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60% of households in Indian cities water deficient

More than 60 per cent of the households in major Indian cities are water-deficient, says the survey ...

France’s unwed First Lady joins G-8 First Ladies’ at WH

Valerie Trierweiler sported a pair of stunning black heels and a stylish handbag as she joined Miche...

Swraj Paul claims he did no wrong, hints at racism

Paul was one of the Lords caught up in the expenses scandal that rocked British politics in 2010.

Chhattisgarh minister`s house attack: SP removed

A day after suspected Maoists opened fire on a Chhattisgarh minister`s house in Kondagaon, state gov...

Chhattisgarh: Minister`s house attacked

Suspected Maoists on Thursday opened fire on a Chhattisgarh minister`s house in Kondagaon district, ...

Six buried alive in Uttar Pradesh as mud caves in

Six persons, including two children, were on Thursday buried alive as a mound of mud caved in while ...

Romney could be richest man to live in White House

A new study says Mitt Romney is worth a whopping USD 230 million, which vastly overshadows the worth...

White House to host Hindu Seva event in August

The White House and an organisation of the Hindu American community, will co-host the 2012 National ...

UP govt orders inquiry into farmhouse allotment

An inquiry has been ordered by UP govt into the allotment of farmhouses in Delhi suburb Noida during...

‘CBI actions may generate sympathy for Jagan’

The three charge-sheets filed against YS Jaganmohan Reddy could be perceived as a "political witch-h...

`Haj order; Govt was working in the same direction`

Welcoming the Supreme Court order on abolishing Haj subsidy, Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday...

Commercialisation, rising costs eating away Goa he

Businessman Armando Gonsalves lives in his over 15-room big and almost a century-old ancestral mansi...

Four killed six injured in house collapse in China

A two-storey under construction structure collapsed in the Chinese capital, killing four people and ...

Special commando-trained CRPF squad to guard Parl

Parliament House complex will soon be guarded by a special commando-trained squad of CRPF which will...

Romney, Secret Service, GOP: Obama mocks them all

The black-tie dinner is the biggest social event of the year for Washington media and gives presiden...

Oil palm on peatlands trigger greenhouse gas: Study

The oil palm plantations on Borneo island, a part of which falls in Indonesia, would become a key so...

Blind Chinese lawyer flees house arrest: Activists

If confirmed, Chen Guangcheng`s freedom would be a boost for a persecuted dissident community in Chi...

US House OKs cybersecurity bill despite veto threat

The House approved the bill 248-168, prompting the top Republican and Democrat on the intelligence c...

White House threatens veto of cybersecurity bill

The Obama administration threatened to veto a House bill designed to defend critical US industries a...

Nitish, Modi, Rabri elected to Bihar Upper House

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi and RJD leader and former chief mini...

`US greenhouse gas output rose 3.2% in 2010`

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rose 3.2 percent in 2010 from the previous year amid economic growth a...

Santorum ends White House bid, clears way for Romney

Rick Santorum cleared the way for Mitt Romney to claim victory in the long and hard-fought battle fo...

Two firemen die in Philadelphia warehouse fire

Two firefighters battling a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse on Monday were killed when an adjace...

UP: Cheap houses for farmers

Farmers affected by land acquisition for various housing projects in the Uttar Pradesh capital would...

30,000 join White House Easter egg roll

Barack Obama and his family, joined by the Easter Bunny, welcomed some 30,000 people for the annua...

Sea horses recovered from Agra warehouse

Ramesh Mahajan and his son Manu Mahajan, owners of Biocraft Scientific System in Nagla Padi locality...

Earth Hour 2012: Sydney Opera House goes dark

Sydney`s iconic Harbor Bridge and Opera House went dark on Saturday as Australians switched off ligh...

Fire breaks out in Mumbai warehouse

A massive fire broke out in a scrap warehouse in northeast Mumbai`s Mankhurd area early Friday but t...

Greenhouse gases may have loaded early atmosphere

Ancient Earth may have been warmed by the presence of green house gases, which made life possible on...

House Republicans push info-sharing cyber bill

The bill sponsored by Representatives Mary Bono Mack and Marsha Blackburn increases penalties for ha...

Jaya hands over houses to tsunami-hit

Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa handed over 8,251 houses constructed at a cost of Rs 303 crore, to tsunam...

US: 6 kids, 2 adults killed in house fire

A West Virginia mayor says no smoke detector was working when a fire erupted inside a home, killin...

`Greenhouse gases to cost $2 trillion a year in damage to oceans`

Greenhouse gases are on track for inflicting costs of nearly USD 2 trillion annually in damage to th...

Are house sparrows being driven away?

Sparrows are amongst the most abundant bird species in urban areas, but we still need to conserve th...

Republican race shifts to Obama`s home state

In Illinois, which votes, Santorum took direct aim at Obama in a speech to a suburban Chicago high s...

Ed Miliband`s office at House of Commons `burgled`

Britain`s opposition Labour Party chief Ed Miliband`s parliamentary office has been reportedly burgl...

Delhi House census: Cramped but good on power supply

The figures suggested that 32.2 percent of the households have one rooms while a 29.6 percent had tw...

`Rock solid` alliance between US and UK: Obama

The US and the UK have a "rock solid" alliance that has withstood the test of time, President Bara...

Batla case: Minority panel for judicial probe

Bihar`s minority commission on Tuesday lambasted the central and the Delhi governments for not order...

Suspect arrested in Washington courthouse attack

Police in Washington state on Saturday arrested a 34-year-old man accused of stabbing a judge and sh...

Top Indians in the Obama administration

President Barack Obama, whose administration has by far the largest number of Indian Americans, has ...

Houses torched in Athagarh political violence

At least 11 houses were set on fire following a clash between ruling BJD and opposition Congress act...

Maoist`s house burnt in Jharkhand

The house of a `zonal commander` of the Maoists was set ablaze at Kusmai village of Chatra district,...

`US-Russia cooperation based on interests`

Cooperation between the US and Russia was based on mutual interests regardless of who the president ...

Eco-friendly tires that save fuel

Environmentally conscious car owners will now have a new choice when it comes to their four wheels: ...

Wave of nostalgia as BBC leaves Bush House

The iconic home of the BBC World Service was designed by Harvey Corbett and built in 1923 with furt...

Batla House encounter: Amar Singh to sit on dharna

Rashtriya Lok Manch chief Amar Singh said he will organise a sit-in protest outside Union Home Minis...

White House helps pay for NYPD Muslim surveillance

Millions of dollars in White House money has helped pay for New York Police Department programs that...

China mulls pollution control system

China will launch a new pollution monitoring system that will also check the effect of greenhouse ga...

Afghan Quran row: US tenders apology

the US has apologised to the people of Afghanistan on the "inappropriate treatment" of the holy Qura...

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US-Pak: An affair gone wrong
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The WB govt’s KKR celebration was ‘overboard’.

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