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President George W Bush announced he had selected a new defence secretary to oversee the increasingly violent conflict in Iraq.

Indian border guards at the Wagah check post on the Pakistan border have abandoned aggressive postures adopted during the ceremony.

A student of XLRI Jamshedpur bagged an offer of Rs 13 lakh (Rs 1.3 million) pa from McKinsey in its placement for 2006 batch.

Vehicle carrying farm workers falls into river. Nine women and 10 children among dead, say district officials.

Rumours are rife that Sony TV's recently launched Bigg Boss series, is not meant for family audiences.

The Madrid Masters will feature the top eight women players who will be fighting to prove who's the best in the game.

It is alleged that Kasauti Zindagi Ki is creating "problems in church attendance and condolence gatherings".

The boy was banned from boarding the flight because his personal details matched those in an arrest warrant.

An independent UN expert has cast doubts on the legitimacy of the tribunal which sentenced Saddam to death.

Newsweek magazine reports that India has now begun to re-evaluate its relationship with its expatriates.

Scientists working in a tropical forest in the northeast have found a rare medicinal plant last seen 115 years ago.

The DoT is understood to have agreed to mobile operators' plea for extending the deadline for subscriber verification process.

Chinese attitudes towards sex have relaxed in recent decades, triggering a boom in extramarital relationships.

Musharraf has run out of options in the fight against pro-Taliban tribesmen along Pakistan's rugged western borders.

Twelve people were killed and more than 50 injured when two simultaneous blasts rocked two busy areas of Guwahati.

The CPI-M denounced the Iraqi High Tribunal verdict and demanded intervention by the UPA government to get it rescinded.