Several major rivers, including Burhi Gandak, Bagmati, Adhvara, Kosi, Mahananda and Gandak, are flowing above the danger level at many places along their course.
The Uighurs are China's Turkic Muslims in a volatile region where unrest sits on a keg of cultural alienation.
Employers have begun to ramp up efforts to change employees' lifestyles, from smoking to obesity, with incentives including lower health insurance payments for health changes.
A high pressure, highly inflammable gas leak was on Saturday reported at a well state-owned ONGC was drilling at its prime Mumbai High oil and gas fields, off Mumbai coast.
The PM said that a lie is being spread that this govt had brought the law to snatch people's rights. He dared rivals to find anything discriminatory in his work.
"India has made a cogitative decision, and shows the common views of China and India in fighting terrorism and separatism, and the determination of further cooperation," Fu Xiaoqiang, an expert on South Asian studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, told the Global Times.
Atlantis astronauts are gearing up to check the tail section of their spacecraft for a minor tear in the heat shield while they prepare for a spacewalk that was postponed by 24 hours because of a German crew member's illness.
Indian board, it is learnt, will not agree if fresh evidence in the form of transcript from a stump microphone emerges in the two-day hearing on Harbhajan Singh's appeal against a ban beginning in Adelaide on Monday.
Ace Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy crashed out in the second round of the China Open Super Series after suffering straight game defeats in their respective events.
Olympic medallists Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu sailed into the women's singles quarter-finals with straight-game wins but it was curtains for Kidambi Srikanth at the BWF Badminton World Championships, in Nanjing, China on Thursday.
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said that the sale of uranium will not free up India's other resources for weapons development.
Blix said the Cold War thinking underpinned the US' new nuclear deal with India, which he says is aimed at containing China.
Ghanaian striker Richard Gadze's late strike in the 87th minute helped Delhi Dynamos beat hosts Kerala Blasters 1-0 in the Indian Super League football tournament in Kochi on Sunday.
Delhi University had claimed that unless the roll number of a student is not provided, it would be difficult to search the records.
The figure is expected to rise to 25-30 per cent, adding around 100 million new cellular subscribers by 2009, according to a recent study by LIRNEasia and AC Nielson.
Austria would soon start five direct flights a week from Vienna to Mumbai.
Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu cleared first round hurdles in the women's singles with contrasting victories at the Denmark Open Super Series Badminton Premier, in Odense, on Wednesday. In the men's singles, Parupalli Kashyap cruised into the second round, beating Rajiv Ouseph of England 21-15, 21-18.
'It is very clear that Air India cannot be managed by the government.' 'Air India should be run as a separate profit entity.'
Twelve persons were feared drowned when a boat capsized in Balan river in Bihar's Begusarai district on Wednesday evening, official sources said.
In one of the most fierce and controversial battles for investments, Maharashtra -- specifically, Pune -- beat 17 locations and 6 states, including AP to win over Volkswagen and consolidate its position as India's Detroit.
India's campaign at the All England Badminton Championships came to a disappointing end with Saina Nehwal, B Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma all exiting from the tournament in Birmingham on Friday.
Leading Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth won their first round matches in contrasting style at the Star Australian Open Superseries in Sydney on Wednesday.
Two policemen and nine militants have been killed when axe-wielding assailants attacked a police station in China's Muslim-majority Xinjiang province, the latest in a series of deadly attacks amid heightened tension in the volatile western region bordering PoK.
After 2 years of lull, sale of winter products like heaters and woollens grow in double-digit
A chunk of divestment till now has come from follow-on offerings in the Centre's two ETFs, Bharat-22 and CPSE. Now, there will be initial public offerings of Mazagon Docks, rail companies RVNL and IRFC and MSTC.
'Polls have shown that about 70% of Afghans are waiting to see which side to pick - the US/NATO forces or the Taliban.'
The lengths to which publishers have gone are not surprising.
The actor is said to be filling the shoes of Pat Morita, who played Mr Miyagi in the hit movie.
You don't have to be a Star Wars nerd to enjoy its poignant pursuit of virtue, feels Sukanya Verma.
Working all but alone from his hardware-strewn office, Jeff Han is about to change the face of computing. Not even the big boys are likely to catch him.
This followed wide spread allegations that the 'militant' killed had been a south Kashmir carpenter who had been framed and killed in the fake encounter.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
Finds no cause to block Russia and Qatar World Cups
Jet Airways is offering a companion free offer on its Delhi-Bangkok-Delhi and Delhi-Singapore-Delhi sectors for its business class passengers.
Pamela Anderson has wed Paris Hilton's sex tape partner Rick Salomon, just days after denying that she is planning to tie the knot again.
World Championships bronze medallist Simranjit Kaur (60kg) and GeeBee Boxing silver medallist Dinesh Dagar (69kg) confirmed their places in the final, while Ankush Dahiya (64kg) and Ananta Pralhad Chopade (52kg) made it to the semi-finals.
The 77th Annual Golden Globe awards have been announced. There were a few surprises and some expected nods. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold.
"Any judgment as per the law of the country will be processed and carried out. Law is the final authority," Kalam firmly told media persons on Saturday night while returning from Athens.
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