New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) began interrogating a former telecoms minister A. Raja on Friday in the country's biggest corruption case, a move the government hopes will help ea

Instead of one species of elephant, Africa has two, researchers said on Tuesday, confirming suspicions about the two distinctly different looking pachyderms.
Using gene sequencing tools, teams from Harvard, the University of Illinois and the University of York in Britain have shown that instead of being the same species — as

An American soldier (second from right) watches Iraqi soldiers firing at targets during a training course at a military base close to the Iranian border on Tuesday.

Rome: A package exploded at the Swiss embassy in Rome on Thursday, Italy's foreign ministry said on Thursday and Ansa news agency reported that one person was seriously injured.

The ministry had no f

Dec. 23: Oil prices climbed toward a two-year high on Thursday as cold weather in the United States boosted demand, slashed stockpiles and contributed to a stronger-than-expected rise in fuel consumpt

Dec. 23: Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto offered $3.9 billion to buy African-focused coal miner Riversdale in an agreed deal that is likely to be challenged by rivals seeking to secure coking coal re

Dec. 23: Karim Benzema cemented his return to form with his second hat-trick of the month and Cristiano Ronaldo also netted three goals as Real Madrid crushed lowly Levante 8-0 in their King’s Cup las

Mumbai - After years of depressed growth, the direct-to-home industry is likely to improve over the next two years as costs decline, companies aggressively increase their subscriber base and the marke

Bangalore: India's Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd said on Wednesday that authorities were investigating the deaths of an employee and a contractor working at its drug-making unit in the Bolarum area of H

New Delhi: India's top car maker Maruti Suzuki expects sales in this fiscal year to rise 31 per cent from a year earlier, a top executive said on Wednesday, as vehicle demand surges in Asia's third-la