Libya's Gaddafi faces worst nightmare as Arab unrest rages
Manama: Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi faced the biggest challenge of his rule on Saturday amid reports that dozens of people have been killed as an offer by Bahrain's king of national dialogue to end t
Scientists build 1st antilaser
The laser — a 50-year-old invention now used in everything from CDs to laser pointers — has met its match in the “antilaser,” the first device capable of trapping and cancelling out laser beams.
MJ estate earns $310 mn in revenue
Michael Jackson's estate has generated $310 million in revenue from album sales, a film, merchandising and other products since the 'Thriller' singer died in 2009, according to court papers filed on T
Steve Jobs meets Obama
Woodside, Calif: Apple Inc. chief executive Steve Jobs, on medical leave from the company he co-founded, attended a meeting of technology industry leaders with U.S. President Barack Obama in northern
Gambler punts $132,300 on Indian WC win
An anonymous gambler has struck an 82,000 pounds ($132,300) bet with a London bookmaker on India winning the Cricket World Cup, one of the biggest ever laid in the one-day game.
If the co-hosts and 3
Rioting hits Libyan city
Hundreds of people clashed with the police and government supporters overnight in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, a witness and local media said, in a rare show of unrest in the oil exporting country.
Satyam to pay $125 mln over fraud
Satyam Computer Services Ltd has agreed to pay $125 million to settle U.S. shareholder litigation arising from an accounting fraud that in 2009 turned into India's biggest corporate scandal.
The sett
JPMorgan cuts Reliance Comm target by 49 per cent
Mumbai: JPMorgan has slashed its target price on mobile operator Reliance Communications by 49 per cent to 82 rupees, citing lower estimates for wireless and broadband segments and issues related to s
Food inflation rises 11.05 per cent
Mumbai: India's food price index rose 11.05 per cent and the fuel price index climbed 11.92 per cent in the year to February 5, government data on Thursday showed.
In the previous week, annual food a
Anil Ambani faces marathon test
Mumbai: Say this about Anil Ambani: he does not take adversity lying down. The embattled Indian billionaire, questioned on Wednesday by the CBI probing a huge telecoms fraud, has been on the offensive