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Five persons suspected to be behind the armed bank robberies that recently rocked the city were killed here in a police encounter in the wee hours of Thursday. Acting on a tip-off from a...

Press Council of India Chairperson Markandey Katju on Wednesday asked Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to “show cause why I should not recommend to the President to dismiss your Governmen...

Students aspiring to join the central engineering institutions will have to write a common national examination from next year. Weightage will also be given to State Education Board resul...

“There is every reason to believe Iran's hand in attack on diplomat”

The former Vice-Chancellor of Hyderabad University, Professor S.E. Hasnain, and Director, Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore) Professor Pankaj Chandra, have been shortlisted for th...

Two persons were killed and 10 others injured when an overcrowded bus overturned near Tiyania village in Bihar's Bhojpur district this morning, a police official said.

Five members of a marriage party were killed and 23 others injured when a bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Udhampur district today.

A Mexican official says a federal police helicopter flying to a prison crashed in Veracruz state today, killing three people on board and injuring another three.

Two passenger trains collided at a station just outside the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Wednesday, injuring at least 20 people, local officials said.

A teenage suicide bomber killed 17 people at a busy Pakistani bus terminal on Wednesday, the third attack in three days as the country stepped up security for the holy month of Muharram.

Two officials of the US Congress have received letters that contained a "suspicious powdery substance", following which officials sent out a warning cautioning other staffers to be on the...

Russia has said the world should not draw "hasty conclusions" over Iran's most recent rebuff of UN attempts to investigate allegations the Islamic Republic hid secret work on atomic arms,...

Britain summoned the Syrian ambassador on Wednesday to lodge a protest over the deaths of two Western journalists and demand the repatriation of their bodies, the Foreign Office said.

World oil prices jumped on Wednesday to new nine-month highs, driven by fresh geopolitical worries over key crude producer Iran, dealers said.

Cherie Blair, barrister and wife of former prime minister Tony Blair, on Wednesday sued the now-defunct News of the World over hacking of her phone, joining a host of celebrities and othe...

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - State Bank of India, the country's top lender, has not extended further loans to debt-crippled Kingfisher Airlines, a bank official said, denying reports that...

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm on Wednesday after officials said at least six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests over the burning of c...

LONDON (Reuters) - Marie Colvin's final dispatch, published just three days before she and a French photographer were killed by shell and rocket fire, came from a bleak cellar packed with...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Aakash, the "$35" computer launched last year in India as the world's cheapest tablet, has run into problems and companies will be invited to bid again to make the d...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - United Arab Emirates telecom operator Etisalat on Wednesday said it would shut down the operations of its Indian joint venture, three weeks after the Supreme Court c...

An irate mob of suspected CPM activists from tribal Talasari taluka allegedly attacked a BJP leader from Thane district, police said today. The mob armed with leathal weapons attacked Lo...

Girl Guides in New Zealand's town of Dragaville have decided to put it on the map as "Bra-gaville" with their record breaking effort of stringing nearly 170,000 bras together. The last b...

The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the CBI to file its reply on the plea by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar seeking a transfer of the trial in their daughter Aarushi's 2008 murder from a Ghaziabad ...

The weapon that two Italian ship officials used to shoot dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast is still on the vessel, say police who are expected to move court Tuesday for a se...

At least 30 flights of Kingfisher Airlines were cancelled this morning as the top brass of the cash-strapped carrier was set to appear before aviation regulator DGCA to explain reasons f...

Burdwan, Feb. 22: A former CPM legislator was axed and bludgeoned to death in Burdwan this morning by alleged Trinamul Congress supporters in one of the most gruesome political murders in...

Ranchi, Feb. 22: Chief minister Arjun Munda will not admit it, but as the political divide widens over the Chotanagpur Tenancy (CNT) Act, his backroom managers are working towards a formu...

New Delhi, Feb. 22: India cannot renounce nuclear energy without adverse impacts on the economy, environment, and human health, atomic energy commission chairman Srikumar Banerjee said to...

Mumbai, Feb. 22: Agent Vinod has apparently done what any gent would do: break the nose of he who dares insult his lady.

Calcutta, Feb. 22: The Mamata Banerjee government had granted up to six days of special casual leave to 1,000-odd elected delegates of a Trinamul-backed employees' union less than two mon...

After being arrested and released, Saif Ali Khan claimed that a look at the CCTV footage of the hotel would reveal the true story.

Both Italy and India stuck to their positions in the fishermen killings case.

