ACTOR CHARLIE Sheen was fired on Monday from his top-rated US comedy Two and A Half Men beca-use of his “dangerously self-destructive conduct,” difficulty at work and inflammatory comments to producer

Tokyo: A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 hit off the coast of northeastern Japan on Wednesday, the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, but there were so far no reports of

Kandy, Sri Lanka: New Zealand's crushing of Pakistan in World Cup Group A came at the price of an injury to their captain Daniel Vettori which they hope does not prove costly to their long-term tourna

Conway, Massachusetts: Chronically tardy and truant high school students in Fall River, Massachusetts may think they're having a nightmare when they are aroused at sunrise on Wednesday by their princi

London: The ‘three-year glitch’ has replaced the ‘seven-year itch’ as the tipping point where couples start to take each other for granted, according to a new survey.

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Reliance Industries is likely to raise gas output from its Krishna-Godavari basin to 67 million metric standard cubic metres a day (mmscmd) by April, after four more wells start production, the upstream regulator said.

San Francisco: Warner Bros is making some of its films available on Facebook, opening up a new revenue source for the Internet social network and signaling new competition for online entertainment com

New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said on Wednesday 3.8 million mobile subscribers have opted for mobile number portability (MNP) as of end-February, after the launch of the

London: The royal family is supposed to burnish Britain's image but Prince Andrew has generated quite a different buzz by consorting with a convicted U.S. pedophile and allegedly having contacts with

Mumbai: Hero Investments has agreed to buy Honda Motors Ltd's 26 per cent stake in Hero Honda Motors for around $851 million in a deal that will see the Japanese automaker exit its joint venture in In