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Even as US secretary for defence Robert Gates is expected to visit India later this month, New Delhi is now actively exploring the option of importing 145 air-mobile ultra-light howitzers (ULHs) for around Rs 2,900 crore from Washington in a ... Read More »

Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it is cutting a further 800 jobs across its operations, on top of 5,000 jobs already eliminated under a plan to reduce costs that was announced in January. A spokesman for the world’s largest software ... Read More »

London, July 2 (ANI): David Beckham was refused alcohol because a waiter thought the 34-year-old football ace was too young to drink, according to a new book. US sports writer Grant Wahl claims in his tome, entitled ‘The Beckham Experiment’, ... Read More »

Washington, June 20 (ANI): Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma has called for fair global trade solutions in a bid to end global recession during his meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US Trade Representative ... Read More »

Washington, June 12 (ANI): Did you notice that when an Iraqi reporter flung his shoes toward former U.S. President George W. Bush during a Baghdad news conference, he dodged to avoid being hit, while Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who ... Read More »

Washington, June 6 (ANI): Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic has entered the race to become county clerk in Wahkiakum County, Washington, to protest the way the state elects officials. He is running for office on behalf of the fictional Grange ... Read More »

Islamabad, Jun.6 (ANI): Rejecting the notion that the United States might send its troops into Pakistan to fight the Taliban, and Al-Qaeda,  US Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Hoolbrooke said Washington has no intention of promoting  a military ... Read More »

Washington, May 25 (ANI): Katie Holmes kept her tears from pouring while reading out a soldier’s memoirs during a rehearsal for the annual Memorial Day concert. The actress was preparing to lend a helping hand in honouring US war veterans ... Read More »

Washington, May 19 (ANI): A new study on rats has shed light on why cancer patients are more prone to depression. Researchers at the University of Chicago found that tumours produce chemicals, which can produce negative mood swings. It has ... Read More »

Washington, May 06 (ANI): Previous studies have shown that smokers have less body fat as compared to non-smokers. Now, a new study by U.S. researchers may help explain the reason. For the study, researchers from Weill Medical College of Cornell ... Read More »

Influential US Senators John Kerry and Richard Lugar on Monday introduced legislation tripling American aid to Pakistan to $ 1.5 billion annual for five years to carry forward what Washington believes will be a rejuvenated policy aimed at walking the ... Read More »

Washington, May 2 (ANI): With the Taliban gaining ground and establishing its writ in newer regions of Pakistan, the intense social and political changes that the country is witnessing could ultimately explode into a full blown Islamist revolution, experts believe. ... Read More »

Washington, May 2 (ANI): A day after announcing that he had asked his family not to travel in airplanes and subways because of the swine flu scare, US Vice President Joe Biden rode a train Friday from Washington to Delaware. ... Read More »

Washinton, Apr.24 (ANI): The so called ‘peace deal’ between the government of Pakistan and the Taliban in the Swat Valley has brought Washington and Islamabad at loggerheads, with the United States considering that the accord would only provide an opportunity ... Read More »

North Korea said preparations to launch a communications satellite into space were complete Saturday morning, and liftoff was imminent. Spy satellites trained high-resolution cameras on a coastal launch pad for a launch the North earlier advised international authorities would take ... Read More »