Several students from India who completed their studies in British universities and switched to employment here face an uncertain future due to changes made to the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme (HSMP) in November 2006. The number of students... More

A gathering of 49 nations, United Nations agencies and humanitarian groups agreed to press for an international ban against the use of cluster munitions by the end of 2008. In all, 46 of the countries said Friday they were committed to such a... More

Afsana Khatun, a 15-year-old Muslim girl from Kolkata's Kidderpore area, has never met 13-year-old Rakesh who works for 18 hours in a Punjab village like a slave after he was trafficked from his native village in Bihar. But on Sunday, Afsana... More

Iran Saturday said the country was prepared for the worst scenario which could be a military strike by the United States, but it would prefer a diplomatic solution to the nuclear dispute. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in a... More

"Advance Bangladesh" is the slogan of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus' Nagorik Shakti, meaning citizen power, the country's newest political party that targets the youth and women. It also seeks to make a nationwide appeal, cutting across all... More

NATO forces in Afghanistan will repulse any Taliban attempt to launch a spring offensive, Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in a defiant message here, amid militant claims that thousands of fighters were ready to engage the alliance. ... More

While the English language itself is not a problem for most Indians in the US who work as doctors, IT professionals and scientists, their typical South Asian accent has often proved to be a barrier to effectively communicate. Increasingly,... More

Though the holes left in New York City's skyline after the Sep 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are finally being filled in, the wounds of victim's families are being reopened as the city has launched a massive effort to find body remains that are... More

At least 25 people were killed early Friday when a fire ripped through a home for the elderly and disabled in western Latvia, public radio reported. The fire broke out at midnight in the town of Alsunga, about 200 km west of the capital Riga,... More

The announcement by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that Iran has failed to heed a UN Security Council resolution demanding it freeze its uranium enrichment activities brought calls for tougher action against the Islamic state. The... More