India acquired 25 per cent of the Satpayev oil block in Kazakhstan on Saturday, in a deal aimed at boosting its energy security and helping fuel fast economic growth.

India, which strongly depends on

Hungarian men throw water at a woman in a tribal fertility ritual that forms part of Easter celebrations in Holloko, 100 km east of Budapest, on Thursday. PHOTO: Reuters

The British, French and U.S. leaders vowed on Friday to press on with their military campaign in Libya until Muammar Gaddafi leaves power, and rebels said his forces were pounding the besieged city of

A sacked former telecoms minister and six business executives will appear in court on Friday to face trial in India's biggest case of corruption that has exposed the nexus between government and indus

The 2G spectrum scam, India's biggest corruption case, descended into bickering over the quality of photocopied witness testimonies and noisy ceiling fans on Friday as five senior business executives

Penarol fans at Tuesday's Libertadores Cup match against Independiente unfurled a flag measuring 15,000 square metres that covered nearly two stands of the Centenario stadium.

The flag with the team'

The development banks of the five BRICS nations agreed in principle on Thursday to establish mutual credit lines denominated in their local currencies, not in dollars.

The framework pact was signed b

Japan's fragile post-disaster political truce unraveled on Thursday as the head of the main opposition party called on unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan to quit over his handling of the country's nat

The BSE Sensex shrugged off a subdued start and climbed 1.1 percent on Wednesday, with export-driven outsourcers among the gainers on expectations for robust quarterly earnings.

Traders said the mark

A top U.S. general expressed concern to Congress on Tuesday about the expanding reach of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, warning it was no longer solely focused on India or even Sou