Carla Bruni branded 'prostitute' in Iran
French President, Mr Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Ms Carla Bruni has been branded as "prostitute" in Iran after she opposed an Iranian court's ruling of awarding death sentence by stoning to a women for adu
I can't have birth certificate plastered on my forehead: Obama
The US President, Mr Barack Obama, says he's not concerned about rumours about his birthplace or faith blaming an online campaign of misinformation by his conservative enemies for perpetuating the myt
Sensex slips into red
A benchmark index for Indian equities slipped from its intra-day highs and was ruling marginally lower than its previous close. Other Asian markets, however, closed in the green.
Sensex closes 33 points higher
A benchmark index for Indian equities ended on Monday with a modest 33 point gain, with metals and consumer durable stocks seeing healthy buys.
Woods' ex-wife to launch mental clinic for kids
Elin Nordegren, ex-wife of golfer Tiger Woods, plans to spend some of her £65 million divorce settlement on creating a mental health clinic for poor children.
The 30-year-old former Swedish model p
8 die as bullets settle militants' argument over widow
The argument over an Arab militant's widow last weekend became so heated that gunfire broke out among insurgent factions, leaving eight people dead, militant sources told AKI from the Pakistan's North
Ministers' assets: RTI activist says PMO withholding details
A right to information (RTI) activist has urged the Chief Information Commissioner, Mr Wajahat Habibullah, to question the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for not giving details of union ministers' weal
190 kg Mumbai man out of home after five years
A man weighing 190 kg could finally move out of his third floor tenement in south Mumbai on Sunday after five years of staying indoors when the main door and a wall was broken and a dozen fire brigade
Five security men killed in Chhattisgarh gunfight
Five security personnel were killed in a gunfight with Maoists in a forested area of Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region early on Sunday, police said.
"Maoists ambushed a police patrolling party dra
Bindra's father asked to pay Rs.27.25 crore dues
Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra's father, Mr A.S. Bindra, has been asked by the high court here to pay long-pending dues amounting to Rs 27.25 crore to Asset Reconstruction India within the next