Islamabad: Pressure piled up on Pakistan’s embattled President Pervez Musharraf to step down, with a second provincial assembly today passing a resolution with an overwhelming majority asking him to seek a vote of confidence from parliament.
The resolution passed in the North West …
Ranchi : Thousands of female fans of star Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni might face a different problem from now on as the Indian ODI captain will be accompanied by women bodyguards from Jharkhand Armed Police once he moves out of his Mecon home.
The move was prompted by the fact that Dhoni`s …
Beijing : A massive algae bloom that threatened the Olympic Games sailing venue at the Chinese coastal resort of Qingdao has now almost been cleared, state media reported on Wednesday.
The picturesque seaside city in northern China’s Shandong province had been embarrassed by the unsightly algae that left swathes of …
Kuala Lumpur : Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who has been accused of sodomising a male aide, has been arrested outside his home, his lawyer said Wednesday.
“Anwar was arrested …
London : A 53-year-old doctor in Britain who sexually exploited a woman patient and sent text message asking her to “come and bonk me” has been sacked.
Keith Fraser, a …
United Nations : The United Nations has beefed up security in Sudan as families of the staff were evacuated from capital Khartoum and humanitarian agencies withdrew from rural areas in …
Beijing: US President George Bush has expressed concern over the ongoing conflict between Russia and Georgia.
Bush on Monday said he had taken a “very firm” line with Russian leaders over …
London : Codex Sinaiticus, the world’s oldest Bible, will go online from July 24.
The high definition images of the Codex will be available online to all from Thursday, as …
New Delhi: The Indian - Films Studio 18 released Singh is Kinng took home the box office gold internationally, emerging …
London : The stress of the past month is taking its toll on Queen of pop Madonna. So much so, it’s now …
New Delhi : Mobile phone group Vodafone announced a surprise 1 billion-pound ($2 billion) share buyback programme on Wednesday, saying a big share price fall in the wake of Tuesday’s …
New Delhi : Boosted by the thumping victory in the trust vote on Tuesday, the United Progressive Alliance government is set to push key economic reforms.
Speaking to a television channel, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said that the government …
India’s golden boy Abhinav Bindra won a billion hearts after winning the elusive top spot in an Olympics event. The …
Houston : Noted Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who recently laid the foundation stone for a USD 20 million Yoga and Ayurveda Research Centre here, has been invited by US Congressmen …
Athens : A Greek court has dismissed a request by residents of the Aegean island of Lesbos to ban the …
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