With an eye on the future of Indian cricket, we pick out the three probable leaders for all three formats.

Table-toppers at one stage, India are now languishing at the bottom of the points tally.

More than 1.56 crore voters would seal the fate of 840 candidates in the fifth phase of UP Assembly polls.

The voting for the fifth phase of Assembly polls is underway in Uttar Pradesh. It will be a prestige battle for Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav and that of BJP star campaign...

Two major avalanches hit Sonmarg and Davar in Jammu and Kashmir last evening. Three soldiers are feared killed after they were buried under the snow in Sonmarg. Related Stories Mamata Ban...

I flew Kingfisher. Not once, but twice in the last two days. I shall be lining up for a bravery award at the President's door, but that is another story. This one needs to be told first. ...

The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict today on the issue of midnight crackdown on yoga guru Ramdev and his followers at Ramlila Maidan by the Delhi Police on June 4-5 last year dur...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's former close aide Sasikala will appear today in a hearing in the disproportionate assets case. In the last hearing, Ms Sasikala reportedly gave a ...

A PIL filed in Madras High Court has assailed the proposed NCTC and charged that instead of concentrating on modernisation of security forces.

PM Manmohan Singh assured West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee that the Centre will take the concerns of state governments on board on the issue of NCTC.

The Adjutant General`s branch of the Army has not yet changed the date of birth of Gen V K Singh in its records.

The assurance was given to Indian ambassador Nirupama Rao by US Attorney General Eric Holder in a meeting.

Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said the kids were neither orphans nor stateless persons, and enjoyed protection of the Indian State.

22 Feb 2012 The draft Public Procurement Bill was today approved by the panel of Ministers set up to tackle corruption.The bill is being brought to regulate government purchases using tr...

22 Feb 2012 Kingfisher Airlines today filed a fresh flight schedule with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, DGCA, scaling down its operations to about 170 daily flights with 28 f...

22 Feb 2012 Kerala High Court today asked the Italian vessel owner to furnish bank guarantee of 25 lakh rupees to get its vessel released.The case was filed by the wife of the one of the...

22 Feb 2012 <a href="http://www.newsonair.com/news.asp?cat=National&#38;id=NN3202" West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that NCTC will disturb fedral structure of the co...

22 Feb 2012 <a href="http://www.newsonair.com/news.asp?cat=International&#38;id=IN6493" The U.N.chief nuclear inspector says a two-day visit to Iran has ended with his team unable to vis...

India is likely to clock a GDP growth of 7.5-8 per cent in 2012-13, Prime Minister's economic advisory panel said on Wednesday and further reiterated that government is aligning the diese...

Italy on Wednesday raised the pitch over the killing of two Indian fishermen by its marines escalated by moving the Kerala High Court seeking quashing of murder charges against them and i...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday assured West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that the Centre will take the concerns of state governments on board on the issue of National...

Ailing Kingfisher Airlines, whose services remained affected for the sixth day, on Wednesday filed a fresh flight schedule with DGCA, scaling down its operations to about 170 daily flight...

Polling for the fifth phase of UP Assembly election covering 49 seats spread over 13 districts begins on Thursday that would decide the fate of several stalwarts, including firebrand BJP ...

Sandeep Singh scores twice as India churn out a hard-fought victory over Canada; book berth in the final.

A top IMG-Reliance (IMG-R) official has said they are incurring huge losses by investing in Indian football, thus implying that it will be difficult for them to share the revenues with th...

Besides the usual money and gifts, a few winning candidates plan to take their party members for pilgrimages to Shirdi, Ashtavinayak and Ganpatipule.

The Bombay high court issued notices to the DB Marg police and the BMC for allegedly keeping a bull meant for sacrifice last Bakri-Eid illegally in their custody.

Acting on the complaints that statutory bodies were being ignored in policy decisions, prime minister Manmohan Singh has made mandatory for the ministries to keep these bodies in loop bef...

In the midst of the diplomatic row between New Delhi and Rome over the killing of Indian fishermen off Kerala coast, Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Steffan de Mistura on Wednesday met Ch...

Maldives was on Wednesday suspended from the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group -- the most powerful panel of the Commonwealth body -- following the recent developments in the country ...

A high-ranking Pentagon official on apologised to the Afghan leadership for the burning of the Quran by United States military personnel and also discussed the reconciliation process in t...

Virtually stroking the fire on the suddenly hyped issue of reservation to the Jat community, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Wednesday blamed the ...

