Amnesty International has challenged governments to deliver on their promises to rapidly and rigorously implement the life saving Arms Trade Treaty, as 62 nations signed the landmark agreement in......
A senior minister of the ruling National Conference escaped an attempt on his life even as one policeman was killed and three others were injured in an attack in Srinagar on Sunday evening. A......
As intense fighting brought Libya close to a civil war, British Prime Minister David Cameron has threatened the country's strongman Muammar Gaddafi with military action by imposing a no-fly zone......
China has joined India in raising concerns over a spate of attacks on foreign students in Australia, asking Canberra to provide better protection to ensure their "legitimate rights". In the wake a......
A plot to assassinate Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in a suicide attack was foiled on Thursday with the police arresting three terrorists, including a Pakistani national.......
The recent arrest of two girls over a Facebook comment criticising the bandh called after the death of Bal Thackeray has created a furore in the digital world and across the nation and, has raised......
"When elephants fight," Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi told Business Standard in Addis Ababa recently, "the impact is felt by the grass."Zenawi's comment, accompanied by a knowing smile,......
The composition of the US delegation led by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to next week's India-US Strategic Dialogue in New Delhi points to the wide-ranging scope of talks between the two......
Promoter holding in Unitech, the nation's second-largest property developer, has dropped by 7 per cent since their September disclosure after lenders sold the shares pledged with them, according to......
Air India's five-year turnaround plan for financial revival of the ailing national carrier was on Monday reviewed at its board meeting in the presence of Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel. The......
IMAGE: India will take on England in the five-match Test series starting on June 20, at Leeds. Photograph: BCCI/X The launch of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy for the upcoming Test series between......
India squandered an early lead before going down 1-3 to Great Britain in the inaugural match of the Tri-Nation invitational tournament, their final warm-up event ahead of the Olympic Games in......