India

After holding children and teachers hostage for more than eight hours, abductors in Manila released them on Wednesday.

A hail storm has damaged the fuel tank of space shuttle Atlantis disrupting NASA's flight schedule for the year.

The CAG has said that there is major irregularities in various schemes by the Nagaland Health and Family Welfare department.

An outlay of Rs 11,000 crore has been earmarked for laying of rural roads, which is a key component under Bharat Nirman programme.

Jawahar Manjhi from Bihar has been repaying a loan of 40 kg of rice with 27 years of bonded labour.

After keeping her date with Mumbai in her first concert in India, Latin singer and performer Shakira flew to Cairo.

Magazine publisher Time Inc is shutting down Life magazine again, a brand it had resuscitated in late 2004.

The presidents of Russia and China called on Iran to fulfill the UN’s demands over its disputed atomic program.

Microsoft has unleashed five different editions of Windows Vista, each of which targets a specific group of users.

HC is looking to change Delhi's record of having maximum road accidents by enforcing stricter traffic rules.

The home towns of the cricketers playing for Team India at the World Cup went on a security alert on Saturday.

Shakira performs during a live concert in Dubai on Friday as part of her tour entitled the Oral Fixation Tour.

Fake stamp paper racketeer sentenced in Karnataka for the first time; 40 more cases pending.

The West Bengal government has urged the CBI to expiate a probe into the murder of a woman in the Singur controversy.

The Jammu-Srinagar Highway opened after remaining closed for 13 days due to landslides triggered by heavy rains.

The MCOCA court convicted an aide of Chhota Shakeel and three others for abetting organised crime.