Rahul Gandhi can force the Congress to get rid of its old socialist baggage and become a truly secular and forward looking political formation. Instead, he has confused minority communali...

Actress Drew Barrymore, who announced her engagement to art consultant Will Kopelman, says she wants a "timeless" wedding gown.

Lucknow: Polling for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh's staggered elections in 49 assembly seats spread across 13 districts began on Thursday at 7 a.m. The total electorate numbering 1,56...

Chennai: Five persons were today shot dead in an encounter for their alleged involvement in a bank robbery case here, police said. "Five persons were shot dead around 1 am in connection w...

A 40-year-old woman manager at a Wal-Mart distribution centre in the US state of Virginia was shot at by an employee who later killed himself when confronted by police Wednesday, official...

MAC Cosmetics is paying tribute to screen legend Marilyn Monroe with a new make-up collection.

New Delhi, Feb 22: Putting an en to all speculations, official sources of State Bank of India (SBI) finally declared that they will not lend Rs 1,650 crore money to cash-strapped Kingfish...

New Delhi, Feb 22: Congress led UPA government may face another trouble soon as people started raising questions about Congress President, Sonia Gandhi and her usage of helicopters and pl...

New Delhi, Feb 22: While shielding Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy, the Delhi police on Wednesday, Feb 22, told the court that they didn't incite any commun...

Thiruvananthapuram , Feb 22: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday, Feb 22 said that the Italian ship Enrica Lexie, whose two sailors namely Latorre Massimiliano and Salvatore Girone had all...

Bangalore, Feb 22: Acharya Institute once again opened a path for its students to show their passion, zeal and aspirations to fulfill their dreams. The educational organisation soon will ...

As if to rub it in, the college announced the suspension on the Facebook 'walls' of the girls!

Indian Institute of Management officials caught the students on the premises.

Callous handling of an emergency delivery case led to a horrendous attack on a new born girl.

Vande Mataram shouting BJP men were countered by Cong, SP and BSP leading to a riot-like situation.

A man claims he was assaulted in front of his family at a hotel by Saif and his friends.

Pointer To Budget * Need adjustments in diesel price, urea decontrol, says Rangarajan

All nations have appointed chefs de mission, red face for India in London

Party says resignation due to civic poll disaster, came earlier

Banerjee clarified that there was no discussion on any “Bengal package”

The provocation was attacks on 800 journalists over 10 years in the state

Mumbai Taximen's Union may go on a strike if their demands of increase in taxi fares are not met within the stipulated time. The last time the fares were revised was in 2010.

The singer, who recently made a record of sorts by winning six Grammy awards, did it again in home..

A jewellery shop owned by Kerala-based Anto Alukkas group was taken aback, when jewellery worth 10 crores was stolen from their shop in Tirupur. The way these burglars broke into the shop...

The government of Andhra Pradesh has overlooked the nicety connected with the appointments with utter recklessness. The administration has thrown caution and semblance to the winds and ha...

Urging people to donate generously towards the Chief Minster's relief fund, Himachal Pradesh Chief..

Bangalore, Aug 3 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley arrived here late Tuesday to help state party legislators pick a successor to outgoing chief mi...

Bhubaneswar, Aug 2 (IANS) The death toll due to lightning strikes increased to 24 in Orissa with the state government confirming seven more deaths Tuesday.

Kolkata, Aug 2 (IANS) Two first-year students of a reputed West Bengal engineering institute have alleged that they were abused and harassed by their seniors on social networking site Fac...

New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) A man was arrested Tuesday for opening fire at a head constable in west Delhi, police said.

New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) A 21-year-old man has been arrested from a bank where he hid himself in order to commit burglary, police said Tuesday.

New Delhi: A senior official of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited on Wednesday expressed confidence that the situation at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant could change wit...

NEW DELHI: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here granted exemption to corporate honcho Ravi Ruia of the Essar group and three others from making a personal appearanc...

New Delhi: The central government is working closely with the state governments for early implementation of the unified goods and services tax (GST), the most significant reform in the h...

Union Minister Farooq Abdullah Wednesday said the central government's proposal to set up a National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) without consulting states was a "mistake", and hoped ...

India will go by its law while dealing with the arrest of two Italian Marines over the killing of two Indian fishermen, Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur said Wednesday...

New Delhi (ABC Live):The Indian government has decided to give an additional Rs 3,000 crore to state owned oil companies to makeup for losses they incurred on the sale of fuel during the ...

