Today at 03:49:29 - The campaign for presidential and senatorial candidates begins in the Philippines ahead of May's elections.

08/02/2010 at 15:44:52 - Japanese officials try to identify a body found in the landing gear compartment of a flight that arrived in Tokyo from New York.

08/02/2010 at 15:21:37 - Australia increases its aid to Burma, saying the country cannot be allowed to decay while awaiting political change.

08/02/2010 at 11:46:06 - Celebrations as China's Expo pavilion opens

08/02/2010 at 10:20:37 - China searches for 100 tonnes of melamine-tainted milk products thought to be from a batch which killed six children in 2008.

08/02/2010 at 10:18:28 - An Australian performance artist sets a world record by swallowing 18 swords at the same time.

08/02/2010 at 09:02:06 - Three people are arrested as China's largest training website for hackers is shut down, state media reports.

08/02/2010 at 18:58:08 - Prolonged political turmoil and worsened security in Iraq after the March 7 parliamentary elections would not prevent the United States from sticking to its troop withdrawal schedule.

08/02/2010 at 18:58:08 - Aid groups say they are launching an emergency vaccination campaign for 140,000 people in Haiti to protect them against measles and other diseases.

08/02/2010 at 18:58:08 - The United States and France agreed on Monday to push for sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear programme even as Paris admitted that opposition from China could block quick action.

08/02/2010 at 18:58:08 - Iran said Monday it has formally notified the UN nuclear watchdog of its plan to produce higher enriched uranium, sparking fresh warnings by world powers of sanctions against the defiant Islamic repub ...

08/02/2010 at 18:58:08 - Iran on Sunday said the UN nuclear agency that it will start enriching uranium to higher levels, shrugging off international fears that such a move will bring it closer to being able to make nuclea ...

Today at 03:13:56 - Pakistan has said it is yet to respond to India's offer for talks, but would prefer the composite dialogue process that was stalled after the 26/11 attacks. "We are still holding internal consultation ...

Today at 03:13:57 - Boeing Company's giant 747-8 freighter, the biggest plane the company has ever built, took off on its first flight, a year later than originally planned. The huge plane took off from Everett's Paine F ...

Today at 03:13:57 - Bharat Upadhay, 48, who has been driving the taxi for the last four months, said he suffered cuts and bruises to his face and neck after a man and a woman attacked him as he dropped them off in Brauns ...

08/02/2010 at 22:42:00 - Sri Lanka's defeated Opposition presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka was arrested by the military police on Monday, a fortnight after he suffered defeat at the hands of incumbent Mahinda Raja ...

08/02/2010 at 17:08:00 - A woman hurled her four-year-old daughter from the seventh floor of a Hong Kong shopping mall before leaping to her death, the latest in a string of murder-suicide attempts, police said on Monday. The ...

Today at 04:58:03 - In a bid to help states to coordinate their campaign against Naxals, the Centre has convened a crucial meeting of four Maoist-affected states --West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar and Jharkhand -- in Kolkata o ...

Today at 04:58:03 - Maoist rebels blew up railway tracks at two places in Jharkhand's Giridih district early on Tuesday, a railway official said. Maoist rebels blew up railway tracks at two places which come under Coal I ...

Today at 04:58:03 - Reliance Industries Ltd has denied the media reports suggesting that Mukesh Ambani was bidding for Liverpool Football Club. Liverpool is presently owned by American duo George Gillett and Tom Hicks, w ...

Today at 04:28:02 - Authorities launched a criminal investigation on Monday into the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction, saying they couldn't rule out negligence.

Today at 02:13:04 - The number of UN workers killed in last month's earthquake in Haiti has reached 94, while eight of its staff remained unaccounted for, a spokesman for the UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon said.

Today at 04:41:43 - The rupee today appreciated by six paise to 46.75 a dollar in early trade largely in line with other firm Asian currencies.

Today at 04:35:38 - United States along with other European countries are ignoring India's role in Afghanistan in their effort to appease Pakistan, a prominent American foreign policy magazine has said.

Today at 04:29:00 - The markets have bounched back, with theSensex now quoting at 15956, higher by 20 points and the Niftyat 4766, up six points. The mid-cap and small-cap indices aremarginally higher as well. The IT and ...

