Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): A research conducted in a multi-country HIV treatment program in sub-Saharan Africa has found that after starting antiretroviral therapy (ART), pregnancy rates in HIV-infected women started increasing. The study ...

UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday reiterated his appeal to all parties in Sri Lanka and their supporters to show restraint and refrain from violence after ...

UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – A top United Nations political official will arrive in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) tomorrow for talks with senior Government officials, a spokesman for the ...

Srinagar, Feb 9 (IANS) One local policeman was killed when separatist guerrillas attacked a police station in north Kashmir's Sopore town Tuesday morning. The gunfight between the security forces and the guerrillas ...

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) – A former Post Master on Monday pleaded guilty to embezzlement, prosecutors said. Nancy R. Sciolino, 52, pleaded guilty to felony embezzlement after stealing the cash reserve of the ...

By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, Feb 9 (IANS) Police and intelligence officials have begun interrogating the son of a former Nepali minister to nab the killers of media tycoon Jamim Shah who was gunned ...

Melbourne, Feb.9 (ANI): The Australian state of Victoria has serious problems with racist behaviour and racial violence, feels opposition leader Ted Baillieu. Declaring war on racism, and putting the Liberal Party on ...

Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): Mediterranean diet, which includes a high intake of veggies, whole grains, and fish, a low intake of saturated fat and meat and moderate alcohol use, can help people ...

Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's meeting with four state governments to chalk out a comprehensive inter-state operation against the Maoists began at the State Secretariat Writers Building ...

London, Feb 9 (IANS) People with anxiety and depression are most likely to use a shade of grey to represent their mental state. Researchers describe the development of a colour chart, The ...

New Delhi, Feb 9 (ANI): The charges against former Military Secretary Lt General (retired) Avadesh Prakash in connection with the Sukhna land scam are expected to be framed in Kolkata on Wednesday. It ...

London, Feb. 9 (ANI): Senior commanders of the Yemeni wing of Al-Qaeda have urged Muslims in the region to wage a jihad against Christians and Jews. In an audio message posted on ...

Ranchi/ Patna, Feb 9 (ANI): Ahead of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's meeting in Kolkata to discuss strategies to counter Maoists threat, in an audacious strike, the Naxals blew up a stretch ...

Karachi, Feb.9 (ANI) : Former Pakistan speedster Wasim Akram has said Pakistan cricket should move on after the team's shameful and humiliating Australia tour, adding the team needed a strong approach to ...

Lahore, Feb.8 (ANI): Pakistani intelligence agencies have warned that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has sent eight female suicide bombers to target strategically important establishments in the province. According to the intelligence reports, ...

Rawalpindi, Feb.9 (ANI) : Awami Muslim League chief and former federal minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed had a miraculous escape during an attack in which three of his close aides were killed ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 9 (IANS) IBS Software, IT systems provider to travel, transportation and logistics industries, Tuesday said it had won the 'IT Systems Provider of the Year' award at the Air Cargo ...

Kolkata, Feb 9 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram will on Tuesday chair a meeting here that has been called by the Centre to help four Naxal-affected states of West Bengal, Orissa, ...

Chandigarh, Feb 9 (IANS) The sky remained overcast and it continued to rain in Punjab, Haryana and their joint capital of Chandigarh Tuesday, leading to a marginal dip in day temperature. The ...

Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): A new study has shown that the residue from tobacco smoke that clings to virtually all surfaces long after a cigarette has been extinguished could prove to be ...

Patna/Ranchi, Feb 9 (IANS) Train traffic was disrupted in several places in Bihar and Jharkhand when Maoists blew up rail tracks Tuesday morning, day three of their 72-hour shutdown to protest the ...

Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): Neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and their colleagues have identified the brain area responsible for fear of losing money-the amygdala. The researchers have described the finding ...

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Colombo, Feb.9 (ANI): Sri Lanka's former Chief of Defence Staff, army chief and opposition presidential candidate, General (retired) Sarath Fonseka, was forcibly detained after objecting to his arrest by army personnel, news ...

Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): Depressed people are most likely to use a shade of gray to represent their mental state, concludes a new study. In the open access journal BMC Medical Research Methodology, ...

London, February 9 (ANI): Sir Paul McCartney's former wife Heather Mills has pledged never to walk down the aisle again. The 41-year-old star, who bagged 24.3 million pounds from the former Beatle ...

London, February 9 (ANI): Actors Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have decided to make this Valentine Day special for 270 human trafficking victims. The Hollywood couple revealed they would be sending a rose ...

London, February 9 (ANI): Michael Jackson's former doctor who faced a charge of involuntary manslaughter has pleaded not guilty over the star's death. Dr Conrad Murray was out on bail for 75,000 ...

Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): Dimebon (latrepirdine), a pill being developed for Alzheimer's disease, has been found to improve mental abilities in some patients with Huntington's disease, says a new study. The research has ...

Melbourne, February 9 (ANI): Actress Eva Longoria accidentally sent fans a link to a porn site on the popular social networking site Twitter. The Desperate Housewives star, who plays Gabrielle Solis in the ...