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BANGALORE: Vijay Mallyas high profile, loss making airline, Kingfisher, is in talks with a clutch o...

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NEW DELHI: The full board meeting of Satyam Computer is likely to be held on June 11 after its new o...

CHENNAI: While sensex has offered a gain of 23% post-election results, its main players such as Tata...

YANGON : Lawyers for Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi were to challenge a ruling over the witnesses who can testify on her behalf, a move that will likely further delay any verdict in her trial. The Nobel laureate's

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday called on Pyongyang to free the two American journalists on trial for what it previously said were "hostile acts" and illegally entering North Korea. "We call again on the North Korean

THE HAGUE : Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, urged the international community Friday to make an independent assessment of the situation in the region and put pressure on China to end the "oppression". "Please, international community, judge whether there

UNITED NATIONS - An agreement on broader UN sanctions against North Korea over its recent nuclear test is being held up by differences among seven key powers over tougher cargo inspections and a tighter arms embargo, diplomats said Friday. They

JAKARTA : Indonesian prosecutors Friday recommended four years in prison for a relative of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who allegedly embezzled millions of dollars from the country's central bank. Former Bank Indonesia (BI) deputy governor Aulia Pohan along with three

A contrite thief returned a 21 kg stone fragment of an ancient column, which he had stolen 12 years ago from the excavation site of an archaeological garden at the southern wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem....

Will Ferrell steps up to the plate to re-imagine "Lost" as a slick, thrill-a-minute summer extravaganza, but it seems the new film somehow lost access to an adequate script along the way....

Since the state funeral, the number of mourners and demonstrators have dwindled. However, people continue to hold candlelight vigils, small and large, to remember the President....

Vedanta Aluminium Limited has applied for environmental clearance for a six-fold expansion of its alumina refinery in the state of Orissa. The Government of India has to enforce laws against pollution and to prevent any pollution of water, air or

In April 2009, the Ministry of Environment and Forests of the Government of India granted an environmental clearance to establish the Lanjigarh bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri hills. In this open letter Amnesty International requests that the clearance be