Today at 04:18:27 - Nagarjuna Construction had strengthened after bagging orders five orders aggregating Rs 583 crore. The stock is trading at Rs 156, higher by Rs 1 or 0.8%, on the BSE. The shares had opened at Rs 156 a ...

Today at 03:40:00 - Vishal Retail has gained in early trades on news of TPG eyeing stake in the company.

Today at 04:30:50 - Two of them were top leaders of the banned group.

Today at 03:55:27 - Paypal is an online payment service provider.

Today at 03:27:50 - Incidents of mob justice are becoming a huge cause for worry to the Government.

Today at 03:10:57 - He is likely to suggest fast track court for terror undertrials from the district.

Today at 02:42:41 - The Naxal have called for a 72-hour bandh in five districts.

Today at 01:49:59 - Prosecutors say Murray "did unlawfully, and without malice, kill Michael Jackson.

08/02/2010 at 17:07:32 - Losing candidate of presidential election dragged away: witness.

08/02/2010 at 16:23:26 - I belong to Mumbai, says Shah Rukh Khan in exclusive interview.

Today at 01:44:54 - SEOUL (Reuters) - Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pledged to remove nuclear weapons from the peninsula in a meeting with a senior envoy from China, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday fro ...

Today at 00:11:20 - CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez inaugurated a folksy new radio talk-show on Monday by declaring an "electricity emergency" in oil-rich Venezuela.

Today at 00:07:58 - TEHRAN (Reuters) - With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now ...

08/02/2010 at 20:02:27 - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - More than a dozen people were injured when Israeli police confronted Palestinian protesters in a refugee camp at the edge of Jerusalem on Monday, violence stoked by rising tensio ...

08/02/2010 at 18:14:09 - JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's state human rights body has hired a lawyer to review the case of a girl whose mother sought her divorce from an 80-year-old man, a move activists hope i ...

Today at 01:08:19 - An Indian-origin taxi driver in east Midlands town of Leicester has suffered injuries and lost his vehicle during an unprovoked attack by two passengers while he was dropping them off at night.

Today at 01:03:13 - A Manchester-based Indian-origin delivery van driver has been convicted of assaulting his police officer-wife, who later died of cancer, and is likely to face a jail sentence.

08/02/2010 at 23:01:16 - Rep. John Murtha, a retired Marine Corps officer who became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died on Monday.

08/02/2010 at 22:36:03 - Michael Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty on Monday after being charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the pop superstar's death from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs.

08/02/2010 at 22:25:09 - Key dates following the death of pop star Michael Jackson, after the singer's doctor Conrad Murray was charged with involuntary manslaughter on Monday.

08/02/2010 at 19:15:00 - Around 18 months since its launch, currency futures turnover on the NSE and MCX Stock Exchange is nearly double that of Nifty futures turnover and around four-fifths of Nifty options turnover

08/02/2010 at 19:10:00 - The utility has rejected the applications of 284 engineers who wanted to rejoin the organization, this after advertising for people who used to work for the company

08/02/2010 at 18:54:00 - Goods earnings went up from Rs44,035 crore during to Rs47,763 crore while passenger revenue was Rs19,393 crore compared to Rs18,057 crore

08/02/2010 at 18:51:00 - Union minister of state for forests and environment Jairam Ramesh said public opinion would be considered for the draft of the proposed sustainable CRZ rules for 2010

08/02/2010 at 18:30:00 - The state will expand OBC reservation to 17%; Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh also have quotas for Muslims

15/06/2009 at 00:00:00 - Guntur MP alleges sabotage; CCI official suspects short-circuit

15/06/2009 at 00:00:00 - KODAIKANAL: With incidents of man-animal conflict on the rise, hundreds of vegetable growers in Upper Kodaikanal hills have been forced to abandon their agricultural land and migrate to urban areas fo ...

15/06/2009 at 00:00:00 - CHENNAI: Increasing parking violations and traffic chaos at T Nagar, especially on Nageswara Road, have put the traffic police in a spot of late. According to them, nearly 200 cases of violation are r ...

15/06/2009 at 00:00:00 - Mousavi appeals against result; police clash with protesters

15/06/2009 at 00:00:00 - Macau: An emotional Rajesh Khanna, fondly called Kaka by his fans, received the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Lifetime Achievement Award from Amitabh Bachchan as the audience gave Bollywood ...