India

As the UN climate change conference in Durban draws to a close, few positive results have been announced, as many environmentalists predicted. Is it too late?

The incident has exposed the lack of safety measures that are supposed to be in place in establishments that handle large numbers of people.

At least 73 people have been killed and many more injured in a fire that broke out in a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta (Kolkata).

Tom Cruise was on a two-day visit to India for a special screening of his latest film "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" ahead of its global release.

Puske the world's oldest living dog passed away this week aged 26, at his home in Japan. In tribute to the long-living pooch we remember the old-timers of the Animal Kingdom.

Syed Ali Shah Geelani has alleged that Farooq Abdullah and his family are responsible for the lawlessness and growing immorality in Kashmir.

German fashion designer and creative director of Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld launched an India-themed luxury show during the Metiers D'Art Show for Chanel fashion house in Paris on Tuesday. Since 2003, the show has been paying homage to Chanel workshops with high-end couture collections.

According to the book, the two-piece swimsuit takes its name from the Pacific atoll in the Marshall Islands which was the site of 23 nuclear weapons tests between 1946 and 1958. The bikini came out a few days after the first test and was said to be "split like the atom”.

Showcasing the news of an actor's death on the front page when farmers were committing suicide only showed a "lack of sense of priority", Justice Markandey Katju has told a news agency.

China backs the EU's plans to continue the Kyoto Protocol in the fight against global warming, but not without conditions.

The United Nation's has called on the Vietnamese government to close down rehabilitation centres for drug users and sex workers, calling them "counter-productive."

The current nude magazine controversy goes hand-in-hand with the new publicity shoots of the fourth season of television show "Swayamvar 4" featuring Veena Mailk in "Veena Ka Vivaah" (Veena Malik's marriage).

More than 6,000 protestors marched the streets of Durban to demand faster action on climate change.

Gaga aims to smash U2's record for the highest grossing and most attended tour ever by playing venues all over the world.

The twelfth Tibetan monk this year has set himself on fire - this time in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Popstar Katy Perry has laughed off claims that she has filed for divorced from her comedian husband Russell Brand.

The city of Recife in Brazil is believed to be the highest consumer of whiskey in the world in terms of per capita consumption.

Adrian Rowland was in India on a business trip while the incident occurred.

Europe is taking a hardline stance on global warming at the UN climate talks.

Za Za Bazaar, now officially Britain's largest restaurant, opened its doors on Tuesday, in Bristol, with promise of more than 2,000 dinners a night.

Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's only daughter has died Monday in the U.S. state of Wisconsin at 85.

In the event of a euro collapse, the disruption to India’s and Asia’s export markets will be serious, Lord Meghnad Desai has said.

The ongoing disagreements are likely to a create deadlock during the summit.

Indian athletes are threatening to boycott London 2012 Olympics because of a controversial sponsorship deal with the Dow Chemical Co.

The iconic jets could soon be built outside the UK as BAE Systems is scrapping its manufacture.

The Labour Party has asked 10,000 activists to campaign for its new "plan for jobs".

An Indian television channel has been asked to change the name of a new soap opera with the word Hitler in the title after triggering a controversy in the United States.

The retailer has returned to Paris after previously having pulled out of Europe's fashion capital in 2001.

The horrifying video of what is believed to be a Buddhist nun engulfed in flames on a city street was smuggled out of the country and given to Students for a Free Tibet, which has released it to the media and posted it on YouTube.

The recent death of 15 eunuchs, or "hijras", in a fire in New Delhi has cast a spotlight on this little-known and often marginalised community.