India
Nepal Maoists end highway blockade
Nepal's Maoists gave the country's political parties a two-day deadline to begin the process of rewriting the constitution.
Election in Junglistan
Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThey had come from far and wide, from every nook and corner of the jungle, to hear the Tortoise speak. Tigers, elephants, porcupines, wolves, goats, antelopes, alli...
Combat mood? Don't do drugs, tattoos
Chinese army has barred drug addicts and teenagers with 'fashionable' tattoos to join it and sully its image.
Three Indians lead at Dubai Chess
M R Lalith Babu put up a fine show to beat international Master Sergey Kayumov of Uzbekistan in the second round of Dubai chess championship.
'AIADMK combine in Pondy autocratic'
In a veiled attack on AIADMK, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said that the AIADMK combine in the union territory is autocratic.
Web surfing at work is okay: Judge
Surfing the Web at work is equivalent to reading a newspaper or talking on the phone, an administrative law judge said.
Buy Google, Microsoft exec tells Gates
Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsWell, the title is not quite accurate, but the easier and cheaper way to go about what Microsoft Corp's most audible voice on the internet, Robert Scoble, said is f...
Natwar, Jagat get Pathak panel notice
Reply to first notice found evasive and without full information. Five respondents have to reply in a week.
New Saudi law to end expat exploitation
Saudi Arabia has brought in a new labour law with a host of mandatory obligations for employers, including signing a written contract.
Old woman fined for walking slowly
While it's unlikely that at the age of 80, you'll have the energy of a six year old, the American police thinks otherwise.
I'm a poor brother of a rich man: Pravin
"I am the poor brother of a rich man," Praveen Mahajan says in statement to police. Says BJP leader humilated him and his family.
Pravin is mentally ill: Lawyer
Pravin Mahajan produced in court on Sunday; has 'confessed' before police that he attacked Pramod Mahajan.
64 pc turnout in Phase II of WB polls
An approximate 64 per cent of the total 1.13 crore electorate in West Bengal cast their votes in four districts in the second phase of the Assembly elections.
Udit Narayan gets 'first wife' shocker
Woman tries to enter the Bollywood playback singer's hotel room in Patna, claims singer married her in 1984 when he was little known.
J K Rowling looks beyond Potter
Harry Potter creator J K Rowling has given money to help set up a centre for research for Sclerosis.
Anand's new move: AIDS ambassador
Grandmaster will help Indian branch of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to raise awareness about the disease.