More than half the world's governments agreed Wednesday to ban the production, use, stockpiling and export of all existing cluster munitions. Meeting in Dublin, Ireland, representatives of 110 nations completed negotiations on a new international treaty that commits their governments

Pratt & Whitney's Geared Turbofan demonstrator engine has completed Phase II ground tests and has been cleared for flight testing on Pratt & Whitney's 747SP flying test bed mid-year. Phase II, which began in April at Pratt & Whitney's advanced

Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com MUMBAI: For all the talk about a slowdown in the economy, real estate prices in most parts of the country have not corrected as much as most prospective buyers would have liked them to. But, shares of most

Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Markets/Real_Estate LONDON: As property prices continue their downward spiral in Britain, investors here are looking to India, which is increasingly seen as a hotspot due to rising real estate prices across the country. Every week, leading mortgage lenders and

Protesting against remarks reportedly made by the Defence Secretary, the group accused him of threatening independent reporting of the war in the country's North. In a statement, five media groups said Mr. Rajapaksa had summoned two senior journalists of state

Sources said that the victim, identified as P. Devakumaran, 34, and his friend Mahendran Varadhan were traveling on a motorbike when they were stopped by unidentified men and hacked to death at Navanthurai, Jaffna. It is not known who is

At least 15 LTTE militants were killed in Chiraththivu islet in Jaffna when army and navy fired artillery at them as they attempted to attack army and naval positions, the Defence Ministry said. Later troops also reportedly repulsed a second

The Sri Lankan government is considering saving 40 per cent of money spent on fuel for three-wheelers by converting them to run on gas. This will reduce the burden on both three-wheeler drivers and commuters due to recent fuel price

In many places including Rajarhat and the E M Bypass land is being acquired at low prices from farmers and being sold to corporate houses and other parties at exorbitant rates by the state government," Chakraborty, who was recently inducted

It is not just a issue related with the religion. Ram Setu should be protected on environment and national security reasons," Swamy said after the release of his book "Rama Setu: Symbol of National Unity" by former Union Minister Swami

About 500 students and their parents attended the five sessions of the counselling where they were asked to give precedence to the subjects of their choice rather going for the favourite colleges. The counselling was held at SP Jain Centre

The police said they died on the spot, about 80-km west of Imphal, on National Highway 53 while on their way to Jiribam from Imphal. The injured have been admitted to a local hospital, police said.

The four Democratic US congressmen said part of their reason for visiting Kabul and Islamabad was to look into the issue of extremist "sanctuaries" on the Pakistan side of the border. There was widespread concern about the deals, said one

Visiting US congressman also said they were concerned that Islamabad's peace talks with militants could preclude a rise in attacks in Afghanistan, where 70,000 foreign soldiers are helping to fight a Taliban-led insurgency. NATO spokesman Mark Laity urged Pakistan to

The officer died in a shootout while pursuing the car's attackers Dera Ismail Khan, area police chief Silahuddin Khan said. He said the attackers were riding on a motorcycle, and the slain men included two brothers and two of their

Gilani is a senior member of assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's party which won the most seats in a February general election, which marked a return to civilian rule, in which the unpopular Musharraf's allies were trounced. The head of

Addressing a news conference in Lahore, the former premier alleged that Musharraf was acting with Supreme Court Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and other judges sworn in during last year's emergency to get his nomination papers rejected. Earlier in the

Extremists in Pakistan are a threat to that country as well as Afghanistan, he said when asked about Islamabad's peace talks with pro-Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked rebels which have raised concern in NATO and Kabul. And it was important for the

This was decided when Pakistan People's Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif met here this afternoon to review the political situation in the country. Zardari "explained the salient features of the proposed constitutional package to the

Samar Mubarakmand, who headed the team of Pakistani scientists that supervised the detonation of five nuclear devices on May 28, 1998 in the wake of India's nuclear tests, said Islamabad's preparations for the testing began in 1975 and were completed