US polls: Democrats lose House, hold on to Senate
Days ahead of his visit to India, America's first black president Barack Obama saw his Democratic party suffer a near rout in the face of voter dissatisfaction over a recession-hit economy.
Chennai kidnapping: MBA grad from UK, engineering student held
Chennai: Two men, one a management graduate from Britain and the other an engineering student, were Wednesday arrested for kidnapping a schoolboy two days back. The Rs.1 crore ransom money his parents
Obama may take Clinton path
Washington, Nov. 2: Days ahead of a visit to India, the US President, Mr Barack Obama, faces the prospects of a radically altered political landscape with a widely predicted rout for his Democratic pa
Tata Motor Finance to provide financial services to Fiat cars
Tata Motors Finance Wednesday said it will provide finance for all FIAT cars in the country. This will be in addition to Tata Capital, which has been financing Fiat cars since 2009.
"Our Fiat custome
Obama's Democrats brace for election losses
Nov 3: Polling stations began closing in key eastern US states Tuesday evening, with the economy topping voter concerns and Republicans hoping for massive gains against President Barack Obama's Democr
Samsung India to expand Chennai facility at Rs.350 crore
The Indian subsidiary of South Korean electronics major Samsung will expand its facility near here to make mobile phones and accessories, consumer electronics and information technology hardware at an
Indian American Nikki Haley will be South Carolina governor
Nov 3: Republican Nikki Haley, daughter of Sikh immigrant parents from Amritsar, will be the new governor of South Carolina state after she defeated her Democratic rival Vincent Sheheen in a close rac
MTNL posts net loss of Rs.605 crore in Q2
State-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) Wednesday reported a net loss of Rs.605 crore for the quarter ended Sep 30 as against the net profit of Rs.21 crore for the like period of last fiscal.
Oklahoma voters ban shariah law
Nov 3: The central US state of Oklahoma is to become the first state in the US to ban Islamic sharia law.
That's the result of a voter initiative in the state that passed by a heavy majority in the m
'Demolition of Adarsh housing society in Mumbai is an option'
New Delhi: Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said that it appears that Mumbai's controversial Adarsh housing society had violated environmental laws and demolition of the building was one