India

Smoking appears to be a risk factor for tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis disease, says study.

A key Democratic lawmaker criticised the Bush administration for reducing the US aid to India by $50 million.

The IAEA formally approved cuts in its technical cooperation programme with Iran in compliance with a UN Security Council resolution.

A German court convicted five men for throwing a copy of Anne Frank's "Diary" into a bonfire at a community party organised by neo-Nazis.

Italian businessman, Ottavio Quattrocchi has checked out of Sheraton hotel to an undisclosed location.

Syed Ali Geelani was issued a fresh passport following PM's intervention to enable him to go abroad for medical treatment.

The Pentagon has approved a request for an extra 2,200 military police to help deal with an anticipated increase in detainees in Iraq.

Manu Sharma alleged before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that he did not get a fair trial because of the media pressure.

Doyens of ghazals and bhajan respectively, Jagjit Singh and Anup Jalota come together in Deepak Vij’s film titled Maalik Ek.

The 12-hour bandh called by a faction of JMM to protest the killing of Sunil Mahato was peaceful in many districts of West Bengal.

The meeting ended on a positive note, with no finger-pointing or blame games from either side.

The body mass index may not reflect the accurate amount of fat in a human body, says new research.

Government has decided to set up three new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) during 11th Five Year Plan.

Naxals held a meeting on the Bihar-Jharkhand border and distributed tapes to the government and to the press.

All the 271 people arrested in a rave party in Pune on Monday have been granted bail by the sessions court.

US and Afghan forces reportedly attacked a Pakistani Army border post in the North Waziristan region and took away a shepherd for questioning.