BAGRAM, Afghanistan — Word that NATO personnel had burned an undisclosed number of Korans and were preparing to dispose of many more by incineration set off an angry protest here on Tuesday. NATO officials rushed to apologize p...  >>

Global

Within days of non-Congress Chief Ministers flaying the Centre's move to set up a counter-terror hub, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrote to seven of them, explaining that the primary purpose of the National Counter-Terrorism C...  >>

National

COIMBATORE: Defending a habitual offender proved fatal for a 59-year-old advocate from Gobichettipalyam in Erode district. The offender and his two aides allegedly strangled to death Appuswamy Sriranga Gounder, a lawyer in Gobi...  >>

State

As per the recommendation made in a report regarding the May 22, 2010, air crash, a new Air Traffic Control Tower will come up at the Mangalore airport within a year at an estimated cost of Rs. 19 crore.

The Court in ...  >>

City

NASHIK: Expressing concern over the dominance of 'rich and powerful people' in politics, besides the soaring inflation rate, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said that India's situation was better during the British rule.

"After In...  >>

Health

Your Facebook profile says more about you than you may think, including how well you work.

A new study by a professor at Northern Illinois University’s college of business and a team of r...  >>

Profile

Kevin Pietersen's second successive century helped England beat Pakistan by four wickets in the fourth and final ODI, and win the series 4-0 here on Tuesday.

Pietersen (130, 153b, 12x4, 2...  >>

Sports

British soul singer Adele continued her winning streak by taking home two top prizes at the Brit Awards ceremony on Tuesday in London.

Following her recent sweep of six Grammy Awards in t...  >>

Arts

Amid criticism from all quarters, beleaguered airline Kingfisher 's promoter Vijay Mallya today got some sympathy from corporate affairs minister Veerappa Moily who came out in his support saying the carrier "has to be saved". Moily, who was speaking on the sid...  >>

Current Affairs

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's Telenor on Tuesday dumped its Indian telecoms partner which it accused of "fraud and misrepresentation" and said it would migrate its Indian business into a fresh venture to seek new operating licences...  >>

Technology

MUMBAI, FEB. 21: A Reserve Bank of India committee has recommended restoration of the priority sector tag to the loans give by banks to non-bank intermediaries for on-lending to identified segments such as agriculture, micro and small enterprises, micro credit...  >>

Business

New Delhi Education Ministers of states will meet here tomorrow to decide on the Centre's move to hold a single entrance test for admissions to under graduate science and engineering programmes across the country.

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal says 11 educati...  >>

Education