67% Britons want burqa ban
A majority of Britons - around 67 per cent - want to see the burqa banned in the country.
Earlier in the week, members of parliament in France voted to outlaw the full Islamic veil in public. A poll
Par panel puts n-bill on fast track; report in monsoon session
The Parliamentary committee examining the controversial nuclear liability bill is expediting work to enable submission of its report to the Rajya Sabha during the monsoon session that begins on July 2
Maoists blow up two Orissa schools, kill man
Maoists on Sunday blew up two school buildings and killed a villager in separate incidents in Orissa’s Malkangiri district, police said.
The rebels blew up a school building in Bejingiwada village an
UN names Mukesh Ambani to key group on development goals
Reliance Industries chief, Mr Mukesh Ambani, has been named by the United Nations to a key advocacy group on Millennium Development Goals, whose mandate includes finding ways to fight socio-economic e
Krishna, Qureshi meet a 'positive step', tweets Malik
The India-Pakistan foreign minister talks should be seen as a "positive step" and not be "judged mathematically like 2+2=4", Pakistan interior minister, Mr Rehman Malik, has tweeted in a refreshing ta
Never said Krishna received instructions from Delhi: Qureshi
The Pakistan foreign minister, Mr Shah Mahmood Qureshi, has denied having said that his Indian counterpart, Mr S.M. Krishna, was getting directions from New Delhi during the talks the two leaders held
36 killed in Baghdad suicide bombing
At least 36 people were killed and 28 injured in a suicide bombing targeting security personnel in southwestern Baghdad on Sunday, a security source said.
The bomber, who was wearing an explosive bel
Caveman's 4,500-year-old doodle on rock discovered
Scientists have discovered what is believed to be one of the world's oldest doodles - an ancient scrawl carved onto a rock by a caveman 4,500 years ago.
Cambridge University experts believe the crud
Congress demands Nitish Kumar's resignation over scam
Congress party workers in Bihar staged a sit-in here on Saturday demanding the resignation of the Chief Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, after the Patna High Court ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation
Australian octopus predicts Gillard's poll victory
Melbourne, July 17: So what if Octopus Paul has retired after the FIFA World Cup -- Australia's own psychic devilfish has staked claim to being its successor predicting the victory of Prime Minister J