India

India's community of eunuchs, transvestites and transsexuals mourned Monday for 15 of their numbers killed in a deadly blaze at a ceremony in New Delhi.

A second plane destined for Birmingham has been grounded in India by Austrian Airline Comtel air and stopped from leaving until passengers paid £27,000 in unpaid fees.

More than 180 passengers, who should have arrived in Birmingham on Saturday, finally got home Tuesday night.

Indian police will reopen the match-fixing case involving the former South African cricket captain, Hansie Cronje.

The general secretary of an international Hindu organisation has called for a new Indian Constitution that allows for "anyone who converts Hindus to be beheaded."

Asia will have to wage a dual battle to contain the aftershocks of the eurozone turmoil and the ongoing unrest in the Middle East.

The International Business Times is marking Remembrance Day with a series of forgotten stories of war. By 1945 victory in Europe was assured but in the Far East the Empire of Japan was still making headway. The Battle of Meiktila in the jungles of Burma, however, marked a turning point in the region where intelligent British tactics, then bravery and mettle saw off a Japanese Army considerably bigger in size.

It is time Karl Marx's classic opening statement of the Communist Manifesto is reworded into something on the lines of: "A spectre is haunting Europe ­- the spectre of a double dip. All the powers of Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre."

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has issued a statement denying rumours of a fresh BlackBerry outage.

An Indian court has found 31 Hindus guilty of killing dozens of Muslims by setting fire to a building in Gujarat state in 2002, in one of India's worst outbreak of sectarian violence in recent years.

The jargon “bangalored” has returned in all its vigour after a period of lull in the outsourcing sector as a result of shrinking contracts and delayed decision making by customers. The worsening debt crisis in the eurozone is making it all the more important for companies to cut their operating costs.

Energy and motoring experts from across the world are converging on a western Indian city to participate in an international conference on fuel economy and sustainable road transport.

The mounting crisis that has gripped the Eurozone countries seems to have boosted China's ongoing efforts to secure a prominent diplomatic space among its western allies.

Sixteen people were crushed to death and many others severely injured in a stampede at a religious ceremony on Tuesday in India.

Sunday marked the Eid al-Adha feast, celebrated throughout the world by millions of Muslims.

The iconic British automobile brand, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), has launched its new sports utility vehicle 'Evoque' in India with a starting price of £56,983 (4.5 million rupees). Currently four variants of Evoque will be available in India.

A man has been sentenced to 30 months imprisonment by the Nottingham Crown Court in a murder case.

35-year-old Qiu Xiang is the sixth person to die in such a grisly protest against the Chinese.

Anglo American Plc is set to increase its stake in De Beers by buying out the Oppenheimer family’s holdings in the company for a 3.1 billion pounds ($5.1 billion) deal.

British Airways World Cargo (BAWC) has got delivery of three 747-8 Freighters from Boeing. The new aircraft will be operated under a lease agreement with Global Supply Systems Limited, a 49 percent UK affiliate of Atlas Air, owner of the aircraft. The current fleet of 747-400 freighters would be replaced by the new freighters.

As world leaders struggle to resolve the eurozone debt crisis, the continent has a 30 percent likelihood of falling into recession, a new study warns.

A Tibetan Buddhist nun burnt herself to death in south-west China, state media say, becoming the eleventh ethnic Tibetan this year to have self-immolated to reportedly protests against Chinese rule.

Nations across the world have cheered the seven billionth babies into the world with much excitement. However, the ageing population is a cause of worry for some of them and they are turning no stones unturned to deal with the problem.

Following the uproar caused by the Palestinian New UNSECO membership, an official has warned the outcome of the vote will "open the door" to 16 other UN agencies, a move which could further anger the U.S. and Israel.

There will never be a better opportunity to hold a referendum on the UK's membership with the EU.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel continued his season-long domination as he won the first Indian Grand Prix in emphatic fashion.

According to media reports, both India and the Philippines have welcomed what they claim is the world's seven billionth person.

Forbes magazine has unveiled its annual rankings of the richest people on the planet. In the United Kingdom, the Forbes list revealed, Britain has 32 billionaires, three more than last year.

A poor government clerk from a poverty-stricken area of India has been dubbed a real life Slumdog Millionaire after winning more than £1 million on an Indian game show

It's official! If there is one 'best' place in the world where you should be in 2012, it is London for all reasons. Influential travel guide publisher Lonely Planet has named London the "best city" in the world to visit in 2012.