25 Indians from grounded plane seeking asylum in France freed: Report

Twenty-five Indian passengers who had stayed behind seeking asylum in France after their flight from the UAE was grounded last week over suspicion of human trafficking before being allowed to take......

France grounds flight carrying 303 Indians on human trafficking suspicion

A Nicaragua-bound plane that took off from the United Arab Emirates carrying 303 Indian passengers has been grounded in France over suspected "human trafficking', French authorities were quoted as......

Toulouse gunman plotted to attack Indian embassy in Paris

Two months after he was shot dead by French special forces, a 23-year-old Algerian origin terrorist was found to have been plotting to attack the Indian embassy in London on the direction of his......

Flying in troubled times? Don't smoke

A journalist of a leading French newspaper on Wednesday alleged that he was detained and assaulted by Central Industrial Security Force personnel at the Chennai International Airport for smoking in......

MSN gets major facelift, readies for launch on iOS, Android

Microsoft on Monday unveiled a first look of the new MSN in India. Designed from the ground up for a mobile, cloud first world, the new MSN combines premium content from the world’s leading......

HSBC 'tax dodge' revelations are tip of iceberg, says leaker

The former HSBC employee who leaked sensational secret documents alleging the bank helped wealthy customers dodge millions of dollars in taxes warned today that the revelations are just the "tip of......

Indians rank 16th on leaked HSBC list

With total fund of $4.1 billion, Indians rank 16th on the new leaked HSBC list of Swiss bank account holders from over 200 countries, while people from Switzerland itself are on the top. The list,......

Why the markets should celebrate Kejriwal's victory

Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party are surely going to have an impact on companies directly connected to Delhi, says N Sundaresha Subramanian. (This report was written on February 9, a......

'Deepika is a good looking girl. But no acting talent'

'I don’t know how they dared to send Krrish for a National Award. It was a horrible film!' 'Films like Dabangg and Bang Bang are trash films.' 'Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram Leela was so bad;......

Three-times Tour winner LeMond urges McQuaid to resign

Three-times Tour de France winner Greg LeMond has called on International Cycling Union (UCI) President Pat McQuaid to quit in the wake of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. American LeMond, who......

Did vote-buying help Rio secure 2016 Olympic hosting rights?

IOC ethics committee looks into Rio payment claims The organisers of the 2016 Rio Olympics denied on Friday that vote buying helped to secure the Games after a French newspaper reported that a......

France arrests Russian suspected of planning to destabilize Olympics

IMAGE: The arrested man, a Russian national, has been placed in pre-trial detention and could face up to 30 years in prison, the Paris prosecutor's office said. Photograph: Abdul Saboor/Reuters......

'To win the election, I needed about 1.5 million euros'

Diack says he asked Russia for money to fund Senegalese opposition IMAGE: Former IAAF President Lamine Diack, left, hands over the flag during the closing ceremony of the 15th IAAF Championships......

Armstrong admitted to taking EPO - newspaper

Seven-times Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has admitted he took banned drugs including erythropoietin (EPO) at the time he was being treated for cancer, the French daily Le Monde reported......