Kathmandu, Aug 4 (IANS) Nepal's former guerrilla party, the Maoists, Tuesday rejected a call by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to call off the disruptive protest movement they ...More

Petaling Jaya (Malaysia), Aug 4 (IANS) Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar, riding a wave of success with a title and a tied second in successive weeks, will go in with tonnes of conf...More

London, Aug 4 (IANS) Encouraged by landlords, British property agents are illegally keeping out prospective east European tenants from renting properties, the BBC reported Tuesday...More

Moscow, Aug 4 (RIA Novosti) South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity Tuesday sacked the country's prime minister and dissolved the cabinet, officials said. ...More

Sydney, Aug 4 (IANS) Researchers have unravelled the mysteries of why and how the queen bee controls the behaviour of her workers. University of Otago zo...More

Bangkok, Aug 4 (DPA) The captain of a passenger plane was killed when the aircraft he was flying slid off the runway Tuesday while landing at the popular Thai tourist island of Sa...More

Kathmandu, Aug 4 (IANS) For the second time this year, Nepal's last king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah is planning a visit to India, this time to attend not one but two weddings in th...More

London/Islamabad, Aug 4 (IANS) British Pakistani Christians Tuesday urged Islamabad to abolish the country's blasphemy law, saying unscrupulous elements had misused it against the...More

Dhaka, Aug 4 (IANS) A senior minister Tuesday said the tenures of parliament and other local government bodies should be reduced since 'five years' tenure is very long'. ...More

Kathmandu, Aug 4 (IANS) Nepal's former guerrilla party, the Maoists, Monday rejected a call by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to call off the disruptive protest movement they h...More

London, Aug 4 (IANS) Sometimes encouraged by landlords, British property agents are keeping out prospective east European tenants from renting properties, the BBC reported Tuesday...More

Washington, Aug 4 (IANS) People who engage in activities like reading, writing, and playing card games, may delay rapid memory decline in dementia, according to a study. ...More

United Nations, Aug 4 (IANS) A newspaper produced entirely by women in rural India is among the four winners of this year's Literacy Prizes awarded by the United Nations Education...More

Washington, Aug 4 (IANS) Sedentary behaviours that involve TV viewing, computer use and video games seem to be linked with elevated blood pressure (BP) in children, according to a...More

Mexico, Aug 4 (IANS) Mexican President Felipe Calderon has said there were signs of recovery of the country's economy, and described the world economic crisis as a perfect storm, ...More