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New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Nordic carrier Finnair has named Kari Stolbow as the new chief for its operations in India - a market that has been the prime driver of its ...

Beijing, July 12 (IANS) Russia Friday said progress being made at six-nation talks on North Korea's controversial nuclear programme has raised hopes for an advancement in the denuclearisation of the communist country. ...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) The Italians, past masters at staging and appreciating operas, gave Bollywood filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmavati" a standing ovation when it was staged in Spoleto, ...

Islamabad , July 8 (ANI): Pakistan is facing an acute fuel shortage, as the stocks of two major petroleum products - motor spirit and light diesel oil (LDO), have reportedly plummeted ...

Shimla, July 7 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh cabinet Monday issued a notice to Brakel Corp NV of the Netherlands about the two power projects the Dutch company is setting up in the ...

Islamabad, July 5 (ANI): Latest figures issued by Pakistan's Federal Bureau of Statistics indicate that inflation has jumped over 31 per cent during the last one week. This is first instance ...

Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) The State Bank of India has raised its interest rate on home loans by 50 basis points across the board, effective from June 27. Home loans up to ...

New York, July 3 (ANI): A 50-year-old American man has confessed to having sex with a hooker - in exchange for a 100- dollar gasoline card. Kenneth Nowak from Indiana was ...

Lucknow, July 1 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Tuesday said her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will not have any truck with any political outfit, especially the Bharatiya Janata Party, during the ...

Lucknow, July 1 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said that her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will not have any alliance with any political outfit, especially the Bharatiya Janata Party, to contest ...

New Delhi , June 29 (ANI): Police in New Delhi seized drugs worth 30 million rupees in the international market and arrested a woman and a Nigerian national on Saturday, suspected ...

Washington , June 29 (ANI): Earthrace - a biodiesel-powered boat, has set a new record for the quickest journey around the globe by a powerboat, in just 60 days. According to a ...

Xinhua Vienna, June 27 (Xinhua) German Football Federation (DFB) president Theo Zwanziger said they would like to extend their contract with coach Joachim Loew. After taking over from Jurgen Klinsmann after the 2006 ...

Bhopal, June 27 (IANS) Two groups of people clashed and pelted stones at each other in Jabalpur town in Madhya Pradesh Friday after a dispute over a piece of land adjacent to ...

RIA Novosti Moscow, June 27 (RIA Novosti) A light cargo plane making an aerial photography flight crashed Friday near Moscow, killing all five people onboard, the emergencies ministry said. "The An-2 plane crashed ...

Shimla, June 27 (IANS)The Himachal Pradesh cabinet Friday deferred a decision on two hydro-power projects awarded to Dutch company Brakel Corp that have been mired in allegations of corruption. The Rs.65 billion ...

Ahmedabad, June 27(IANS) Asserting that there is no magic cure for obesity but help is at hand, leading surgeons, on the eve of a two-day meet Obesity 2008, Friday said bariatic surgery ...

DPA Kabul, June 27 (DPA) Four US-led coalition troops were killed and five were wounded in two attacks in Afghanistan while a key local Taliban commander was also killed in fighting, officials said ...

Ludhiana, June 27 (IANS) Not so technology-savvy thieves struck in a mobile showroom - taking away all cash but not touching even a single mobile phone displayed there. The thieves Thursday night ...

New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Two people were killed Friday in two accidents in the national capital involving call centre cabs, police said. Karan Singh, 52, was killed and his son-in-law Lakhan, ...

New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) A 48-year-old man was shot dead and his servant was stabbed by his former business partner and an accomplice in northwest Delhi Friday evening over trade rivalry, ...

Chandigarh, June 27 (IANS) Farmers from Haryana and Punjab - the two states that contribute most to the nation's buffer grain stock - will get a loan waiver of nearly Rs.31 billion ...

New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The national capital has reported a major increase in chicken pox and in the last six months has recorded over 2,250 cases, health authorities said Friday. According ...

New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The central government Friday said an accommodation would be allotetd to a freedom fighter's 85-year-old widow who had challenged in the Delhi High Court an order of ...

New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) will launch a skill up-gradation programme for potential emigrants. This country-wide scheme would bve launched in sectors like construction, engineering, ...

Shimla, June 27 (IANS) In a bid to involve the common man in improving the green cover in the state, the Himachal Pradesh cabinet Friday announced that one sapling would be given ...

London, June 27 (IANS) Kevin Pietersen will lead England in place of banned Paul Collingwood in the final one-day International against New Zealand here Saturday. Collingwood Wednesday became the first English player ...

Karnal (Haryana), June 27 (IANS) A Haryana Police official, who is accused of raping a newly-wed woman, will undergo a DNA test to prove his guilt. This was announced by Inspector General ...

Mumbai, June 27 (ANI): Having shot to popularity through violent means of raising issues since its formation, activists of the Raj Thackerays Maharashtra Navanirman Sena party have now resorted to hunger ...

By Kestur Vasuki Bangalore, June 27 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has warned the Congress-led Jammu and Kashmir Government of a backlash across the country in case any attempt was made ...