
New Delhi: Crude prices have spiked to their highest levels since 2008 on fears that the West's tensions with Iran have the potential to disrupt supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. The price of oil has risen 15 per cent since the start of the year. Analysts say that oil prices also face longer-term pressure due to increased demand from China and other emerging economies - a concern voiced by...

09:58 AM, Mar 03, 2012

Early elections in Pakistan are being considered the only way out of the government-Army standoff. Pakistan Tehreek-i Insaaf chief Imran Khan is among its many supporters. The PTI chief also rubbished rumours of a pre-poll alliance with former president General Pervez Musharraf. ...

01:18 PM, Jan 14, 2012

The United States is boosting its military presence in the Asia Pacific region as it looks to counter China's rising power. President Barack Obama made the announcement following a wide-ranging review into defence spending. China is now reacting to the newly implemented strategy. ...

11:35 AM, Jan 09, 2012

Washington: The United States is in close consultations with countries like India, China and Russia on implementing sanctions against Iran, a senior US official has said. "We are in close consultation with India, with China, with Russia, with countries around the world, about strengthening their implementation of the international sanctions regime and about curtailing their dependence on Iranian crude oil," Victoria Nuland, State Department spokesperson told reporters. "Since the new...

09:14 AM, Jan 07, 2012

Bangalore: 'Government work is god's work' are the historical words inscribed on the Vidhana Soudha or the Karnataka assembly. But this year, Karnataka MLAs managed just 31 days of the Almighty's work. Worse, some of the scenes played out in the assembly would put any legislator to shame, from MLAs tearing their clothes and fighting inside the assembly during the trust vote to opposition MLAs eating and sleeping inside the...

09:54 AM, Dec 14, 2010

Mentally unstable youth holds up police force for hours. ...

05:51 PM, Feb 19, 2010

B.Ed. student is depressed and has refused to take medicines. ...

04:54 PM, Feb 19, 2010

The decision was arrived at after a marathon 12-hour-long meeting. ...

07:59 AM, Jun 05, 2009

N Korea says it will thwart any attempt to interfere with its satellite launch. ...

01:30 PM, Mar 10, 2009

London: "Donkeys on their last legs plod home" -- read a headline in the British media as it blamed hectic scheduling for the cricket team's quarterfinal exit from the World Cup and called for skipper Andrew Strauss' ouster. The injury-ravaged England -- which lost key players such as Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad in the middle of the event -- were handed a humiliating 10-wicket defeat by Sri Lanka in the ...

03:09 PM, Jan 08, 2008

The SC has refused to intervene in the standoff between the Dera Sacha Sauda and the Akal Takht in Punjab. ...

01:57 PM, May 25, 2007

Hostage standoff at Colorado high school ends with the gunman killing one of his captives and himself. ...

06:57 PM, Sep 28, 2006