New Delhi: Onion prices in India fell more than 30 per cent after the government banned exports to rein in the cost of the vegetable, a staple for Indians and sometimes a trigger for voter protests ov

New Delhi: The UPA government has failed to check the spiralling prices of food items and other essential commodities as it has 'totally surrendered' before the market forces, the CPI said today.

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Toronto: ArcelorMittal's battle to take over Canada's Baffinland Iron Mines took an interesting turn on Sunday after it was forced to raise its friendly bid by 14 per cent to $1.25 per share when riva

Mumbai: A benchmark index of Indian equities moved into positive territory in the afternoon session on Monday on strong buying support in auto and technology stocks.

The 30-share sensitive index (Sen

Dhaka: Hundreds of investors went on the rampage in the commercial heart of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Sunday after the stock exchange suffered its steepest ever fall.

The benchmark DSE general

Tehran: Iran levied up to a five-fold hike in fuel prices from Sunday as the government started scrapping subsidies as part of a long-awaited economic overhaul, despite stiff resistance from conservat

Colombo: Sri Lanka's authorities have been forced to step in to control the spiralling price of coconuts - a dietary staple - by setting a ceiling price and arranging imports to ease supply and demand

Beijing: The Sino-Indian pledge to promote bilateral ties was splashed across the Chinese media on Friday, with reports emphasising the positives from the Manmohan Singh-Wen Jiabao meeting.

China's o

New Delhi: China and India's premiers agreed on Thursday to double bilateral trade to 100 billion dollars by 2015, during talks that otherwise showed no apparent progress on a series of nagging disput

New Delhi: India has conveyed to China its concerns about terrorism sponsored by Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said on Thursday.

'Our concerns about terrorism emanating from Pakistani soil