The UN has appealed for nearly $164m (£102m) to fight a cholera outbreak in Haiti which has now claimed 724 lives.

English athletes Phillips Idowu, Christine Ohuruogu and Lisa Dobriskey have all pulled out of the Commonwealth Games, which start on 3 October. World triple jump champion Idowu has concerns over security preparations for the Games, whereas Ohuruogu and...

In interviews for “The India Way,” managers from Indian companies were asked about what they thought the company’s principal goals were. In contrast to the American school of thought on business, maximizing shareholder value was not the first...

Pratibha Srikanthmurthy, a BPO employee in Bangalore was raped and killed while on her way for night-shift duty in December 2005. The prime accused: Shivu alias Shivakumar, substitute cab driver who picked her up from home. In July 2006, the case was...

In move that blocks the information highway across Pakistan and comes as a rude shock to the people, Pakistan’s supreme court on Friday directed the electronic media regulatory authority to stop all cable operators from airing TV channels without...

The Cabinet has deferred a decision on increasing the salary and allowances of MPs. The proposed increase is unlikely to be effected in the current session of Parliament.

If my son, Aman Kachroo, was not ragged, he is likely to have been a happy kid today and, perhaps, a great doctor tomorrow. My wife and I and the parents of 12 other kids who died in the past one year did not deserve to suffer the pain of losing a...

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday apologised to Muslims for aligning with former BJP leader Kalyan Singh, under whose watch the Babri mosque in Ayodhya was demolished on December 6, 1992. Yadav, in a press release, said, “As the...

A Delhi Metro train chugged into Gurgaon today, bringing the satellite city a little closer to the national capital and fulfilling the desire of millions of its residents for an effective transport system. Without much fanfare, the 14.47 km link...

As the 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards kick off in Colombo, for the first time in a decade it’s not the stars but venue that’s attracting attention. Conducting the IIFA in Sri Lanka has been seen as hurting the Tamil...