New Zealand's economic growth is slowing rapidly, and consumers have virtually stopped additional spending, according to the Institute of Economic Research (NZIER), the country's most respected independent think tank, on Tuesday, dpa reported. It said the rate of growth in

The 10-year-old girl was first raped allegedly by her paternal uncle Sahdev on Saturday while his son Sanjay sexually assaulted her last night in her residence in New Ashok Nagar of east Delhi, police said. The incident came to light

Issuing a notice to Commissioner of Police, a Division Bench of Chief Justice A P Shah and Justice S Muralidhar sought a reply by July 9 on the DCW's petition pointing to the high acquittal rate in such cases. The

Inaugurating the 1,000th day agitation of those evicted from their homes and land at nearby Vaduthala for laying the railway line for the Vallarpadam International Container Terminal Project, she asked 'why are the writers and artists of Kerala afraid of

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari, however, steered clear of the issue of President's rule in the state and was ambivalent on its stand on the demand for ST status for Gujjars. Criticising the Raje government for putting the onus of the

Three persons including two children were killed in the incident at Etawah after a powerful squall hit the area, officials said. The temperature continued to show a downward trend due to duststorms and rainfall with the maximum temperature in the

We think the rise of communal forces will have to be discussed and means (to check it) will have to be found," CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan today said. Echoing similar views, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said the

As far as Tamil Nadu is concerned, work is happening as per schedule and it will happen as it is," Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary L K Tripathy told reporters here today while declining to elaborate. The Rs 1,334 crore project,

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee dedicated a sprawling 100 acres of land in Maidangarhi area of South Delhi to set up a centre of excellence catering to SAARC member countries. "The path-breaking project for a South Asian University will help

I hope a good sense will prevail on the government and the Tatas for return of the 400 acres of land belonging to the farmers who had neither surrendered their land nor taken compensation cheque in the last two years,"

The time has come to throw out the UPA government. The nation perhaps needs a second phase of independence struggle" he said, adding that the country now has to achieve economic freedom, having achieved political freedom in 1947. Since inflation

The sidelined monarch, whose fate the key May 28 Constituent Assembly will decide, is preparing to put forward his conditions to the government prior to quitting the royal palace in central Kathmandu, the Telegraph Nepal said quoting media reports. Gyanendra,

The detention of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi has been at the center of friction between the secretive junta and many countries around the world, which have tirelessly campaigned for her release. She was last put under house arrest

The government must "put a timetable for the deportation of Bangladeshi labourers from Bahrain after their repeated involvement in murders and other crimes," Akhbar Al-Khaleej daily quoted MP Abdul Halim Murad of the hardline Salafi bloc as saying. Bangladeshi charge

With the Commonwealth Games in Delhi two years away, Dikshit, who arrived here, would meet officials of the organising committee of the Olympic Games and visit the Games venues, official sources said. During her stay in the city, she would

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking to The Associated Press after a one-day meeting of 51 donor nations, said he believed a turning point had been reached in getting Myanmar's isolationist junta to allow foreign aid workers unhindered entry into the

The soldier with the US-led coalition was killed "while conducting operations" in the southwestern province of Farah, the force said in a statement that gave no further details. The operation appeared to be the same as one in the Bala

Faced with a wave of suicide attacks, Pakistan has begun negotiations with Taliban militants who control much of the mountainous region on its side of the border with Afghanistan and thinned out the number of its troops in the area.

The eyes of the world are watching," British development minister Douglas Alexander said after a landmark aid conference in the former Burma, under army rule for the last 46 years. The US, which deems the country an "outpost of tyranny",

Balloting was held Saturday in regions where 2.4 million people need emergency food, shelter and medicine, after Cyclone Nargis pounded the country more than three weeks ago, leaving 133,000 dead or missing. Some 4.5 million voters were eligible to cast