US doctor Jayant Patel was Monday committed to stand trial in Australia for the deaths of three of his patients in a Queensland hospital in what police allege was bungled surgery.The manslaughter charges stem from Indian-born Patel's time as dire ..

As Sri Lankan troops battle the Tamil Tigers in their very last bastion, a small group of Indian doctors are quietly treating scores of maimed and wounded Tamil civilians pouring out of the war zone.The medical personnel, drawn from the military, hav ..

Delhi Police were Sunday clueless about the woman teacher and waited for the autopsy report of the an 11-year-old student who died allegedly due to corporal punishment Friday."For the past two days, our teams have failed to locate Manju (the acc ..

Diaries kept by some child reporters at the instance of NGOs reveal a sordid saga of how young students are thrashed, punished, humiliated daily by teachers in schools across India. They also reveal how 11-year-old Shano Khan's death in Delhi is  ..

President Barack Obama has formed a three-man team, including two Indian Americans, to help break Washington's "bad habits" of wasteful spending and move recession-hit America from recovery to prosperity."If we're to going to r ..

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday said his country needed more international support in combating terrorism, which he described as being more serious than the global economic slowdown."Help us, help the region, in the fight against t ..

Four men were convicted Friday by a Swedish district court of operating a website which allows illegal file sharing, and sentenced to year-long jail terms.The Stockholm district court also ruled that the four should pay damages of some 30 million kro ..

The news of 11-year-old schoolgirl Shano Khan succumbing to her injuries Friday after being beaten and punished by her teacher sent shock waves across all sections of society. But this is not an isolated incident as several students have either been  ..

Pakistan and China Friday vowed to jointly fight terrorism and to expand their cooperation in the defence, economic and energy sectors.Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, at their meeting in the southern Chinese city  ..

The World Bank said Friday it approved loans totalling $450 million to finance road and rail projects in central and western China.The bank said $300 million would help finance a 857-km rail line linking Guizhou and Guangdong provinces.The project wi ..

The use of internet for campaigning, being tested in India in the ongoing general elections, will emerge as a powerful medium when the world's largest democracy is ready for the next round, concludes a leading tech publication."Cyber campaig ..

Shock and horror was the reaction of people Friday to the news of an 11-year-old girl's death after her school teacher allegedly punished her for not learning her lessons. Take strict action against teachers who use physical force to punish stude ..

A shocked child rights commission has decided to take up the case of the 11-year-old schoolgirl who died Friday afternoon after her teacher allegedly beat her and forced her to stand out in the sun."It is shocking how a young girl was punished s ..

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday conducted a raid in the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur town, officials said."The raid was conducted this (Friday) morning to check some documents in the  ..

Eleven-year-old Shano Khan, who slipped into a coma after being punished by her teacher, was stated to be in a critical state Friday but no case was registered in the matter as the Delhi Police was yet to receive a medical report from the hospital.Sh ..

India's Company Law Board (CLB) Thursday approved the takeover of fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services by outsourcer Tech Mahindra Ltd."Having convinced myself that the board of directors has selected a technically and financially competent/qu ..

India's annual rate of inflation fell to 0.18 percent for the week ended April 4, from 0.26 percent the week before, official data showed Thursday.Inflation rate had declined for eight consecutive weeks to 0.27 percent for the week ended March 14 ..

Flight trials are likely to begin in May of planes in the running for a $10 billion Indian Air Force (IAF) order for 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA), a top commander said Wednesday."Hopefully, the flight trials shall commence by th ..

This August, Delhi's second state university will start functioning by opening its doors for the first batch of post-graduate students.Established in July 2008, the Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD) would be India's first university dedicated  ..

The central bank of Fiji, where the military government rules under emergency powers, devalued its currency by 20 percent Wednesday, warning citizens that the move would increase inflation.A statement from the Reserve Bank in the capital Suva said a  ..