Thiruvananthapuram: Continuing to target Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on the solar panel scam, the CPI-M-led LDF Opposition today stalled proceedings in the Assembly for the third consecutive day. After seeking leave for an adjournment motion on...

New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday told a delegation of Sri Lanka Tamil MPs that he was 'dismayed' by reports suggesting that Colombo planned to dilute certain key provisions of the 13th Amendment on devolution of powers to provinces ahead...

Cape Town : Former South African president Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalised for over a week, continues to get better in a Pretoria hospital, President Jacob Zuma said Sunday. The revered ex-leader remained in a serious condition as he recovered...

London: Senior Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene has said they need to contain the 'strong Indian batting' when the two teams meet in the Champions Trophy semifinal Thursday. The 36-year-old led his team to victory over Australia by scoring an unbeaten...

Beijing: US General Motors Co. is set to recall about 231,000 older SUVs over fire risks and has urged owners to park them outside garages until they are repaired, a media report said. The Detroit-based automaker agreed to recall 193,000 2006-2007...

Rome: Indian author Gurcharan Das will lead a debate in Rome next month on his country and its relations with Italy, inspired by his recent book 'India Grows at Night'. Harvard-educated Das will kick off the debate July 1 at Rome's ancient Temple...

Thiruvananthapuram: The rank list for the engineering entrance exams have been published. As usual, boys have bagged the first three ranks. Albin Jose of Kottayam, R Sreehari of Kochi and S Sivaprasad of Thrissur have obtained the first, second and third...

Panaji: Smoking cigarettes is not the only way to contract cancer. If one believes the Goa Forest Department, eating frog meat can also get you a date with cancer. Around this time of the year poachers, with a torch in one hand and a bag in the other,...

London: A cascade of errors and uncertainty about the law on abortion contributed largely to the tragic death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar at an Irish hospital last year, according to an official enquiry report. The report by Health Service Executive...

Chennai : India's atomic power plant operator, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has again shifted the commissioning of the first unit at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) to the next month, instead of end June. According...

London : Indian-born Amol Rajan has been appointed editor of the London morning daily The Independent, making him Fleet Street's first non-white editor, the newspaper reported Monday. Rajan, 29, was previously the daily's comment editor. Oliver...