What then PM Manmohan Singh told I&B minister about media approach

Then prime minister Manmohan Singh's brief to his new information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari on what should be the government's approach to the media was simple -- it should be an......

Free ration, healthcare: What BJP's manifesto promises

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the Bharatiya Janata Party's Lok Sabha poll manifesto in New Delhi on Sunday in the presence of party president J P Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence......

Robocalls urge voters to stay home on US D-Day

New York Attorney General Letitia James said her office is actively investigating allegations that voters are receiving robocalls, spreading disinformation and encouraging people to stay home on......

UN postal agency issues special Diwali stamp

India on Wednesday thanked the United Nations Postal Administration for issuing special postal stamps to commemorate Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. The United Nations Postal Administration......

US: Job cuts down 55% in March

US job cuts have declined about 55 per cent in March this year to 67,000 compared to the same month in 2009, though it will take a while before hiring picks up, says a report. While the job cuts......

Maran: India to be IT manpower hub

Undeterred by the growing pressure from the United States, the Centre on Wednesday said it would develop India as a 'global hub' to enable the country become a 'great IT nation' with the new IT and......

Bezos says Amazon to invest additional $3 billion in India

Total committed investment in India now is over $5 Amazon Inc chief executive Jeff Bezos said on Tuesday the company would invest an additional $3 billion in India, boosting its committed......

India refutes US criticism of its FDI, IPR laws

The US has criticised India, saying it doesn’t have adequate protection for intellectual property rights (IPR), hinting at the recent Supreme Court decision denying a patent to a Swiss......

South Australia govt to sue Armstrong after doping confession

The government of South Australia state says it will seek damages or compensation from Lance Armstrong after his reported confession to Oprah Winfrey that he doped during his career. - Armstrong......

Armstrong lawyer labels doping probe "un-American"

Lance Armstrong's lawyer has labeled the probe against the seven-times Tour de France winner "un-American" and a waste of money following fresh claims against the cyclist in the US media. The New......

Should Lance Armstrong be forgiven?

Lance Armstrong in a pensive mood. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images Former US Postal Service Pro Team rider Scott Mercier believes that disgraced American cycling star Lance Armstrong should......

Lance Armstrong settles US federal fraud case for $5m

Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France a record seven times, six of them while riding for the Postal Service team. He was stripped of his titles and banned for life from the sport in 2012 by the......

Armstrong yet to return Sydney Olympic medal to IOC

Disgraced retired cyclist Lance Armstrong has yet to hand back his Sydney 2000 Olympic medal to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) nine months after he was stripped of it, officials said on......