A teacher in Taiwan has been given a prison sentence of 4,595 years for raping 12 underage girls.

According to Malaysian newspaper Nanyang Siang Pau, the court found him guilty on 1,010 counts of ind

Coal India Limited (CIL) on Wednesday said that they have initiated the process to 'legally vet' the Presidential directive, which required it to sign fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with independent po

Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal has been chosen as one of the torchbearers for the London 2012 Olympics.

Blumenthal, 45, will be among 8,000 normal folk and celebrities carrying the flame across Bri

A woman in Maryland, USA, who claims to be one of the three winners of the record jackpot lottery of 640 million dollars, appeared at a news conference with her lawyer but without the ticket.

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The Maharashtra Government on Thursday said that it had written to the central government to give the country's top civilian award -- the Bharat Ratna -- to cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.

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A leaked report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has reportedly indicted Science and Technology Minister and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in connection with

US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland has said that India played no role in the bounty being placed on the former LeT founders.

Nuland stressed that the US announcement of a 10 million dol

Slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi had raped countless women during his 40 years in power, a new documentary has revealed.

The controversial programme, which includes interviews with Gaddafi’s in

Former Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi has confirmed that he will appeal against the verdict that favours former Kiwi cricketer Chris Cairns.

Cairns was awarded legal costs and 90,000 p

Little Olivia Norton, now six months, was born totally white as she had such a negligible count of haemoglobin that it could not officially be classified as ‘blood’.

Norton, who has been hailed a mir