In Lebanon's northern port city of Tripoli, the scene of deadly sectarian clashes between pro- and anti-government forces, battle lines are being drawn as tensions simmer unresolved. "Our standard is our faith and we do not fear their armies. It

Leaders of Lebanon's opposition and pro-government parties will head to Doha on Friday to hold talks aimed at defusing a long-running feud between rival political factions, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani said Thursday. During

Hizbullah proved last week that it is the strongest force in Lebanon and could have seized power if it had wanted to, Israel's military intelligence chief said in remarks published on Thursday. "Hizbullah did not intend to take control ...

The Nabeh Foundation marked the end of the first phase of a project aimed at providing jon skills to women and girls who have not accomplished their education with a commencement ceremony at the Maarouf Saad Cultural Center in Sidon

Following their weekly meeting headed by Massoud al-Ashqar, the Union for Lebanon saluted the efforts of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in containing last week's clashes. Fighting erupted last week between opposition and pro-government supporters following a Cabinet decision to

Schools in the southern port city of Sidon will reopen their doors on Friday after the recent clashes between government and opposition supporters forced educational institutions in the area to shut down. Sidon MP Bahia Hariri's meetings with a number

Beirut's airport resumed activity Thursday after commercial airlines including Lebanon's national carrier, Middle East Airlines (MEA), had stopped flights in and out of the capital in response to the opposition's blockage of access roads leading to the country's only international

After reviewing the details of the live bomb found after the serial blasts, it was seen the bomb bag was uniquely designed to fit two detonators and two batteries and aimed at causing maximum loss to human lives," she told

Call it the Murderous Mondays. It is on Mondays in May that tribal villagers have lost their near and dear ones. On Monday, May 12, 2008, five children died and four others were injured when lightning struck them while they

Rane, who left Shiv Sena in 2005 and immediately joined the Congress is now Revenue Minister and for last six months, has stepped up campaign to dislodge Deshmukh from the chief ministerial chair. Rane's public attack in Delhi in December

The facts project that a 25-year-old-bride, Usha, was pushed to death by her husband Lekh Raj and her mother-in-law Meera Devi (68)," said Additional Sessions Judge Pratibha Rani, who also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 each on both the

The Central Government has given its approval for the project, Deshmukh told reporters on the sidelines of a book release function in Mantralaya. Clearance has also been obtained from the Environment Ministry and global tenders for the project would be

The motive of perpetrators of violence seem to be to create fear among people to derail the peace process, he said while interacting with reporters after paying tribute to photo journalist Ashok Sodhi, who died while covering a shootout between

Our team has reached there and will be studying the blast pattern and also look for local linkages if any," ATS chief Hemant Karkare said. The team consists of two senior officers and other men, he said. He, however, said

The state is doing very well in National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) but the HIV/AIDS prevalence has to come down as it has an additional responsibility not to export AIDS/HIV to other states, said NACO Director General Sujata Rao here.

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurated a CCTV control room in Tihar jail which is being transformed as a modern jail with latest security gadgets. "Number of inmates in Tihar jail is much higher than its capacity making it difficult to

At a meeting held here, Chief Minister Mayawati conveyed her condolences to the families who lost kin in the storm. She directed concerned district magistrates to make arrangements for treating the injured besides setting up of relief camps. Mayawati also

A bench of Justices B N Aggrawal and G S Singhvi while declining to hear the institution's writ petition, however, allowed it to withdraw the same for approaching the Delhi High Court. In its petition filed through counsel Romy Chacko,

His remarks came in the wake of senior BJP leader L K Advani's charges that UPA government's weak response to tackle terror had emboldened militants. The record of the UPA government in tackling terrorism was dismal, Advani had said. Jaiswal

When we came to power for 13 days even then we wanted to do nuclear tests, but scientists advised us that it would be better if it was done after the confidence vote," the former External Affairs Minister said. In