BJP MP Varun Gandhi, who has drawn criticism from within the party for his alleged hate speech in Pilibhit during the Lok Sabha polls, today met state RSS leaders in Lucknow.

Dr Ashwin Mallipatna is one of the five Indian doctors who are in Toronto working at SikckKids hospital under Healthy Kids International for which even the Indian government has allocated Rs 5 million, or $125,000.

Sabi Marwah, vice chairman and chief administrative officer, Scotiabank, was honored at Words and Deeds, an annual event of the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy and the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.

Ramesh Pokhariyal will be the the new chief minister of Uttarakhand, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced on Wednesday.

With Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Front government in West Bengal not readily implementing the ban imposed on Communist Party of India-Maoist, Congress on Wednesday accused the Marxist party of "double speak" and warned if state governments implement Central laws

The new rate now stands at 11.75 per cent as against the earlier 12.25 per cent, the public sector lender said in a filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange.

The government's support is there for Air India, (but) it comes with a condition, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said. Air India must shape up, it should become leaner and trimmer, Patel said.

We have Rs 2,200 crore odd debt which we took to acquire a stake in Satyam... the purpose we are taking this QIP is to retire the high cost debt. My sense is that we are looking at retiring between

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Predictions of below normal monsoon rains have poured cold water on the bullish growth plans of fast-moving consumer goods companies, which have continued to show robust growth of 17-18 per cent in the face of rising input costs and the

WEIGHT-LOSS surgery - such as stomach stapling - could reduce cancer risk in obese women, according to research.

SALES of vitamins and minerals have slumped as Britons have slashed their costs by turning back to old-style healthy diets full of fresh fruit and vegetables, a report shows t

MONITORING bone density in older women taking osteoporosis drugs is a waste of time and money, scientists have claimed.

A MEDITERRANEAN diet of vegetables, fruits, nuts, olive oil and pulses, washed down with a glass of red wine, helps us live longer.

RACING legend Sir Stirling Moss believes elderly drivers should be made to retake their tests every five years.

Health Minister Rudyard Spencer has revealed that the influenza A (H1N1) virus is now being transmitted locally, following this past weekend's confirmation of four more cases in the island. On Monday, the health ministry said it could not confirm...

It was hard to tell who was in charge at the Bloomfield All-Age School in Portland as principal Evette Kirkland was hard at work in the canteen rolling dough to make roti for the school's fund-raising activities. Adorned in her

Nine months after People's National Party (PNP) President Portia Simpson Miller conceptualised a platform dubbed the 'Progressive Agenda', party insiders are complaining that her vision's gestation period appears to be far from over... ,

Government has reached a deal for the sale of the Trelawny and St Thomas sugar companies, as a first step in divesting the country's assets in the sector. Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton made the announcement in Parliament...

The insurers of the 42-tonne ship M/T Great News, which damaged the off-loading dock at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica's (Petrojam) Marcus Garvey Drive facility in Kingston on June 1, have given an undertaking to pay US$22 million ...