The draft of a UN arms treaty that would regulate the multi-billion-dollar global arms trade will not harm India’s national interests, the US today said, allaying New Delhi’s concern over its text.

A suicide bomber targeted the convoy of a senior security forces official in Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan today, killing five persons and injuring over a dozen others, officials and witnesses said.

Lindsay Lohan’s new rocker boyfriend Avi Snow has spoken about their relation for the first time, praising the actress that “she’s really awesome, and a lot of fun”.

A man has been acquitted of the charges of abducting and raping his 19-year-old sister-in-law by a Delhi court which said hostility of the girl and her mother has knocked out the prosecution’s case.

SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who has been breathing fire against the government, today said he has no plans now to withdraw support to UPA, a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh acknowledged such a possibility.

Giving a major push to infrastructure and energy sector, the government in the past two months has given nod to projects worth Rs 74,000 crore which were stuck for years due to lack of various clearances.

Stressing that America’s relationship with Africa should not merely be that of a donor-recipient, US President Barack Obama extended a hand of partnership to the African leaders, calling for stability in the continent to harness it’s potential to the fullest.

Don Payne, the author behind hit TV series The Simpsons, has died after battling bone cancer. He was 48.

Lauding the team for their 4-0 triumph over Australia in the recently concluded Test series, out-of-favour opener Gautam Gambhir today stressed on the need to win Test series abroad in order to be recognized as a force in world cricket.

Sebi has imposed Rs 1 crore penalty on Rose Valley Real Estates and Constructions for not providing details sought by the market regulator in a case charging the company of issuing debentures illegally.