London, Nov. 22 (ANI): The Conservative party is ahead of the Labours just by six points, according to a new poll. It has been the narrowest gap reported by a poll ...

London, Nov. 22 (ANI): Nearly a third of the large country houses sold in Britain in the past four years have been bought by foreign buyers, a new research has revealed. More and ...

Lahore, Nov.19 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) depleting bank account is set to get a boost through a 12.5 million dollar compensation for not hosting 14 matches of the 2011-World Cup ...

London, Nov.18 (ANI): A Brawn GP official has said that current Formula One champion Jenson Button's future as a race car driver would be best served if he remained with it, but ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) A ministerial panel has allotted more than 60 percent of additional allocation from Reliance Industries Ltd's D6 block in Krishna Godavari basin to the power sector. While ...

Shimla, Nov 16 (IANS) India's public sector firms Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and iron ore producer NMDC Ltd (formerly National Mineral Development Corp) Monday signed an agreement to jointly develop a ...

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Business experts from across the country will meet in the national capital Monday to discuss green job opportunities available in India. The initiative 'Rework India' by NGO ...

Sao Paulo, Nov 15 (EFE) US pop star Madonna broke into tears when Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista announced that he would donate $7 million for her welfare projects, a media report ...

By Arun Kumar Washington, Nov 13 (IANS) At least 22 million Americans have come down with swine flu since the virus first surfaced in April and approximately 3,900 people have died, including an ...

New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The festive season gave an impetus to passenger car sales, which grew almost 34 percent in October from the like period last year, a rate of increase ...

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Despite his Indian alliance not going as smoothly as expected, the head of Japan's Nissan Motors and France's Renault SA, Carlos Ghosn said their venture will be ...

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Despite his Indian alliance not going as smoothly as expected, the head of Japan's Nissan Motors and France's Renault SA, Carlos Ghosn said that their joint venture ...

Bangalore, Nov 5 (IANS) Sudha Murthy, wife of Infosys' Technologies co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, sold two million shares of her holding in the IT bellwether for over Rs.430 crore (Rs.4.3 billion/$91.5 million), ...

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Delhi's public transport buses Wednesday began charging their new steeply hiked fares, affecting millions of mostly poor and lower income group commuters. After announcing earlier that the revised ...

London, Nov. 4 (ANI): In a candid interview, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has revealed that he is shy, skint, and lacks presentation skills, but added that he can't undergo a ...

Chongqing (China), Nov 3 (IANS) A court here Tuesday sentenced the head of an organised criminal network to 18 years in prison. Xie Caiping is dubbed as "godmother of the underworld" in southwest ...

Havana, Nov 2 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has seen two million tourists coming from all over the world to the country's tourist destinations for sixth year in a row, a tourism ministry report ...

Pristina, Nov 1 (DPA) Thousands of Kosovo Albanians gathered in Pristina Sunday to welcome former US president Bill Clinton and honour his role in ending Serbian rule. "You should be proud for what ...

By Madhuri Dey Oct. 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A twenty four year old was arrested on the charges of murdering University of Connecticut football player Howard Jasper. Jasper was killed hours after his win ...

New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) The Empowered Group of Ministers Tuesday decided on additional allocation of gas from Reliance Industries' D6 block in the Krishna-Godavari basin, allowing the company to ramp ...

Patna, Oct 27 (IANS) All trains from Bihar are packed with thousands of migrant workers who are returning to their places of work outside the state after celebrating the popular festival of ...

Kolkata, Oct 26 (IANS) The Rs.2,500-crore Jai Balaji Group is hopeful that the project work for its proposed five-million-tonne steel plant in Purulia district in West Bengal will start in three to ...

By Asit Srivastava Lucknow, Oct 25 (IANS) Barack Obama has mail - from a place in Uttar Pradesh state in India that he would never have heard of. And how! Measuring over ...

Chennai, Oct 19 (IANS) Integrated lignite mining and power company Neyveli Lignite Corp will outsource mining activities at Bithnok and Hudla in Rajasthan. The Rs.3,354-crore company has decided to mine lignite at Bithnok ...

Islamabad, Oct. 16 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said over 250,000 people have fled South Waziristan in the wake of the military offensive against the Taliban, that ...

Washington, Oct 15 (IANS) The "vegetable lamb" plant once believed to bear fruit that ripened into a living baby sheep produces compounds that show promise in treating osteoporosis, a bone-thinning disease, say ...

By Meena Kar, Seattle, Oct. 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) US authorities have arrested Maxi Sopo. He is a fraud and had been escaping from the police for a considerable period of time. As ...

Kuala Lumpur, Oct 8 (IANS) Malaysian Indian school children will get an extra day off to enjoy the coming Deepavali festival, the government has decided following numerous requests from schools and parents. Deputy ...

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Unable to control the rising number of vehicle thefts, Delhi Police have now asked all car owners in the national capital to install safety devices in their ...

Florida (US), Oct.6 (ANI): Friends say that despite their public displays of affection, golfer Greg Norman and former tennis great Chris Evert, both Hall of Famers, were struggling to live together. Evert was ...