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British couple abducted in Chennai rescued

An abducted British couple was rescued and nine persons, including two Sri Lankans, were arrested for allegedly committing the crime and demanding Rs 2.58 crore as ransom.Chennai Police coordinated......

India could have avoided 26/11 attack: Pak

Facing strident calls to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice, Pakistan says the terror strike last November "would not have happened" if India had shared information about some......

N-deal: 'Larger political consensus exists'

Asserting that "there is larger political consensus" on the India-United States civil nuclear deal, Commerce and Industry Union Minister Kamal Nath has expressed confidence that the Congress party......

British PM won't receive Dalai Lama at home

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not receive the Dalai Lama at 10 Downing Street, a move seen by many as an effort to appease China, which has accused the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader of......

Five charged with terror plot in UK

Five men arrested a week ago during a police and intelligence service operation across Britain have been charged with plotting bomb attacks and other terrorist offences, a Metropolitan Police......

New daily Delhi-New York flights from October

Premier British carrier Virgin Atlantic on Wednesday announced a new daily service between Delhi and New York's JFK airport through a quick connection at London Heathrow from this October. The......

25 facts on Singapore's amazing success

Singapore has scripted Asia's most successful growth story. It was the fastest growing economy in the world in 2010. The nation's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 22.5 percent in the first......

British PM's India visit to focus on trade ties

Prime Minister David Cameron will take a planeload of Cabinet ministers and business leaders to India during his visit to the country which is expected to begin next Wednesday, seeking to boost......

G20 countries should tackle tax havens: Oxfam

Ahead of G20 meet in South Korea, think-tank Oxfam said on Wednesday the bloc of 20 countries should devise methods to tackle tax havens, so that the interest of developing nations could be......

Koda puts Mittal project back on track

Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda has assured Arcelor Mittal, the world's largest steel making company, that he would allot a suitable iron ore mine to the company for its Jharkhand project.......

Rahman's world tour gets rousing welcome

Piling up one exciting showbiz piece after another, and unfolding against dazzling, fast changing backgrounds, with over a dozen dancers and acrobats adding additional thrills, the A R Rahman Jai......

Big UPSET at Wimbledon on Day 1

Medvedev makes early exit after Wimbledon meltdown IMAGE: Russia's Daniil Medvedev in action during his Wimbledon first round match against France's Benjamin Bonzi at the All England Lawn Tennis......

Aus, Netherlands storm into men's hockey semis

World champions Australia outplayed Pakistan 7-0 to ease into the semi-finals of the Olympic Games men's hockey competition, while The Netherlands also stormed into the last four stage with an......

Indian boxers get tricky draw at Olympics

Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh (75kg) was handed out a tricky draw on at the London Olympics Friday. He begins his quest to better his Beijing Games bronze medal-winning feat against Danabek......

Bopanna and Qureshi win Paris Masters

Rohan Bopanna andAisam-ul-Haq Qureshi won their firstATP Masters tournament after whippingthe challenge of Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut in straight sets in the final, in Paris, on Sunday. The......

Wimbledon fights foxes and vixens for top lawns

Urinating vixens, greedy pigeons, May frost and idiosyncratic mowers are just a few of the problems facing Wimbledon's head groundsman in the run up to the world's most famous tennis championships.......