London, Nov 21 (IANS) Two Pakistani men were arrested in Italy early Saturday in connection with the last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Italian police said Saturday. Two more people arrested "for ...

London, Nov 21 (IANS) Two Pakistani men were arrested in Italy Saturday in connection with the last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Italian police said Saturday. Two more people were arrested "for ...

Patna, Nov 21 (IANS) Bihar's junior doctors, whose strike for increased stipend entered its 12th day Saturday, have decided to continue the stir despite the state human rights commission's threat to file ...

Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Construction major Gammon Infrastructure has bagged a highway project worth Rs.850 crore from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the company said Friday. NHAI has already given ...

Noida, Nov 18 (IANS) A 24-year-old man here shot dead his cousin sister Wednesday, days before she was to get married. He then turned the gun on himself and was said ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) With the BJP attacking it over the corruption allegations against former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, the Congress Monday said it had not been part of Koda's ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) International Hockey Federation (FIH) vice-president Antonio Von Ondarza and Sports Minister M.S.Gill Friday agreed that the election to Hockey India (HI) should be held within a month ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Multiplex chain PVR Ltd Friday said it has acquired the cinema business of DT Cinemas, a subsidiary of DLF Group, in a cash-cum-stock deal. According ...

New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Six swine flu deaths, including two each from Rajasthan and Gujarat, were reported Thursday, pushing the total toll to 514 in India, health authorities said here. Also, a ...

Chennai, Nov 12 (IANS) Defending champion Marin Cilic, the 21-year-old from Croatia, ranked 13th, has confirmed his participation in the 2010 ATP Aircel Chennai Open tennis to be held January 4-10 here. Also ...

New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Private carrier Jet Airways Wednesday launched a service to enable passengers learn of the lowest prevailing fares on its network from mobile phones on any given day ...

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) PepsiCo will hold its global board meeting in India this year as it sees the country as its "most important future market", according to company chairman ...

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Karachi, Nov 9 (IANS) Despite the string of terror attacks across Pakistan, a group of business people here have expressed hope about the economic potential of the country. Participants at the discussions ...

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Beijing, Nov 5 (IANS) Chinese police have fined 148,000 people for driving while drunk as part of a nationwide crackdown launched Aug 15, officials said. Some 20,000 drunk drivers were put under ...

Beijing, Nov 5 (IANS) A 25-year-old man in China has surprised his bosses when he volunteered to do overtime every single day. Zhou said he was only trying to stay away from ...

Jammu, Nov 4 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday evening ruled out lifting the ban on pre-paid mobile connections in Jammu and Kashmir in the near future. Addressing a press conference in ...

Almaty (Kazakhstan), Nov 4 (IANS) Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon has signed an amnesty, granting freedom to some 10,000 prisoners, officials said Wednesday. The amnesty was passed to mark the 15th anniversary of ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 4 (IANS) Despite the global financial crisis and a sharp rise in commodity prices, Abu Dhabi's gross domestic product (GDP) rose from 17.2 percent in 2007 to 30 percent ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 3 (IANS) Etihad Airways of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will operate four flights between Abu Dhabi and Hyderabad every week, WAM news agency reported Tuesday. Etihad is the first ...

Manila, Nov 3 (IANS) Five Islamic militants, including a rebel commander, were killed in fighting with the security forces in the southern Philippines Tuesday, officials said. The militants belonged to the Abu Sayyaf ...

Faisalabad (Pakistan), Nov 3 (IANS) Pakistan will deploy guards at schools in the Punjab province to boost security against terror attacks, a media report said Tuesday. The local administration has begun a survey ...

Deoband (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 3 (IANS) Citing the contribution of Muslims to the building of modern India, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Tuesday that India cannot view Islam as an "alien ...

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New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Job creation dipped by 12.1 percent in India's tier III cities in the first seven months this fiscal, indicating that the benefits of the government's stimulus measures ...

New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday said the government had appealed to Maoist guerrillas to "halt the violence" and urged them to come forward for a dialogue. "The ...

New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Tata Power Friday said it has signed an agreement with Norwegian renewable energy company SN Power to jointly develop hydropower projects in India and Nepal. This is ...

New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) FirstRand, one of South Africa's largest insurance, banking and financial companies, will soon open its first Indian branch in Mumbai to promote linkages between African and Indian ...