The Ministry of External Affairs is working overtime at a 24/7 situation room to take a flurry of calls and emails from concerned relatives of stranded Indians in Libya.Under Secretary (Bhutan) in......
Brazil has elected its first woman president, an ex-revolutionary who was dubbed the iron lady for her curt and demanding management style.Dilma Rousseff, aged 62, replaces Luiz Inacio Lula da......
Mumbai is gearing up to witness the spectacle of US President's visitNobody knows better what it means when the President of the most powerful nation in the world comes calling than......
The battle to re-engine the Indian Air Force's 128 Jaguar fighter jets is in full throttle, with Britain's Rolls Royce and US' Honeywell International taking the war back home right inside the......
Dr Dinesh Patel, chief of arthroscopic surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital and associate clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at the Harvard Medical School, will be honored June 14......
As many as 87 public sector servants in the United Kingdom, including a leading NRI financial wizard Zarin Patel, earn more than British Prime Minister Tony Blair, according to the first 'Public......
Korean consumer durables major LG on Friday said it will invest Rs 800 crore (Rs 8 billion) in 2011 to add capacity and for other purposes in India, which it expects will become its largest......
The passing years have witnessed a sea of change in the Indian car market most importantly the passenger car segment. The eagerness to own a compact fast car has gone up and manufacturers have......
Land acquisition for special economic zones has been a major bone of contention across the nation. Thousands of people whose land was being acquired to set up SEZs have protested against the low......
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, while speaking to media persons in New Delhi on Tuesday, said that India's economy is responding well. He also informed that the government took......
Kareena Kapoor is apparently all set to tie the knot with longtime beau Saif Ali Khan in October. While several reports claim that traditional outfits that have been in the Pataudi family for......
The latest body trend in Bollywood tells us that voluptuous is back in vogue! It seems the assembly-line size zero frames are out, and real bodies that add to an individual's personality are in!......
They say age is in the mind and you're as old as you feel. Bollywood's senior heroes swear by this mantra. As shallow as it sounds, general perception is while heroines do get old to romance......
The Bollywood brigade headed to Baba Deewan's bash for good friend Sanjay Dutt at Aurus in Bandra, a western Mumbai suburb on January 29. The party was thrown to celebrate the actor's impressive......
After a long and fiercely-protected courtship period, actor Riteish Deshmukh is finally going to tie the knot with his first costar and girlfriend -- Genelia D'Souza -- on February 3. Good friends......
While batting powerplay is a period for the batting side to up the scoring rate and take advantage of the field restrictions, the Indian team seems to have completely misunderstood the meaning of......
Four World Cup titles under the belt but defending champions Australia are not exactly the favourites this time as they start their campaign for a fifth trophy with a tricky opener against Zimbabwe......
Awards and accolades continue to follow Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar, who added the 'Lebara People's Choice' honour to his trophy vault, at the inaugural Asian Awards in London.Presenting......
Australia's Sally Pearson overcame last week's 100 metres heartbreak to win the hurdles event over the same distance on Monday, collapsing on the track in tears after her golden run. Pearson was......
With most people glued into their television sets this month, it is imperative to talk about nothing else but the FIFA World Cup. The 2010 edition in South Africa, the first ever in the......
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