Three blasts rock UN office in Afghanistan
A UN office in Afghanistan's Herat city was hit by three blasts on Saturday when a group of militants stormed the premises, a media report said.
Wipro admits to performing lower than industry peers
India's third largest IT bellwether Wipro Ltd Friday admitted that its performance during the second quarter (July-Sept) of this fiscal was lower than industry peers TCS and Infosys Technologies sequ
Tax authorities ask Vodafone to pay over Rs.112 bn
Indian tax authorities Friday asked global mobile firm Vodafone to pay over Rs.112 billion (around $2.53 billion) as tax in the 2007 purchase of Hutchinson Whampoa's mobile business.
The tax departme
Biocon net profit up 20% in second quarter
India's leading biotech firm Biocon Ltd posted net profit of Rs.89 crore for the second quarter (July-Sep) of this fiscal (2010-11), registering a 20 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth.
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Pakistan turns down loan from World Bank, ADB
Oct. 21: Pakistan has turned down a $2 billion loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and another $1 billion loan from the World Bank (WB) to reconstruct infrastructure destroyed by the devastati
US warns Pak to fight Taliban or lose funding: Report
The United States has warned Pakistani leaders that continued inaction against the Taliban and Al Qaeda havens bordering Afghanistan could jeopardise some large US cash payouts to Islamabad, the Wall
Pakistan to repatriate 142 Indian fishermen
As many as 142 Indians, who were detained for fishing in Pakistani waters, will be repatriated following an order by a court in Pakistan's port city of Karachi.
Jailed Indian e-voting whistleblower wins US award
Washington: Hari Prasad Vemuru, a jailed Indian e-voting researcher, is one of the four winners of the 2010 Pioneer Awards of San Francisco headquartered Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a leadin
It's either war with Taliban or no cash for Pakistan
Washington: The United States has warned Pakistani leaders that continued inaction against Taliban and Al Qaeda havens bordering Afghanistan could jeopardise some large US cash payouts to Islamabad, t
Bihar polls: 104 multi-millionaires, 219 criminals in next two rounds
Patna: Against only 36 multi-millionaires in the last assembly elections, there are over 100 multi-millionaires in the second and third phases of the ongoing Bihar polls, a report by two NGOs has said