaper has reported.

Modi has received request for meetings from the top American business community both in New York and Washington DC.

With economic development his key priority, Modi is expected to interact with the American business community in both New York and Washington DC.

In New York, Modi will have one-to-one interaction with corporate leaders like Ginni Rometty of IBM, Marilyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin and Jeff Immelt of GE, the paper added.