Hanoi (ABC Live): India and South East Asian countries have decided to work for early free trade agreement in services and investment and announced visa-on-arrival facility to nationals o...

New Delhi (ABC Live): The Adarsh Group Housing Society scam all set to take head of Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan when on Saturday he offered to resign to Congress President Son...

Nagoya (ABC Live): The Global Environment Facility, the World Bank, and IUCN on Friday announced to start the $US10 million Save Our Species (SOS) initiative.

New Delhi (ABC Live): National Human Right Commission chief and former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan argued flawless Right to Information as in present form it has many loopholes.

Nagpur: Zaheer Khan broke the building partnership between Hashim Amla and Graeme Smith by sending latter back to the pavilion. Smith tried to drive Zaheer and ended up in the safe hands...

Nagpur: Dale Steyn led South Africa's fightback with a maiden five-wicket haul to restrict India to 296 in a key World Cup match on Saturday despite a sparkling 111 from Sachin Tendulkar...

New Delhi: Former CVC P.J. Thomas has decided to move the Supreme Court seeking review by a Constitution bench of its March 3 judgement quashing his appointment, claiming that judiciary ...

Nagpur: South Africa ruined India’s party at Nagpur by sending back Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan, Yuvraj Singh Virat Kohli and Harbhajan Singh in quick successions here...

Fukushima, Japan: Radiation leaked from an unstable Japanese nuclear reactor north of Tokyo on Saturday, the government said, after an explosion blew the roof off the facility in the wak...

* A ‘single mother’ gives her three-year-old boy in adoption to a childless realtor * The woman’s 'husband' files a plea in Kerala HC, accusing her of selling their child to the realtor *...

For `2,000, Ravi Kumar rustled up fake documents, such as IDs and salary certificates, to apply for a PAN card. Having done that, he would convince the customer to avail of a personal loa...

It is the first time such a huge penalty is levied on a single car The owner of the Rolls Royce, a city-based realtor, paid up the very next day the vehicle was seized by an inspector...

“It was mainly possible because of news reports in Bangalore Mirror. Government officials read the reports and realised the adverse impact their order would have on students.” says Dr N P...

The brothers, Doddabala and Chikkabala, reconciled 14 years ago and wanted to withdraw the case. But the law stuck to its ‘own course’ for 10 more years...

MUMBAI:Actor and Comedian, Sanjai Mishra has proved himself to be quite the multi-tasker. During the shoot of the movie Bumboo, not only was he playing one of the main characters, but he ...

SHIMLA: Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, launches the first phase of National Pulse Polio Immunization Programme in the State by administering polio vaccine drops to children upto five y...

CHANDIGARH: Lok Shikshan Kendras are being set up in every village in Haryana having a population of 5000 each under the Saakshar Bharat Mission-2012, a Centrally sponsored scheme, and tw...

DHARAMSHALA: Himachal Congress today asked the state government to take back the land allotted to the Acharya Bal Krishan in Solan an aide of Baba Ramdev.

Naresh Kumar Sharma CHANDIGARH:The state police which has been under the pump for not being able to crack the case pertaining to murder of Moga DSP Balraj Gill and woman Monica Kapila on ...

Marouf Ahmad Srinagar, Feb 22: The budget session of the state legislature beginning Thursday is all set to be fiery as the opposition parties are gearing up to corner the ruling coaliti...

Srinagar, Feb 22: Ahead of Budget Session of the Assembly, opposition Peoples Democratic Party called party legislature meeting at the residence of the party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed...

Srinagar, Feb 22: Landslides and shooting stones triggered by heavy rain in the Pir Pantsal mountain range on the either side of Jawahar tunnel forced the 296-km-long Jammu-Srinagar high...

Srinagar, Feb 22: While higher reaches including skiing resort of Gulmarg received heavy snowfall, rains continued to lash plains on Wednesday due to Western Disturbance still active ove...

Nazir Ganaie Srinagar, Feb 22: Terming the government-run hospitals and healthcare institutions as “cowsheds,” the Doctors Association of Kashmir Wednesday demanded a comprehensive healt...

The total electorate numbering 1,56,54,936 will seal the fate of 829 candidates in the fray.

The V. K. Shunglu Committee report says DDA's action under depressed market conditions provided undue benefit to the developer.

The accused opened fire at the police injuring two inspectors.

The commuter train hit the barrier, destroying the front of the engine and crunching the carriages behind it, said transportation secretary J.P. Schiavi.

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Stepping up pressure on the government, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday evening seeking to put on hold setting up of the controvers...

