London, Nov 7 (IANS) Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has praised the Indian-themed launch of the Queen's Baton Relay in London last week as marking a "wonderful end" to President Pratibha Patil's ...

New Delhi, Nov. 7 (ANI): Almost 20 per cent polling was recorded by mid-day for the assembly by-elections in seven states. Thirty-one constituencies in the States of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Rajasthan, ...

London, Nov 7 (ANI): Brit kids have been banned from paddling in water during school trips under new health and safety guidelines. The students have been told they are not to wade into ...

London, Nov 7 (ANI): Brit commuters at West Ham station were shocked when they heard loud groans of a couple having sexual intercourse being broadcast over the tannoy. Passengers at the station in ...

Sydney, Nov 7(ANI): The Sri Lankan Government has said that the leader of a boatload of asylum-seekers held in Indonesia on their way to Australia, Alex, is a known people-smuggler, who ...

London, Nov 7(ANI): A British National Party-backed political film, which has been posted on YouTube, has erupted a race row for showing a British borough without a white person in sight. The film ...

New York, November 07 (ANI): A 29-year-old British woman who has two vaginas will soon open up about her life in "The Tyra Banks Show." Lauren Williams also has two periods, two cervixes ...

London, November 7 (ANI): The last book inked by Vladimir Nabokov, the author of 'Lolita', has been published - against his dying wish. The renowned Russian novelist left instructions after his death in ...

Washington, Nov. 7 (ANI): Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is so petrified of being misconstrued at an upcoming event that the organizers have banned phones, laptops and cameras at the venue. Hosted ...

London, Nov. 7 (ANI): If Britain fails to make any progress in the Afghanistan war, the reputation and long-term future of its Armed forces will be at risk, two top defence ...

London, Nov. 7 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai that he would lose international support if he fails to get rid of corruption prevalent in ...

London, Nov 7 (IANS) Legendary British singer Elton John is out of hospital and is feeling "fine" after being struck down with a bout of flu and an E.coli bacterial infection. The singer's ...

By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, Nov 7 (IANS) India's Home Decretary G.K. Pillai Saturday wound up bilateral security talks with Nepal here with no progress in the new extradition treaty proposed by New ...

London, Nov. 7 (ANI): Critics have expressed fears that madrassas backed by the UK Government might be grooming vulnerable children for Islamic extremism or even terrorism. Under a pilot scheme, the Open Madrasah ...

Sydney, Nov. 7 (ANI): Hundreds of Indian students studying in Australia have been left in the lurch, with the sudden collapse of the Global Campus Management Group closing down four colleges in ...

London, Nov. 7 (ANI): With nearly half of Black and minority ethnic (BME) teachers complaining of racial discrimination, schools in Britain have developed an "endemic culture of institutional racism," a new research ...

Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 7 (ANI): In a memorandum submitted to the Malaysian Education Ministry, eleven Malay-Indian organisation have asked the ministry to allow Indian students to take Tamil Literature as an additional ...

London, November 7 (ANI): Children's classic The Gruffalo has been named the best bedtime story in the UK, says a poll. The book, penned by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, tells ...

London, Nov 7 (ANI): A South African man has scooped lottery jackpot twice in seven years. The 34-year-old, who has asked to remain anonymous, came forward recently to claim 2.4 million pounds on ...

Washington, Nov. 7 (ANI): A female civilian officer is being hailed as a heroine for shooting down the Fort Hood gunman who allegedly killed 13 American soldiers and injured 30 others at ...

London, Nov 7 (ANI): Many people describe sex as a mind-blowing experience, but for one woman it turned to be mind-erasing. An American woman, 59, known only as Alice, suffered a sudden ...

London, November 7 (ANI): Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge has been crowned the new Miss England after former winner Rachel Christie withdrew from the title. Christie, who was the first black woman to be ...

London, November 07 (ANI): Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told the president of Kazakhstan on Friday that a recent rise in the country's population was due to the virility of its menfolk. The ...

Washington, Nov. 7 (ANI): The US Army psychiatrist, who allegedly killed 13 soldiers and injured 30 others at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, gave his belongings to a neighbour, saying ...

Washington, Nov. 7 (ANI): The US Army psychiatrist, who allegedly killed 13 soldiers and injured 30 others at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, gave his belongings to a neighbour, saying ...

By Arun Kumar Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) As FBI agents joined the probe into the shootings at the largest US military base, neighbours of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, accused of the crime, ...

Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) Fearing a backlash after a Muslim US Army psychiatrist allegedly killed 13 during a shooting rampage at a military base in Texas, a coalition of 26 South Asian ...

Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) India has been kept informed about the case of two Pakistan-born Chicago men charged with planning a terrorist attack in India with the help of Pakistan based ...

Sydney, Nov 7 (DPA) A Qantas Airways passenger jet flying from Sydney to Los Angeles was forced to return to Australia because of a faulty fuel pump, news reports said Saturday. The A380 ...

Washington, Nov 7 (DPA) At least one person was killed and five others injured in a shooting Friday at a high-rise office building in Orlando, Florida in the US. The suspect, Jason Rodriguez, ...