2009-11-20
Embarrassed following a report in MiD DAY on Wednesday, which was later followed by other newspapers, the Maharashtra government yesterday evening shifted a platoon of 30 State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) troopers guarding the Taj Mahal Hotel from the Gateway of India where they were living since two months.
2009-11-18
Pakistan is estimated to have more nuclear warheads than India and the two Asian neighbours along with China are increasing their arsenals and deploying weapons at more sites, two eminent American atomic experts have claimed
2009-11-15
Rubbishing the claim by a government-backed study that melting of glaciers was not due to climate change, leading environmentalist RK Pachauri on Sunday dubbed it as totally unsubstantiated scientific opinion and flayed Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh for endorsing it.
2009-11-12
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport, police confirmed on Wednesday after he allegedly punched a photographer.
2009-11-12
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari allegedly received millions of dollars in kickbacks for the purchase of three French submarines for the Pakistani Navy in 1994, a French daily has reported.
2009-11-12
The Al Qaeda "could be supporting" the Pakistani Taliban that has left the country bloodied and bruised through a string of terror strikes, says a leading Pakistani daily.
2009-11-10
Warships belonging to North and South Korea clashed off their west coast on Tuesday, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported, citing a defence official in Seoul.
2009-11-09
Two separate explosions rocked the Philippine cities of Quezon and Mandaluyong in Manila Monday morning, but no one was hurt in the explosions, police said.
2009-11-05
India has expressed its reservations from making any unqualified endorsement on the findings and recommendations of the Goldstone report at a special session of the UN General Assembly.
2009-11-04
Toyota Motor was expected to announce on Wednesday it is quitting Formula One, joining an exodus of Japanese automakers from the multi-million dollar sport due to the global economic crisis.