Kharak Singh, one of the names that came up during the investigations of the 26/11 terror attacks, is ‘ fictitious’. During the proceedings of Pakistan terrorist Ajmal Kasab’s case, Supr...

Chennai Police released Wednesday pictures of a man suspected to be involved in the recent Perungudi and Keelkatta-lai bank heists. The man is believed to have done a recce of the banks ...

Amid a deepening row between India and Italy, New Delhi has once again asserted that the law of the land will take its course in the case involving an Italian ship and the two Italian ma...

Cardinal Mar George Alencherry has clarified that he did not offer to mediate between Italy and India in the firing case involving Italian merchant ship. In a statement issued here on We...

Allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail will not impact the fortunes of small shop-owners, claims

Even as Maharashtra cracked down on the so-called ‘oil-mafia', Government employees across the State on Thursday did not do any work or clear files. This was their protest against the mur...

We recommend a sell in the stock of Tata Chemicals from a short-term perspective. It is seen from the charts of the stock that after encountering long-term resistance (May 2008's peak) ar...

DLF: The stock tumbled 5.4 per cent accompanied with above average volume on Wednesday. We recommend a sell with stiff stop-loss at Rs 246

The redesigned Web site of  The Hindu Business Line (http://www.thehindu businessline.com) will be launched on Friday afternoon. The Web site, designed by Mario Garcia Jr. of Garcia Media...

Demand for cloud-based software is rising rapidly because the approach allows companies to start using new programs faster and at lower cost.

Individual agents are the traditional channel for selling life insurance products and contribute over 50% of new sales.

KFA may lose some of its prime slots in the country's major airports to rivals as a severe financial crunch forces it to cut flights further.

Prodded by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, a GoM has the job of finding the discretionary powers enjoyed by each ministry and prune these.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked Home Minister P Chidambaram to take the concerns of state governments on board on the issue of NCTC.

KASABIAN-MUSIC:Kasabian magic continues with 'Jurassic' classic

USA-CAMPAIGN-DEBATE:Santorum at center stage in Arizona Republican debate

FO cues: Total Put shed 12 lakh shares.

Market cues: FII net buys USD 304 million in cash market.

Global markets were subdued while it was a rough session on the Nifty as well yesterday. Read on for more...

Every entrepreneur needs a cushion of expertise and finance to ensure convertibility of ideas into products.

Cabinet nod to allow foreign airlines to buy up to 49 per cent stake in Indian carriers is likely to become a reality only after the Budget.

Citigroup Inc, which last week admitted breaking Federal Housing Administration rules and paid a fine, also violated regulations for home loans sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, accordi...

After the clean-up phase in 2007-08, the credit card industry in India is now poised for growth.

Reserve Bank of India Governor Duvvuri Subbarao is not interested in carrying on in his present job after his term ends in September next year.

Travelling on the Outer Ring Road that connects Hyderabad's international airport to, among other places, Gachibowli, where the Indian School of Business is situated, is a breeze.

Foreign governments and asset managers are mounting a last-ditch push against the US Volcker Rule, worried that the proposed ban on proprietary trading could exacerbate a liquidity crunch.

As has been pretty much the European story since the crisis strengthened, with Europe's leaders content to just kick the can down the road, it takes a few weeks after a 'crisis' summit/me...

Exactly a decade ago, speaking at the inauguration of the Daily Times, a liberal new publication edited by Najam and Jugnu Sethi, pillars of Pakistani media, I got myself into some troubl...

Bangalore is where Yahoo! has its second largest R&D centre globally.

As per the ruling, foreign lawyers cannot litigate or advise clients in India on Indian law

Few governments would go as far as the Indian government has to save a private airline

Airline to use loan as working capital; lenders are 10 of the 18 banks where loans to the firm have not turned bad

A finance ministry official, who did not want to be named, said his ministry was asked to depute customs officials who would work under the current administration of V-SEZ

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday called for a leadership vote within her ruling Labor Party, a day after bitter rival Kevin Rudd resigned as foreign minister, extending...

The European Commission is referring the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement to the European Union's top court for legal guidance on whether it clashes with the regional bloc's fundamenta...

The detention of two Italian naval officers over the fatal shooting last week of two Indians at sea has caused a diplomatic rift that deepened Wednesday, exposing the risks countries run ...

At least seven people were killed and dozens more injured as demonstrators attacked Afghan government and Western targets over the U.S. military's burning of copies of the Quran.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released late Wednesday from a police station in the northern French town of Lille, after being held for questioning for two days in a prostitu...

