Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi might have earned the reputation of a successful rabble-rouser whose vitriolic speeches garnered votes for a hard-pressed Bharatiya Janata...

Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati is not only sure of her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) securing absolute majority in the upcoming assembly elections but also of becoming...

Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh Wednesday moved an application before the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a corruption case registered...

The US has reiterated that it will not deal directly with Tehran unless Iran gives up sensitive uranium enrichment work. "Iran can have a full set of discussions with the US on...

Iran made a surprising move Wednesday by releasing the 15 British sailors 13 days after it detained them for "illegal entry" into Iranian waters which had strained relations...

A Baltic Sea coastal town has revoked the honorary citizenship of Adolf Hitler just two months before leaders of the world's major industrial nations meet here. The town...

President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Home Minister Shivraj Patil Wednesday met a group of 60 Kashmiri children, who are on a nationwide study tour organised by the Central Reserve...

Polling opened in the Indian capital Thursday morning to elect a new Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), now overwhelmingly controlled by the Congress party. Balloting...

The Haryana government Tuesday proposed a medical university in the state to provide better healthcare to its people. Addressing the silver jubilee celebrations of the...

India's Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy, though facing flak after protests over land acquisition, is expected to attract investments worth up to Rs.1 trillion ($23.36 billion),...

In a measure aimed at arresting the price line, portland cement has been exempted from countervailing duty and special additional customs duty. "With a view to increasing...

For three years Swiss chocolate giant Lindt & Spruengli and the tiny Austrian confectionary producer Hauswirth have been locked in a court battle over chocolate Easter bunnies,...

Beleaguered Indian cricket coach Greg Chappell Wednesday resigned his job, citing personal and family reasons, following the team's World Cup debacle and criticism of his style of...

Hundreds of people, including a number of sporting and political personalities, crowded into a schoolhouse in Cape Town Wednesday for a memorial service in honour of murdered...

Sri Lanka defeated England by two runs in a Super Eight match of the World Cup at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here Wednesday. SCOREBOARD Match No. 33rd, England v Sri...

Mexican beauty Salma Hayek says she had her share of complexes and problems because she did not fit into parameters of a beautiful girl while she was growing up, reports...

Anna Nicole Smith, the late Playboy pinup whose life was dogged by tragedy, apparently took 11 different medications that were prescribed to three people other than herself in her...

Purva Bedi, an Indian-American actress, wants to set an example for Indian actresses by playing a lesbian in Manan Katohora's "When Kiran Met Karen". The role was earlier...

Four foreign workers in Kuwait have been suspected of infected with bird flu virus, KUNA news agency reported. The workers, whose identity and nationality were not revealed,...

Overweight people face 50 percent higher risk of becoming asthmatic. According to American researchers, for every normal weight person who suffers from asthma, there are 1.5...

Exposure to sun appears to impact more on the skin of males than females. Researchers at the Ohio State University in Columbus exposed a breed of hairless mice to ultraviolet...

India will soon connect every nook and corner of its vast territory through satellites to provide education, health and other social services to people, especially those living in...

The United States expects India to continue to negotiate in good faith the bilateral 123 agreement for their civil nuclear deal despite the arrest of two Indians on charges of...

The Indian head of an electronics supply company, Parthasarathy Sudarshan, has pleaded not guilty to charges he shipped US computer technology to India for use in missiles and...