Soon after the trust vote in Parliament on July 22, the finance ministry hopes to push through a series of non-legislative reforms, chief among them disinvestment of minority stakes in around 10 central public sector undertakings by listing them on

The Centre has put the proposed Rs 3,500-crore global airport hub at Noida in Uttar Pradesh into cold storage and the ambitious project would not be able to keep its date with the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

When it comes to temptations, the two sexes react differently, says a new study, which determined that men tend to look at their partners in a more negative light after meeting a single, attractive woman, whereas, women are likelier to

Jibjab's new political parody video got quite the build-up. Is it funny? Not really. The visuals are impressive though. And, typically, Obama basically gets a free ride. He really likes change...he's a liberal weenie riding a unicorn. Meanwhile, McCain is

Maggie Gyllenhaal is leaving New York because, according to her, the paparazzi won't leave her alone.It's a constant effort. When we moved out of the city, to Brooklyn, that helped a lot. Still, there will be paparazzi, but I just

Societal menace Andy Dick has finally been arrested. The alleged comedian was nailed by cops in the parking lot of a Buffalo Wild Wings in Murrieta, CA at 1:15 this morning after he allegedly groped a 17-year-old girl's breasts and

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are about as married as me and Vladimir Putin. So why do they keep it up? Okay, I know why he does...cold hard cash. But her? What does she think she's getting out of it?

Indian philosophers talk of the Monkey way and the Way of the Cat in spiritual progress. In the case of the former, the young monkey holds on to the mother and is carried by her from tree to tree and

Raytheon Company is leading a team to deliver a comprehensive solution for the Indian Space Research Organization and Airports Authority of India global navigation satellite systems. This will complete the final phase of the Global Positioning Satellite-Aided Geosynchronous Augmented Navigation

Vanity Fair has yet another story about the architectural marvels going up in Beijing in time for the Olympic Games:Just as many of New York City's most iconic landmarks rose in breathtakingly brief succession a century ago, Beijing has been

From The Yomiuri Shimbun:Yang Yi has become the first Chinese author to win the Akutagawa Prize for promising new writers, after the selection committee announced Tuesday she had been honored for her novel "Toki ga Nijimu Asa," which translates literally

From Insidehighered.com:For a while, Calla Wiemer said, she held it close."We all hoped that the problem would be resolved quickly," said Wiemer, who counts four visa denials stamped into her passport. On a couple of other occasions, her application was

From the China Daily, via english.sina.com:Accusations labeled by some overseas organizations and people that China has arrested "dissidents" to ensure the safety and security of the Olympic Games are "groundless", a Beijing Olympic Games spokesman said Monday."To ensure a successful

Aslan Avetissian, resident of Ararat region, member of the Yerkrapah Volunteer Union (YKM) and Levon Ter-Petrossian's proxy, was sentenced to a six months' imprisonment on July 16. The verdict was brought i...

Mikhail Alexandrov head of the Caucasus department at Moscow's Institute for Commonwealth of Independent States, said he intends to visit Nagorno Karabakh to meet with the republic's leadership. "Russia ...

more images Armenia's Champion "Pyunik" lost to "Anortosis" of Cyprus 0:1 at the first round of the Champion's League Qualifiers. Before the meeting Pyunik had worked out a strategy of 4+5+1. An...

How are the activists funded? The press has spoken a lot on how the centers of "colored revolutions" provide funding to the youth pro-opposition movements - the so-called "locomotives", which were fo...

THOMAS HAMMERBERG, Council of Europe High Commissioner for Human Rights, arrived in Yerevan on Sunday on a three-day official visit. Yesterday evening, after finishing all the planned meetings and visits, ...