Chennai, Nov 21 (IANS) The country's firecracker capital Sivakasi has been bitten by a numerology bug and wants to add one more 'a' to its name so that the town is spelt ...

Beijing, Nov 19 (IANS) China and North Korea will enhance military cooperation to boost peace and stability in the region, officials of both the countries said. China and North Korea are friends ...

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 ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The Indian Premier League (IPL) is facing opposition from within over its decision to re-auction players after three editions in 2011. The IPL during its three-day workshop ...

Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) Credit rating agency ICRA Monday signed a pact with Himalayan Infrastructure Fund Ltd of Nepal to set up a joint venture to replicate its rating businesses in that ...

Shimla, Nov 15 (IANS) The allotment of flats and plots of the Himachal Pradesh Housing and Urban Development Authority (HIMUDA) in Shimla has been stayed on the orders of a consumer court, ...

Chennai, Nov 12 (IANS) Real estate developer Mahindra Residential Developers will construct 760 dwelling units comprising villas and apartments on an outlay of Rs.400 crore at Mahindra World City near here. "In the ...

London, Nov 5 (IANS) Former Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) chairman Charles Miller Smith - a man with strong business ties with India - has asked his estranged Indian-origin wife to leave their ...

London, Nov 5 (IANS) Former Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) chairman Charles Miller Smith - a man with strong business ties with India - has asked his Indian-origin wife to leave their 'super ...

Washington, Nov 4 (ANI): Scientists from University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) have pioneered a radiation therapy procedure that could help reduce pain in patients with cancer that has spread to the ...

Dhaka, Nov 3 (IANS) Banking in Bangladesh entered a new era with the commencement of online payment system introduced by the country's central bank. It facilitates fund transfers and payment of utility ...

London, Nov 1 (IANS) Millions of Chinese migrants labouring in a region called the 'workshop of the world' should be given sex toys and "conjugal homes" to help them cope with loneliness, ...

Chennai, Oct 30 (IANS) Tyre major JK Tyre commissioned its new truck and bus radial tyre plant in Mysore Friday, and said it had doubled its annual production capacity to 800,000 units ...

Beijing, Oct. 30 (ANI): China has expressed its "firm opposition" to arms sales to Taiwan by the United States or any other country. The China Daily quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu ...

Kolkata, Oct 29 (IANS) Energy major CESC posted a marginal increase in net profit at Rs.126 crore for the quarter ended Sep 30 against Rs.124 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ...

Washington, Oct. 29 (ANI): President Barack Obama has reiterated his administration's commitment to build an active, cooperative and comprehensive relationship with China, which requires both strong bilateral diplomatic and military ties. Obama's ...

Dubai, Oct 28 (IANS) Trade relations between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) would be the focus of a conference organised by the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) in the Indian ...

New Delhi, Oct 28 (ANI): The US has called for lasting dialogue with China's military after years of "on-again, off-again" talks, as Defence Secretary Robert Gates welcomed a top Chinese general ...

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Manhoman Singh's categorical assurance that the Commonwealth Games will be hugely successful came as a morale booster for the Organising Committee (OC). Randhir Singh, vice-chairman ...

New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Suresh Kalmadi, the chairman of 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, says he does not want any more "confrontation" with the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and would try to ...

By Avtar Gill Chandigarh, Oct 22(ANI): Rising demand of sugar and comparatively low production of sugarcane has led to an increase in sugar prices in Punjab and to stabilize the situation, sugar ...

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Vice-chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) Randhir Singh, who has emerged as the pointsman for the 2010 New Delhi Games, has started addressing the areas ...

New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) should give more weightage to the Class 12 examination marks for admission to the undergraduate courses, union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 17 (IANS) United Arab Emirates will recover from the global recession by the end of the year, the country's envoy to India Mohammed Sultan Abdullah Owais said here Saturday after ...

By Madhuri Dey Oct. 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Dodgers owners Frank and Jamie McCourt have decided to call off their marriage, resulting in possible dire conditions for the team. The couple who ...

By Madhuri Dey Oct. 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bruce Wasserstein, the CEO of the investment bank Lazard Ltd., died on Wednesday at the premature age of 61. According to reports, he was admitted to ...

London, October 13 (ANI): A low budget horror film has social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to thank for its success at the US box office. 'Paranormal Activity', shot in ...

Kathmandu, Oct 12 (ANI): Maoist Vice Chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai has slammed Defense Minister Bidhya Bhandari's recent statement at the parliament's State Affairs Committee that provisions in the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) ...

Chennai, Oct 10 (IANS) In line with its growth strategy, the Rs.1,015-crore EID Parry (India) Ltd has acquired 76 percent stake in the Bangalore-based Sadashiva Sugars for around Rs.50 crore. "The balance 24 ...

Bangalore, Oct 9 (IANS) Four co-founders of IT bellwether Infosys Technologies collectively contributed Rs.10 crore to rebuild houses for the victims of flood havoc in north Karnataka recently, a top official said. "The ...