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Turkish cargo ship with 24 Indians hijacked off Gabon coast

A Turkish oil-chemical tanker with an all Indian crew of 24 has been hijacked by pirates off the coast of the West African nation Gabon. MV Cotton, the Malta-flagged vessel, was taken over by......

Maldives apologetic over intemperate anti-India remarks

Seeking to mollify New Delhi after intemperate anti-India remarks by a key presidential aide, Maldives has given profound apology as a USD 514-million airport project carried out by Indian company......

Mathai in Maldives; will push for early presidential elections

India has proposed early presidential elections in Maldives to end the political impasse in the country following the ouster of the first democratically elected President Mohamed Nasheed. During......

WB polls: Photographers caned by security men

Security personnel allegedly lathicharged photo journalists at a polling station in Malda district when they tried to photograph state Environment Minister Sailen Sarkar after he entered the booth......

Annan names new chief of staff

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan began a major shake-up of the top management by announcing that Mark Malloch Brown would take over as his Chief-of-Staff in an effort to enable the world body......

Robert Zoellick to be new World Bank president

The executive directors of the World Bank unanimously selected Robert B Zoellick to succeed Paul Wolfowitz, effective July 1, 2007, as the 11th President of the Bank for a five-year term. Paul......

Are these the Google killers?

In April 2002, The New York Times anointed Google "the king of search." It's impossible to argue with that today. Google, which is headquartered in Mountain View, California, conducts 48 percent of......

Bush names Robert Zoellick as World Bank chief

US President George W Bush on Wednesday nominated former Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick as the next World Bank head, replacing Paul Paul Wolfowitz, who was forced to resign over a......

Wolfowitz 'proud and satisfied' of WB term

Outgoing World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz, in a statement on May 28, strongly defended his time in office and said he was forced to quit as emotions had got out of control over his girl friend's......

Wolfowitz to resign on June 30

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, embroiled in a favouritsm scandal for arranging a hefty pay package for his girlfriend,announced on Thursday that he was stepping down by June-end in the 'best......

The Pakistan that India loves!

The ordinary life lived in Pakistan is now a part of the Indian imagination thanks to the popularity of Pakistani television serials in India, says Mohammad Asim Siddiqui. Image: Mahira Khan,......

First Look: Karmayogi hits theatres in June

Director V K Prakash is presenting an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet in his latest film Karmayogi. 'Karmayogi has been established in the feudal era and shot amidst the picturesque......

Olympics: Cuba's Lopez creates history with fifth gold!

IMAGE: Cuba's Mijain Lopez, who is the first Olympian to win five golds in the same individual event, has not lost a match since his defeat in the final of the 2015 World Championships.......

Football Extras: SPAL score first win over Juve in 62 years

IMAGE: SPAL players celebrate after defeating Juventus in Saturday's Serie A match at Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy. Photograph: Alberto Lingria/Reuters Juventus missed the chance to clinch an......

Sports shorts: Chennai Open, Asian Games tennis, ISL...

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.' IMAGE: Two breaks of serve in each set were enough for Yuki Bhmbri to get the better of compatriot Sidharth Rawat at the Chennai......

PHOTOS: The gold medallists on Day 10 at the Rio Olympics

Check out the gold medallists on Day 10 of the Rio Olympics on Monday: Kenya's Rudisha retains 800m title IMAGE: Kenya's David Lekuta Rudisha poses after winning the gold medal in the Men's 800m......

Euro 2016 playoffs: Sweden triumph but Danes steal precious away goal

IMAGE: Denmark's Daniel Agger and Riza Durmisi against Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic during a European qualifier play-off. Photograph: Michael Campanella/Getty Images Sweden scored two quickfire......

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