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 ...

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 ...

Islamabad, Oct 25 (IANS) Fifteen more militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in Pakistan's South Waziristan region as the battle rages on in the Taliban heartland, ...

Panaji, Oct 17 (IANS) Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik said the Sanatan Saunstha organisation was responsible for the low intensity blast in Margao town Friday night, in which one person was killed ...

Islamabad, Oct 12 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Monday told visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada that terrorists cannot lay their hands on its nuclear weapons due to the tight security ...

By Arun Kumar Washington, Oct 6 (IANS) President Barack Obama will meet with the Dalai Lama during his US tour this month, the State Department said Monday contradicting a media report the ...

Islamabad, Sep 6 (IANS) The Indian government has allowed expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh to visit Pakistan Sep 26 to promote his book "Jinnah: India, Partition and Independence", ...

Rawalpindi, Aug 25 (IANS) A UN team probing the murder of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto Monday visited the hospital where she was rushed after the fatal attack on her ...

Bannu (Pakistan), Aug 21 (IANS) Twelve militants were killed and three security personnel were wounded Friday in fighting in northwest Pakistan, the Online news agency reported. The fighting started after the militants attacked ...

Miranshah (Pakistan), July 3 (IANS) Pakistan has sealed its South Waziristan border with Afghanistan and imposed a curfew there to prevent Afghan militants from infiltrating into its territory in the wake ...

Washington, June 27 (DPA) US President Barack Obama extended his condolences to Michael Jackson's family and fans, and noted that the pop icon's life at times was "sad and tragic", the ...

Washington, June 25 (IANS) The US is winding down efforts to destroy poppy in Afghanistan, special envoy Richard Holbrooke said Wednesday, after criticism that the zealous US approach has pushed peasants ...

Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) A first case of swine flu infection has been detected in West Bengal with a seven-year-old girl testing positive for the disease, officials said Wednesday. Shruti Ghosh, who ...

Islamabad, June 20 (IANS) Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani Saturday vowed to fight terrorism till the end and said the war on terror is the ...

Islamabad, May 18 (IANS) Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the Taliban have spent huge sums of money to lure youths to carry out suicide attacks in the country. He ...

Moscow, May 16 (RIA Novosti) Russia Saturday launched a rocket carrying a US communication satellite into space from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan, Russian space agency Roscosmos said. "The launch of ...

Napier, March 30 (IANS) India's relentless battle of attrition to save the second cricket Test against New Zealand continued on the fifth day as they went to lunch at 306 for ...

Napier, March 29 (IANS) Scoreboard at lunch on the fourth day of the second cricket Test between India and New Zealand at McLean Park here Sunday. New Zealand first innings ...

Napier, March 29 (IANS) Gautam Gambir and Rahul Dravid played out the first session on the fourth day of the second cricket Test against New Zealand as India went to lunch ...

Napier, March 28 (IANS) Scoreboard at lunch on the third day of the second cricket Test between New Zealand and India at Mclean Park here Saturday. New Zealand first innings (619-9 dec.) India ...

Napier, March 28 (IANS) India battled to withstand the pressure of New Zealand's mammoth first-innings score of 619 for nine declared as they went to lunch at 189 for four on ...