Geneva, Oct 21 (IBNS) Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma has reaffirmed India’s commitment to an ambitious and balanced outcome of the Doha round. Sharma had a

London, Oct 21 (IANS) An Al Qaeda leader who has been on the radar of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for his links with the Sep 11, 2001 terror

Saharsa (Bihar), Oct 21 (IANS) It’s all about monkeys in Bihar’s Saharsa constituency where many who voted in the first round of the assembly elections Thursday admitted candidly that the

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) India’s annual food inflation fell to 15.53 percent for the week ended Oct 9 from 16.37 percent in the previous week on improved supplies

Kolkata, Oct 20 (IANS) Kolkata Metro rail services in the city hub were disrupted after two coaches of a train derailed near the Central Station here Wednesday, triggering panic among

Islamabad, Oct 20 (IANS) Tax evaders in Pakistan owe a whopping Rs.100 billion to the national exchequer, officials said.
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is stuck in litigation in courts

Kolkata, Oct 17(IBNS) A girl was killed and three persons were grievously wounded when a gas filled cylinder exploded in central Kolkata, police said on Sunday.
Police said they were investigating

New Delhi/Jammu, Oct 15 (IBNS) The Centre will set up a Special Task Force for developmental needs in Jammu. “In order to examine the development needs of the Jammu region

Imphal, Oct 15 (IBNS) : An unidentified rebel was killed during an encounter with security forces in Manipur’s Thoubal district on Friday, sources said.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The following is the final medals tally at the end of the 2010 Commonwealth Games here Thursday.
Rank.Nation G S B Total
1.Australia 74 55 48 1772.India 38 27 36 101 3.England 37 59 46 1424.Canada 26 17 32 755.South Africa 12 11 10 336.Kenya 12 11 9 32 7.Malaysia 12 10 13 358.Singapore 11 11 9 319.Nigeria 11 10 14 3510.Scotland 9 10 7 2611.New Zealand 6 22 8 3612.Cyprus 4 3 5 1213.Northern Ireland 3 3 4 1014.Samoa 3 0 1 415.Wales 2 7 10 1916.Jamaica 2 4 1 717.Pakistan 2 1 2 518. Uganda 2 0 0 219.Bahamas 1 1 3 520.Sri Lanka 1 1 1 321.Nauru 1 1 0 222.Botswana 1 0 3 423St.Vincent& Grenadines 1 0 0 124.Cayman Islands 1 0 0 125.Trinidad

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Was the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games better than the opener? Opinions differed. But everyone agreed that the popular Bollywood numbers sung here Thursday

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) India’s badminton star Saina Nehwal became the first Indian woman to win the singles gold while Jwala Gutta and Ashiwni Ponnappa also became country’s first

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi cannot seem to shake off his negative public image despite a successful Games. He was booed Thursday

Panaji, Oct 14 (IANS) With China likely to become the nation sending out the maximum number of tourists, the Indian tourism industry needs to learn the Chinese language as much

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) A group of 200 specially-abled children, including the visually challenged, took the audience by surprise with a wonderful performance at the pre-show of the Commonwealth