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Did British drug death couple die in 'Romeo and Juliet' suicide pact? Family fear young newlyweds may have killed themselves in despair at India’s grinding poverty James and Alex Gaskell found beside wide array of prescription drugs Indian police say teachers, aged 27 and 24, overdosed in...

STEPHEN GLOVER: Sorry, but Gandhi statue in Westminster is a cheap stunt by ministers with scant knowledge of history greasing up to India Thanks largely to Richard Attenborough’s Oscar-winning film about him, Mahatma Gandhi is widely regarded in this country as an inspiration and a saint...

Will India do a Crimea on Lanka? View(s): No ray of hope lights to lift the brooding pall of Geneva’s gloom and a desolate air of uncertainty hangs heavy as the countdown to the crucial vote begins; and Lanka can do no more but clasp her hands in Confucian prayer and, banging her head on wood...

Nawaz urges end to India-Pakistan arms race ISLAMABAD: Despite a recent spike in tensions on the Kashmir border, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday called for an end to a long-running arms race between Pakistan and India, and a stop to a decades-old ‘blame game’. “We have been in a very...

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Muslim footballer Papiss Cisse may be forced to quit Newcastle United because of a row about the club's new sponsorship deal with payday loan firm Wonga. The Senegalese striker, who is estimated to earn in the region of £40,000 a week, trained on his own on his return from his summer break last...

Israel has exported security equipment over the past five years to Pakistan and four Arab countries, Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoted a British government report as saying. In addition to Pakistan, Israel has exported arms and security equipment to Egypt, Algeria, the United Arab Emirates and...

The navy creates a warrior-engineer force On Saturday, among 302 cadets who passed out from the Indian Naval Academy (INA) in Ezhimala, Kerala, were 60 from the navy’s first batch of regular officers who are also fully qualified engineers. An increasingly high-tech, equipment-oriented...

Why isn't Congress revealing details of Sonia Gandhi's travel expenses, asks Narendra Modi New Delhi: After his claim of Rs. 1880 crore being spent by the government on Sonia Gandhi's foreign trips rang hollow, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has tweaked his attack. He says the...

Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines is grounded The carrier, which is controlled by Indian drinks entrepreneur Vijay Mallya, said it was cancelling serveral flights yesterday, but senior officials at India’s aviation regulator told Reuters that all flights had been grounded. Shares fell...

NEW DELHI: Fines from men travelling in women's only coaches have swelled Delhi Metro coffers by a staggering Rs 32 lakh in the two years since the rule was introduced on Oct 2, 2010, an official said. In August alone, 1,538 men were penalised Rs 3.8 lakh but they continue to break the rule...

NEW YORK: Apple Inc sold out of its latest smartphone, with more than 5 million iPhone 5s sold in the three days since it hit stores, the company said on Monday. While sales were solid, analysts were concerned that Apple was unable to produce the new phone fast enough to meet demand. The...

Tourists from South Asian countries that export labour to the UAE will require a university degree to get a visa as the rich Gulf state fights an illegal influx, a newspaper reported. Electricians, pipefitters, masons, farmers, drivers, tailors and cleaners from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri...

Pls post the commercials that you find irritating: The top of my list now is the new Airtel Ad Add to that taller, sharper blah blah Horlicks Commercials and all Fair & Lovely and Fair & Handsome cream commercials to date.

MUMBAI: Assistant commissioner of police Vasant Dhoble, who had hit the headlines for his crackdown against pubs and restaurants here, has been transferred out of the social service branch of Mumbai Police. Dhoble will now be ACP at Vakola division in western suburbs of the city. An order to...

GENEVA: Tokyo is the world's most expensive city for food, followed by Zurich and Geneva, shows a report released by the Swiss bank UBS covering 72 cities in 58 countries. The food basket composed of 39 different representative products, used as the measurement unit, costs $928 in Tokyo, $715...

June 9, 2012 at 2:03 am Taslima Nasreen Even educated women still practice various customs, cultures and traditions that are anti-women. Mangalsutra A woman wears Mangalsutra, a black beads necklace, for her husband’s health and well-being. Would a man wear a Mangalsutra for his wife’s...

Spurt in gold smuggling from Colombo after the ethnic war got over in Sri Lanka has forced some officials in Indian customs intelligence to believe that a lot of illegally-held gold is being smuggled out of the island nation. “It is possible that someone had found LTTE’s gold reserve which is...

September 13, 2012 at 1:49 pm Taslima Nasreen Virgin Mary story is a myth. But virgin-snake-mom story is real. Pit vipers reproduced without a male. We know that only captive species can reproduce. The process is called facultative Parthenogenesis. Parthenogenesis is a process in which the...

One fisherman died in police firing protesting against Kudankulam plant in Tuticorin, media reports said on Monday. Riot police fired tear gas to break up thousands of protesters on a beach near the plant. Riot police fired tear gas to break up thousands of protesters on a beach near the...