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India's Software Giant Satyam Computer Services in Country's Biggest Corporate Scandal

'Satyam' means 'Truth' in any number of Indian languages - Its founder Chairman reveals that most of its profits and assets are falsified, and the figures are staggering. Read on ...

Indian Army Battles Infiltrating Terror Groups in Kashmir

Indian troops have been fighting infiltrators from two major terror outfits in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district since New Year's Day, 2009. Read on ...

Tintin Turns Eighty

Tintin, the boyish detective who roams the world with his dog Snowy, first appeared in print 80 years ago. Read on ...

Slumdog Millionaire's Big Haul at the Golden Globe Awards

A.R.Rahman becomes the first Indian to win a Golden Globe Award, for his music in the film Slumdog Millionaire. Read on ...

Terror Blasts in Assam on New Year's Day

The serial explosions that ripped through Guwahati on the first day of 2009 killed six people and shocked all of India. Read on ...

Gaza Under Fire: Israel Refuses to Relent

The Israeli bombing and siege of the Gaza Strip enters its 11th day, in spite of the huge numbers of victims, and worldwide appeals for peace. Read on ...

Anchor rips through phone and internet cable

Millions of phones and internet connections in Africa and the Middle East have gone blank because a ship's anchor ripped through an undersea communications cable. Read on ...

Plans to shut Guantanamo Bay prison

With President-elect Barack Obama about to take his oath of office, the US Defence Secretary has announced plans to close the infamous prison camp in Cuba. Read on ...

Bird Flu Virus Returns to Asia

The Bird Flu is back. Hundreds of thousands of poultry are being culled across Asia. Are migratory birds responsible? Read on ...

UN Conference on Climate Change

The world may be a few steps closer to fighting global warming. The climate change conference at Poznan, Poland, marked the half-way point in a two-year process towards reaching a new global agreement. Read on ...