Chennai, May 16 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday sought the cooperation of all political parties to develop the state. More » Cooperate for development, Jayalalithaa says
Agartala/Aizawl, May 16 (IANS) The repatriation of 36,000 Reang refugees from Tripura to Mizoram is hanging in the balance again as most of the tribals are unwilling to return to their villages without a written agreement for their safety, security and livelihood, officials said Wednesday. More » Reang refugees' return to Mizoram stalled again
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Spanish giants FC Barcelona's first football school in India will come up in New Delhi by the end of the year, the club announced here Wednesday. More » FC Barcelona to open football school in India
Raipur, May 16 (IANS) A shutdown called by Maoists crippled life in parts of Chhattisgarh Wednesday, with the rebels resorting to firing and putting up road blocks besides killing a trader. More » Maoist strike hits Chhattisgarh
Brussels, May 16 (IANS) Scientists found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis in the jaw of a pliosaur, a dinosaur-like ancient sea reptile that lived 150 million years ago. More » Dinosaur-like sea reptile suffered from arthritis too
Chandigarh, May 16 (IANS) Reeling under a cumulative debt burden of over Rs.35,000 crore, farmers of Punjab could soon benefit from a pension scheme. More » Punjab moots pension for farmers
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed its joint registrar to take police assistance, if needed, to bring veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari to court premises for collecting his blood sample for a DNA test in a paternity suit. More » Paternity suit: Court allows use of force against Tiwari
It is time to accept that women and men are equal even in war, says author. More »Equality in army and society
After a series of goodbyes over the past week, now is the time for the Rossoneri to make real plans for the months ahead, bringing in a host of new players More »Operation Rebuild Rossoneri: With up to 13 players leaving, AC Milan need at least 10 new summer signings
Report exclusively obtained by Al Jazeera says 23-year-old had been electrically tortured before drowning in January. More »Autopsy finds torture behind Bahrain drowning
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the face of it, Universal Music Group's bid to buy a big chunk of EMI stands to make the world's leading music company an even more formidable force, combining Universal's star lineup of Lady Gaga and Rihanna with the British company's deep library of The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Katy Perry. More »Analysis: Key to Universal-EMI decision: Has music business lost control?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday as investors continued to worry about Greece's political and financial crisis as the country prepares for its second election in just over a month. More »Stock futures flat as Greek crisis pressures equities
BEIJING (Reuters) - China may have sown the seeds of its next human rights row with the United States even as it looks to end the current one over blind dissident Chen Guangcheng, with its treatment of him inspiring a band of lawyers to join his human-rights battle. More »Blind dissident's plight revives China rights movement
* Price up by 25 percent per litre More »Syria raises price for scarce fuel
CAIRO (Reuters) - On the eve of the uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power, the Muslim Brotherhood braced itself for a wave of mass detentions, convinced the president was planning to hand power to his son and would order a crackdown on opposition. More »Brotherhood faces new challenges in Egypt power quest
President Francois Hollande's new Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault got straight to work hiring a cabinet on his first day on the job Wednesday, vowing to get France back on its feet. More »France's new prime minister readies fresh cabinet
World stocks and the euro fell and borrowing rates for eurozone countries signalled alarm on Wednesday at new elections in Greece, prolonging agony for the eurozone. More »World markets take fright at Greek threat
(Reuters) - General Electric Co's finance arm will resume quarterly dividend to the parent company and pay the largest U.S. conglomerate a $4.5 billion special dividend this year. More »GE finance arm resumes dividend to parent
There couldn't be two more different approaches pitted against one another in Saturday's Champions League final, with Die Roten the example for others to follow off the field More »Why Bayern Munich beating Chelsea would strike a blow for Financial Fair Play & put a smile on Platini's face
BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 21 people were killed on Tuesday in an attack in northern Syria, activists said, and members of a team of U.N. monitors caught in the incident said they were in rebel hands "for their own protection." More »Syria attack kills 21; rebels say protect U.N. monitors
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) Kannada actress Haripriya has denied reports that Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths raided her residence calling them "wild imagination of media". She also said that she is not romantically involved with B.S. Vijayendra, son of former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa. More » Not dating Vijayendra, CBI didn't raid my house: Actress Haripriya
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Blaming the eurozone crisis for the economic slowdown and the sharp drop in the stock markets, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said India's growth story was intact and the government was taking measures to revive growth and attract overseas investments. More » Slowdown a concern, but India's growth story intact: Pranab
Brussels, May 16 (IANS) Perfume ads, beer billboards, movie posters: everywhere you look, women's sexualised bodies are on display, which men and women see as objects, says a new study. More » 'People see bold pictures of women as objects'
BEIRUT, May 16 (Reuters) - Syrian rebels on Wednesdaydelivered six U.N. ceasefire monitors who had been caught up inattack that killed at least 21 people over to their U.N.colleagues, a rebel source said. More »Syria rebels hand monitors to U.N. team in Khan Sheikhoun
ned from the party over the group's decision tocontest the presidency, saying more of its members should havebeen consulted ahead of such a historic step. "This small circledoes not express the opinion of the Brotherhood masses," he toldReuters, referring to the advisory council that took thedecision. He plans to vote for Abol Fotouh. More »FEATURE-Brotherhood faces new challenges in Egypt power quest=2