The Duchess of York could be stripped of her royal title for her alleged involvement in the “cash-for-access” scandal, involving Britain’s trade envoy and her former husband Prince Andrew, a media rep

President Pratibha Patil is welcomed at the Indian pavilion at Shanghai’s World Expo 2010 as she lights the traditional lamp on Sunday. Her six-day state visit to China ends on Monday. PHOTO: PTI

Social networking site Facebook has been adjudged as the most visited site on the Web in April by a list compiled by search engine Google.

As they await a major onslaught from the US and Nato forces in Afghanistan, the Taliban are reported to be in turmoil with dissensions breaking out among the top ranks.

After Pakistan, Bangladesh has now blocked social networking site Facebook for hosting pages featuring blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammed and “obnoxious” images of the country’s leaders.

Pakistani authorities have issued notices to PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, his wife Kalsoom Nawaz, his brother Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shahbaz for payment of wealth tax of o

Snow and rain in the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir led to the death of two women even as temperatures rose at some places in the northern plains after a brief respite.

Nepal’s Maoists have made public a draft Constitution for the country which entails a head-of-state directly elected by the people with all the executive powers vested in the President.

Amidst allegations that the People’s Committee against Police Atrocities played a role in Gyaneswari Express derailment, the Maoist-backed organisation on Sunday denied any involvement in the incident and charged the CPI-M with “hatching the plot”.

The questioning of American Lashker-e-Tayyaba terrorist David Headley is going to revolve around the places he had visited after the Mumbai terror attacks and the people he had remained in touch with during his stay in India.