Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his deputy Tara Chand have extended greetings to the people of the state on the occasion of Janmashtami.

Enthusiastic young girls have joined boys in practicing the beating of Dhols in Pune, ahead of the popular Ganesh Chaturthi festival.

A Kiwi Indian has claimed that Auckland Police are doing nothing about investigating a robbery and ransacking of his home in the Mt. Albert area of the city.

The Kerala government Thursday gave the nod to a proposed airport to be built at Aranmula in the state's Pathanamthitta district in which the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG) would
have a 15 per cent holding.

Dutch football star Rafael van der Vaart has joined Spurs for eight million pounds, after claiming two weeks ago that it would be a step down to play for any Premier League club except Manchester United.

Kim Cattrall of 'Sex and the City' fame has revealed that she is not size zero like her other co-stars in the show.

A study led by researchers in the Oregon Health & Science University Smoking Cessation Centre analysis whether stopping smoking cessation treatments too soon may reduce odds of success for patients.

Subodh Roy, the Bihar leader from the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), was expelled from the party Wednesday after he tried to "patch up" with Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Fish oil capsules can save upto 10,000 lives a year by cutting down deaths caused by heart problems, according to a review.

A first-year engineering student in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district was hospitalised after he was allegedly ragged and assaulted by his seniors because he declined to mouth  abusive words, police said Monday.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has confirmed that the Thailand Travel Mart Plus Amazing Gateway to the Greater Mekong Subregion (TTM+ 2010) will be held from September 8 – 10, 2010, at the IMPACT Convention Centre (Hall 9), Muang Thong Thani in Bangkok.

A study has found that most women, who have cosmetic surgery, refuse to believe that it is vanity that motivates them to go under the knife.

Pakistan Twenty20 and one-day captain Shahid Afridi has said that he is looking forward to lift the morale of his squad following the allegations of 'spot-fixing' against three of the players.

An Indian man in Dubai survived a massive surgery to remove a two-metre-long iron rod that penetrated him in an accident, daily newspaper Emirates Today reported Thursday.