India

A faxed message signed in the name of al-Qaeda threatened to blow up the British and US missions. It also threatned European enbassies.

The 13-minute video called Badr Raid appeared on an Islamic website known for publishing messages from militant groups.

Priety Zinta has filed a defamation case against a tabloid that published her name in the Salman -Aishwarya tape controversy.

The special flight carrying Kutty's body landed in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday evening. The funeral will take place in his village.

Employees of al-Jazeera have been protesting over the recent report of US President George W Bush's bomb plan.

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The government has forecast a rise in alcohol-associated crime figures with the abolition of restrictive drinking law.

Sri Lanka's new 25-member Cabinet was sworn-in by the newly-elected President, Mahinda Rajapakse, at the Presidential Secretariat.

The body of M R Kutty, a driver with BRO, was found with his throat slashed in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday.

The European Union will honour Rai and Hollywood actor Jackie Chan with the Global Diversity Award.

The JD(U)-BJP combine has swept into power in Bihar ending Lalu Prasad-led Rashtriya Janata Dal's 15-year monopoly in the state.

BJP president L K Advani said he was confident that the NDA government would provide clean and good governance in Bihar.

Pesky queries have converted the Right to Information Act into a right to pry into the personal lives of public sector bankers.

The tennis player was quoted as saying "whether before or after marriage, the most important matter was that sex was safe".

Zayed was hardly the perfect husband in his recent release Shaadi No. 1 but he is confident that he'll make an ideal life partner.

Northwest Mumbai goes to polls amidst mounting tension between the Congress and the Shiv Sena and a low voter turnout.