Jakarta, Nov 22 (DPA) At least nine people were killed when a ferry carrying at least 242 people sank in bad weather off the Indonesian island of Sumatra Sunday, officials said. Authorities said ...

Jakarta, Nov 22 (DPA) At least four people were killed when a ferry carrying 240 people sank in bad weather off the Indonesian island of Sumatra Sunday, officials said. Search teams using a ...

Islamabad, Nov.22 (ANI): Controversial Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar's close doctor friend, Tauseef Razaq, said the fast bowler had always consulted him before any medical treatment, but, didn't heed his advise against ...

Jammu, Nov.21 (ANI): Director General of Police Kuldeep Khudda on Saturday said there has been a considerable decline in the militancy-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking to media men here, Kuldeep ...

Kanpur, Nov 21 (ANI): The Green Park Stadium here is all set to host the second cricket test match between India and Sri Lanka from Tuesday. Interacting with the media Uttar Pradesh Principal ...

OSLO (BNO NEWS) -- The Norwegian Institute of Public Health on Friday said it discovered a mutated version of the H1N1 swine flu virus. The institute analyzed samples from a number of ...

By Jaideep Sarin Jalandhar, Nov 20 (IANS) This is one fight where former World Wide Entertainment (WWE) champion "The Great Khali" has nearly lost round one without making any move -- but he ...

Chandigarh, Nov 18 (IANS) The Punjab police chief here Wednesday dismissed from service two policemen who were found guilty of taking a bribe of Rs.550,000 from drug smugglers, officials said. "Director General of ...

Panaji, Nov 18 (IANS) Goa Director General of Police Bhimsain Bassi's remark that visiting casinos was like going to temples and churches was "blasphemous" and "shocking", the Roman Catholic church said Wednesday. "I ...

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir), Nov 18 (ANI): A large number of militants are ready to enter the country from various points along the international border and the Line of Control (LoC), security ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 17 (IANS) The possibility of publishing an overseas edition of the Chinese newspaper People's Daily was discussed here Tuesday between the UAE's National Media Council Director General Ibrahim Al ...

Mumbai, Nov 17 (IANS) World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) director general David Howman will be here this week to allay the apprehensions of the Indian cricket board over the 'whereabouts clause' that it ...

Aizawl/Agartala, Nov 17 (IANS) The Mizoram government has issued shoot-at-sight orders to control violent mobs in the southern part of the state after over 355 houses of Reang tribals were set ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 17 (IANS) They have for long been engaged in a running political battle, belonging as they do to the rival fronts of Kerala's political spectrum. Now P.C. George of the Kerala ...

Lucknow, Nov 17 (IANS) Three people were arrested here Tuesday for their alleged involvement with suspected Pakistani spy Sayeed Amir Ali, and one of them is believed to be a policeman. While police ...

Kathmandu, Nov 17 (IANS) American President Barack Obama has named a former US ambassador to Eritrea and ex-vice counsel in India as the new ambassador to Nepal. Scott H. DeLisi, a career ...

Srinagar, Nov.16 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir's Director General of Police, Kuldeep Khoda, on Monday expressed his condolences over the demise of renowned journalist and MLC, Sofi Ghulam Mohammad who passed away this ...

Karachi, Nov 14 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is mulling to replace the current national team coach Intikhab Alam with former captain and coach Javed Miandad. According to a source, most players ...

Mumbai, Nov 14 (ANI): A Mumbai Police team will go to the United States to gather more information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about terror suspect David Headley's alleged role ...

Lahore, Nov.14 (ANI): The Lahore High Court, for the third time, has issued notices against former President General Pervz Musharraf and former Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi in connection with former ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday sought the central government's stand on a lawsuit by former Maharashtra police chief S.S. Virk, who has challenged his retirement from the post ...

By Sahil Makkar New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Forty minutes from their Manesar headquarters to the Delhi airport, three hours in an IL-76 plane to Mumbai and another 40 odd minutes to get ...

London, Nov.13 (ANI): Admitting to paying its 100 most senior staff 20 million pounds a year has landed the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in a soup. Figures released by the corporation disclosed ...

Dehradun, Nov 12 (ANI): Uttarakhand's Director-General of Police (DGP) R P Nishank today said security agencies are on guard and would wage an all out war to root out terrorism from the ...

New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The UN intellectual property rights body Thursday urged countries to ensure that intellectual property rules were not violated. "We have a structural problem in implementing the intellectual property ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 10 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) would finance the construction of a dam in Burkina Faso in west Africa, WAM news agency reported Tuesday. The loan agreement was ...

Karnal, Nov 10 (IANS) World-renowned wrestler and winner of World Wrestling Federation (WWF) championship Dalip Singh Rana, better known as "The Great Khali" will visit this Haryana town Wednesday, officials said Tuesday. Khali ...

London, Nov 10(ANI): The BBC's "creative risk taking" is alive at the corporation despite recent flak from the BBC Trust directed at one of its comedians, the BBC's Director-General said. The BBC's Director-General ...

Agartala, Nov 10 (IANS) At least eight tribal villagers including four women were killed and another injured by separatists in Tripura, police said Tuesday. Police spokesperson Nepal Das said: "Heavily armed National Liberation ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 9 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will give about $9 million loan for a dam project in Burkina Faso in West Africa, WAM news agency reported Monday. Mohammed ...