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  64 Indian labourers rescued from factory in southern Nepal

  World | January 17, 2013 17:39 IST

  Kathmandu, Jan 17: Sixty-four Indians, including 27 minors, who were working in a brick factory in southern Nepal as bonded labourers, have been rescued.Siraha District Court yesterday freed 64 labourers who were forced to work

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  Indian-American jumps into 100-ft mine shaft to 'appease gods'

  World | January 16, 2013 16:28 IST

  Washington, Jan 16: A 28-year-old Indian-American jumped into a 100-foot mine shaft at a meteor impact site  in Arizona to “appease the gods” and was pulled out following a massive eight-hour rescue operation.Parminder Singh of

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  Shekhar Kapur praises 'fiery' Indian youth

  Bollywood | December 23, 2012 16:55 IST

  Mumbai, Dec 23:  Indian youth is a fiery political force of change, said filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, impressed with the way youngsters have been protesting to demand speedy justice for a Delhi gang-rape victim."Indian youth have

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  Over 25 percent urban Indian men have low testosterone

  Lifestyle | December 16, 2012 11:27 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 15: More than 25 percent of urban Indian males have low testosterone hormones due to unhealthy lifestyles. However, lack of awareness means that many patients go undiagnosed, doctors say.'Male Hypogonadism' affects 26.1

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  I said 'fool' to awaken Indian people to social evils, says Justice Katju

  India | December 10, 2012 23:28 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 10 :  Press Council of India chairman retired Justice Markandey Katju today clarified that his remark ‘90 per cent of Indians are fools' was meant to awaken people to the realities of

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  Indian Boxing Federation suspended by AIBA

  Other Sports | December 07, 2012 17:15 IST

  Lausanne/New Delhi, Dec 7: In a massive jolt to boxing in India, the International Boxing Association has suspended the IABF alleging “possible manipulation” in its recent elections but the body has denied the charge, insisting

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  Disallowed to return home, Indian kills self in Dubai

  World | December 06, 2012 19:16 IST

  Dubai, Dec 6: A 36-year-old Indian allegedly committed suicide on the Dubai Metro track after being disallowed to return home by his employer.“On Monday the Indian worker, who has been identified as H.U.M committed suicide

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  Mystery of Roma Gypsies cracked, their ancestors were Indian Dalits, say scientists

  India | December 04, 2012 13:23 IST

  New Delhi: A team of international scientists led by Dr Kumarasamy Thangaraj of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, has concluded that the aboriginal scheduled tribe and scheduled caste population of north-western India, traditionally

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  Indian, Chinese fighter aircraft come face to face near Arunachal border

  India | November 29, 2012 17:12 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 29: Chinese nuclear-capable SU-27 fighter aircraft came close to a confrontation with Indian Air Force jets on October 30 afternoon  in the Tawang region of Arunachal Pradesh, says a report in the

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  Thousands come out in Ireland to protest death of pregnant Indian woman

  World | November 16, 2012 14:53 IST

  Dublin, Nov 16: Thousands of protesters came out on Wednesday outside Ireland's parliament  to demand easing of tough abortion rules after  pregnant Indian woman Savita  died after being repeatedly denied abortion in an Irish hospital.

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  White House celebrates Diwali with Indian-Americans

  World | November 15, 2012 21:16 IST

   Washington, Nov 15 :  The White House celebrated Diwali this year too with US Vice President Joe Biden lighting the traditional “diya” or the lamp as he joined a select group of Indian-American officials, community

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  Indian woman dentist dies after being refused abortion in Ireland

  World | November 14, 2012 21:53 IST

  London, Nov 14: A 31-year-old Indian woman dentist died in Ireland from blood poisoning after doctors allegedly refused to terminate her 17 week long pregnancy, telling her that “this is a Catholic country”.Irish authorities have

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  Indian, Pakistani guards exchange Diwali sweets

  India | November 13, 2012 18:11 IST

  Amritsar, Nov 13: Border Security Force (BSF) officials Tuesday exchanged sweets with Pakistan Rangers at the India-Pakistan land border check post to mark Diwali.BSF officials went up to the zero line and offered sweets to

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  Indian British dancer Odedra wants tips from surviving nautch dancers

  India | November 11, 2012 12:18 IST

  Kolkata, Nov 11:  Renowned Indian British contemporary dancer Aakash Odedra says he would love to document and learn from the last surviving Indian nautch dancers, known as 'tawaifs' who, he feels, have seen both the

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  Nearly 200-year old Indian royal carriage to be auctioned

  World | November 09, 2012 17:07 IST

  London, Nov 9: A magnificent Indian royal state carriage, which is nearly 200-years old and was once owned by the Maharaja of Mysore, is to be auctioned in Britain this month.Maharaja of Mysore's 1825 State

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  Indian Suraj Sharma is lead actor in Ang Lee's shipwreck drama "Life of Pi"

  Hollywood | November 05, 2012 14:07 IST

  New York, Nov 5: Ang Lee took on a hefty task with his latest project "Life Of Pi" -- translating a bestselling book about a shipwrecked boy and a tiger to the big screen.The Oscar-winning,

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  Saudi Arabia frees detained Indian terror suspect

  India | October 31, 2012 22:51 IST

  Bangalore, Oct 31: Saudi Arabian police have released Indian doctor Usman Ghani from 20-day detention after their investigation revealed he had no terror links as suspected earlier.“I am grateful to the Saudi police for releasing

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  Boeing's Chinook set to win Indian heavy-lift chopper tender

  India | October 29, 2012 20:08 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 29: US Boeing's Chinook CH 47F helicopter is set to win the Indian Air Force's helicopter tender, defeating the Russian Mi-26 in the open international tender by a decent margin.The tender was

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  Indian F1 circuit challenging, says Sebastian Vettel

  Other Sports | October 22, 2012 21:38 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 22: Current Formula 1 driver's champion Sebastian Vettel believes that the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) is one of the most challenging circuits in the world."The BIC really has emerged as one of

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  Indian origin computer programmer in US hires woman to slap him if he looks at Facebook

  World | October 19, 2012 8:00 IST

  London, Oct 18:  Indian-origin computer programmer Maneesh Sethi in San Francisco has hired a female at $8 an hour to slap him if she finds him wasting his time  on Facebook and Reddit. According to