64 killed in Iraq blasts
Baghdad, Nov. 3: At least 64 people were killed and 360 wounded from a series of attacks that targeted mostly Shiite neighbourhoods throughout the Iraqi capital overnight.
A series of car bombings, s
At Rajghat, Obama will be an ordinary man
New Delhi: US President Barack Obama may be the world's most powerful leader, but when he steps into Rajghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi, he will be treated like any other visitor.
So says Rajgh
Pak Generals named in Rs 75m loan scam
Islamabad, Nov. 3: Two Pakistan Army generals have been found to be involved in a Rs 75 million scam, a parliamentary committee was told. The top Army officers gave a huge loan to a power company with
Dawood, Osama on Forbes' most powerful list
Washington: Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden are among the most powerful people in the world, according to Forbes magazine.
Putting Ibrahim on 63rd place, Forbes said
Indian-American Kamala Harris winning in California attorney general race
Nov 4: After a dramatic turn around, Indian-American Kamala Harris is clinging to a razor-thin majority in the race to be attorney general of California. But the race is still not over. And it won't b
Air India passengers stranded yet again, protest
Nearly 200 passengers of Air India's Frankfurt-Mumbai flight had a harrowing time on Wednesday night after the aircraft was diverted to Delhi and they were stranded for over nine hours at the airport.
Obama to focus on opening up markets on Asia trip
"Humbled" in defeat, US President Barack Obama has vowed to "re-set" the button with American business by focusing his trip to Asia, starting with India, on opening up markets to create more jobs at h
Mystery suicide by hundreds of birds in Jatinga
Haflong: The tranquillity of Jatinga, a scenic village nestling among the Borail Hills range, is shattered every night by a disturbing occurrence - the 'mass suicide' of hundreds of birds.
Locals hav
Bombay's bar girls are back - in new reality tale
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Five years after Mumbai clamped down on bar dancers, the women still await rehabilitation and many have been forced to join the circus or become sex workers, says San Francisco
Coal India jumps 40% to Rs.342.35 on debut
The share price of state-run Coal India closed at Rs.342.35, up 39.73 percent from the issue price of Rs.245, on the first day of trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Thursday.
Trading in the w