Several members of the Sri Lankan cricket team have been injured after gunmen fired on a convoy carrying cricketers in Pakistani city of Lahore.

India needs eight lakh more \”modern medicine\” doctors and 1.5 million additional nurses to keep pace with growing demands in the health sector, Health Minister Ambumani Ramadoss said today. Replying to questions on compulsory rural...

North Korea has announced that it is preparing to launch a rocket carrying a communications satellite, but without giving an indication of a date. It said the launch would mark a great step forward for the communist state.

\”I would like to remind the BJP that they have formed the government on the basis of Hindutva. Don\’t sacrifice a Hindu organisation to protect your government...bear in mind what happened in UP,\” he said, who is to be produced in...

On January 17, 2008, while addressing a rally in Udupi, Muthalik said: “It’s time for blasts. Malegaon is just a trailer. Every house should have a person like Pragya Singh. Every housewife will carry bombs now.’’ The key accused in the...

In C-1 and C-2, the problem has persisted for the past 10 days. It started with a DDA-maintained drain getting blocked and sewage back-flowing into the low lying area. This water then got mixed with cowdung at the Masoodpur dairy, flooded the area and...

Zimbabweans will be allowed to conduct business in other currencies, alongside the Zimbabwe dollar, in an effort to stem the country\’s runaway inflation. The announcement was made by acting Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa. BBC southern...

Rod Blagojevich has been ousted as Illinois governor after being convicted of abusing his powers. Mr Blagojevich said he was \”saddened and disappointed\” by the verdict but \”not at all surprised\” and would fight to clear his...

Much of the news coverage on the current Gaza war has focused on the suffering of children, and rightly so. I hold the Palestinian governments and people, as well as their allies, 100 percent responsible for the deaths of both Israeli and Palestinian...

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was due in Kabul on Tuesday for his first official visit to Afghanistan, which was likely to focus on how to tackle extremist violence straddling the common border.