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Doctor gets 10 years jail term for raping woman patient in ICU (2607)

A young doctor, found guilty of raping a 30-year-old woman admitted to the ICU in a hospital at Navi Mumbai, was today sentenced to ten years imprisonment by a local court.Thane Additional S...

When Lakshmi Mittal slept in an overcoat … (2524)

Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, the richest Brit of Indian origin, had to sleep in his overcoat and wash with hot water stored in a bucket when he went to Kazakhstan to buy a company in 1995.

US objects to India sourcing IT products locally (2142)

Says move a setback for firms wanting to set up shop here

British Airways to increase frequency from Hyderabad, Chennai (2023)

British Airways will be expanding its route network from Hyderabad and Chennai from summer 2013. The airline will be increasing the flights to six each week from five weekly flights currently.

India rapidly losing ground to China (1935)

India should step up trade and investment in order to build a lasting relationship with Bangladesh.

India, a ‘no-fly zone' for A-380 (1826)

Importuning by Indian carriers seems to have worked. India will have to wait a bit more for the Airbus A-380 to start flying from its airports. No one knows how long.Reason: It seem...

India’s biggest shopping mall opens in Kochi today (1165)

Kochi gets a new landmark — the country’s biggest shopping arcade. The 2.5 million sq ft — imagine 33 football fields — Lulu Mall is all set to open its doors on Sunday. Develope...

'Kashmir issue resolution would make Pak a more normal state’ (1157)

A resolution of the outstanding Kashmir issue would make Pakistan a “more normal state” and reduce its preoccupation with India, according to a former CIA officer who was one of the architects

Air India offers 'Jaldi Jaldi' fare (1042)

Eying a healthy share in domestic market in the upcoming festive season, Air India (AI) has launched an advance purchase fare scheme which will give fliers tickets at a price 15 per cent lower tha...

Australian scientists develop chemical to destroy cancer cells (962)

Australian researchers have created a new chemical that imitates a melanoma-killing virus, a biomedical engineering advance that could lead to developing a cream to treat skin cancer in future.

India draws blank in top 100 universities: Minister (890)

Union Minister of State for Home Mr Mullappally Ramachandran on Sunday said not even a single Indian university’s name figures in the top 100 universities of the world.Inaugurating a nation...

Tata Nano to drive into US with $10,000 tag (844)

The world\'s most affordable car, the Tata Nano, is likely to drive into the US by 2015. It is all set to take on the Western world with a few variations of the version sold in Indi...

India developing anti-radiation missile (833)

After the success of Agni-V project, India is developing an Anti-Radiation Missile (ARM) which can hugely multiply the strike capabilities by destroying the enemy’s advance warning system.P...

Willing to offer F-35 to India if US govt approves: Lockheed (812)

After India rejected its F-16 fighter jets, US defence major Lockheed Martin has said it is willing to offer its latest fifth generation multi-role F-35 stealth planes if the US government approve...

Myanmar says it’s ready to sign nuclear agreement (806)

Little noticed in the warm glow of President Barack Obama’s landmark visit to Myanmar was a significant concession that could shed light on whether that nation’s powerful military pursued a

Life on earth may have come embedded in fragments of distant planets (760)

A team of scientists including one of Indian-origin has discovered that micro-organisms which crashed to Earth embedded in the fragments of distant planets might have been the sprouts of life on o...

US visa interview waiver programme gaining popularity in India: Report (745)

After Brazil and China, a recently launched pilot programme to waive off interview for an American visa is gaining popularity in India as the US Government intends to target the country to increas...

How owls rotate their heads without cutting off blood supply! (659)

Scientists have discovered how night-hunting owls can almost fully rotate their heads without cutting off blood supply to their brains. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University, led...

‘Rich Arab nations keen to invest in India’ (656)

The rich oil-producing Arab nations are keen to make investments in India since the returns would be higher than from the US or European Union, a Government official said today.Mr A.R. Ghan...

Bobby Jindal unhurt after SUV crash (582)

Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has escaped unhurt after a large rental truck sideswiped his SUV while he was returning home from his son’s soccer game in Baton Rouge.The cr...

Apple to re-launch iPhone 4, 4S with reduced prices (572)

Apple is re-launching its previous two iPhone models with a slash in prices, preparing the way for the latest version, the iPhone 5. The company is slashing the p...

India test-fires long range missile Agni IV (558)

India today test-fired its nuclear-capable strategic missile Agni-IV with a strike range of about 4,000 km from a test range, off Odisha coast. It was test launched with the help of a mob...

TCS set to bag Rs 1,100-cr contract from India Post (553)

The five-year deal would make TCS accountable for overall implementation of ‘India Post 2012’, an IT automation programme announced by the Department of Posts.

Water heater maker A.O. Smith to expand Indian plant for Rs 100 cr (542)

A.O. Smith India Water Heating Pvt Ltd, the Indian arm of the $1.7 billion A.O. Smith, the US maker of water heaters, intends to invest around Rs 100 crore to expand its facility near Bangalore.

Infosys cuts down on employees’ allowance (540)

BPO arm to do away with ‘team building expense’ to cut costs