Steffen Seibert, spokesman for Angela Merkel, insisted that Berlin saw no need to increase the size of the €500bn European Stability Mechanism

The intensifying assault on the city of Homs killed dozens, including two western journalists, sparking fresh pleas for international action

The two plans show that there is strong support for reforms to the bafflingly complicated US tax system but division about how much revenue the system should raise

Restrictions on US banks could hit sovereign debt market at key moment in recovery, say UK and Japanese finance ministers

Panel appointed by the government recommends splitting holdings in a move that would force tycoons to divest assets worth billions of dollars

New Delhi, Aug 2 (ANI): Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today said all the States and UTs of the country e...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Basketball Association filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the players' union seeking a declaratory judgment that the lockout of players does not violate...

Controversial queen Rakhi Sawant has expressed her willingness to marry yoga guru Baba Ramdev. While addressing media person on the sidelines of a promotional event in New Delhi, Sawant ...

Soundarya Productions, headed by Producer Vinod Bachchan, successfully completed 15 days of ZILLA GHAZIABAD shoot at Wai. The location where hits like DABBANG and OMKARA were shot seems ...

The Indian International Jewellery Week kicked off on a great note with a show by Gitanjali, in association with the Beti campaign, a movement against female foeticide. A star studded fa...

GENEVA/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The world of science was upended last year when an experiment appeared to show one of Einstein's fundamental theories was wrong - but now the lab behind it says...

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - State Bank of India, the country's top lender, has not extended further loans to debt-crippled Kingfisher Airlines, a bank official said, denying reports that...

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm on Wednesday after officials said at least six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests over the burning of c...

LONDON (Reuters) - Marie Colvin's final dispatch, published just three days before she and a French photographer were killed by shell and rocket fire, came from a bleak cellar packed with...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Aakash, the "$35" computer launched last year in India as the world's cheapest tablet, has run into problems and companies will be invited to bid again to make the d...

A girl who was swept away in the Indian Ocean tsunami seven years ago said Friday she broke down in tears this week after tracking down her parents, who had long lost hope of finding her...

If North Korea&#039;s new leader is looking for advice on how to carry on his family&#039;s dynasty, he could turn to Rahul Gandhi, who is on a quest to become the fourth generation of h...

Protesters gathered Saturday outside a town hall in southern China to appeal for the release of people detained during demonstrations over a planned power plant expansion, a witness said.

A new survey shows people in poorer countries send text messages more often than those in wealthier countries. Men in Spain and Germany access the Internet on their phones twice as much ...

The National Center on Family Homelessness said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States in 2010 or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. Th...

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard calls a ballot for the leadership of the Labor Party on Monday to end a tussle with Kevin Rudd.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai urges Afghans "not to resort to violence" after protests over the burning of the Koran at a US airbase near Kabul.

Former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo pleads not guilty to electoral fraud before a court in Manila.

US and North Korean officials are meeting in Beijing for the first talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programme since the death of Kim Jong-il.

The Commonwealth calls for early elections in the Maldives to help solve the crisis caused by President Mohamed Nasheed's resignation.

Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigned Wednesday, his office said, amid speculation he might mount a leadership challenge to Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

A series of blasts last week in Thailand that set off accusations between Iran and Israel involved bombs disguised as radio sets, police said Wednesday.

Hundreds of Indonesian police officers charged into a prison in Bali on Wednesday to subdue rioting inmates who had set a building on fire and thrown stones at firefighters.

Demonstrators burned tires and threw rocks outside a NATO military base in Kabul on Wednesday, as protests continued for a second day after troops burned copies of the Quran.

One year on, reminders of the massive earthquake that ripped through Christchurch, New Zealand, are never too far away, from the broken buildings to frequent aftershocks that rattle the c...

Favourites India overcame a stiff challenge from lower-ranked Canada to post a 3-2 win and virtually book a place in the men's final of the Olympic qualifying tournament in New Delhi on W...

India's economic growth could accelerate by as much eight percent in the next fiscal year despite a difficult global climate, a top government panel said Wednesday.

India's civil aviation minister on Wednesday ruled out a government bailout of Kingfisher Airlines as the cash-strapped carrier submitted a new flight schedule after days of cancellations.

MOREH, India (Reuters) - As dusk falls on a lonely police station in the eastern tip of India, a young policeman nervously keeps an eye on the Arakan hills above him, dotted with poppy fi...

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