Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa’s journey to the seat of power began on a humble bicycle, which he rode to victory first in the Shikaripura municipality elections in 1975 and then, literally, on

Chinese banks could withstand a worst case scenario of a 50 per cent drop in home prices, according to stress tests conducted by regulators, a state media report said on Saturday.

Indian pacer Praveen Kumar has has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee for arguing with the umpire after his LBW appeal against England batsman Kevin Pietersen was turned down during the ongoing second cricket Test here.

At least 16 miners were killed on Friday after an explosion ripped through a mine in eastern Ukraine, authorities said.

Yoga guru Ramdev’s aide Balkrishna has once again sought to delay his questioning by the CBI by seeking 10 days time to appear before it in a false certificate case, a plea rejected by the agency.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has accepted an invitation from his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani and would be visiting there at “mutually convenient” dates, according to the foreign office of that country.

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl against England in the second cricket Test here on Friday.

Stunned by the humiliating defeat at the Lord’s, India will have to quickly get their act together as they go into the second cricket Test against England here on Friday with a serious threat to their status as the number one team.

Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Thursday consulted his staunch supporters on his further steps, including the conditions he would set, after being told by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to quit immediately following his indictment by the Lokayukta for the illegal mining in the state.

A journalist who had been kidnapped over the weekend was found dead on Tuesday in Boca del Rio, a city outside the Mexican gulf port of Veracruz, officials said.